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Android Auto expands to more countries in Europe, Indonesia, more — here’s the full list

December 4, 2020

Google’s Android Auto platform has become a standard part of many new cars, much to the benefit of users. Now, Google is expanding where Android Auto is officially available, opening the platform up to quite a few new countries across the continent of Europe and more. Over the coming months, Android Auto will be available in a few dozen additional countries across Europe including the…

Android ‘Voice Access’ natural language features expand to older versions in beta

December 4, 2020

Google has baked some very useful accessibility features into the Android operating system over the years, and one of the most recent is “Voice Access.” That feature was supercharged with the debut of Android 11, and now those additional features are being brought to…

Google Assistant ‘spoken notifications’ start working on all wired headphones

December 4, 2020

Besides voice commands, the key aspect of Google Assistant headphones is having incoming notifications read aloud. Google now looks to have brought this Assistant feature to any pair of wired headphones, regardless of whether they’ve been optimized by the…

Google fully shuts down Play Music around the world

December 4, 2020

Google started shutting down its legacy streaming service around the world in October. Google Play Music is now officially dead for all users. Visiting music.google.com or the Android and iOS app today will direct you to a “Google Play Music is no longer available” page. The main option is to “transfer your account and library, including playlists and uploads” to YouTube…

Google Fiber ‘2 Gig’ launches in two cities, includes custom-developed Wi-Fi 6 ‘Multi-Gig Router’

December 4, 2020

In September, Google Fiber announced a ‘2 Gig’ tier, and it’s now widely available in Huntsville and Nashville. As part of this, a Wi-Fi 6 Google Fiber Multi-Gig Router is provided to customers. In recent years, Google Fiber has moved to just offer a single “1…

You can now submit your own Google Maps Street View photos from Android

December 4, 2020

Google has upgraded its Street View app on Android to allow you to capture and submit your own Street View photos with nothing more than your phone. While the majority of Google Maps’ Street View is powered by images taken by their dedicated camera cars, Google has…

Infinix Zero 8i arrives with a 48MP main cam, 16MP dual selfie shooter

December 3, 2020

Infinix announced the Zero 8 smartphone in August and we got the chance to review it. Now the company is following it up with a slightly toned down version dubbed Infinix Zero 8i. The new phone is pretty much the same as the old one, down to the footprint and the internals. We’re looking at a 6.85” LCD with a 90Hz refresh rate and Full HD+ resolution. The chipset is Helio G90T and is coupled…

Xiaomi Mi 11 front panel leaks, to be announced by the end of this month

December 3, 2020

A few days ago a renowned tipster suggested that the Xiaomi Mi 11 is almost ready for release and we should expect it “next month”. Since it was posted on November 30, we thought that by “next month”, he meant January, but it turns out he really meant…

Exynos 9825-powered Samsung Galaxy F62 surfaces on Geekbench

December 3, 2020

Samsung has launched the Galaxy F41 in India. The phone has a big battery, Exynos 9611 chipset, and right now is the only device in the Galaxy F lineup. This is likely going to change soon, as a Samsung Galaxy F62 is on its way, according to a leakster and a leaked benchmark…

iOS 14.2 update quietly added 1080p FaceTime support for iPhone 8 and newer

December 3, 2020

The iPhone 12 series enabled with support for 1080p video calls in FaceTime. As usual, Apple takes good care of its older devices too, so the iOS 14.2 update quietly added 1080p support for older models as well. The 2017 generation (iPhone 8, 8 Plus and X) and later have been updated, including the budget iPhone SE (2020). Previously, they were capped at 720p for video calls. This doesn’t quite…