Google is planning to release a new Nest Hub in 2021, sources familiar with the matter tell 9to5Google. This upcoming Smart Display will feature sleep tracking powered by the company’s Soli radar technology.
Google’s Advanced Technology and Projects group first unveiled Soli in 2015, but it did not launch on a consumer device until 2019. The sensor lets you perform air gestures over the…
Google working to support COVID-19 Exposure Notifications on wearables, probably for Wear OS
January 8, 2021
An update to Google Play Services beta points to smartwatches and possibly other wearables being used to collect and share COVID-19 exposure notification info.
About APK Insight: In this ‘APK Insight’ post, we’ve decompiled the latest version of an application that…
Back in September, Google released an mmWave model of the Pixel 4a 5G that was only available at Verizon. Besides the cellular radio providing access to faster speeds, it’s available in “Clearly White,” though that color is now coming to the unlocked Pixel 4a 5G.
The…
When you Cast to a Smart Display or speaker, Google plays a tone to confirm the transfer. Google is now changing that beep to be softer on the latest Nest Hub preview firmware.
The current Cast beep has been in place for several years — if not unchanged from the beginning — and is quite deep. It plays as the screen changes but before the now playing UI appears, with the requested audio or…
The UK is investigating NVIDIA's acquisition of ARM
January 7, 2021
The UK’s competition regulator has launched an investigation into NVIDIA’s $40 billion acquisition of ARM. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has asked interested third parties to submit views on the deal ahead of an investigation that will commence later in…
Lenovo's Tab P11 Android tablet is targeted at families
January 7, 2021
Lenovo has released a new Android tablet at this year’s CES, though it has a rather familiar name. It’s called the Lenovo Tab P11, and it appears to be a more budget-friendly and lesser version of last year’s Tab P11 Pro. While the P11 Pro is aimed at professionals…
Counterpoint research has put together an estimate of the iPhone 12 component costs in a so-called Bill of Materials (BOM) analysis. It estimates that Apple’s total cost for materials for the US version of the middle-tier base model iPhone 12 is $431 – 26% up on the iPhone 11.
The company provided a breakdown of some of the main costs involved …
5G components were, of course, a…
One of the major benefits of being a Google One subscriber is the random and sometimes impressive freebies, the latest such “gift” for UK-based users is three months of free YouTube Premium.
This isn’t the first time that Google One subscribers have been offered an…
OxygenOS 11.0.6.8 for OnePlus 8T fixes previous OTA issues
January 7, 2021
The OxygenOS 11.0.6.8 update is now rolling out for the OnePlus 8T with the aim of resolving some of the issues that many owners encountered after updating to the previous 11.0.6.7 build.
Announced in an official OnePlus Forum post, the changelog is effectively the exact…
In the browser battles, Microsoft Edge hasn’t made too much of a splash since being rebuilt from the ground up in Google’s Chromium. It has, however, added some notable tweaks and features, but like its counterpart Chrome, it has now finally gained the ability to sync search history and tabs across devices.
The option has previously been spotted on mobile devices with the release of an Edge…
