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Google Talks Up Chromebook Linux Leaving Beta, New Devices Incoming
May 20, 2021 · By Daniel Golightly
Google Talks Up Chromebook Linux Leaving Beta, New Devices Incoming
Google I/O 2021 will come to a close today but there's still plenty to talk…
May 20, 2021 · By Daniel Golightly
Google Reenables The Emergency SOS Feature In The Android 12 Beta
May 20, 2021 · By Justin Diaz
Google Reenables The Emergency SOS Feature In The Android 12 Beta
The Android 12 Beta is bringing back the emergency SOS feature that appeared in the…
May 20, 2021 · By Justin Diaz
Android 12's Big Focus Is Privacy, But Most Privacy Features Aren't Available Yet
May 20, 2021 · By Alexander Maxham
Android 12's Big Focus Is Privacy, But Most Privacy Features Aren't Available…
This week, when Google held the keynote for I/O on Tuesday, a big theme was…
May 20, 2021 · By Alexander Maxham
Google Will Open Its First Physical Retail Store In NYC This Summer
May 20, 2021 · By Alexander Maxham
Google Will Open Its First Physical Retail Store In NYC This Summer
For years, we've heard rumors that Google would be opening its own retail store, many…
May 20, 2021 · By Alexander Maxham
Nanoleaf Becomes The Latest Brand To Support The Matter Smart Home Standard
May 20, 2021 · By Alexander Maxham
Nanoleaf Becomes The Latest Brand To Support The Matter Smart Home Standard
At Google I/O this week, a big topic in the smart home space has been…
May 20, 2021 · By Alexander Maxham

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Android 12 Will Boost Google Play Store Alternatives
Android 12 update will be beneficial for Google Play Store alternatives, it seems. The update…
May 20, 2021 · By Kristijan Lucic
Audio In Android 12 Will Be Handled Very Differently On Transition
Android 12 is officially live in public beta, as of Google I/O 2021 and there…
May 19, 2021 · By Daniel Golightly
Android 12 Intros A Way To Stop Unused Apps From Wrecking Your…
Unused apps can eat up memory, put data at risk via permissions, and send unwanted…
May 19, 2021 · By Daniel Golightly
Google Won't Say If Current Smartwatches Get The New Wear OS
When it comes to the new Wear OS, one thing that's as mystifying as all…
May 19, 2021 · By Justin Diaz
YouTube Music Is Coming To Your Wear OS Watch, With Features Intact
YouTube Music will finally be arriving on Wear OS, coming sometime later this year. That's…
May 19, 2021 · By Daniel Golightly
Toast Notifications Will Have To Identify Their Maker From Android 12
Google has announced some big changes to Android 12 with Google I/O 2021 and toast…
May 19, 2021 · By Daniel Golightly
Google Moves Your Next Alarm To The Quick Settings in Android 12
We're still digging through all of the changes in Android 12 Beta 1, and that…
May 19, 2021 · By Alexander Maxham
How To Enable Game Mode In The Android 12 Beta
Back in the Android 12 Developer Preview, a new Game Mode was discovered and it…
May 19, 2021 · By Justin Diaz
Google Looks At Giving Chrome Its Own RSS Reader, Catered To You
Google is all set to test out a dedicated RSS reader in the Canary Channel…
May 19, 2021 · By Daniel Golightly
'Hold For Assistant' Isn't On By Default, In Android 12 Beta 1
Google can't seem to decide what it wants to do with the power button on…
May 19, 2021 · By Alexander Maxham
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Here's Everything Announced At Google I/O In A 9-Minute Video
After a busy first day of Google I/O, the search giant has released a condensed…
May 19, 2021 · By Alexander Maxham
Android 12 Beta 1 Delivers New, Colorful Charging Animations
Android 12 Beta 1 launched yesterday as part of Google I/O 2021. That being said,…
May 19, 2021 · By Kristijan Lucic
Google Opens AI Campus In California To Work On A Quantum Computer
Google has officially unveiled its new quantum AI campus in Santa Barbara, California. The developers…
May 19, 2021 · By Hamid Ganji
Google Project Starline Aims To Enable Realistic Two-Way Communication
Google showed off its Project Starline during an ongoing I/O conference. This futuristic technology is…
May 19, 2021 · By Vinay Patel
TCL 20 Pro 5G Joins Ranks As Official Android 12 Preview Partner
TCL has now officially announced participation in the Android 12 Developer Preview Program via its…
May 19, 2021 · By Daniel Golightly
Google Gives ARCore New Capabilities Via Big I/O 2021 Update
Google took to its I/O 2021 stage to present a wealth of new updates and…
May 18, 2021 · By Daniel Golightly
Google Assistant Is Getting Widgets That Don't Suck
Google Assistant on your smartphone is getting good widgets, finally. And not just the barebones…
May 18, 2021 · By Alexander Maxham
HMD Global Wants You To Help Shape Android 12 For Nokia
HMD Global has taken the opportunity afforded by today's Google I/O 2021 announcements to unveil…
May 18, 2021 · By Daniel Golightly

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Fitbit's Big Plan To Inspire More Healthy Living Includes Wear OS
