MobileNews

Google Search will blur explicit images by default for everyone in the ‘coming months’

February 7, 2023
Google has announced today that, in the “coming months,” it will start to blur explicit images in Search with a new default setting. A new online safety feature will blur images that are considered “explicit” in Google Search. That refers to images containing gore, graphic violence, or sexually explicit (pornographic) content. The change was announced in a blog post in accordance with…
Read more
MobileNews

New iPhone browsers on the way without WebKit; Apple prepping Safari for competition

February 7, 2023
We may soon see entirely new iPhone browsers available, as both Google and Mozilla anticipate the end of Apple’s insistence that all iOS browsers use the same WebKit engine as Safari. This will enable new versions of Chrome and Firefox to offer greater feature differentiation, and for the first time allow them to aim for faster performance than Safari … Background Currently, anyone can…
Read more
MobileNews

OnePlus 11 review: A back-to-basics flagship phone

February 7, 2023
Last year’s OnePlus 10 Pro is set to be replaced by the OnePlus 11. There won’t be a OnePlus 11 Pro, and there wasn’t a regular OnePlus 10. Things could be more straightforward, but what are you going to do? Barring any spinoffs, this is OnePlus’ flagship phone, the…
MobileNews

What Android phone are you looking forward to most in 2023? [Poll]

February 7, 2023
A new year means new smartphones, but with such solid offers last year, are there any devices you’re actually planning to upgrade to this year? January has passed, and with its end has ushered in the first big Android launches of 2023. Samsung unveiled the Galaxy S23 series, headlined by the Galaxy S23 Ultra which we’ve been very much impressed by so far. Related: The Galaxy S23 Ultra is…
Read more
MobileNews

Google Fi survey wants feedback from international travelers

February 7, 2023
One of Google Fi’s original appeals was to frequent international travelers, and it’s now running a feedback survey geared at those users. As a Google Fi customer, we’d love to hear about your experience using Google Fi internationally. Your opinions and feedback are…
MobileNews

Pixel 7 February update fixes Bluetooth and Clear Calling issues

February 7, 2023
With the February security patch today, the Pixel 7 and 7 Pro pick up just four fixes in a relatively quiet update ahead of next month’s bigger release. A fix specific to the Pixel 7 series is Clear Calling “instability,” while all current devices benefit from a Bluetooth fix that prevented connectivity. Meanwhile, the Pixel 7 Pro to 4a 5G get their own T-Mobile + Google Fi builds for…
Read more