Mobile

Privacy is a big focus of Android 12, and one of the ways that Google is addressing it is with better notification of sensor usage. While it’s not live quite yet, we’ve discovered that Android 12 is working on a more obvious location indicator that matches what’s been changed with the camera and microphone. Quickly recapping what we’ve seen so far, previous Android 12 Beta releases added…

If you are not content with the most recent Android 12 Developer Preview or Beta build on your Google Pixel, it’s probably music to your ears knowing that you can downgrade your OS to a stable version of Android 11 if you encounter any major problems. We’ve shown you how to install the Android 12 Beta or Developer Preview phase, so it’s only fair that we show you how to downgrade from…

Britain’s BT announced that it’s phasing out 3G in the next two years as it maintains its plans to bring 5G to the entire country by 2028, reports Reuters. According to BT Consumer CEO Marc Allera, traffic has more than quadrupled on its 5G network since October, when the iPhone 12 launched. “EE is the first operator to set a time frame to stop supporting 3G services in early 2023, with…

Google Sheets has joined a very exclusive club after reaching the 1 billion download milestone over on the Play Store. Although an excellent free alternative to Microsoft Excel, Google Sheets isn’t necessarily as useful on mobile as it is in a full web browser — making it less of a “must download” than other Workspace applications. The experience is fine when working with smaller…