The Pixel’s Battery widget became easier to find with Android 12 QPR3, and Android 13 will allow the homescreen object to take up less space.
On Android 12, the Battery widget’s smallest configuration is 2×2 with a lot of empty space if it’s only showing the charge level of your Pixel phone, which is the case most of the time. Beta 2 of Android 13 made it so that the percentage bar…
No, Android Auto isn’t going away
June 9, 2022
You might have read recently that Google is turning Assistant Driving Mode into its primary driving experience on smartphones, with a version of Android Auto going by the wayside. Let’s take a minute to clear things up – Android Auto is not going away.
Android Auto is…
According to a new report from Business Insider, Roku and Netflix may be in talks to see the streaming giant acquire Roku’s business.
Netflix may buy out Roku
Citing sources familiar with the company, Roku employees have apparently had their trading window shut for selling…
The latest first-party app to get an Android tablet-optimized redesign is Google Clock with version 7.2 today. This follows Google Lens and Calculator, which widely rolled out earlier this week.
Update 6/8: A new version of Google Clock 7.2 (450575037 vs 453315463) is widely rolling out to phones today via the Play Store. Tweaks for non-large screen devices include pill toggles getting an…
The latest Android 13 preview is now available and we’re diving into today’s Beta 3 release to find what new features have been added.
Over the coming hours, we’ll dive into all of Android 13 Beta 3’s new features and every single change. (The newest updates will be…
Rewards programs can vary in usefulness, and some aren’t worth using at all. Google Play Points has some hidden usefulness that can fly under the radar – unless you’re looking for it. This guide will take you through how to use Google Play Points to redeem and pay for…
If you are using the gesture navigation method in Android 13 Beta 3, the navbar has been updated to be slightly bolder and resembles the familiar iOS gesture bar.
Android 13 Beta 3 offers more refinement ahead of Google’s upcoming stable release of the next mobile OS. While this is by no means a huge alteration, it is, in fact, the first change made to the gesture navigation bar since it was…
While Android 13 just now hit platform stability, a few months out from its formal launch, Samsung is working on its own take on the update behind the scenes. One UI 5.0 will be Samsung’s take on Android 13 and, according to a new report, it will bring improvement to…
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Here’s everything new in Android 13 Beta 3 [Gallery]
Update 2: Just before 1 p.m. PT, Google posted the factory and OTA images for manually sideloading Android 13 Beta 3.
Pixel 6 Pro: Factory Image — OTA
Pixel 6: Factory Image — OTA
Pixel 5a: Factory…
Likely to help improve the process of registering your fingerprint on devices with in-display readers, Android 13 Beta 3 has gained a new enrolment UI.
Of course, with the Pixel 6a and Pixel 7 series yet to be officially available, that means the new UI is currently limited to the Pixel 6 and 6 Pro. If you update a device which already has pre-registered biometric data, you may never actually…
