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Last week, a user reported that their Pixel 3 was not able to dial 911 (emergency services in the US). Google has confirmed that there is an emergency calling bug with Android under a “limited set of circumstances” and that there is a fix.  Update 12/10: Version 1416/1.0.0.2021194504 of Microsoft Team with the app-based fix is widely rolling out via the Play Store this afternoon. After…

The future of Google Stadia has been in question since the day the platform debuted, and two years into its existence, that question continues to become more pertinent. As 2021 comes to a close and another big event goes by without a word of Stadia, Google’s silence is serving only to kill any bit of confidence left in the platform. Google Stadia is still a fairly young platform. With…

It’s taken me a while to test the night video capabilities, but it turned out that it was the iPhone 13 video stabilization performance that really impressed me! A TV professional friend once said to me that the most common shot seen in any movie or TV show is one taken on a locked-off tripod … Camera movements have their place, of course. Dolly movements – where the camera moves in toward…

Google Photos is rounding out the year with upgraded camera animations for “Cinematic photos,” as well as the wide availability of several Memories-related features. Google announced Cinematic photos a year ago to help “relive your memories in a way that feels more vivid and realistic.” Machine learning techniques are leveraged to essentially add 3D motion that might have happened in the…