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After years in the works, Matter is the next big hope for improving the smart home. Here’s what Google and Nest devices are compatible with Matter. What is Matter? The smart home is something many have dreamed about, but how it works today isn’t really how most people imagined it. Competing standards and a huge number of different apps can make it difficult to control devices across…

Back in Android 13’s earlier days, Google announced a new system-wide photo picker that could improve security and work across any app, but it’s only been adopted by one major app so far. Recently, though, Google has been pushing the photo picker on more Android apps, including Google Keep. The new photo picker that debuted with Android 13 isn’t technically attached to the latest version…

Google Photos introduced the ability to share its story-based Memories on Android in September, and the feature is now available for iOS, along with new collage styles for the New Year. The ability to share Memories in their entirety was a “number one requested feature” and was first rolled out to Android. After selecting a photo from the carousel at the top of the Photos grid, tap the share…

As part of its beta update to Android 13, the Nothing Phone (1) has become the first non-Pixel Android device with Google’s suite of Personal Safety tools. Earlier today, Carl Pei’s Nothing launched an open beta test of the upcoming update to Android 13 for the Phone (1). The company has shared an extensive list of patch notes, and our team is actively working to showcase these and some of…