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Hands-on: Here’s how iPhone’s Live Text OCR works in iOS 15

One of the handy new features arriving with iOS 15 is the option to quickly recognize text and select, copy, paste, and lookup in both the Camera and Photos app. Let’s looks at how iPhone Live Text OCR works from photos to screenshots and handwriting too. Live Text isn’t the flashiest of features but it really offers a lot of convenience. Up until now, you’ve needed to download a…
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One UI 4.0 Beta: Top new features in Android 12 for Samsung devices [Video]

Although we’re almost ready for the stable Android 12 update to arrive on Pixel devices, the rest of the industry is just beginning to roll out their own flavors of the latest stable OS. Samsung is next with One UI 4.0, and although effectively Beta 1, we’ve been working out what the top new features are for intrepid Galaxy device enthusiasts. It’s worth noting that unlike the Android 12…
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Google Pixel 5a is now supported by LineageOS 18.1

With the phone not even a month into its life span, the Google Pixel 5a is now supported by the ever-popular Android ROM LineageOS. Google’s phones have some of the longest life spans in Android, with the Pixel 3 series that launched on Android 9 Pie set to gain Android…
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Google Stadia voice chat on Android may launch soon, support document suggests

One of the most glaring omissions of the Stadia app for Android may soon be fixed as a Google support document details how voice chat will — and won’t — work. For many months now, our APK Insight team has been watching the development of voice chat in the Stadia app, including the app being registered for Android’s “Microphone” permission. Despite that, nothing in the app has…
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Apple now sells refurbished iPhones in Canada

While everybody’s excited about the iOS 15 launch, Canadian Apple users have another reason to celebrate as the company now sells refurbished iPhones. As spotted by iPhone in Canada, this is the first time Apple has sold refurbished iPhones outside of the US. Canadians…
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iPhone 13 Diary: I’m now resigned to buying a new iPhone every year

There were a lot of people buying a new iPhone on Friday, and I was one of them, despite saying that I didn’t consider it an especially exciting update for most people. But for me, I’m upgrading to the iPhone 13 for the same reason I bought the iPhone 11 and iPhone 12. Camera improvements For years, I said that my iPhone was my least-important Apple gadget. The Mac came first, iPad second…
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