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Android TV devices can now be added to Google Home speaker groups

One of the best features of Google’s Assistant ecosystem is the ability to create speaker groups that play music throughout your entire home. Now, Google is making it possible to add Android TV devices to a speaker group. Through an update to the Chromecast Built-in app, Google has apparently enabled all Android TV devices to work with speaker groups. Most users who have been able to get this…
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iPhone and iPad: How to stop moving faces in Group FaceTime

As video call apps have seen massive growth over the last few months during the pandemic, Apple users have found Group FaceTime’s moving tiles to offer a distracting experience. With Apple’s upcoming iOS 13.5 software arrives the option to stop moving faces in Group…
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Google Assistant can launch Stadia games directly on Android and Chromebooks

Google’s long-term vision for Assistant in Stadia is as a guide that can suggest YouTube walkthroughs when you’re stuck. Until then, you can use it to open games on your Chromecast-connected televisions. Google Assistant also works to launch games directly on Android phones and Chromebooks. Most people are familiar with issuing commands like “OK Google, play Destiny 2 on Livingroom TV”…
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Here’s why an affordable 5G iPhone is the only right move for Apple

It’s an understatement to call Apple broadly misunderstood. Yesterday, despite a 4.8% U.S. GDP decline, Apple somehow beat analysts’ consensus expectations by roughly 8%, miraculously growing its quarterly revenues year-over-year despite a global pandemic and near-complete shutdown of its physical stores. None of the analysts — paid professional Apple-watchers — had predicted an increase…
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Samsung Galaxy A51 is now widely available in the US — where you can buy

Samsung’s Galaxy A51 is here to try and build on the massive success of last year’s Galaxy A50. After being announced last month, the Galaxy A51 is now widely on sale in the US from US carriers and other retailers. Here’s where to buy it. From some carriers such as Verizon Wireless, the Galaxy A51 has been available for a few days, but as of May 1, the phone is officially available from…
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