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With the launch of the Android 12 Developer Preview seemingly around the corner, we’ve learned that Pixel phones may be gaining a new face-based option for Auto-Rotate. On Pixel phones today, as well as Android devices in general, you’re able to have your display orientation rotate to match your device’s orientation. For example, you may browse YouTube in portrait mode, then turn your…

Over the last few years, phones have steadily grown larger and more unwieldy, with the recent Galaxy S21 Ultra being a great example. To help make your oversized phone a bit more manageable, Android 12 could be bringing a dedicated “one-handed mode” that shrinks your phone screen’s contents. As phones have gotten larger, various companies have heard the complaint that it can be difficult…

Microsoft had to abandon its original plans to let people play xCloud games on iPhones and iPads via an iOS app, the same way it does on Android (above photo), but is reportedly “very close” to a public preview of a web-based workaround. The project shouldn’t be confused with the iOS Xbox app, which lets you stream games from your own Xbox to your phone. xCloud, in contrast, lets you stream…

After releasing in late 2020 with a slightly outdated Android 10 build, the Microsoft Surface Duo’s Android 11 update looks like it will arrive closer to the full release of the next iteration — Android 12. According to a new report by German outlet Dr. Windows, a Microsoft USA briefing suggested that “this summer” is the timeframe for the first full OS update for the notebook-like…