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Xbox Game Pass gets Friends and Family pricing in certain countries

September 3, 2022

Interested in learning what’s next for the gaming industry? Join gaming executives to discuss emerging parts of the industry this October at GamesBeat Summit Next. Register today. Following a leak earlier this week, Microsoft has officially revealed its Friends & Family plan for Xbox Game Pass. It’s an upgrade on existing plans which allows users to share a single Game Pass plan for…

Digital Wellbeing and Google Clock prep cough & snore detection

September 3, 2022

Back in May, it emerged that Google was working on built-in snore and cough detection for Android, and new evidence shows that this tracking capability will be offered through Digital Wellbeing. About APK Insight: In this “APK Insight” post, we’ve decompiled the…

Parler’s Android app has been reinstated to the Google Play Store

September 3, 2022

The Android app for the social network Parler has been reinstated into the Google Play Store, 18 months after its removal. Just two days after the January 6 attack on the US Capitol, the Play Store removed Parler — a social network built as an alternative to the likes of…

Google touts TikTok Android app improvements like faster launch, smoother UI & playback

September 3, 2022

In a case study, the Android Developer Relations team today detailed recent improvements and optimizations made to TikTok for Android. With over 1 billion users worldwide, TikTok runs on “various network conditions and device specifications.” Its developers use “data monitoring, peer app comparison and user surveys to track the overall app performance.” TikTok’s engineering team cites…

Galaxy Fold 4 and Flip 4 notifications: How to access them even easier

September 3, 2022

The Galaxy Fold 4 and Flip 4 – while surprisingly easy to handle – are not always the epitome of one-handed devices; both have tall screens that force some careful movement when trying to pull the Galaxy Fold or Flip’s notification shade down. This guide will take you…

Galaxy Watch 4’s Wear OS 3.5 beta is over, stable update starts rolling out to testers

September 3, 2022

Samsung has been testing out a new version of Wear OS and its One UI Watch skin for the Galaxy Watch 4 over the past few months, but as of this week, the beta is over and the stable update is right around the corner. As announced in a forum post, Samsung has ended the One…

Galaxy Buds 2 Pro review: Simply stellar, as long you use a Samsung phone

September 3, 2022

Earbuds have become a dime a dozen in today’s market, and there are some really good options for not much money. So why should anyone even consider spending $230 on Samsung’s Galaxy Buds 2 Pro? Let’s take a look. Hardware In the hardware department, Samsung’s latest earbuds are pretty darn similar to its past few generations. It’s using a matte version of the same rounded square case…

Google Camera 8.6: Android 13, expanded Pixel 6 Speech enhancement [U: Patch]

September 3, 2022

Google is rolling out an update to the Pixel Camera app a month after the last release, with version 8.6 introducing a handful of Material You tweaks and Speech enhancement for the rear Pixel 6 lens. Update 9/2: Version 8.6.263.471358013.15 of Google Camera widely rolled…

The iPhone 14 is coming next week; here’s every new feature

September 3, 2022

The iPhone 14 is coming in just a few days. We’ve been rounding up the latest rumors and expectations over the last year, and it’s almost time for an official announcement. The iPhone 14 lineup will include four models across two screen sizes, design changes, camera…

Peak Design launches iPhone 14 event guessing game with $10k garbage bag grand prize

September 3, 2022

Peak Design is holding a fun guessing game ahead of the “Far out” iPhone 14 event that’s set for September 7. Along with a garbage bag filled with $10,000 as the grand prize 500 others will have the chance to win a free iPhone case. Peak Design, makers of premium backpacks, camera gear, iPhone cases, and other accessories announced the “Garbage Bag of Money New Phone Launch Event…