The Google Play Console is rolling out new engagement and monetization benchmarks to better inform performance. Powered by differential privacy, Android developers can use this information to make “more informed decisions about [their] product roadmaps and opportunities.”
These new features are the result of developers, especially smaller ones, wanting more “data and insights” to help…
To mark National Read Across America Day, Google Play Books is getting a pair of tools to make the Android and iOS apps more friendly for kids and young readers.
The app has always been “primarily designed for proficient readers,” but Google last year set out to…
Given how “typography and iconography are so strongly related,” Google Fonts is adding Material icons and getting a new logo in the process.
Google has long offered a catalog of free and open source fonts. It’s now adding iconography to make a one-stop discovery…
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Basically Sophos Home is an all-in-one suite designed to give you peace of mind — to use your devices for everything…
Google Duo on Android using ‘Lyra’ to offer natural-sounding voice calls on even a 2G connection
March 3, 2021
Google has unveiled Lyra, a new technology that allows Duo, and soon other apps, to offer natural-sounding voice chat with as little as 3 kilobytes per second of network bandwidth.
With so many of us still unable to visit with loved ones, video calling apps have played a…
Google’s car OS today is available on the Polestar 2 and Volvo XC40 Recharge, with many more vehicles coming down the road. Volvo today announced the C40 Recharge as a follow-up that also uses Android Automotive.
The C40’s center console is very similar to that of the…
The Chief Marketing Officer of Oppo India tweeted out the following teaser for the upcoming F19 Pro series. Two models are mentioned by name – Oppo F19 Pro and F19 Pro+ 5G (there should be a vanilla F19 too).
We only get a vague “coming soon” for the launch date, but rumors from last month point to a March launch. The phones will be sold through Amazon in India, which already has a landing…
DxOMark has finished its camera review of the Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra (using an Exynos-powered unit) and the results are not good – the overall score is just 121. Not only is that low, but it’s less than the 126 points awarded to the Galaxy S20 Ultra from a year ago.
We’re just a week away from OnePlus revealing the launch date for its OnePlus 9 event. Alongside the OnePlus 9 and 9 Pro, we’re expecting a more budget-friendly offering which was rumored as the OnePlus 9 E/Lite. Last week revealed the device might actually be called…
Unknown Realme phone leaks through 3D renders
March 2, 2021
While the Realme GT is getting most of the attention, the company is working on other phones as well. One of them was recreated in 3D by who has some details on what appears to be an affordable model. Unfortunately, the name of it is not yet known.
That teardrop notch on the front and the fingerprint reader on the back are sure signs that this is not a flagship. Perhaps not even a mid-ranger.
