The latest widely-available update for Google’s popular desktop browser, Chrome 90, is causing a strange crashing issue for some Windows 10 users. Here’s what’s happening and, if you’re affected, a possible fix.
Chrome 90 first started rolling out in mid-April for desktop users on Windows, macOS, and Linux. The update delivers an AV1 encoder, an easy way to hide the Reading List feature…
Samsung says it will stick to Tizen on TVs instead of Android TV, despite Wear OS adoption
May 22, 2021
Google and Samsung announced a major collaboration that brought the “best of Tizen” to a revamped Wear OS. While Samsung is saying goodbye to Tizen in its wearables as a whole, the company isn’t ready to move away from the platform in its TVs.
Tizen has been…
Kicked off by I/O 2021, Google has been making a big privacy and security push this week. The Google My Activity page is now adding extra password verification before it shows all your account usage and interactions.
Currently, visiting My Activity on the web will…
Foldables are clearly a big priority for Samsung despite the high costs and compromises, resulting in comparatively small sales numbers. According to a new report, though, Samsung has big plans in 2021 to boost sales numbers for Galaxy Z Fold 3 and foldables as a whole.
TheElec claims that Samsung has set a goal of shipping between 6 million and 7 million foldable devices with its next…
Google appears to be rolling out an A/B test to some Android TV users that updates the YouTube app with a new video player that can access the video description, adds new channel shortcuts, and more.
This updated version of the YouTube app on Android TV doesn’t, as far…
With Android 12, the Google Assistant gained the ability to be invoked by long-pressing the power button, which normally opens Android’s power menu. In turn, the Google Assistant is gaining the ability to power your phone off with your voice.
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Annoying ‘out-of-sync’ Google Photos prompts on non-Pixel devices may go away w/ Android 12
May 22, 2021
The arrival of Android 11 brought with it the effects of Scoped Storage which, on phones that weren’t Pixels, also led to an annoying Google Photos quirk that included more prompts and “out-of-sync” warnings. On Android 12, those annoying trash prompts and more will be gone for Google Photos users on all devices.
A page from Google (via XDA) explains a new “Media Management Access”…
For years, Google’s “Weather” applet on Android has used a fairly straightforward design with elements from the original 2014 Material Design. Now, Google Weather is in the process of being updated to be more in line with the Google Material Theme.
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Have you ever wondered what the best calendar app for the iPhone was? Calendar apps for iPhone are a tough thing to offer advice about because different people use them in different ways. Some people are busier than others (meeting-wise), and others use their calendar as a…
The May 2021 security update or patch has started rolling out for a number of Samsung devices including the likes of the Galaxy S21 and more.
As we’ve seen previously with older patches, the May security patch isn’t technically fully released yet even though Samsung has started its rollout to selected smartphones. Google follows a pattern of rolling out the update to its Pixel smartphones on…
