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Android 14 will bring passkey support for Dashlane and other apps

Passkeys are coming up soon as a way of using your phone and its biometrics in place of traditional passwords, and Android 14 is set to bring native support for passkeys to apps, including Dashlane. In a blog post today, Dashlane explained that it will add native support for passkeys in Android 14. The upcoming version of Android unlocks support for passkeys within third-party apps, meaning that…
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Google running survey on Pixel Watch satisfaction

Google is using the Pixel Watch companion app to run a simple survey that’s seeing a pretty wide rollout. The survey, which appears in the main feed, starts by asking “how satisfied are you with your Pixel Watch,” with a scale from very unsatisfied to very…
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Google Doodle celebrates St. David’s Day 2023

Today’s limited Google Doodle is celebrating St. David’s Day 2023 or Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Sant in Wales and, by extension, the United Kingdom. For those unaware, St. David’s Day is a celebration of the patron saint of Wales who died on this day all the way back in the…
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Galaxy Watch 6 battery increases likely, according to leak

We could get yet another battery gain for the Galaxy Watch 6, according to a leak of the internal cells of the upcoming wearable. 9to5Google has a rebooted newsletter that highlights the biggest Google stories with added commentary and other tidbits. Sign up here! GalaxyClub.nl spotted that South Korean regulators have certified two internal cells that are likely to be utilized by the upcoming…
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Abode home security systems get new Google TV, Wear OS apps

Abode has today announced that its home security systems are adding support for Google TV and Wear OS, in an expansion of the company’s Android support. Abode is a do-it-yourself home security brand that has long focused on Apple, but offered Android and Google Home…
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Blue Isle Studios launches Leap sci-fi shooter with Overwolf mods

Connect with top gaming leaders in Los Angeles at GamesBeat Summit 2023 this May 22-23. Register here. Blue Isle Studios has launched its sci-fi shooter game Leap. And the unusual thing about it is that it already has a collection of user-generated mods from the Overwolf platform. The team-based, aerial, first-person shooter is available now on the PC, Sony consoles and Xbox machines. To…
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Android 13 QPR2 Beta gets final feedback survey before launch

Google released Android 13 QPR2 Beta 3.2 last week to close out the preview cycle and is now asking for final feedback ahead of launch. Last week’s update was the “final QPR2 Beta build before the official March public release.” At the time, Google said that this…
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Google updates Chrome to match Safari battery life on M2 MacBook Pro

After widely rolling out an Energy Saver mode, Google has made four optimizations to Chrome for Mac that allows the browser to match the battery life you get when using Safari. 9to5Google has a rebooted newsletter that highlights the biggest Google stories with added commentary and other tidbits. Sign up here! Google conducted testing on a MacBook Pro (13”, M2, 2022 with 8 GB RAM running macOS…
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