MobileNews

9to5Mac Gift Guide: The best travel accessories for iPhone, iPad, and more

If you’re looking for smaller gift ideas that are thoughtful and useful for the Apple fans in your life, travel accessories are a great way to go. Below we’ve rounded up some of the best options to make iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch more capable while keeping them charged up and organized. Whether you’re shopping for someone who does lots of extended travel, short trips, or just takes…
Read more
MobileNews

Google rolling out Android digital car key support to Pixel 6, Galaxy S21 on select BMWs

Back at I/O, Google announced that Android 12 will let you unlock compatible vehicles with just your phone. Digital car key support for locking/unlocking and starting vehicles is going live for the Pixel 6 and Samsung Galaxy S21 lines from today. At launch, you need to physically tap the door (NFC is used) to unlock. [Update: Google tells us only NFC is available at the moment.] That said…
Read more
MobileNews

Google Assistant ‘Family Bell’ is now available on Android to keep loved ones on-task this holiday season

With the busyness of the holidays, it’s easy to lose track of all the things that need to be done, both at home and while out and about. To help keep everyone on track, the Google Assistant’s “Family Bell” feature is now available on Android phones. First launched last year on smart displays and speakers, Family Bell was originally designed to help families keep to a schedule, such as…
Read more
MobileNews

Android 12L Developer Preview 1 is now available for the Lenovo Tab P12 Pro

Google will release the first Android 12L Beta sometime this month. Until then, those with the Lenovo Tab P12 Pro can install Android 12L Developer Preview 1. The “Lenovo P12 Pro Android 12L Developer Preview Program” is available directly from lenovo.com instead of a Google site. Android 12L DP1 is running a 2021-11-01 security patch and is the “first large screen optimized Android OS…
Read more