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Google’s Read Along app for kids is now a website with in-browser speech recognition

Read Along wants to help improve child literacy by using Google’s speech recognition technology to give kids reading aloud verbal and visual feedback. Originally an Android app, Google’s Read Along is now on the web to better expand availability. Read Along first launched for India in 2019 before expanding a year later. Aimed at those 5 and up, it supports nine languages (including English…
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OtterBox now offers $150 toward iPhone screen replacements

OtterBox is trying to differentiate itself from its rivals by offering up to $150 toward the repair of your iPhone screen if it breaks while using the Amplify or Alpha OtterBox screen protectors, the company said in a press release spotted by 9to5Mac. It’s available…
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Samsung removed a Quick Settings slot from the notification tray in Android 13

Android 13 is here, at least in beta, for Samsung smartphones. The update is largely minor, but there’s one change that’s unfortunate. In Android 13, Samsung removed one of the Quick Settings shortcuts from the notification tray. The Quick Settings on Samsung phones, like on Android in general, live in a two-step menu. You can swipe down the notifications tray to access a handful of primary…
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Report: Google TV adding Nest Audio support soon, Fitbit/Wear OS and smart home integration later

Google TV has been on the market for almost two years at this point but has seen only a few major features added in that time. Now, just days after we reported on free live TV channels coming to Google TV, a new report reveals Google’s plans to bring Nest Audio support and integration with Fitbit and Wear OS to the platform. Protocol reports that Google has plans to bolster Android TV and…
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Comment: Chromebooks need better Google app integration, and one-click Calendar is a start

There was a little bit of truth when people – especially in the early days of mobile – said that the iPhone was the best place to use Google apps. That’s definitely not the case today on Android phones, but I think a part of that argument rings true when comparing Google web services running on Chrome for Mac/Windows versus ChromeOS. Fortunately, that’s starting to change on Chromebooks as…
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