Android has long supported the ability to access certain tools or data from the lockscreen with relative ease, but many have come with the minor annoyance of requiring you to authenticate before actually using those tools. In Android 13, Google is stripping away the need to unlock your phone for lockscreen smart home controls. Here’s how.
Live in the first beta of Android 13, Google has…
In a slightly protracted rollout, Google today revealed the first three games that will be available to Stadia Pro subscribers for May 2022. More titles will be announced in the coming days.
Update 4/26: Kaze and the Wild Masks ($29.99) is the fourth Stadia Pro title for…
Pixel 6 is ‘fastest selling Pixel ever’ as Sundar Pichai teases Android, new hardware at I/O 2022
April 27, 2022
After touting a “quarterly sales record” during the last earnings call, Sundar Pichai said today that the Pixel 6 is the “fastest selling Pixel ever.” The Alphabet CEO also teased more hardware and Android announcements for I/O 2022.
Pixel 6 is a huge step forward…
With the arrival of Android 13 Beta 1, Pixel phones can now quickly edit the contents of the clipboard, with an overlay similar to taking a screenshot.
For the last few years, when taking a screenshot on a Pixel phone, you’ll see an overlay in the corner of the screen showing a preview of what you captured. Alongside the preview, you’re also offered an edit button to crop or draw over the…
After a series of developer-facing early previews, the public-facing Android 13 Beta 1 update is now available to a small pool of eligible Google Pixel handsets.
There have been a sizeable number of changes in those aforementioned developer previews, which we highly…
One week after the release of the second beta, Apple is now rolling out iOS 15.5 beta 3 to developers. iOS 15.5 includes small under the hood changes, as well as updates to the Wallet app, Apple Cash, HomePod, and the App Store. Head below for the details.
Today’s new…
Apple today released the third beta of iOS 15.5 to developers, and while the update doesn’t seem to have any significant changes, Apple has made an interesting tweak to its native Photos app. The system will now block “Sensitive Locations” for Memories in the Photos app.
For those unfamiliar, Memories is a feature of the Photos app on iOS and macOS that recognizes people, places, and…
Continuing the stellar efforts in recent months, Samsung is now rolling out the April 2022 security update to selected Galaxy devices. Here’s every device that has been updated so far.
Samsung April 2022 security update – what’s new
We’ve seen Samsung really up the…
Just a few weeks after European Galaxy S10 owners started to see the latest One UI 4.1 update, those in the US will now begin to get the latest version of the third-party skin.
Although a mid-cycle update based upon Android 12, One UI 4.1 includes a number of features that…
Ford delays Android Automotive, confirms 2022 models (including F-150 Lightning) can’t be upgraded
April 26, 2022
One of Google’s biggest partners for Android Automotive in the US market is Ford, but the carmaker has just announced that its transition to its Android system is well behind schedule and will be delayed by a few months.
Ford has today started shipping one of its most exciting electric vehicles, the Ford F-150 Lightning. The electric-powered truck has been one of the more impressive offerings…
