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Google Assistant ambient mode turns some phones into smart displays

November 26, 2019
After first teasing it in September, Google has detailed exactly how its new Assistant ambient mode will work on smartphones. The idea is to make your phone more useful by while it’s charging by letting you see Google photo images, play music, control your smart home devices and more. The feature started rolling out to Nokia and Xiaomi devices last week, and will come to Sony and an OEM…
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Steam October top 20: Destiny 2, Indivisible, and the janky WWE 2K20

November 25, 2019
Destiny 2 is relatively new on Steam, but the PC version of the online shooter is doing great on its new home. Valve revealed its list of the top 20 best-performing new game releases on its digital store front along with the top five free releases of the month, and Destiny 2 is on both lists. Valve creates this list by taking data from each game’s performance after its first two weeks of…
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Google details Assistant Ambient Mode on Android phones

November 25, 2019
Assistant Ambient Mode, which was announced at IFA 2019 in September, began rolling out to Nokia and Xiaomi devices two weeks ago. Google today officially detailed the assistive feature for phones in a video. Ambient Mode lets you “turn your phone into a digital photo…
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When is Android 11 ‘R’ coming out?

November 25, 2019
Android 10, also known as Android Q, has yet to reach even the latest phones from manufacturers such as Samsung. That doesn’t mean the folks at Google are sitting on their laurels. Rumblings about Android 11 are there if you’re listening closely. No, it’s not “R”…
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Sensor Tower: Roblox has generated $1 billion on mobile since 2016

November 25, 2019
Roblox has made $1 billion on mobile since it launched for Android and iOS in early 2016, according to market analyst Sensor Tower. The kid-friendly multiplayer platform game has had 290 million downloads on mobile. About $677 million of its revenue, or 67%, has come from the U.S., while Great Britain is No. 2 with $89 million, or 9%. The Google Play store has been the source of most of the…
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Pixel 4 vs. iPhone 11: Which should you pick?

November 25, 2019
The Pixel 4 is the best Pixel phone to date but has a few issues that make it hard to wholeheartedly recommend to everyone out there. Often the Pixel 4 gets compared directly to the iPhone 11 and 11 Pro but just how does the cheapest Apple device compare to Google’s most…
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Here’s how to find out when your iPhone 11 camera is using Deep Fusion

November 25, 2019
A new update to the free metadata photo and video app Metapho for iPhone has brought what looks like the first way to tell when your iPhone 11 shots were taken with Deep Fusion (at least for now). Follow along for more on this neat app that not only allows you to check if Deep Fusion was used but also view and edit EXIF metadata. Metapho launched its latest update over the weekend that includes…
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