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Google Store discounts Pixel 6 and 6 Pro by $100 when you buy with financing 

Before today, the US Google Store had yet to discount the Pixel 6 this cycle in a possible sign of consistent demand. Now, and for the next two weeks, you can get a $100 discount as statement credit when buying the Pixel 6 or 6 Pro through financing. This brings down the Pixel 6’s starting price to $499, while the 6 Pro begins at $799. You first have to get credit approval for a Google Store…
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How to enable or disable Live Captions in Android 12

Live Captions is one of those features you never really realized you needed until it was available. In essence, it captions every bit of audio that your device plays for easy accessibility. This guide will take you through how to enable it or disable it on your Android 12 device, as well as a couple of tips and tricks. Table of contents What are Live Captions and why would I want them? How to…
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Here are four features at the top of my iOS 16 wishlist

We’re just three months away from Apple’s annual WWDC event, which is where the company will announce its next round of major software updates. As usual, the headliner here will be iOS 16 and iPadOS 16, which will bring major new features to the iPhone and iPad. Here are…
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Sony begins rolling out Android 12 for Xperia 1 II and Xperia Pro-I

Sony has now started rolling out Android 12 to 2019’s Xperia 1 II and the current flagship Xperia Pro-I having previously updated the Xperia 1 III and Xperia 5 III late last month. The duo is separated not only by a chipset, but a sizable camera differentiation. However, that means nothing, as the Android 12 rollout is now in its early stages for the Xperia 1 II and the Xperia Pro-I with both…
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Samsung may be throttling apps to save battery life on Galaxy phones

Samsung is looking into reports that it has been limiting the performance of a large number of apps on some Galaxy smartphones, Android Authority has reported. It has reportedly been using something called the Game Optimizing Service (GOS) to throttle up to 10,000 apps (likely to save battery life), including many that have nothing to do with gaming like Netflix, TikTok and Microsoft…
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