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Currents, previously Google+, shutting down next year in favor of Spaces in Gmail/Chat

February 11, 2022
Google+ shut down in April of 2020 as a social network for consumers, but the product was kept around for businesses that wanted an internal tool to communicate with employees in a post/stream-like manner. Citing low usage, Google is shutting down Currents and replacing it with Spaces in the new integrated Gmail/Chat. Spaces originally started out as “Rooms” but was given a big rename and…
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Google launches Android 13 Developer Preview for Pixel phones

February 11, 2022
Even as 12L is still in the Beta Program ahead of its Q1 launch, Google today announced the Android 13 Developer Preview. This is now the seventh year that Google is providing an early look at the direction Android is going in the fall. The preview is again getting…
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Android 13 DP1: Any app can now offer a Material You-style Themed Icon

February 11, 2022
Google has shared info on how, starting with Android 13, any app can offer their own Themed Icon to appear in the Pixel Launcher and more. With Android 12, Google launched a “beta” feature for the Pixel Launcher called Themed Icons which gives many of Google’s apps a new monochrome icon suited to your Material You theme. To do this, the Pixel Launcher had a built-in catalog of icons to…
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How to install the Android 13 preview on Google Pixel

February 11, 2022
Android 13 is several months away from its formal debut, but Google has opened up the first previews for its latest mobile operating system today with new features and more. If you’re on a Google Pixel smartphone, you can install Android 13 now. Here’s how, and why you…
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Here’s everything new in Android 13 Developer Preview 1 [Gallery]

February 11, 2022
The first release of the next version of Android is a preview that’s only meant for developers and not delivering major user-facing changes. That said, join us as we chronicle all the new features and changes in Android 13 DP1 for Pixel phones. Over the coming hours, we’ll dive into all of Android 13 DP1’s new features and every single change. (The newest updates will be at the top of this…
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Android 13 DP1: Quick Tap gesture can now turn your flashlight on and off

February 11, 2022
The Pixel series’ Quick Tap gesture is now more helpful than ever, with the option to toggle your flashlight. Starting with Android 12 last year, newer Pixel phones gained a “Quick Tap” gesture that lets you perform a variety of actions on your phone without digging through menus. At launch, Google offered a handful of preset options like taking screenshots, activating the Google…
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