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Google Home routines keep saying that the Nest x Yale lock has ‘been unlocked’

If you have a Nest x Yale lock in your home, you might have noticed something different about Google Home routines and Assistant interacting with the lock. Over the past couple of months, the Google Home app has been undergoing some major changes. A completely revamped version of the app is currently in testing, and Google has been making other tweaks too. Just in the past few weeks, we’ve…
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Sony Xperia phones are now getting Android 13 updates

Sony has just released Android 13 for several of its Xperia smartphones. Here’s what devices are eligible to upgrade. As spotted on Reddit this week, there are at least five Sony Xperia smartphones currently eligible for Android 13 updates. The updates were captured by…
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Apple ‘not currently considering’ adopting RCS, despite EU law requiring iMessage interoperability

A new report from Bloomberg today says that Apple is planning to open the iPhone up to third-party app stores for the first time. The report, however, also says that Apple hasn’t made a decision on “how it may open iMessage and its Messages app to third-party services.” Like the App Store changes, this is something that would be required under the new Digital Markets Act in the European…
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Android 13 QPR2 Beta 1: Quick Settings gets a large clock, battery tweaks, and more

Besides the adjacent lava lamp effect, Google is making a number of tweaks to the full Quick Settings screen with Android 13 QPR2.  On initial swipe (where you just have four Quick Settings tiles) in Beta 1, the battery percentage in the top-right corner has been replaced by a time remaining estimate (in days and hours). Previously, the percentage would always appear there (regardless of…
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Google Wallet shortcut on Pixel 7 now opens the app as QS tile shows full card name

As detailed in October, Google has changed the wallet shortcuts on the Pixel 7 and 7 Pro to directly open the app. When tapping the wallet shortcut at the bottom-right corner of the lockscreen, the full Google Wallet app now opens. This also applies to the “Wallet” Quick Settings tile, which was not previously mentioned by Google in the release notes for the October 2022 Play System…
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