Tag: android
Big Android feature drop adds some cool new Wear OS and smart home tricks
Google has got into the groove of pushing out new Android features in between major updates such as Android 14, and the latest of these to land is particularly useful if you use a Wear OS watch on your wrist to control your smart home. There are 11 new features…
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Nothing Chat took a shot at iMessage, but it’s taken down Sunbird instead
From the annals of “what could go wrong?” comes the tale of Nothing’s calamitous efforts to circumvent Apple‘s iMessage green bubble wall with an app that could mask Android messages in fake blue bubble goodness. This plan went about as well as you would expect, and now Nothing’s partner is…
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Your Pixel phone can now screen calls to ask if they’re urgent – here’s how it works
During the Pixel 8 event in early October, Google revealed that the Call Screen feature on their flagship series will have new “contextual replies” for incoming calls. It turns out this update is more capable than we thought, as users can also ask contacts if their call is urgent. This…
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Android Find My Device: what is the new tracker network and how will it work?
Google‘s Find My Device network is set to be a major upgrade to the current Find My Device service. The latter lets you find your phone – if it’s connected to the internet – but the former could allow you to locate almost anything, whether it has internet and location…
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Google abused dominant position of Android in India, antitrust probe finds
Google has abused the dominant position of Android in India to illegally hurt competitors in the world’s second largest internet market, a two-year antitrust probe by the nation’s watchdog has found. The Android-maker reduced device manufacturing firms’ ability and incentive to develop — and sell — devices running alternative versions…
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Epic Games to shut down Houseparty in October, including the video chat ‘Fortnite Mode’ feature
Houseparty, the social video chat app acquired by Fortnite maker Epic Games for a reported $35 million back in 2019, is shutting down. The company says Houseparty will be discontinued in October when the app will stop functioning for its existing users; it will be pulled from the app stores…
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