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Yesterday, it emerged that Android Auto would be gaining a “Phone Screens” app even after Google in May announced Assistant Driving Mode as a replacement. A new report paints that upcoming app as nothing more than a stopgap in light of the Assistant-backed feature not meeting its summer release. After speaking to Google, calls the upcoming Phone Screens app a “stopgap.” The announcement…

Though the brave among us have enjoyed Android 10 through beta updates on our devices for a few months now, the official Android 10 release finally hit Google Pixel phones this week. While that beta testing process found many issues ahead of time, some problems still made it through, as some Google Pixel owners on Android 10 are unable to use phone features that rely on sensors, including Active…

We got our own hands-on look at some iPhone 11 dummy models back in July, giving us a good sense of what to expect next week. iPhone case-makers Nood, Totallee and Olixar give us another sneak preview, with a good set of photos showing the dummy units in (of course) each company’s own cases. The square camera bump has been the subject of a great deal of discussion, many expressing distaste for…

For its entire history, Sonos has prided itself on delivering high-quality, wireless home audio. Among other things, that’s meant using WiFi rather than Bluetooth to stream music. Even as “premium” Bluetooth speakers flooded the market, Sonos stuck to its guns, convinced it was doing things the “right” way. And even though the company’s speakers generally…