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Google Assistant preps ‘dropdown’ design on Android and new mic sounds [Gallery]

The last visual revamp for Assistant in late 2020 saw the light bar come to all Android devices. Google is now working on what looks to be a new design that takes advantage of dropdown menus to show more information, while Assistant is getting new microphone sounds. About APK Insight: In this “APK Insight” post, we’ve decompiled the latest version of an application that Google uploaded to…
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More countries will get fast mmWave 5G support with iPhone 13

Corroborating a report from Ming-Chi Kuo earlier in the year, Digitimes is claiming that more than half of iPhone 13 models manufactured will support 5G mmWave. As a reminder, the iPhone 12 supports sub-6GHz 5G worldwide but the superfast gigabit speeds are only available…
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PSA: Chinese UC Browser on iOS harvests your data even in incognito mode

Okay, it’s a rather obvious PSA not to install a Chinese web browser on your iPhone, but Alibaba’s UC Browser is actually the fourth most popular browser in the world by user numbers, and the eighth most downloaded mobile app in the last decade … A security researcher – whose work has been verified by two others – has found that UC Browsers is about as big a privacy nightmare as you…
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Google Photos adds ‘Best of Spring 2021’ Memory collection

Google Photos is now rolling out yet another AI-generated Memory collection to highlight some of your “Best of Spring 2021” photos and videos. The recent announcement that Google Photos will add more directly personalized Memories collections over time is an important…
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Huawei Watch 3 review: harmonious hand hardware? [Video]

Despite some serious issues with smartphones, Huawei is dropping yet more wearables with the Watch 3 — which as it turns out, is really quite impressive. It feels very much as though Huawei has channeled some of the Apple Watch with hints of Wear OS for wearables. It might genuinely be one to look at if the LiteOS-powered Watch GT series hasn’t quite floated your boat, and that’s because…
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Huawei’s HarmonyOS arrives w/ iPad-inspired tablet UI, apparent Android base

Two years into its ban from the US Government and, in turn, access to the Play Store on its Android-powered devices, Huawei is unveiling HarmonyOS. The platform is an alternative to Android that powers TVs, smartphones, tablets, and smartwatches. Announced at an event today, Huawei is positioning HarmonyOS as an operating system that can handle just about everything, from the smartphone in your…
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