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Android 13 DP2: Google Assistant voice typing arrives for more Pixels

Once a Pixel 6 exclusive feature, Google seems to have enabled the flagship’s excellent Assistant voice typing on more Pixel phones. One of the highlights of the Pixel 6 series is the enhanced Assistant voice typing, which uses the speedy and accurate on-device voice transcription capabilities behind the next-generation Google Assistant. In addition to being shockingly fast, Assistant voice…
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Android 13 will warn you about apps with ‘excessive background battery usage’

Battery life is something that can always improve, and Google is introducing a handful of battery-preserving measures in its next mobile OS version. The most notable is a system notification in Android 13 for apps with excessive background battery usage. Android 13 introduces a system notification that appears when your app consumes a large amount of device battery during a 24-hour period. This…
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Android 13 Developer Preview 2 hands-on: Top new features [Video]

It’s hard to believe that a month after the first developer-focused build, Android 13 Developer Preview 2 is now available with a whole host of new features and functions. Here is a shortlist of some of the best. Table of contents Yet another media player redesign Extensive notification shade tuning Lockscreen notification tweaks Notification permission pop-up Improved haptic feedback…
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This iPhone app uses AirPods to help you improve your posture

If you think you need to improve your neck and shoulder posture, there’s an iPhone app that uses AirPods to help you improve just that. Developed by Jordi Bruin, Posture Pal is an interesting idea that will help you during long work hours, while playing a video game, or…
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iPhone tops North America and Western European smartphone markets as 5G surpasses 4G

New Counterpoint data is out and shows that 5G smartphone sales surpassed 4G for the first time in January 2022. Sales of 5G smartphones reached 51% in January. China, North America, and Western Europe were the driving forces of this increase.  According to Counterpoint, the push for 5G came from Chinese telecom operators and the readiness of OEMs to supply competitively priced 5G smartphones…
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