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How to use Google Pixel safety features including car crash detection, emergency location sharing

March 29, 2022
With Android 12, the Google Pixel has a ton of safety features that can get you help when you need it. Features like Car crash detection and Emergency SOS are extremely useful. Setting up and activating these features can even save your life. Here’s how you can do that. Table of contents Which safety features are available on Google Pixel? How to set up and use the Emergency sharing safety…
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Classic Hangouts app removed from Google Play and App Store

March 29, 2022
In the coming weeks, Google Chat will replace classic Hangouts for Workspace customers. As part of this, Google said it would disable the old Hangouts mobile apps, and that looks to be underway with the iPhone app now removed from the App Store. Update 3/29: Hangouts for…
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YouTube TV surround sound coming to Roku & Android/Google TV next, Apple TV still in progress

March 29, 2022
Google’s cord-cutting service currently only offers 5.1 audio on two device classes. YouTube TV today gave an update on bringing 5.1 surround sound to more users. Acknowledging that “5.1 audio is important to many of you,” YouTube TV announced today that it’s “currently testing” it on Google TV, Android TV, and Roku. This hopefully includes the Chromecast with Google TV. …if…
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CIRP: Apple users primed for hardware subscription thanks to financed iPhones and existing services

March 29, 2022
Last week, a report by Bloomberg indicated that Apple could adopt a new hardware subscription for iPhone and iPad later this year. That said, an analysis by Consumer Intelligence Research Partners shows that this is actually a logical next step for Apple users. CIRP analyzed consumer behavior for subscription-related services, including phone purchase financing and trade-in rates, and the use of…
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Weekly poll results: the Galaxy A73 5G gets a warm welcome, but availability may be an issue

March 28, 2022
Samsung may want to reconsider the launch plans for the Galaxy A73 5G. The results from last week’s poll show that this may be the best phones in the 2022 Galaxy A series. And yet we still don’t know where it will be available or how much it will cost. All we know is that it will launch in select regions in late April. We thought that losing the telephoto camera and not having a larger battery…
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