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What is your Android ‘Phone of the Year’ for 2022? [Poll]

December 17, 2022
If we were to be completely honest, 2022 has been a fairly modest year for the Android platform – especially for Google. That’s not to say we haven’t had impressive new entrants, upgrades, and new releases, and one must be crowned “Phone of the Year” for 2022 by you – our readers. We likely hit “peak” smartphone a couple of years ago. Since around 2018 most improvements to our…
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Google Lens shortcut comes to google․com on Android

December 17, 2022
Following desktop back in November, a Google Lens shortcut has now been added to google.com on Android for another way to launch the visual search tool.  Google continues to closely intertwine Lens with Search and it now appears at the right of the pill-shaped field. The…
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Google Voice now automatically switches between Wi-Fi and cellular

December 17, 2022
Google Voice rarely sees big updates that aren’t primarily enterprise-facing these days, but it is now getting “intelligent network switching” to improve call quality. Previously, the VoIP service “identified the ideal network only at the time the call was placed.” Google Voice now “automatically switches ongoing calls between cellular data service and Wi-Fi when it determines that…
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Twitter now supports Android 13’s themed icons

December 17, 2022
To say things at Twitter have been a bit chaotic lately is an understatement, but there is a positive note in the latest update on Android – Twitter supports themed icons now. Rolling out with the latest stable Twitter for Android update (9.68.1), the app now supports a…
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Chrome’s in-page price tracking button is live on Android devices

December 17, 2022
As part of a series of updates aimed at making holiday shopping easier, Google recently released a change that allows you to track prices right in Chrome. While that feature has been live on desktop for some time, Chrome’s price tracking feature is now available on Android. Chrome’s price tracker is a pretty neat new tool. Similar to how a lot of other third-party sites operate, Google can…
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Conversing with my AI friend ChatGPT | The DeanBeat

December 17, 2022
Connect with gaming and metaverse leaders online at GamesBeat Summit: Into the Metaverse 3 this February 1-2. Register here. Did you ever wonder what you would look like as a villain in a Grand Theft Auto game? Or how you would look if you were a peacenik with flowers? Or…
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What is machine perception? How artificial intelligence (AI) perceives the world

December 17, 2022
Table of contents Types of machine perception Which human senses can machines mimic well? Is machine perception hard? How do the major AI companies handle machine perception? How are startups and challengers approaching machine perception? What can’t machine perception do? Machine perception is the capability of a computer to take in and process sensory information in a way that’s similar…
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