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Data shows Android losing ground to iOS, but Google’s platform still dominates the market

April 22, 2022

Android is unsurprisingly the most popular mobile operating system in the world, as it’s available on a huge variety of devices. However, data from StockApps shows that iOS has been taking Android’s market share in recent years – although Google’s platform still dominates the market. As of July 2018, Android dominated 77.32% of the global mobile operating system market share. However…

Google Fi rolling out straightforward Material You redesign on Android

April 22, 2022

After widget tweaks last year, Google Fi has now redesigned its Android app with Material You. It’s a straightforward modernization as the company is nearly finished visually revamping its biggest apps. The most prominent change is to Google Fi’s bottom bar with Material…

Work-managed Android phones can now auto-install app updates immediately

April 22, 2022

In addition to offering user-facing apps, Google Workspace gives companies the ability to manage their employees’ devices. Google Workspace admins now have more control over Android app updates on work devices that use managed Google Play. Previously, the default behavior…

My Pixel 6 Pro’s display died – Here’s how Google’s recommended walk-in repair went

April 22, 2022

“Are you breaking stuff over there?” my wife said, seconds after my phone hit the ground. Sadly, though, I was. My Pixel 6 Pro’s display was dead and, for the first time in years, it was time to figure out the cost and time it would take to repair my daily driver. Here’s how that went. Wrapped up in a case and Whitestone screen protector, I figured my Pixel 6 Pro would easily survive a…

Google researching hidden displays and interfaces for Ambient Computing

April 22, 2022

Google’s long-term goal for its hardware is having technology that’s always available in the background to help. The latest work towards Ambient Computing from Google is about “hidden interfaces” where the display is invisible unless being used. This is similar to…

Here’s what you can do with RCS and Google Messages – and why it’s worth trying

April 22, 2022

While straightforward SMS texting isn’t perfect by any means, the adoption of the RCS standard means you can do pretty neat things in Google Messages that you couldn’t for a very long time. Follow along to learn a few tips and tricks for using RCS messaging and Google…

iOS 15: How to switch to Private Browsing on iPhone with Safari

April 22, 2022

Safari got an overhaul with iOS 15, and while there are a number of improvements and changes, some features aren’t found where they used to be. Read along for a look at how to switch to iPhone Private Browsing in Safari with iOS 15. As a refresher, here’s how Apple describes Private Browsing mode: Safari won’t remember the pages you visited, your search history, or your AutoFill…

CIRP: iPhone 13 best-selling lineup in recent years (despite tiny interest in iPhone mini)

April 22, 2022

A new report by the Consumer Intelligence Research Partners shows that the iPhone 13 lineup is delivering ”some of the best results in many quarters,” although the two mini version launched so far still account for as little as 3% of all sales on the second quarter of…

Samsung April 2022 security update is now rolling out for these Galaxy devices

April 21, 2022

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…

Google will block all third-party call recording apps on Play Store from May 11

April 21, 2022

A new Google Play Store policy coming into force is set to block third-party call recording apps from the online storefront from May 11. Changes to the Google Play Policy initially spotted over on Reddit by user /u/NLL-APPS mean that there will be further restrictions placed upon access to the Accessibility API by developers. This has been used as a workaround to enable remote call audio…