In a race to increase display sizes and reduce bezel, Android manufacturers were trying all sorts of whacky things back in the day. Possibly the whackiest and unnecessarily complex engineering solution to be introduced was the pop-up selfie camera. Remember that thing? Not every phone maker used this, but a very popular Android OEM did. … Continued Read the original post: Lol, Remember Pop-Up Selfie Cameras? Read more ›
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Circle to Search was introduced on the Galaxy S24 lineup from Samsung. Powered by Google, users can long press the home button, then circle literally anything on the screen to do a Google image search based on what was circled. It’s extremely intuitive and helpful in many cases. Naturally, everyone should want this convenience on … Continued Read the original post: Circle to Search Exclusive to Samsung, Google Phones Until... Read more ›
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Telegram, our current favorite messaging app, posted up an overview of the new features it added over the course of January. Since we here did not write up any of those things, now seems like a good time to recap you on what you might’ve missed. The biggest change is for Saved Messages, a chat … Continued Read the original post: Telegram Added a Lot of Features in January Read more ›
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Bard, Google’s AI chat bot, is now more than just a chat bot. You can now use Bard to generate images, powered by Google’s updated Imagen 2 model. This model, as explained by Google, balances quality and speed, resulting in high quality, photorealistic images. If you’re looking to go create AI images right now, the … Continued Read the original post: Bard Now Lets You Generate AI Images for Free Read more ›
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The final carrier has joined the party – Verizon will use Google’s Jibe Platform to power its Rich Communication Services (RCS) after reaching a deal of some sort. This follows similar switches by AT&T and T-Mobile last year. Details are limited so far, but Verizon shared the news with us today, saying that the move … Continued Read the original post: Verizon Switches to Google’s Jibe for RCS Read more ›
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Hey guys, Google is about to end another service that was sort-of a part of Google Assistant. I know, shocking. Google Assistant Driving Mode from within Google Maps will go away in February. Oh, we’re in February! This feature will disappear this month, likely sooner than later. Although, with Google’s odd way of rolling out … Continued Read the original post: Assistant Driving Mode in Google Maps is Shutting Down Read more ›
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Nothing has a new phone on the horizon and is expected to fully reveal it at an event towards the end of February at MWC. This morning, they made that device official, at least in name. The Nothing Phone (2a) is coming soon. Through a community update, Nothing provided a description of the Phone (2a), … Continued Read the original post: Nothing Makes Phone 2a Official and Dances Around the... Read more ›
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The Google Play System update for January has caused some problems on a “small number” of Pixel phones and Google has acknowledged the issue today. Through a community post, Google talks through a storage issue that popped up, saying that they are working on a fix while also providing a method to manually fix should … Continued Read the original post: Google Shares Pixel Phone Fix for Storage Issues After... Read more ›
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It’s officially Galaxy S24 launch day, and luckily for many, the deals are still solid. Over at Best Buy, for anyone who purchases a Galaxy S24 smartphone, you’re in line for a free gift card to do some extra shopping. Galaxy S24 Ultra Review: Such a Good Phone! For the top $150 gift card, you’ll … Continued Read the original post: It’s Galaxy S24 Launch Day, Best Buy Giving Out... Read more ›
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In late 2017, Google announced that it had entered a cooperation agreement with HTC to acquire the talent who worked on the early HTC-made Pixel devices. At the time, HTC was struggling financially, so many on the outside saw it as more of a helpful gesture from Google to keep HTC’s mobile business afloat. As … Continued Read the original post: This Week 6 Years Ago, Google Paid $1B for... Read more ›
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Google pushed out a new Android 14 QPR2 beta update today, but don’t get too excited just yet. This new build, labeled as QPR2 3.2, is only for the Pixel 5a. After reading through the fix list, it sure sounds like the 3.1 update caused all sorts of havoc on the little guy. The release … Continued Read the original post: Android 14 QPR2 Beta 3.2 Released for Pixel 5a Read more ›
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It looks like Samsung is about to unveil a new Galaxy Fit wearable, which should be exciting for those who task Samsung and its ecosystem with keeping track of their health and wellness. Called the Galaxy Fit 3, leaked promotional material show off very updated hardware, so let’s take a look. Thanks to @evleaks, there’s … Continued Read the original post: Galaxy Fit 3 Leaked in Full With Upgraded Hardware,... Read more ›
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When Google first announced its new Circle to Search feature, they did so alongside the launch of the Galaxy S24. At that time, they said for Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro owners to expect access to it as well, only they’d have to wait until January 31 when the Galaxy S24 hit store shelves. … Continued Read the original post: Circle to Search Finally Rolling Out to Pixel 8... Read more ›
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In the middle of last year, Google began its assault on the password by introducing passkeys. These passkeys were brought in as the future of logging into things, as they utilize other devices around you to confirm you are you, instead of asking you to rely on passwords that aren’t quite as secure. Today, Google announced that … Continued Read the original post: Google is Helping Pixel Phones Easily Upgrade... Read more ›
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Early last year, it was first reported that Google would bring Material You’s dynamic colors to Wear OS. Google’s own code pointed to this happening, but the code obviously didn’t tell us when it would get implemented. This week, it’s more of the same, with newly discovered code detailing not just dynamic colors for Wear … Continued Read the original post: That Wear OS Material You Upgrade is Very Close Read more ›
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For what will be a limited time, the good people over at Woot! are selling a new, unlocked Pixel 8 for only $539. That’s a discount of $160. That’s below Black Friday pricing, just to be clear. You could sometimes see that there’d be a drawback with those high of savings, such as the phone … Continued Read the original post: DEAL: Brand New Unlocked Pixel 8 for Only $539... Read more ›
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Every couple of years, we appear to bring back our begging for Samsung to give us what we need. Since they haven’t listened, for the launch of the Galaxy S24, we’ll go ahead and do it again. We’ll then do it again in another couple of years until our requests are finally met. Give me … Continued Read the original post: Samsung, Seriously, I Need a Vertical App Drawer With... Read more ›
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Since launch, even though there’s been a positive reception from most, we can’t help but feel there’s a dark and potentially ominous cloud over Galaxy AI. While its features are exciting and useful, we learned shortly after unveiling that even though it launches as free to use on the Galaxy S24 lineup, that may not … Continued Read the original post: Samsung Thinks Plenty of People Would Pay for Galaxy... Read more ›
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The Galaxy S24 Series was announced almost two weeks ago now, which means pre-orders and all of their special bonuses are about to come to an end. To get max value out of the gate on a new phone, now would be the time to save as much as you can on the Galaxy S24 … Continued Read the original post: Galaxy S24 Ultra Pre-Orders at $870 Off Almost Done Read more ›
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Need more AI in your life? No, you don’t. You absolutely do not, even if tech execs will try and tell you for the next several years, at everyone opportunity, that you do. However, you could always use more toys to play with that can create the goofiest of imagery and so we’re here to … Continued Read the original post: Google Arts & Culture App Uses AI to Make... Read more ›
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