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Android 12L Beta 1: Google brings a new UI and animation to Internet toggle, screen recording

The first beta release for Android 12L has arrived, and it’s available on Pixel smartphones. Those devices can’t fully take advantage of most of Android 12L’s large screen optimization, but we can see some of Google’s other upgrades. One notable change is that, in Android 12L, Google is introducing a new style for its Internet toggle and other quick settings. Google has been…
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Google Chrome now supports Android 12’s scrolling screenshots

The addition of scrolling screenshots that allow you to capture the entire screen was a big part of Android 12. Google has now quietly added support for Android 12’s scrolling screenshots in Chrome. When Android 12 launched in late October, the “Capture more” button…
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Android 12L Beta 1 hands-on: Top new features [Video]

Right off the back of a massive bug fixing OTA update for Android 12, Google has unleashed the next release — Android 12L Beta 1. If you have no clue what the heck the Android 12L Beta is all about, allow me to enlighten you with the abridged version. This mid-cycle update is coming in early 2022 to provide devices with larger screens a better experience with some tailored tweaks and plenty of…
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iOS 15.2 shows a service history of repaired parts in your iPhone

With iOS 15.2, Apple is giving iPhone owners even more information about repaired parts in their devices. In Settings -> General -> About, there is a new section describing the Parts and Service History of the current device, including whether they are identified as genuine Apple parts, links to the date of when the service took place at Apple, or if the part is unknown and not recognized as…
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Google’s Year in Search 2021 recap is about healing [Video]

While YouTube Rewind has been retired, Google still has its Year in Search recap, and the 2021 edition is focused on the theme of healing. This short video is compiled from Google Trends data and aims to capture worldwide sentiment as expressed via Search queries. We see…
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Roku and Google reach last-minute ‘multi-year’ deal to keep YouTube app, bring back YouTube TV

Drama has been ongoing between Roku and Google nearly all of this year over the use of YouTube and YouTube TV on the biggest streaming platform in the United States. Today, Roku and Google have finally settled on a deal to keep the app available to Roku owners. Confirmed by Roku on Twitter, the company says it has agreed to a multi-year extension of its contract with Google for YouTube and…
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