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Android 13-based Paranoid Android Topaz Beta builds arrive for Pixel 6/6 Pro plus Nothing Phone (1) [U]

October 18, 2022
Paranoid Android Topaz beta builds based upon Android 13 are now available for a slew of devices including the Pixel 6, 6 Pro, and the Nothing Phone (1). As one of the biggest third-party ROM projects still alive and kicking, it’s great to see that Android 13 builds for popular devices are steadily being developed. With Android 13 offering a number of tweaks but a lack of major overhauls for…
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Ableton Note brings Live's Session View to iOS

October 18, 2022
Ever had a great idea for a riff rattling around your head while you ride the bus or wait in line? Well, if you use Ableton Live, there’s now a way to capture those busts of inspiration wherever you are thanks to the new Note iOS app. The name here is important. It’s not…
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Weekly poll: the Xiaomi 12T and 12T Pro are selling high megapixel counts, are you buying?

October 18, 2022
Two hundred megapixels – that’s how far smartphone cameras have come. Back when we started “this phone has a camera” was enough to make jaws drop. These days it’s not only about raw resolution, image processing has come a long way (especially with the advent of computational photography) thanks to the ever more powerful mobile chipsets. A few weeks ago the Motorola Edge 30 Ultra got…
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What’s new in September’s 22Q2 Nest and Google Wifi update

October 18, 2022
Before announcing its new Pro 6E model, Google in September rolled out the latest 22Q2 update to the Google and Nest Wifi. Following the “22Q1” update released in March, “22Q2” rolled out in September and is still based on Chromium M94. (The update was definitely released in the third quarter of this year.) The version number for the Google Wifi and Nest Wifi router is 14150.376.32, while…
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Google rolling out Pixel Buds A-Series firmware update

October 18, 2022
Overshadowed by the Pro’s EQ update, Google last week started rolling out a firmware update to Pixel Buds A-Series. Firmware update 3.514 (from June’s 3.415 bug fixer) for the Pixel Buds A-Series brings “general bug fixes and improvements.” Google did not provide any further details on what has changed. As usual, this is a staged rollout and not hitting all users at once, with Google…
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