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Android 12 Beta 4: Lockscreen adopts Google Sans for Now Playing, tweaks Cards & Passes, lock icons

August 13, 2021
Android 12 Beta 4 has added a fair volume of new features and functions, but the lockscreen has seen a trio of tweaks that include the brand new Google Sans font for the Now Playing feature, plus some improved icons for other existing features. We’ve done a deep dive into just what makes this latest version of the pre-release OS tick, but we’re still finding new little tweaks and changes the…
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YouTube Music for Android now lets you search downloads and it works offline

August 13, 2021
In recent months, search has been one area of YouTube Music that Google has been constantly iterating on with tweaks and additional capabilities. The YouTube Music Android app now lets you search songs and albums that you’ve locally downloaded. Very simply, searching for a song in YouTube Music will surface a new “Downloads” tab between Library and Uploads. This will bring up results for…
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Panasonic Leica 25-50mm F1.7 ASPH field review

August 13, 2021
Introduction 88% Overall score Jump to conclusion Panasonic’s Leica DG Vario-Summilux 25-50mm F1.7 ASPH is a bright zoom lens aimed at photographers using Micro Four Thirds camera bodies. With a 35mm-equivalent focal range of 50 to 100mm, the 25-50mm F1.7 could make for an attractive – if somewhat unusual – portrait lens for still photographers. But it’s clearly been…
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Samsung’s Galaxy Watch 4 calculates body fat from the wrist

August 12, 2021
Samsung’s new Galaxy Watch 4 has a feature that can calculate body fat percentage and muscle mass, the company announced yesterday. It’s the latest tech company to offer a body composition feature, joining Amazon, which has a body fat percentage feature in its Halo Band. Body fat is generally a better way to assess health than weight, but it’s often calculated using a metric called the body…
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