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Google brings Play Store dark theme all the way back to Android 5.0 with manual setting

March 11, 2020
After rolling out to Android 10 devices last October, the Google Play Store’s dark theme is now available for “any” phone and tablet going back to 2014. This wider launch also comes with a preferences menu to manually set the look. The darker look for Android’s app store is quite straightforward with an inversion of the predominantly white background that sees the section accents (green…
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Not even Doom Eternal will run at 4K on Google Stadia

March 11, 2020
Ultra HD 4K was one of the major promises that Google laid out for its Stadia cloud-gaming service at last year’s Game Developers Conference. Now, developer id Software is backpedaling on its claims of supporting that resolution on the platform. While Doom is going to hit…
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OxygenOS 9.0.11 rolling out for OnePlus 5/5T w/ February 2020 patch, bug fixes

March 11, 2020
The OnePlus 5 and 5T don’t get updates as often as they once did, but the duo of 2017 handsets are now receiving the OxygenOS 9.0.11 OTA update. Owners over on the /r/OnePlus subreddit have spotted the OTA file on their devices, with the headline addition being that of the February 2020 security patch. Beyond that, there isn’t a great deal extra to speak of, with the customary bug fixes and…
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GamesBeat Decides 141: A Nintendo Direct approaches

March 11, 2020
We gotta go fast on this week’s episode of the GamesBeat Decides podcast. Reviews editor Mike Minotti has to run to get to his World of Warcraft raid because he is very cool, so that leaves PC gaming editor Jeff Grubb with a tight timeline to fit in all the news. And this…
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OnePlus 5 and OnePlus 5T get an update

March 11, 2020
The OnePlus 5 and its successor OnePlus 5T arrived in 2017, but they are still being cared for by their makers. Owners of these two phones should be getting notifications about an incoming OxygenOS 9 patch that brings system stability and general bug fixes. Screenshots of the firmware update The new version is OxygenOS 9.0.11 and involves a 335MB download. It doesn’t bring anything…
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What’s the best podcast app for iPhone? (Updated for 2020)

March 11, 2020
When it comes to listening to podcasts on iOS, there are so many great options. The Apple Podcasts app comes built into every iOS device with syncing. It’s undoubtedly a great app, but is it the best? On iOS, users have countless third-party options. My goal for this…
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iOS 14 feature request: Read receipts, Apple Cash, and more for group iMessages

March 11, 2020
Over the last several versions of iOS, Apple has added a variety of new features to the Messages app on iPhone, some of which are more useful than others. One of the key areas that Apple has neglected, however, is group iMessage, and this is something I’d really like Apple to focus on with iOS 14 this year. iOS 10 was a particularly big release for the iMessage, adding things like games, rich…
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