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Samsung SmartThings now lets you use an old Galaxy phone as a sensor for home automation

Early this year, Samsung teased a new program that would give old Galaxy smartphones a new life by repurposing them for smart home functions. This week, the first of those functions is rolling out with Samsung SmartThings using older phones as sensors. Starting today in beta in the United States, United Kingdom, and Korea, “Galaxy Upcycling at Home” has begun. The program starts by…
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Samsung has updated these phones to Android 11

It usually takes Android OEMs a fair bit to get the latest version of the OS on older devices, but Samsung has been getting better and better at this every year. For Android 11, the official update schedule kicked off in early December and continues to expand. Here’s every…
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Google is adding a price-tracking tool to Chrome for Android [Gallery]

After pulling the plug on its Shopping app on Android earlier this month to replace it with the web app, Google is bringing one of the app’s useful features to Chrome. Soon, Chrome for Android will have a price-tracking feature. Live now in the latest Chrome for Android Canary update, v90, Google has debuted its price-tracking feature, albeit behind a flag. If you dive into the flags menu and…
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Weekly poll results: the new Nokias fail to excite, but a couple show a glimmer of potential

Last week’s poll shows that the six new Nokia models didn’t cause excitement – and maybe they weren’t supposed to, sometimes boring is good. The X-series have a chance chance to position themselves as phones that “just work” for three years, which is exactly what some people want. Of course, few of the “just works” crowd will read this or have voted in the poll. The Nokia X20 did…
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Hot take: Sony Xperia 1 III, Xperia 5 III and Xperia 10 III

Sony brought its smartphone lineup for an entire year in a single announcement this week and there are things we want to talk about. So here go a few early thoughts on what we found interesting, what are the key points and what we think about them. A true band of…
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Realme Q3 series arriving on April 22, Q3 Pro to have Dimensity 1100

Realme announced the Q3 lineup will arrive this month, and we finally know the date. The series will be introduced on April 22, as confirmed by the company on Weibo. One of the expected phones will be the Realme Q3 Pro, and it has already appeared on TENAA and Geekbench with a Dimensity 1100 chipset. We also know the lineup will have a fluorescent color option that will glow in the dark. The…
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