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How to add Google Wallet to your Fitbit

December 6, 2022
Fitbit’s wearables are an excellent choice for anyone who needs to track health stats accurately. On top of that, devices such as the Sense 2 and Versa 4 are also able to take on smartwatch features like Google Wallet’s contactless payments. This guide will go through adding Google Wallet to your Fitbit device. What Fitbit wearables can use Google Wallet? Fitbit’s device line focuses…
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Google TV mobile app starts rolling out Material You redesign

December 6, 2022
In addition to the set of updates previewed last week, the Google TV app is getting a Material You redesign on Android. It of course starts with a new bottom bar that’s taller and makes use of pill-shaped indicators to note your current tab. It’s a long overdue…
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Google Discover bug causes empty feed in Pixel Launcher

December 6, 2022
In the most recent beta version of the Google Search app, a bug is causing the Discover feed in the Pixel Launcher to be empty. On some phones, most notably Google’s Pixel series, the leftmost page of the launcher offers handy access to a feed of the latest interesting…
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Android 13 QPR1 for Google Pixel phones rolling out with December security patch

December 6, 2022
Android 13 sees Google continue with the concept of Quarterly Platform Releases and QPR1 is now rolling out to Pixel phones with the December security patch and Feature Drop. Pixel 7 gets over 70 fixes with Android 13 QPR1 update Compared to last year (with version 12.1 for Android 12L), QPR1 is still just “Android 13” and coincides with the December Feature Drop. QPR1 contains some…
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Pixel 7 gets over 70 fixes with Android 13 QPR1 update

December 6, 2022
As expected, Android 13 QPR1 introduces a slew of fixes for both the Pixel 7 series and older supported Google phones. The first Pixel 7 and 7 Pro update last month only brought a trio of fixes. December’s, which coincides with Android 13 QPR1, brings over 70 across all…
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Here’s how to set YouTube videos to play at a specific resolution on Android

December 6, 2022
Currently, YouTube on mobile changes default video quality based on usage instead of giving the option to change resolution right away. This guide will go through changing your videos on YouTube to a specific resolution to get the best quality. In previous versions of the YouTube mobile app, you always had the option to easily change the resolution to whichever quality you wanted, up to 8K in…
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Google Pay (GPay) getting some Material You tweaks

December 6, 2022
The GPay app, which was once the future of Google’s payments strategy, is still available for users in three countries and is getting some Material You tweaks. From the beginning, GPay had a rather unique bottom bar that was fluid. Besides highlighting the current tab in…
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Google switching to continuous scrolling for desktop Search results

December 6, 2022
Google is adopting continuous scrolling for desktop Search results as it did for the mobile website in October 2021.  Search has famously shown 10 blue links, though you’ve long been able to go up to 100 results per page from google.com/preferences.  Google says “you’ll now be able to see up to six pages of results” after reaching the bottom of a search results page, which is marked by…
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