Today at its annual developer conference Google revealed some major changes coming to Wear OS,…
May 18, 2021 · By Justin Diaz
Samsung Is Making It Easier To Build Apps For Tizen Smartwatches &…
Samsung is apparently working to port Google's Flutter SDK over to the Galaxy Watch and…
May 18, 2021 · By Alexander Maxham
At 3-Billion Active Android Devices, Google Is Dominating The Market
With news continuing to flow from Google I/O 2021, one of the more surprising announcements…
May 18, 2021 · By Daniel Golightly
Spotify Is Getting A Massive Upgrade On Wear OS
When it comes to the third-party apps on Android-compatible smartwatches, Wear OS reigns supreme, and…
May 18, 2021 · By Justin Diaz
Android TV OS Reaches 80 Million Monthly Active Devices
Android TV has come a long way according to Google, having just announced that the…
May 18, 2021 · By Justin Diaz
Android 12's New Privacy Dashboard Makes It Easier To Revoke Permissions From…
In Android 12, Google is debuting the new Privacy Dashboard. This is a feature that…
May 18, 2021 · By Alexander Maxham
Android 12 Beta 1 Comes To Android TV, But You Won't Be…
Google launched the first beta for Android 12 today at Google I/O. Which is for…
May 18, 2021 · By Alexander Maxham
Google Is Bringing Its New Material Design To You On Chromebooks Too
Google I/O 2021 saw the introduction of Google's next-gen Material design language -- dubbed Material…
May 18, 2021 · By Daniel Golightly
Here's What The Redesigned Android 12 Looks Like, With Material You!
Since the first developer preview for Android 12 launched February, we knew that there were…
May 18, 2021 · By Alexander Maxham
Samsung Won't Update Your Tizen Smartwatches Forever
Samsung will be partnering with Google for all of its future smartwatches, but it's not…
May 18, 2021 · By Justin Diaz
Google TPU v4 Puts Supercomputer Power In The Google Cloud
Google has kicked off Google I/O 2021, at least in part, with a new advancement…
May 18, 2021 · By Daniel Golightly
Samsung Partners With Google To Usher In New Era Of Smartwatches
Google today announced a new partnership with Samsung that will usher in a new era…
May 18, 2021 · By Justin Diaz
Android 12 Wants To Replace Your Car Keys
Android 12 basically wants to replace your car keys. Google has announced Android 12 during…
May 18, 2021 · By Kristijan Lucic
Google 3D AR Goes Athletic With New Model Additions In Search
Google has taken to its Google I/O 2021 event to announce the addition of athletes…
May 18, 2021 · By Daniel Golightly
Android Automotive Is Coming To 10 More Vehicles This Year
For years, Google has shown off Android Automotive at Google I/O. Where the entire infotainment…
May 18, 2021 · By Alexander Maxham
Tizen Is Dead As Google Announces Wear OS Unified Platform
In what is probably the biggest shakeup for Wear OS since Google officially announced Wear…
May 18, 2021 · By Justin Diaz
Google Photos 'Memories' Feature Gets Boosted By AI
Google has announced some improvements to Google Photos during its Google I/O keynote, thanks to…
May 18, 2021 · By Kristijan Lucic
Google Introduces "Material You", The Next Level Of Material Design
At Google I/O, the company's head of design, Matias Duarte, introduced us to "Material You"…
May 18, 2021 · By Alexander Maxham
LaMDA Will Fundamentally Change How You Search & Conversative AI
Google I/O is well underway and the search giant has now introduced its next iteration…
May 18, 2021 · By Daniel Golightly
Google Workspace Smart Chips Connects Google Docs, Meet, And More
Google Workspace smart chips will make productivity much easier. This new feature will help users…
May 18, 2021 · By Kaelin Dickerson
Google Search Quick Delete Makes It Easier To Hide Your Shame
Google is announcing loads of new things at Google I/O 2021, and one of the…
May 18, 2021 · By Justin Diaz
The Android 12 Beta Is Available Today!
During the opening keynote of the first day of Google I/O 2021, the company announced…
May 18, 2021 · By Alexander Maxham
Google Maps Aim To Keep You Safe While You're On The Road
Google has announced some features for Maps during Google I/O 2021, and those features aim…
May 18, 2021 · By Kristijan Lucic
Your Phone Is Getting New Remote-Control Features For Android TV
Android TV is getting some brand-new remote-control features by way of your Android smartphone. Google…
May 18, 2021 · By Justin Diaz
Google Photos Gets A Locked Folder For Storing Your Nudes
Google Photos is getting a new feature today, as announced at Google I/O. There's a…
May 18, 2021 · By Alexander Maxham
Google's New Password Manager Features Will Make You Forget About LastPass
Google is also debuting a slew of new features for its own password manager. There…
May 18, 2021 · By Alexander Maxham
Google Lens Is Used 3B Times Per Month
At Google I/O today, Sundar Pichai announced that Google Lens is used three billion times…
May 18, 2021 · By Alexander Maxham