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Android Studio 4.0 w/ Jetpack Compose preview announced at Android Dev Summit

For Android developers who like to keep up with the latest features, there are two major events hosted by Google that are not to be missed — Google I/O and the Android Dev Summit. Today being the latter event, Google has brought Android Studio 4.0 to the Android Dev Summit with an early developer preview of Jetpack Compose. For better or worse, much of Android UI design has traditionally been…
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Grammarly Keyboard for Android now supports swipe typing

Typos are all too common on smartphones and while many keyboards are great at fixing that, many ignore grammar mistakes. Grammarly Keyboard has been around for a while to help in that area, and now the app is  adding support for swipe typing. Swipe typing has been around on Android for the better part of a decade and it’s a serious gamechanger once you get the hang of it. Google adopted…
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Android Pie passes 20% adoption after 12 months

Google today shared that in August 2019, Android Pie had 22.6% adoption. That means the second-latest version of Android was running on a fifth of devices after some 12 months. Google did not share adoption numbers for any other Android version, including Android 10, the…
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Google launches 5 experimental digital well-being apps for Android

Google has launched a handful of experimental apps designed to showcase how mental well-being can be built into digital products. The launch comes amid growing concerns over how smartphone and social media addiction may contribute to depression and loneliness, particularly in young people. Google is touting its new Digital Wellbeing Experiments as a platform — something not-so-much designed to…
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OnePlus 7T Pro 5G McLaren Edition is coming to T-Mobile exclusively this year

The OnePlus 7T made its debut in the US last week, but the slightly upgraded OnePlus 7T Pro isn’t coming here. Today, though, T-Mobile has announced that it will get the OnePlus 7T Pro 5G McLaren Edition sometime later this year. Previously expected to come to Verizon, the OnePlus 7T Pro 5G McLaren Edition is the same orange/black design we saw on the standard McLaren earlier this month, but…
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