Following an unsuccessful first attempt at paid account verification, Twitter will start rolling out its revamped Blue subscription on December 12th, the company announced on Saturday. Twitter originally launched Blue verification for iOS devices in early November for $8 per month, but the company paused the rollout after the platform was overrun by verified trolls. On Saturday, the company also…
These apps support Material You’s themed icons on Android 13
December 10, 2022
Google debuted the ability to have themed icons on the homescreen in Android 12, designed to help go all-in on Material You theming. Now, in Android 13, third-party apps can get in on the fun of themed icons; here’s an ongoing list of apps that support the…
Google Keep for Wear OS rolling out richer notes feed
December 10, 2022
Following two new tiles for sunset/sunrise and favorite contacts, Google Keep for Wear OS is beginning to roll out its updated notes feed.
Keep saw a Wear OS 3/Material You redesign in September that greatly modernized the app’s look. Google is now building on that by…
Google Slides now lets you ‘Follow’ people through a deck
December 10, 2022
Google wants to improve the real-time editing experience in Slides with a “Follow” feature that lets you jump to whatever page a specific user is viewing.
Tapping another person’s avatar in the Google Slides top bar will let you follow and “move with them as they navigate and make changes to a presentation.”
This joins the highlight around the slide in the filmstrip view. To stop…
Review: Acer Chromebook 516 GE brings out the best of cloud gaming
December 10, 2022
One of the first “gaming” ChromeOS devices, the Acer Chromebook 516 GE is the definitive device for cloud gaming, even if that’s an oxymoron.
Why buy a gaming Chromebook?
Thanks to services like Xbox Game Pass, Nvidia GeForce Now, and (for a brief time) Stadia…
YouTube for Android rolling out Material You homescreen widgets [U]
December 10, 2022
Following iOS last month, YouTube for Android now offers homescreen widgets that provide quick access to search and core parts of the app.
Update 12/9: After officially being announced last week, YouTube’s new Android widgets are now live with some tweaks. Namely, the…
One of the biggest problems that Google’s Pixel 6 series suffered from over time was an unreliable modem. Compared to other Android devices, the Samsung modem used with Google Tensor just wasn’t up to the task. How does Google Tensor G2 compare in the modem department? We put the Pixel 7 and Pixel 6 head to head to see how they compare with signal strength and speed to find out.
The Pixel 6…
YouTube for Android rolling out Material You homescreen widgets [U]
December 10, 2022
Following iOS last month, YouTube for Android now offers homescreen widgets that provide quick access to search and core parts of the app.
Update 12/9: After officially being announced last week, YouTube’s new Android widgets are now live with some tweaks. Namely, the…
iOS 16 adoption hits 69% thanks to nice features, here’s how that compares to Android
December 10, 2022
iOS 16 adoption continues to grow as Apple sells more iPhone 14 units and resolves some of the early software bugs. According to the latest data from Mixpanel, iOS 16 is now installed on 68.95% of iPhones three months after release, a number that outpaces Android adoption of…
Uber and Uber Eats now rolling out Live Activities for the Lock Screen and iPhone 14 Pro’s Dynamic Island
December 10, 2022
Support for Live Activities in iOS 16 has been slowly expanding since the feature was launched as part of iOS 16.1. Now, Uber is starting to roll out Live Activities support for Uber and Uber Eats. This allows users to easily track their rides and orders via the Lock Screen or the iPhone 14 Pro’s Dynamic Island.
Uber and Uber Eats are now rolling out Live Activities
When Apple announced Live…
