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Fake ‘Google Home for PC’ Chrome extension fools thousands — why isn’t there a real one?

March 4, 2021
The Google Home app is a central tool for controlling any device that works with Assistant, but it’s only available on smartphones. A fake Chrome extension that promised to bring “Google Home app for PC” to life fooled thousands of users, and it begs the question of why Google hasn’t actually released this officially. The folks over at Android Police highlighted a Chrome extension simply…
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Google releases Android 12 Developer Preview 1.1 with bug fixes

March 4, 2021
Following the first release last month, Android 12 Developer Preview 1.1 is rolling out to address some bugs and early issues found by app developers. Google is continuing last year’s DP/beta practice of releasing .1 patches roughly two weeks after the monthly tentpole launch. Android 12’s first preview is remarkably stable, but don’t put it on your main phone yet Notable Android 12…
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Samsung has updated these phones to Android 11

March 4, 2021
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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YouTube Music Now Playing redesign starts rolling out to iPhones

March 4, 2021
Back in June, YouTube Music for Android got a redesigned Now Playing UI that did a great deal to help modernize the streaming service, and it’s now finally coming to iPhones. With this revamp, YouTube Music puts all key controls on the same screen so that repeat and shuffle no longer require swiping up for the queue. As a result, thumbs up/down is moved next to the song name. The song/video…
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Fresh report of two ultrawide lens improvements in iPhone 13

March 3, 2021
Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said last year that we can expect significant ultrawide lens improvements in the iPhone 13, and a new supply-chain report echoes this. One aspect of the report directly corroborates one of Kuo’s predictions: that the ultrawide lens will get…
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Google Store stops selling Cardboard VR headsets

March 3, 2021
The drawn-out death of VR on Android is now more or less complete as the Google Store has ceased selling its Google Cardboard DIY VR goggles. Mobile VR solutions are not truly dead, but after Android 11 officially dropped support for the Daydream platform in late 2020, it looked like time had finally run out. However, the Google Store still listed official Google Cardboard VR goggles for…
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