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Control: Ultimate Edition is now available on Google Stadia for $39.99 [U]

Off the news of June’s Pro games and a more specific release window for Ark: Survival Evolved, Google has another announcement for new games on Stadia this week. Over the next few months, the hit game Control: Ultimate Edition will be heading to Stadia along with Olympic Games Tokyo. Announced in an blog post in May, Google confirmed that Control would be heading to Stadia over the Summer in…
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Olympic athletes in 3D are the latest AR objects available in Google Search; here’s who you can see

Following an announcement at Google I/O earlier this year, the collection of 3D objects available in Search is expanding. Available now, a bunch of athletes from the Olympics can now be viewed in 3D through Search, and Google is even advertising them in Discover. Like the 3D animals that kicked off the trend, Olympic athletes in Google Search are animated models that show up under specific…
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Google surfacing in-depth Olympics coverage right in the Discover feed

With Tokyo 2020 well underway, there’s just a barrage of news about various events, results, and medal standings. Google Discover is highlighting a hub of sorts that’s quite a nice way to keep track of all things Olympics.  For some, the Discover invites them to “Follow the 2020 Olympics” with an inline card. Others that have been heavily searching about Olympic developments look to be…
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Android 12 Beta 3.1 subtly tweaks the auto-rotate animation

Android 12 Beta 3.1 arrived just yesterday as a small bug fix update, but it also included a little bonus tweak for the auto-rotate animation. This change is so subtle that you might not even notice it at first, but the auto-rotate animation has a smoother, easier…
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Nokia launches XR20 rugged phone w/ Snapdragon 480, $549.99 price

Nokia has launched the XR20, a 5G-capable rugged phone that runs Android One. At 6.67 inches, the XR20 packs in an FHD+ display, which is coated in Corning Gorilla Glass Victus, while the chassis is MIL-STD-810H rated as well as being completely water-resistant. The internals might frustrate somewhat, with the XR20 utilizing the Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 5G-enabled chipset, 4,630mAh battery, 4/6GB…
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