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Google Assistant failing to play Pandora and other radio stations via commands, Home routines

February 17, 2023

Google Assistant devices such as the Nest Hub and Nest Mini are handy for a lot of things, and many folks use them for music above all else. But if you’re trying to use radio stations from services such as Pandora via a Google Home routine or an Assistant command, you may have noticed that the functionality is partially broken. 9to5Google has a rebooted newsletter that highlights the biggest…

Google details what’s new in Pixel Watch 1.1 app update

February 17, 2023

The latest version of the Pixel Watch companion app (1.1.0.506033635), which hit 500,000+ downloads last week, is rolling out, and Google has provided the changelog today. Going from version 1.0.5 to 1.1.0, this first phone app update of 2023 (last one was in December)…

Galaxy S23 lock screen: How to customize it and add new app shortcuts

February 17, 2023

You might be surprised to learn how much you can actually customize with the Galaxy S23 series. For instance, the lock screen has multiple characteristics that can be changed or adjusted. Here’s how. Introduced with One UI 5, Samsung’s Galaxy devices have the ability…

Samsung reportedly launching Galaxy S23 FE later this year

February 17, 2023

In 2020 Samsung debuts the Galaxy S20 FE to a pretty huge success, and followed that up with a somewhat underwhelming Galaxy S21 FE. The company ended up skipping the Galaxy S22 FE – at least thus far – but it seems there may be a comeback with a Galaxy S23 FE reportedly coming later this year. 9to5Google has a rebooted newsletter that highlights the biggest Google stories with added…

Report: Google asking employees to help train Bard by rewriting wrong answers

February 17, 2023

As Google prepares to launch Bard to the general public, the company is asking its employees to assist in training the AI by rewriting its bad answers. CNBC reports that Google’s VP of Search, Prabhakar Raghavan, sent an email to employees earlier this week asking for…

LineageOS 20 now supports Google Pixel 6, Pixel 7, and more

February 17, 2023

The ever-popular third-party Android ROM LineageOS has gained support for all of Google’s Tensor-powered phones, including the Pixel 6 and Pixel 7 series. Last month, the development team behind LineageOS released a new major version, bringing full Android 13 support to…

Apple reveals iOS 16 and iPadOS 16 usage stats for the first time

February 17, 2023

For the first time since iOS 16 and iPadOS 16 were released last fall, Apple has shared data on the adoption rates of these updates. Apple says that 81% of all iPhones introduced in the past four years are now running iOS 16, while 72% of all iPhones are running iOS 16. The iOS 16 and iPadOS 16 usage data published today is based on devices that “transacted on the App Store” on February 14…

Apple releases first iOS 16.4 and iPadOS 16.4 betas to developers

February 17, 2023

iOS 16.4 beta 1 is here, coming three weeks after the release of iOS 16.3 to the general public. We’re still waiting to dive into iOS 16.4 to find out what’s new, but there are a few possibilities based on features Apple has already announced but not released. iOS 16.4…

iOS 16.4 and iPadOS 16.4 add new emoji for iPhone and iPad users

February 17, 2023

Apple on Thursday released the first beta of iOS 16.4 and iPadOS 16.4 to developers. While we don’t yet know exactly what changes with today’s updates, we can already confirm that the latest iOS and iPadOS betas add new emoji for iPhone and iPad users. New emoji coming…

iOS 16.4 adds new capabilities for web apps on iPhone and iPad, including access to push notifications

February 17, 2023

Apple has just released the first beta of iOS 16.4, including several major new features for web-apps thanks to policy updates and new features in the WebKit engine. As detailed on the WebKit blog, Home Screen web apps have access to push notifications via the HTML5 standard Web Push API, including badges, for the first time. Access to the Apple push notification service was previously only…