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Quick Charge Podcast: September 1, 2022

September 2, 2022
Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee new episodes are delivered as…
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Android 14 will support satellite connectivity and partners

September 2, 2022
Last week, SpaceX and T-Mobile announced that it would bring direct satellite connectivity to smartphones, and Google said today the next version of Android (14) will “support our partners in enabling all of this.” This development comes from Hiroshi Lockheimer…
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Oppo will stop including its super-fast chargers in the box with some future smartphones

September 2, 2022
It’s been a trend for the past couple of years for smartphones to ship without a charging brick, only a cable. But Oppo stood opposed to that move, instead still including a charging brick – and a super-fast one at that – with its phones. But it seems that’s soon to change. The Oppo Reno 8 series just launched in Europe earlier this week, and with that reveal, Oppo confirmed plans to stop…
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YouTube on Google TV and smart TVs tweaks its sidebar with ‘More’ section including movies

September 2, 2022
YouTube’s app for Google TV, Android TV, and other smart TV platforms is picking up a small tweak to clean up its sidebar with a “More” section. Rolling out now to some users, this updated interface changes up the sidebar on the YouTube app for TVs yet again. Google has altered this sidebar on numerous occasions over the past couple of years, adding YouTube Music to it and changing icons…
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Google Play opens developer sign-ups for third-party ‘User Choice Billing’

September 2, 2022
Back in March, Google announced that it would allow Android apps to use their own payment system as long as Play Store billing was offered alongside it. Google Play is now letting non-gaming developers around the world sign up for the User Choice Billing pilot, while naming which markets it will be tested in. The pilot markets for User Choice Billing are European Economic Area (EEA) countries…
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