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Back in February, Google announced that Fit for Android can measure heart and respiratory rate using just your phone. These new Google Fit camera tracking capabilities will start rolling out to Pixel phones on Monday. Update 3/8: Fit’s new camera measurements are rolling out to Pixel phones starting today via a server-side update. Once live on your device, there will be new “Respiratory”…

An iPhone 11 survived almost six months at the bottom of a lake before being found and rescued by divers. It was a particularly fortunate rescue since the phone hadn’t been backed up, so its owner was able to recover photos she thought were lost forever. It’s a pretty big over-delivery on Apple’s promised waterproofing rating for the phone, which is defined as good for a maximum depth of two…

The Google TV UI that ships on the new Chromecast has a lot of perks, but a lack of profile support is one complaint a lot of users have. Today, Google TV is plugging that gap at least a little bit with the arrival of kids’ profiles. Launching on Chromecast with Google TV “this month,” kids’ profiles allows parents to set up their TV with enhanced parental controls. Google says that the…

After confirming its launch date overnight, OnePlus has just revealed its next flagship ahead of the coming event. On its Twitter account, OnePlus offered the first official look at the OnePlus 9 Pro. An extended version of the teaser that was released alongside the launch date was put out on Twitter this morning complete with an official look at the phone. It directly lines up with the leaks…