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Here’s what iPhone ringtones sound like as perfectly re-created a cappella [Video]

With over a billion iPhones in the hands of customers, the smartphone’s ringtones and sound effects have become well-known all around the world. Now a sharp a cappella group has impressively covered some of the most popular iPhone ringtones with amazing accuracy in a new video. Spotted by the Verge, South Korean a capella group Maytree posted a really fun performance of iPhone sounds to its…
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Concept: How Apple could streamline iOS beta distribution

Apple has been releasing iOS software updates at an incredibly rapid pace. The betas just keep coming, both for developers and for public beta testers. But to enroll yourself in either program, you need to go through either Apple’s developer website or through Apple’s…
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Android Nougat revisited: The birth of the ‘Pixel Experience’ [Video]

Back in 2016, Google embarked on a more prominent and marketable smartphone line in the form of the Pixel series. The direct successor to the Nexus series came with its own unique build of Android Nougat, something we have come to know as the “Pixel Experience” — not to be confused with the third-party ROM. The idea of “stock Android” essentially ended with the release of the Google…
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iOS 14.5 public beta lets Apple Watch users try the new mask-friendly Face ID

The public betas of iOS and iPad OS 14.5 are out, giving eligible users their first taste of automatically unlocking their iPhone while wearing a face mask. The system, as 9to5Mac demonstrates, just needs to be activated in the settings menu, and will then let you use an unlocked Apple Watch on your wrist as the key. That way, when you’re out and trying not to give anyone COVID-19, you’re…
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These Bluetooth earbuds can deliver 50 hours of battery life

Everyone but the most fervent Apple fans thought the company was crazy when it got rid of the headphone jack in the iPhone 7 in favor of the AirPods, essentially creating a solution to their own problem. And yet, five years later, Bluetooth earbuds of all shapes and sizes…
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OxygenOS Open Beta 3 rolls out for OnePlus Nord w/ mostly fixes

The OxygenOS Open Beta 3 update is now rolling out for the OnePlus Nord as the third preview of the Android 11 builds likely to arrive in the coming weeks. As we await the stable release of OxygenOS 11 for the OnePlus Nord, at least it’s good to see work ongoing with this Open Beta 6 build. With that in mind, there is not much of note beyond a ton of bug fixes and software tweaks to improve…
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