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Here are the new Google Phone, Messages, and Contacts app icons

October 20, 2022
In addition to introducing a handful of Messages features, Google is rolling out new icons for the SMS/RCS app, as well as Phone and Contacts. These three icons continue to share the same style to convey that they’re part of the same app family responsible for communication. Overlapping message bubbles is the key motif here to represent how texting (and calling) involves at least two…
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Chromecast with Google TV adds frame rate matching, but you can’t really use it yet

October 20, 2022
Android 12 is finally available for Chromecast with Google TV (4K) and available out of the box on the HD model too. But it’s an update that doesn’t bring a ton of user-facing features. One addition in Android 12 for Chromecast with Google TV is frame rate matching, but in its current state, it’s not all that useful. As mentioned, there’s not a whole lot new in Android 12 for Google TV…
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Pok Pok Playroom iOS app for kids gets in the Halloween spirit

October 20, 2022
Following the launch of updates like a music Sequencer, Marble Machine, and Space content, Pok Pok Playroom for kids has received another new release. Many of the app’s toys have new Halloween content that offers fun open-ended play while encouraging growth with imagination, curiosity, storytelling, fine motor skills, cause and effect, and more. In just a year and a half, Pok Pok…
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Google Messages updates bring iOS reactions and YouTube embeds

October 20, 2022
Google has detailed the new, recent and upcoming changes to its Messages app in an effort to advocate for the more widespread adoption of the RCS messaging protocol. Apple chief Tim Cook recently made clear that the company has no plans to fix the ‘green bubbles&#8217…
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Apple Fitness+ comes to iPhone on October 24th

October 20, 2022
Apple isn’t just updating iPad and Mac software next week. The company has revealed that Fitness+ will come to the iPhone on October 24th in tandem with required software updates, including iOS 16.1. You’ll need the handset to sign up, but it will also be…
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Tesla is working on next-gen electric car platform for half the price

October 20, 2022
Elon Musk announced that Tesla’s engineering team had turned its focus on a next-generation electric car platform that will be half the price of the Model 3/Y platform. For years now, Tesla has been talking about making cheaper electric vehicles, but inflation and high demand for electric cars have led to prices going up instead. The automaker has been talking about a next-generation platform…
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