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Android Auto for Phone Screens app will be a ‘stopgap’ as Assistant Driving Mode delayed

September 5, 2019
Yesterday, it emerged that Android Auto would be gaining a “Phone Screens” app even after Google in May announced Assistant Driving Mode as a replacement. A new report paints that upcoming app as nothing more than a stopgap in light of the Assistant-backed feature not meeting its summer release. After speaking to Google, calls the upcoming Phone Screens app a “stopgap.” The announcement…
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Some Pixel owners unable to use Active Edge and more after Android 10 update

September 5, 2019
Though the brave among us have enjoyed Android 10 through beta updates on our devices for a few months now, the official Android 10 release finally hit Google Pixel phones this week. While that beta testing process found many issues ahead of time, some problems still made it through, as some Google Pixel owners on Android 10 are unable to use phone features that rely on sensors, including Active…
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HMD's Nokia 7.2 could be the new mid-range smartphone to beat

September 5, 2019
The Nokia 7.1 was a fan-favorite, so a sequel was all but inevitable — what’s more surprising is just how ambitious it is. HMD just pulled back the curtain on the Nokia 7.2 at IFA in Berlin today, and if nothing else, it’s a clear sign that the Finnish company…
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NTSB says Tesla Autopilot was partly to blame for 2018 crash

September 5, 2019
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) cited both driver error and Tesla’s Autopilot design as the probable causes of a January 2018 crash, in which a Model S slammed into a parked fire truck at about 31 mph. According to the report, the driver was distracted and did not see the fire truck. But NTSB says that Tesla’s Autopilot was also at fault, as its design “permitted…
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Samsung’s Galaxy A9 5G might make you forget about the Galaxy S10 5G

September 5, 2019
Samsung isn’t just launching 5G devices at the upper echelons of its product line, because not all of us can afford a flagship. The Galaxy A90 5G is the company’s first 5G handset for those folks who aren’t willing, or able, to blow upward of a grand on their phone. And, at first blush, it looks like the sort of smartphone that’s so good that you might completely forget…
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