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iPhone 14’s Car Crash Detection is calling 911 from roller coasters – has your Pixel? [Poll]

October 10, 2022
After years of being offered on Google Pixel phones, Car Crash Detection finally made its way to another smartphone brand with Apple’s iPhone 14 series. However, it seems Car Crash Detection is being triggered mistakenly by a ride on a roller coaster – has that ever happened with your Pixel phone? First highlighted by Joanna Stern from The Wall Street Journal, the iPhone 14 series and its…
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iPhone 15 USB-C port “is essentially a lock,” says Gurman

October 10, 2022
An iPhone 15 USB-C port, in place of a Lightning one, is “essentially a lock,” says Mark Gurman in his latest Power On newsletter. It has been widely speculated that Apple will choose the iPhone 15 to make the switch, a year ahead of it becoming mandatory for all…
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iOS 16 Home app: How to reorder rooms and sections for a custom layout

October 10, 2022
The Home app has gotten some great updates in iOS 16 with an overhauled design. Specific changes include a new UI and iconography, fresh wallpapers, improved customizability, and more. Let’s look at how to reorder Home app rooms and sections for a custom layout. The Home app has been ripe for improvements and this year with iOS 16, Apple has delivered a major update for the HomeKit…
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Samsung's Tizen OS is coming to other brands' TVs

October 10, 2022
Last week LG announced that it would allow third-party TV manufacturers to use its webOS platform and now its main rival is following suit. Samsung has revealed that it will license its Tizen OS TV platform for use in non-Samsung TV models for the first time, partnering with…
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Google Pixel Watch will get at least 3 years of Wear OS updates, including feature drops

October 10, 2022
As part of the Pixel Watch rollout, Google has detailed that the Wear OS device will get “at least” three years of updates. That period starts “from when the device first became available on the Google Store in the US.” The first-generation Pixel Watch will get “guaranteed software updates until at least” October 2025. Google says “software updates include Google Pixel Watch…
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A look at the Pixel Tablet UI: Android, Smart Display, Google Home, and Camera [Gallery]

October 9, 2022
Besides sharing that the Pixel Tablet is powered by Tensor G2 and has a Charging Speaker Dock, Google showed more of the Android UI and several Smart Display-inspired screens. Android for tablet Google explicitly said that the “foundation for Pixel Tablet is Android, including Material You.” And just as our Pixel phones have always been the best and purest expression of Android, Pixel Tablet…
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