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Weekly poll: do you use Android Auto or Apple CarPlay?

At WWDC 2022 Apple revealed that almost all new cars (98%) support CarPlay and that 79% of new buyers specifically seek it out as a feature. But some auto makers aren’t happy with this arrangement as GM announced its plan to ditch CarPlay and Android Auto in favor of a new, custom solution. To be fair, it won’t be some arcane in-house system, Google will be deeply involved – the new…
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Google releases surprise Android 14 Beta 5, pretends it was scheduled all along

Last month Google announced the rollout of Android 14 Beta 4 and implied that we should expect the final, stable release to come next. It even published this image of the release timeframe yet again: This exact image has been basically published by Google every single month with every single new beta release without alteration. Until today, that is, when we got a surprise Beta 5 for Android 14…
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Xiaomi is bringing Redmi K60 Ultra at the August 14 event

Xiaomi is having a big event on August 14, where we’ll see the new foldable Mix Fold 3, a massive 2-in-1 Android tablet Pad 6 Max 14, and a Pro variant of the Band 8 wearable. And wait, that’s not all. The Redmi brand is also joining the party, with the premium Redmi K60…
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Several 5G Huawei phones gain Bluetooth certification

5 new Huawei phones were certified by the Bluetooth SIG and based on their identifiers these will offer 5G connectivity. The five new devices are the ADA-AN00, PSD-AN00, ADA-TN00, BLK-AN00, and BLK-TN00 with the AN and TN suffixes indicating 5G connectivity. For reference 4G Huawei phones like the Mate 50 (CET-AL00), Mate X3 (ALT-AL00) and P60 Pro (MNA-AL00) all carry the AL suffix. Not much else…
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Android will soon make it easier to sync all your devices

According to an Android expert, Google is readying a new feature related to connectivity across Android devices connected to a single account. Something like Apple’s existing Continuity feature, which allows users to take calls from their iPhone on their Macs and iPads…
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Xiaomi Mix Fold 3 passes through Geekbench with overclocked Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

Xiaomi is officially unveiling the Mix Fold 3 on Monday, August 14, at a special event in China. Ahead of that, a prototype of the device has been spotted in the Geekbench online database, where it arrived with an overclocked version of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2’s CPU. The Prime core goes up to 3.36 GHz, which is exactly as high as it’s taken in the “Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for…
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