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Asus rolls out Android 12 update for the Zenfone 7 and Zenfone 7 Pro

Asus started its Android 12 update journey back in December with the Zenfone 8 and Zenfone 8 Flip, and it unfortunately took the Taiwanese company almost five months after that to work its way back to those phones’ predecessors. Today, however, it finally announced that Android 12 is now out for the Zenfone 7 and Zenfone 7 Pro, both released in 2020. The new firmware that’s rolling out…
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Google’s Android TV partners can apparently make Fire TVs now, as Hisense plays both sides

Google’s Android TV has long been competing for its place in the market, and in the United States it primarily goes against Roku and Amazon’s Fire TV. Most Android TV and Google TV partners also sell Roku models, but they’ve never mixed in with Fire TV. That changes now, as Hisense has launched its first Amazon Fire TV model. The first Hisense smart TV (50U6HF) with Amazon’s Fire TV…
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Pixel Launcher app search is broken on Android 12 for some

Ahead of going stable next month, Android 12 QPR3 Beta 3 has a curious Pixel Launcher bug that breaks the ability to search for apps installed on your device. Swiping up from the homescreen to open the Pixel Launcher’s app grid/launcher and searching does not reveal the…
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Report: Apple ML exec that left over in-person work policy joining Alphabet’s DeepMind

According to Bloomberg today, Ian Goodfellow, who oversaw machine learning at Apple before quitting due to the in-person work policy, is joining Alphabet’s DeepMind. Goodfellow started at Google as a “Software Engineering Intern” in 2013 and was a “Senior Research Scientist” at Google Brain upon leaving in March 2016. After a year at Open AI, he returned to Google for two years. In March…
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Apex Legends Mobile is now available to download on the Google Play Store

After a long wait and a number of limited region-locked beta previews, Apex Legends Mobile is now available for all Android users on the Google Play Store. Originally, Apex Legends Mobile was launched in limited betas in the Philippines and India, but EA and Respawn confirmed that more regions would gain access over time. Previous workarounds to play Apex Legends on your smartphone…
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