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Google Says It is Creating a More Racially Inclusive Android Camera

Google has announced that it is trying to build a camera system that, through software, is more inclusive. By working with a diverse group of imaging and industry experts, the company hopes to make its cameras better at rendering a wider range of skin tones. The idea that photography is biased towards lighter-colored skin is not new. In 2015, Vox published a video that analyzed how early film…
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How to downgrade from Android 12 Beta 1 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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Chrome testing RSS-powered ‘Follow’ button & feed that keeps the Google Reader dream alive

Web browsers used to feature feed aggregators, but those built-in capabilities have since been phased out. Google is now looking to reverse the trend with Chrome trialing a “Follow” feature that more or less brings an RSS reader to the New Tab page. As you browse websites, Chrome will show a “Follow” button when you open the overflow menu (from the top-right corner). It appears at the…
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Android 12 Beta 1: You can now access ‘Game Mode,’ but it’s not done yet

In the first developer previews for Android 12, we enabled and gave you a preview for a new native feature called “Game Mode.” It’s a feature that Google has yet to officially announce, but it’s live and accessible in the first Android 12 beta, though it’s nowhere close to release. Game Mode in Android 12 is designed to give players useful tools while they’re playing games as well as…
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