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Google Home & Away Routines can now trigger when you arrive/leave a specified location

October 16, 2021
In late August, Google rolled out a pair of new features for Assistant Routines. Google’s Home and Away Routines for smart home devices now has a new arrive/leave location trigger. Opening Routines (from Google Assistant settings or the Home app) and scrolling down to “Household Routines” reveals a new “Starter” for both “Home” and “Away.” “When I say to my Assistant” and…
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Alphabet Scoop 135: Previewing Google’s ‘Pixel Fall Event’

October 16, 2021
This week 9to5Google’s Abner Li, Ben Schoon, and Kyle Bradshaw discuss all things Pixel as Google prepares for an event next week called the “Pixel Fall Event.” They give their predictions of what we will see and what we won’t. Subscribe Google Podcasts Spotify Overcast New episodes of Alphabet Scoop are published every Thursday/Friday. Subscribe to our podcast in Google Play or your…
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iOS 15.1 and iPadOS 15.1 tipped to launch on October 25

October 15, 2021
Apple’s iOS 15 has been off to a rocky start with users reporting plenty of bugs with the most noteworthy one preventing people to unlock their phone via Apple Watch. Apple is already ironing out these complaints with the upcoming iOS 15.1 build which is currently in beta stage but now Twitter user obtained confirmation from an Apple Product Security Team member about the final build’s…
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Apple iPad 9th gen (2021) vs Xiaomi Pad 5 video comparison

October 15, 2021
The 9th generation Apple iPad (2021) and the Xiaomi Pad 5 are similar in stature – 10.2-inch 4:3 vs 11-inch 16:10 displays – similar in performance and almost identical in price – starting at €379 and €399, respectively. That puts them in direct…
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Honor 50 Lite coming to Europe, looks just like Huawei’s nova 8i

October 15, 2021
Back in June, we saw the debut of the Honor 50 series phones in China. These consist of the Honor 50 Pro, Honor 50 and Honor 50 SE with the vanilla model expected to launch in Europe on October 26 with Google Mobile Services in tow. Now is reporting of a Honor 50 Lite phone which is also expected to debut on the Old Continent by the end of the month. Honor 50 Lite in blue and black colors…
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