It’s the sweetest part of each year’s Android release — the dessert for 2024’s Android 15 is set to be “Vanilla Ice Cream.”
Android has had a long tradition of naming each of its major releases after desserts, continuing down the alphabet. From the days of Android Cupcake in 2009 through Android Pie in 2018, Google often had fun publicizing these dessert names and including them as…
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Besides being powered by Dark Sky (now WeatherKit), the iOS 16…
Google is rolling out an update to the app responsible for Pixel Watch Faces. So far, there aren’t any major changes, with the count remaining at 19, but the Google Assistant complication does get a color tweak.
Besides holding the side button or using the hotword, you…
Google has begun the process of bringing Chrome’s full Blink browser engine to iOS against current App Store rules, and now we have our first look at the test browser in action.
Last month, Google quietly unveiled a new effort to port the Blink browser engine — used by Chrome and other Chromium-based browsers like Edge and Opera — to iOS. Under Apple’s current App Store policies, all web…
Autofill data is convenient, but it can also get annoying if it’s outdated or no longer needed. Google Chrome is currently preparing a tweak that will make it much easier to delete autofill data.
Live in the latest release of Chrome Canary, Google is testing a new way to…
It’s been six months since Android 13 debuted on Pixel phones, and OnePlus wasn’t too far behind the curve with the update hitting OnePlus 10 Pro just weeks later. But, apparently, the update didn’t actually roll out to everyone, with many still waiting.
OnePlus…
How to set up Google Pixel Watch Fall Detection
March 3, 2023
Following the Tuesday announcement, Google is rolling out Fall Detection to the Pixel Watch.
How it works
The Pixel Watch uses motion sensors and on-device machine learning to detect “hard falls.” When enabled, it will “monitor for a sudden impact and your body’s responses and instinctive reactions to falling.”
When a fall is detected, the Pixel Watch will wait 30 seconds (for…
Samsung is upgrading the hinge on its upcoming Galaxy Z Fold 5, and with that comes new testing. According to a new report, the Fold 5’s biggest tests are now underway, but with a lower bar compared to some competitors.
The Elec reports that Samsung is currently underway…
Android Auto’s newest redesign takes several different bits of information and lays them out across the new home screen. To give a little more freedom in an otherwise fixed layout, Android Auto has made a new option available to change the layout of Android Auto. Here’s…
Google products are full of countless Easter eggs, and just in time for the third season’s debut, a new Easter egg in Google Search has surfaced that sees The Mandalorian’s Grogu playing with your search results using The Force.
Available now when you search for “The Mandalorian,” Grogu will appear in the bottom corner of the screen, watching your search results. He only appears after a…
