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The Apple, Google, and Amazon-backed smart home standard Matter has arrived. So what’s next?
Matter-branded devices could be available as soon as this month
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Google remembered the phone part of the smartphone
It hasn’t forgotten the basics.
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Google's genius tablet move: Making a not-iPad, challenging not-Apple
Here's why Google's upcoming Pixel Tablet is a great move for the company...
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Unlike iOS, Android doesn’t need yearly updates anymore
Android 13 is here and will be rolling out to many more devices over the coming months. As I’m currently using the Galaxy S22 Ultra as my daily driver, I’m in for a little wait until Samsung gets around to rolling out all the new bells and whistles to my handset. But, to be honest, I’m quite happy to wait.
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Google's foldable Pixel phone gets a big release date update
If you’ve been eagerly hoping for a foldable version of Google’s popular Pixel smartphone, your wait may soon be over.
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Tim Cook revealed the real reason Apple won’t fix green bubbles
Last night, Tim Cook shot down the possibility of solving the green bubble problem — and he revealed the real reason why Apple won’t do it: it doesn’t sell iPhones. At Vox Media’s Code conference, an attendee told Cook that it was difficult for him to send videos to his mom because Apple devices don’t support RCS, the texting protocol championed by Google and supported by major phone carriers. Cook, in response, suggested the attendee buy his mom an iPhone. “I don’t hear our users asking that we put a lot of energy in on that at this point,” Cook said.
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EU wants to enforce 5 years of security and 3 years of OS updates for all phones
EU lawmakers have proposed that phones sold in the region should get at least five years of security updates and three years of OS updates.
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Alleged Google Pixel 7 Pro appears in unboxing video ahead of launch
What appears to be the upcoming Google Pixel 7 Pro surfaced in a brief unboxing video posted on Facebook by Gadgetfull BD, a technology shop based in Bangladesh. The video shows someone taking the device out of a Google-branded box and showing off its sleek black exterior, which features Google’s “G” logo stamped on the back.
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iPhone overtakes Android to claim majority of US smartphone market
For the first time ever, there are more iPhones in use in the US than any other type of smartphone. Citing data from analytics firm Counterpoint Research, the Financial Times reports the iPhone overtook the entire Android ecosystem in June to claim 50 percent of US market share. In doing so, Apple achieved its highest-ever share of the American smartphone market. Apple achieved the feat on the back of the iPhone’s “active installed base,” a metric that takes into account all the people who are using an iOS device after purchasing one used.
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Social media app Parler returns to Google's Play Store
Parler, a social media app popular with U.S. conservatives, is returning to Google's app store more than 1-1/2 years after the Alphabet Inc-owned company removed it following the U.S. Capitol riots in January 2021.
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The iPhone is the only uncompromising flat flagship and I'm tired of the envy
There are plenty of Android phones with flat displays out there, but the iPhone is the only phone without compromises.
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Google cracks down on VPN based adblockers
Google has announced last month that they will be changing their Play Store policies for developers. These changes aim to improve the ads experience, tighten security and limit misinformation according to the company. The policies are going into effect later in 2022, which all existing apps will need to comply with.
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Google opens the door for Android apps that work across all kinds of devices
Google’s developer toolkit is geared toward cross-device connectivity.
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My friend was able to unlock my new Google phone with his fingerprint
Google says its Pixel 6a smartphone met the standard of unlocking with an unverified fingerprint once every 50,000 times. It happened to this reporter.
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Best sites for free screen wallpapers that are legal to use
Here are the best sites for free screen wallpapers that are legal to use
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Android could go 64-bit only in 2023, starting with the Pixel tablet
Android 13 hit AOSP the other day, and included in the code source dump is an interesting commit spotted by Esper's Mishaal Rahman. It sounds like Google is planning to—or at least experimenting with—moving the upcoming Pixel tablet to a 64-bit-only build of Android. The commit doesn't beat around the bush, saying: "Move tangor to 64-bit only." "Tangor" is the codename for the already-announced Pixel tablet.
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Copycat iOS Launcher on Android Surpasses 50 Million Downloads
A popular launcher on the Google Play Store that looks to recreate the iOS experience on Android smartphones has surpassed 50 million downloads as it gets updated with design changes and features coming to the iPhone with iOS 16.
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Android has written off Face ID way too soon
Just a couple of years ago, Android flagship phones commonly had a secure face recognition system, but today it's hard to find a phone which has face ID
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Google’s video chat merger begins: Now there are two “Google Meet” apps
Duo is being rebranded to Google Meet, and old Google Meet is still sticking around?
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Samsung’s “repair mode” lets technicians look at your phone, not your data
Mailing in your phone for repair? Samsung has just the feature for that.
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