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Google brings Play Games PC beta to two more countries

In March, the Google Play Games on PC beta started rolling out as the official way to experience Android titles on Windows, and it’s now coming to Australia and Thailand. This is the first expansion of the beta and appears on the Google support article detailing the waitlist. The “Region availability” list originally just included Hong Kong, Korea, and Taiwan. Thailand and Australia were…
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Google discounts Pixel 6 Pro to $699 with Pixel 6 at $499

The first direct US Google Store deal on the Pixel 6 Pro was in June for Father’s Day, and that’s now being followed with a pretty sizable $200 discount as the Pixel 6 now starts at $499. The first direct US discount on the smaller Pixel 6 takes $100 off the unlocked…
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Samsung’s next Galaxy S flagship could drop Exynos chips from global variants

Samsung’s next Galaxy S series phone could mark the end of an era. According to analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, the company is likely to single-source the processor for its next S series flagship from Qualcomm. That would be a significant departure for Samsung. Over the years, the company has used both Snapdragon and Exynos SoCs in its flagship phones. The model you got would depend on where you lived. In…
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New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded

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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Galaxy S23 reportedly ditching Exynos chips, going for Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 worldwide

Samsung’s Galaxy flagships have long used two different chips depending on where you buy them, but it seems the Galaxy S23 series will be an outlier in that regard, using Snapdragon chips globally. Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo reports that Samsung has plans to use Snapdragon chips in the Galaxy S23 in all regions, compared to using Qualcomm to supply around 70% of the chips for the Galaxy S22…
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