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Review: Ringke Fusion for Galaxy S20 offers matte texture, unique design w/ a low price

April 25, 2020
There are hundreds of case options for Samsung’s Galaxy S20 series, but often, they all feel like the same thing with a different coat of paint. Ringke’s Fusion cases for the Galaxy S20 series look like that at first, but in person, they’ve proven to be my favorite options, thanks to good design and a matte texture. Over the past couple of months, I’ve been using a variety of different…
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How to share HomeKit access on iPhone

April 25, 2020
Whether you’re just getting going with Apple’s smart home platform or have been using it for a while but never needed to let others have access to it, follow along for how to share HomeKit access on iPhone. HomeKit is a secure and handy smart home platform but it can…
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You can now easily record Google 3D animals on Android 

April 25, 2020
Even before stay at home orders, AR objects in Google Search were already a fun way to bring the outside world indoors. A new feature rolling out to Android today lets you easily record Google 3D animals. The “View in your space” feature allows life-sized 3D animals to…
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Android’s ‘Live Caption’ feature may soon work during phone calls

April 24, 2020
Google first introduced its Live Caption feature in Android 10, and in the time since, it’s expanded past Pixels to devices from OnePlus and Samsung. Now it seems Google is planning to expand where you can use the feature by enabling Live Caption to work with phone calls. Spotted by XDA, an updated version of Live Caption within Android 11’s third developer preview strongly hints that phone…
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Google readying Chat, Meet, & Tasks functionality directly inside Gmail for Android [APK Insight]

April 24, 2020
Gmail on the desktop web today is home to more than just email. It’s long had text chat and video calling, while the last major redesign added Tasks integration. Google now looks to be bringing Chat, Meet, and Tasks functionality directly to Gmail for Android. About APK Insight: In this ‘APK Insight’ post, we’ve decompiled the latest version of an application that Google uploaded to the…
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YouTube Music’s new player UI seeing wider rollout on Android

April 24, 2020
After first A/B testing in February and announcing last month, YouTube Music’s new player UI is seeing a wider rollout around the world over the past 24 hours. This revamped now playing screen starts by putting all key controls on the same page. Shuffle and repeat are no…
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Apple and Google build more privacy and flexibility into Bluetooth contact tracing tech

April 24, 2020
The app for Apple and Google’s contact tracing solution, due out soon, will be able to encrypt metadata associated with smartphones and randomly generate keys for identifying phones to make it harder to identify an individual or track people. A seed version of the app will be released Tuesday for iOS users, supporting Apple devices released within the last 4 years, in order for public health…
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