Google’s hardware storefront is rarely updated outside of product launches and the holiday season at year’s end. In the US, the Google Store is now being used to prominently advertise Pixel Pass.
It replaces the “new Pixel 6 phones are here” advertisement that primarily talked about Google Tensor and how the devices “adapt to you.” That blue cover and copy is still found elsewhere…
Android 12L is by no means a major update, but it does deliver one big new feature in its app taskbar. Here’s how to try the Android 12L taskbar on Google Pixel devices including the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro.
What is Android 12L’s taskbar?
First things first, what is…
Google Translate has been updated with a very neat quality-of-life improvement on Android that sees Gboard automatically update languages to improve text entry.
This deep integration comes into play when you enter text that isn’t in the default language of your…
In Google Chrome, Bookmarks tend to be one of those features that prove truly divisive among users. You either love them and use them often, or you’d rather not mess with cluttering up your browser. Fortunately, there’s an easy way to manage and hide them in Chrome using something called the Side Panel.
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What is Chrome’s side panel?
Using the Side Panel to manage…
The 64th Annual GRAMMY Awards are set for Sunday, April 3. Follow along for how to watch the GRAMMYs on iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, and the web, plus the nominee list, which artists are performing during the show, and more.
The 2022 GRAMMYs are being hosted live in Las Vegas…
Apple’s Health app features a lot of information and can be overwhelming to the average user. It integrates with other apps to give you an overall summary of your health in one place. When used between iPhone and Apple Watch, it can be a useful tool in maintaining your…
Custom ROM brings One UI 4.1 to Galaxy S9 and Note 9
April 1, 2022
Another week, another developer shoehorning the newest Android builds to old devices. This time it’s the turn of One UI 4.1, which has been ported to the Galaxy S9 and Note 9.
With support for the 2018’s flagship Galaxy devices now officially ended, if you are still using either the S9/S9+ or Note 9, you’re probably stuck running Android 10. At least officially that is the last full OS…
Google Photos appears to be adding a new “snippet” feature that will highlight the prominent portions of your uploading video content.
Over the past few years, the wealth of auto-generated albums and Memories collections has grown. The latest such option coming to…
Here’s a Samsung Galaxy phone modded with a fully functional iPhone Lightning port [Video]
April 1, 2022
For quite some time, there’s been demand for Apple to adopt USB-C on its iPhone, but the company has so far refused to do so in favor of its tightly controlled Lightning standard. Now, a clever engineer has successfully managed to install a Lightning port on a Samsung…
Google Home Essentials: Reolink’s Assistant-connected cameras trade a blurry mess for actual zoom
April 1, 2022
Home security cameras are usually pretty basic when it comes to their optical hardware, with a middling resolution that uses digital zoom to get the job done and either a constant power source or a rechargeable battery. Over the past few months, though, I’ve been using Google Assistant-connected cameras from Reolink that kick it up a notch, with true optical zoom and a full solar…
