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Google Assistant can now find/ring silenced iPhones as Duplex expands to online food orders

April 15, 2021
Google today announced a handful of new Assistant features, while making others more widely available. The biggest lets iPhone owners find misplaced devices using Google Smart Displays and speakers as Assistant Routines availability expands. “Hey Google, find or ring my phone” is a very helpful command in the home. On Apple’s platform, Assistant currently places a regular phone call to…
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Hands-on with Google Photos enhanced video editing tools [Video]

April 15, 2021
After a small initial rollout, Google Photos’ brand-new enhanced video editing tools should be live for everyone using the photo and video application on Android — but just what is new here? We’ve had to wait a little while for these options to arrive on Android, as those on iOS were offered the new enhanced Google Photos video editing controls and options in 2020. Previously, you only had…
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Another major EU country to offer $3,000 e-bike credit to trade in your old gas car

April 15, 2021
Cash-for-clunker style programs that offer an incentive to swap an old gas-powered car for a new electric bicycle are gaining steam across Europe. The latest country to hop on the electric bike rebate bandwagon is France. A new proposal would see French citizens offered €2,500 (USD $2,991) toward the purchase of a new electric bicycle. That would go a long way toward the purchase of an…
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Google app beta tests redesigned Discover header on Android 12

April 15, 2021
The latest beta version of the Google app includes a redesign of the homescreen Discover feed on Android 12 that revamps the header and removes the search bar. Last night, version 12.14 of the Google Search app began rolling out through the Play Store to those who enrolled…
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Sony’s Xperia 1 and 5 Mark III introduce variable optical zoom and 4K 120Hz OLED

April 15, 2021
Sony has just announced the Xperia 1 Mark III, its flagship smartphone with camera technologies borrowed from its Alpha line of cameras, as well as display, cinema and audio capabilities built from the know-how of the broad divisions within Sony Electronics. The ‘zoom’ allows the Xperia 1 and 5 Mark III smartphones to optically achieve both 70 and 105mm equivalent focal lengths with…
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