Today, in the midst of the latest Android 12 Beta release, Google dropped its first new image of the Pixel 6 since showing off the phone in August alongside a celebration of the Material You design that will make its proper debut on that phone.
A post to Instagram on the official Made by Google account gives us our latest look at the Pixel 6 in a colorful array of devices. It’s a fairly late…
Android 12 Beta 5 hands-on: Top new features [Video]
September 10, 2021
The long road to a stable Android 12 release is punctuated by the preview phase and the very latest is Beta 5. An already stacked OS is getting yet more tweaks and refinements before it’s ready for the public, and so we’ve been delving into Android 12 Beta 5 to find all…
Google Pay for Wear OS is now available in 10 more countries for grand total of 37
September 10, 2021
With the launch of Wear OS 3 on Samsung’s Galaxy Watch 4, Google announced a wearable redesign of Pay as well as expanded international availability. Google Pay on Wear OS is now coming to 10 more countries.
For the longest time, Google’s wearable payment system was…
Google may release Android 12.1 as its first mid-cycle launch in years
September 10, 2021
Breaking from the recent yearly release cadence, the next version of Android to release might be a mid-cycle bump — an “Android 12.1,” if you will — rather than Android 13.
By all measures, Android 12 is a significant release for Google’s phones, among other things, revamping the design with “Material You,” which matches the system and your apps to your wallpaper’s colors. In the…
TCL is putting Google TV on a super-thin 85-inch mini-LED 8K TV w/ built-in camera
September 10, 2021
TCL just unveiled its first batch of televisions with Google TV built in last month, but now the collection is expanding. Today, TCL is introducing the X9, a huge 85-inch TV with Google TV, mini-LED, and more for a whopping $9,999.
TCL X9 is a flagship television by almost…
WhatsApp working on chat transfer from Android to iOS
September 10, 2021
After finally adding the ability to migrate your WhatsApp chats from iOS to Android, the Facebook-owned firm looks like it will soon add the ability to transfer chats in the other direction — from Android to iOS.
Switching device and, therefore, mobile OS is far less…
Motorola’s updated over-the-air ‘Space Charging’ can charge up to 4 devices at once
September 10, 2021
The age of over-the-air wireless charging could soon be upon us as Motorola has demoed their second-generation wireless “Space Charging” system that can charge up to four devices simultaneously.
Wireless charging still requires a dock or a pad for you to place your smartphone down upon so that the charging coils can make contact before power is drawn. The idea of truly wireless charging is…
Google Meet will soon let you make 1:1 calls without using links, like classic Hangouts
September 10, 2021
While text chatting with classic Hangouts is still possible today, Google has killed most of the legacy service’s video calling features. Google will soon restore a familiar capability that lets you make direct calls using Meet without having to generate a link ahead of…
Google Meet ‘Series One’ adds 27″ & 65″ AIO touchscreens w/ whiteboard stylus, USB-C monitor mode
September 10, 2021
Back in September, Google announced a more integrated video conferencing kit created in partnership with Lenovo. The latest in the “Series One” Google Meet hardware family are all-in-one touchscreens that are essentially Jamboards with better cameras and two…
Google’s rename of ‘Rooms’ in Chat and Gmail to ‘Spaces’ is now underway
September 10, 2021
Back in June, with the announcement that Workspace is available “for everyone,” Google revealed that “Rooms” in Chat would soon be renamed to “Spaces” and gain a slew of new features. That rebrand is now underway.
Google Meet ‘Series One’ adds 27″ & 65″ AIO touchscreens w/ whiteboard stylus, USB-C monitor mode
Meet will soon let you make 1:1 calls without using links…
