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An iOS 14 feature that has gone a bit under the radar is the Precise Location toggle for Location Services. This new toggle gives the user more control over which apps can access your current location, and to what granularity. Before iOS 14, you could grant an app access to your location whilst using the app, or always. However, if location access was allowed, the app would always get an exact…

A new report today from Canalys shares its estimates for US smartphone shipments. The data shows Apple as the big winner with iPhone sales actually increasing during the pandemic despite the overall smartphone market in the US seeing a drop in shipments. We’ve seen estimates for Apple’s iPad shipments from Q2 (Apple’s fiscal Q3) which showed impressive growth as high as 34% YoY. Now…

OxygenOS 10.5.5 is now rolling out for the recently released OnePlus Nord with a number of improvements for the camera and power consumption. Although many in North America will be waiting for a future OnePlus Nord series device, those in the rest of the globe that can get hold of the affordable smartphone will be pleased with the speed of updates at this early stage. We’re not entirely sure…

For a few months now, we’ve been slowly learning more about Google’s next streaming device, which will be powered by Android TV instead of being a simple Chromecast. Today, two new Google devices have shown up at the FCC, which we believe to be the first-party Android TV and its remote. Before a device with wireless capabilities can go on sale in the United States, it needs to be specifically…