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With the December 2020 Feature Drop, Google made it so that your Pixel phone charges slowly at night to preserve battery health. Pixel users have had hit or miss experiences with Adaptive Charging, and Google now looks to have tweaked how it works on Android 12. On Android 11, this overnight adaptive capability fast charges your Pixel to 80% and then slows down, thus preserving the health of the…

The Google Assistant preferences page allows you to sign in and select what services to use on Smart Displays and speakers. A small tweak today sees Google Assistant separate settings for “Photos” from “Videos.” Update 8/13: Google has expanded this Assistant preference with a list of your available Smart Displays to “Show your photos on this shared device.” This includes memories…

Seemingly to outdo itself from two years ago, Google today announced the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro in an early teaser well ahead of the formal launch later this year. While Google is keeping some specifics close to its chest, we’re getting a pretty good idea of what the Pixel 6 specs will bring to the table. Google Tensor chip To kick things off, let’s talk about the biggest thing these phones…

With this week’s release, Google is “moving into the final phase” of Android 12 and focusing on “polish, performance, and stability” rather than adding new features. However, a bug in Android 12 Beta 4 sees most notification banners not pop up. When a notification comes in on Android, you’re supposed to see the app icon/name in the status bar, and a short banner with the sender name…