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Android 12 Beta 3: Pixel Launcher adopts more colors, ‘At A Glance’ is now ‘Live Space’

The third beta to Android 12 makes some updates to the Pixel Launcher homescreen for Google’s own phones, including renaming “At A Glance” to “Live Space” and adding more splashes of color. Starting with the latter, alongside more extensive Material You theming options, this update also adds a bit more color to the Pixel Launcher via the pop-up menus. Whether it’s a long-press to…
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Google Camera 8.3 arrives with Material You colors and tweaks

The latest Android 12 Beta for Pixels includes an update to Google Camera 8.3, which now supports Material You colors with some UI tweaks to match. Material You is Google’s upcoming design language refresh, which, among other things, puts control of Android’s color…
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OnePlus 9 Pro w/ 128GB storage, $969 price will never come to the US [Updated]

The OnePlus 9 Pro is the company’s most expensive smartphone ever at $969, but so far, buyers have only had access to the top-end $1,069 version of the device. Now, OnePlus has confirmed that the OnePlus 9 Pro with 128GB of storage won’t be launching in the US at all. Update 7/14: OnePlus has just confirmed that it will never sell this advertised price point in the United States. The brand…
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Android 12 Beta 3: Google may add a more obvious location indicator to match camera/mic

Privacy is a big focus of Android 12, and one of the ways that Google is addressing it is with better notification of sensor usage. While it’s not live quite yet, we’ve discovered that Android 12 is working on a more obvious location indicator that matches what’s been changed with the camera and microphone. Quickly recapping what we’ve seen so far, previous Android 12 Beta releases added…
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How to downgrade from Android 12 Beta 3 to Android 11 on Google Pixel [Video]

If you are not content with the most recent Android 12 Developer Preview or Beta build on your Google Pixel, it’s probably music to your ears knowing that you can downgrade your OS to a stable version of Android 11 if you encounter any major problems. We’ve shown you how to install the Android 12 Beta or Developer Preview phase, so it’s only fair that we show you how to downgrade from…
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