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Google Discover gets auto-advancing slideshow ad format

March 13, 2021

Alongside web articles, YouTube videos, and Web Stories, advertising frequently appears in the Google feed available to the left of most Android homescreens. Google Discover is now getting a new ads slideshow format that automatically moves you to the next image. This Google app feed today is home to a number of Discovery ad formats, with the most basic being a landscape cover image followed by…

YouTube begins rolling out redesigned app for Apple TV users

March 13, 2021

Google has started to roll out a major redesign to the YouTube application on Apple TV with tvOS. This update brings the latest YouTube interface that Google uses on other platforms to Apple’s streaming box, nearly a year after it first came to Google TV. Google first…

Microsoft Edge will adopt the same four-week update schedule as Google Chrome

March 13, 2021

Starting this September, updates to Microsoft Edge are set to speed up. Following in the footsteps of Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge will adopt a new update schedule that drops updates every four weeks. In a brief article posted today, Microsoft confirmed that it would…

LG Stylo 7, Samsung A82, more show up on Google support doc, hinting at incoming releases

March 13, 2021

Google has updated a support document today, adding references to unreleased devices from seven different Android makers, including the LG Stylo 7 and Samsung A82. Google maintains a list of devices that are compatible with their “Google Play Services for AR” — previously known as ARCore — which powers augmented reality experiences like the 3D animals available in Google Search. On the…

iPhone and Apple Watch MagicBand option coming to Walt Disney World Resort

March 12, 2021

Walt Disney World Resort has long offered a MagicBand wristband as an electronic pass, and has now announced an iPhone or Apple Watch MagicBand option. Instead of purchasing Disney’s own NFC band, you will be able to create a Disney MagicMobile pass that is added to your…

Third-party ROM brings Android 11 w/ One UI 3.1 to the Galaxy Note 9

March 12, 2021

The last “true” Note has to be considered the Galaxy Note 9, as it had almost everything that hardcore fans desired and deserved. But Samsung’s old or previous update schedule means that the Galaxy Note 9 will never officially get Android 11. This travesty has…

OxygenOS 11 Open Beta 1 now available for OnePlus 8T

March 12, 2021

With every other OnePlus device thus far, there has been the option to join the OxygenOS Open Beta program. The OnePlus 8T has now joined the ranks with the rollout of the OxygenOS 11 Open Beta 1. Effectively, the OxygenOS Open Beta path is a way to test out certain features before they come to stable updates of the third-party Android skin. OnePlus needs to better understand this, as in recent…

Google TV integrates with over 30 streaming services, here’s the full list [U]

March 12, 2021

Perhaps the most useful thing about the new Google TV platform is the ability to aggregate and organize content from a variety of different sources. Which ones, though? Here’s a full list of streaming services that Google TV supports at launch. Of course, Google can pull…

Google Nest Hub owners report broken audio/no sound bug, Google is aware

March 12, 2021

If you’re a Google Home/Nest Hub owner, there’s a chance you’ve noticed an issue over the past few weeks that sees the device putting out no sound at all. Luckily, there is a possible workaround, and Google is on the case. Both the Google Nest Hub and Google Nest Hub…

Google details recent memory savings in Chrome for Mac, Windows, and Android

March 12, 2021

Chrome is perennially criticized for its memory usage, and Google has been working to address those complaints in recent browser releases for Mac, Windows, and Android. With the latest Chrome release, Google is using its own advanced memory allocator. PartitionAlloc is optimized for low allocation latency, space efficiency, and security. It’s now used everywhere on Chrome for Android and…