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Apple began testing encrypted RCS messages on iOS last week with the release of iOS 26.4 beta. At the time of that release, they were only testing end-to-end encryption (E2EE) between Apple devices, but we sort of hoped that they would quickly expand that test to include Android. This week, they’ve apparently done just that. … Continued
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Google shared a recap of 2025 in the world of Android and Google Play security. Huge numbers are thrown around. 27 million. 20 billion. 1.75 million. See, lots of numbers. As consumers, all we need to know is that Google has been working hard to build AI-powered tools and services to ensure our Android devices … Continued Read the original post: Play Protect Put in Work in 2025, ID’d 27... Read more ›
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Google Home is getting a set of new premade voice assistant actions. Google calls them pre-defined actions, but the point is, you can skip a lot of the busywork that makes actions in automations a time consuming endeavor. For example, new “pre-defined voice assistant actions” include announcing the weather, playing music, playing a podcast, telling … Continued Read the original post: Google Home Gets New Premade Voice Assistant Actions Read more ›
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Google has moved forward with its promise to bring AirDrop support to more phones. Today, the Search giant announced that the Pixel 9 series of phones now has AirDrop via Quick Share. In the briefest of announcements, Google said that Quick Share compatibility with AirDrop is available to the Pixel 9, Pixel 9 Pro, Pixel … Continued Read the original post: Google Brings AirDrop Support to Pixel 9 Read more ›
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Wouldn’t it be cool if the Now Playing service on your Pixel phone had its own app that could get new features more regularly and was easily updatable for Google? That could happen in the very near future. Spotted within version B.21 of Android System Intelligence, which currently powers Now Playing, Google is preparing a … Continued Read the original post: Google’s Pixel is Getting a Now Playing App Read more ›
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Google is shooting out a save the date for Google I/O 2026, scheduled for May 19 through May 20. Two epic days at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, CA. The image that Google posted hints at Gemini, Android, Chrome, and Search announcements, but none of that comes as a surprise. Naturally, there’s a puzzle … Continued Read the original post: Google I/O 2026 Will Take Place May 19-20 Read more ›
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There’s a chance you aren’t that interested in the Pixel 10a because you don’t see it as much of an upgrade over the Pixel 9a or maybe you just aren’t into A-Series phones. Whatever the case is, you should at least get excited about one thing that Google is introducing as a part of this … Continued Read the original post: Google Copies Samsung’s Awesome Instant Trade-in Credit With Pixel... Read more ›
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Pixel’s At a Glance software is getting a couple of fresh tickers, the first we’ve seen in some time. Following the update, Pixel owners who utilize At a Glance will be able to add Sports updates and Finance updates. For Sports updates, Google mentions that pulling this information may affect battery life, so that’s something … Continued Read the original post: Pixel’s At a Glance Gets New Sports, Finance Updates Read more ›
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Google updated its Google System Services Release Notes page today and it introduces a new feature that adds some sort of local file backup via Google Drive. The specifics around how it works are mostly a mystery, but that’s how Google does these things. In an update for Google Play Services (v26.06), Google says that … Continued Read the original post: Android Gets a New “Local File Backup” Feature for... Read more ›
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While I would recommend Google’s newest Pixel Watch 4 for most people looking at smartwatches on the Android side of things, there are still price drops big enough to look at the previous model. Today, there’s a deal on the Pixel Watch 3 that drops it to just $170. That’s pretty close to a 50% … Continued Read the original post: Here’s a Pixel Watch 3 for Only $170 Read more ›
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Nothing made it official this week, setting March 5 as the launch date for Nothing Phone 4a. Recently, Nothing’s Carl Pei said that the (a) series of devices was the company’s best selling series, so a lot of focus would be going into “leveling up” the phones. He specifically mentions, “taking this even closer to … Continued Read the original post: Nothing Phone 4a Launches March 5 Read more ›
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