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Android’s ‘Live Caption’ feature may soon work during phone calls

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]

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

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

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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OnePlus kills off its original icon pack, commits to updates on newer packs

With a OnePlus smartphone, customization is the core of the software experience and that includes icon packs to re-theme the homescreen. This week, though, OnePlus has announced it is pulling the plug on its original self-made icon pack, even stripping it from Google Play. In a forum post, OnePlus details this decision which, frankly, comes as no surprise. The original “OnePlus Icon Pack”…
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