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Volley’s Magic Word is a voice-based puzzle game on Google Assistant

All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. Volley has embraced the new kind of gameplay possible with voice-based games, and today it’s introducing Magic Word, an immersive puzzle game on Google Assistant. This means you can play it on devices that support Google Assistant’s voice recognition technology, such as Google Assistant Smart Displays and the Google…
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Tested: Looking Glass Portrait turns iPhone Portrait photos into holograms

We tend to be wary about crowdfunding campaigns, as not all deliver, but the Looking Glass Portrait was too interesting to pass up as a way to turn iPhone Portrait mode photos into three-dimensional holograms. It won’t be available until (at the latest estimate) October, but I got a chance to try a pre-production model which I’m told is very close to the final version, and there’s a mix of…
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Gmail Go reaches 500 million downloads on the Google Play Store

The ultra-lightweight Gmail Go has managed to reach an impressive 500 million downloads over on the Google Play Store. While Android Go-powered smartphones make up a fairly small portion of the overall market, the lighter application’s design for limited hardware has become incredibly popular it seems. Initially spotted by the team at Android Police, Gmail Go has joined an elite crew of Google…
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After debuting on Pixel, Digital Wellbeing’s ‘Heads Up’ shows up on other Android phones

Google’s Digital Wellbeing suite is designed to give you the tools needed to curb your smartphone addiction. One of the latest additions came earlier this year with “Heads Up,” a feature that reminds you not to spend all of your time staring at your phone while walking. Now, “Heads Up” is expanding to more Android phones with Digital Wellbeing. “Heads Up” was originally exclusive…
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