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BMW will adopt Android Automotive OS in 2024, but without Google’s help

Android is having an impact on the next generation of cars, and now BMW has confirmed plans to bring Android Automotive OS to its vehicles in 2024. At CES 2023, BMW formally announced that it would bring an Android-powered platform to its vehicles starting in 2024 with its “OS 9” upgrade. That’s a change from the typical Linux foundation that “iDrive” has used up until now. The move…
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Apple Arcade games for iPhone, Mac, Apple TV [New: Episode XOXO]

Apple Arcade launched with close to 100 titles and the service is seeing new games added regularly with over 200 games now in the library. Follow along with our guide on all the Apple Arcade games. New: Role-playing game Episode XOXO is the first title to arrive on Apple Arcade for 2023. You can learn more about and download all the latest games by heading to the Arcade tab in the App Store…
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Lenovo Smart Paper is an Android-powered e-ink tablet similar to Kindle Scribe

Amazon’s Kindle Scribe caught the attention of many towards the end of 2022 as an excellent note-taking device using e-ink, and now Lenovo is announcing a similar idea in Lenovo Smart Paper. Launching sometime in 2023, Lenovo Smart Paper is an e-ink tablet designed for notetaking above all else. The tablet comes with an included stylus which can write notes and draw sketches with 23 milliseconds…
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Wear OS 3 launch has led to 3x boost in active Google-powered watches

In addition to Android and Spotify Connect integration and Auto news, Google at CES 2023 shared a few stats, including how “there are now over three times as many active Wear OS devices” since Wear OS 3 launched. Wear OS 3 was announced/launched in May 2021 at Google I/O. The first device to feature it was the Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 that August. This was followed by the Montblanc Summit 3 in…
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