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Android 12 Developer Preview 3: Hands-on with more big features yet to arrive [Video]

The latest Android 12 Developer Preview 3 build has added a whole heap of features; some are hidden but could soon arrive in upcoming Beta builds — so we’ve been diving in. While we have already done a deep dive into what we’d formally consider the top user-facing features, the Android 12 Developer Preview 3 also includes a fairly small selection of other additions that we didn’t…
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Check this video of Harmony OS 2.0 running on Huawei Mate X2

The Harmony OS 2.0 is Huawei’s in-house platform that should be available by June to customers. It is already in the final stages of development, and we now have the first video, showing how the OS looks like on a Huawei Mate X2. Check it out: At first the UI has a lot of similarities to Android, especially around the notification bar, the icon layout and design. Swiping down anywhere on the…
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Pichai teases ‘significant’ announcements at Google I/O 2021 as product cycles return to normal

Alphabet this afternoon reported big Q1 earnings with notable year-over-year growth as ad spending returned. In prepared remarks, CEO Sundar Pichai told investors to expect “significant product updates and announcements” at Google I/O 2021 next month. That tease comes as Google’s “product releases are returning to a regular cadence” following a year of employees adjusting to work from…
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Scott Forstall deposition in Epic vs Apple case focuses on early days of the iPhone and App Store

Ahead of the Epic vs Apple trial officially kicking off next week, Epic Games today has released transcripts of depositions it held with current and former Apple executives. While the Eddy Cue deposition revealed details about Apple bringing iMessage to Android, Scott Forstall’s deposition proivdes an interesting look at the early days of the iPhone’s development. Forstall served as…
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