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Assistant Driving Mode was announced at I/O 2019 to replace Android Auto on phones. It was supposed to launch that summer but was delayed, and is now happening with Android 12. Ahead of that, the homescreen UI unveiled over two years is finally appearing in Assistant Driving Mode. Back in November, Assistant Driving Mode launched in Google Maps for US users. That later saw an international…

Reliable Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo is out with a new investor report this morning outlining expectations for the iPhone 13, Apple Watch Series 7, and AirPods 3. Kuo corroborates that the iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max will be available in an all-new 1TB storage configuration for the first time… Kuo says that the iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 mini will be available in storage configurations of…

“Device Personalization Services” is the method through which Google delivers and updates features like Now Playing (on Pixel), Live Caption, and smart actions in notifications to Android devices. This app, updated via the Play Store, is now being renamed to “Android System Intelligence,” at least on Google Pixel phones. Update 9/12: As of the past few weeks, the “Device…

Android 12 isn’t yet out on Pixel phones, but it is just around the corner. Apparently, Samsung was set to release its Android 12 beta last week, but the launch has now suffered a delay. Last month, Samsung confirmed that it planned to start rolling out the Android 12 beta to Galaxy S21 devices in the company’s home country of South Korea on September 9. Obviously, though, that date came and…