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While GPay is getting some Material You tweaks, the app is losing the ability to pay for parking and gas right from your phone in the US. Starting with gas, GPay users in recent days have been prompted about the upcoming removal of the feature on Monday, December 12. Google says it “originally offered this functionality to give people a simpler way to pay at the pump and to help our partners…

The latest macOS Ventura 13.1 beta makes a useful enhancement to the Find My app. With this update, you can now use the Find My app on your Mac to ping nearby accessories for the first time. This behavior was previously only available in the Find My apps on iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch. The ability to ping an accessory with a sound is available on AirTag and a handful of different third-party…

Spatial Audio on Pixel phones and Pixel Buds Pro is not launching until January, but Google today detailed how it will work and what Android apps will be supported. Movies are the intended use case of Spatial Audio on Pixel phones to offer an “immersive effect.” It will be supported on the Pixel 6, 6 Pro, 7, and 7 Pro, but it’s not clear whether another update (January’s) is needed or if…

As Samsung’s rollout of Android 13 continues, the company keeps bringing the update to more and more new models. Here are some of the latest smartphones picking up One UI 5.0. Samsung first released Android 13 to the Galaxy S22 series in early November and has since expanded the update to over 40 different smartphones and tablets, with many more to come. As of this week, several more devices…