In the second developer preview of Android 11, Google is tweaking the theming app that ships with Pixel smartphones with a new option and a completely redesigned wallpaper picker.
If you long-press an empty space on the Pixel Launcher’s homescreen, you’ll be greeted with the menu for “Styles & Wallpapers,” a feature that debuted back in Android 10 with the Pixel 4. This opens up…
The latest Android developer preview has enabled lockscreen clock customization for Pixel owners for the first time — although your options are quite limited.
After installing the latest developer preview, when you enter the theming options within the Styles &…
Members of the Google Brain team and Google AI this week open-sourced EfficientDet, an AI tool that achieves state-of-the-art object detection while using less compute. Creators of the system say it also achieves faster performance when used with CPUs or GPUs than other…
Xbox Series X will launch Thanksgiving 2020 (updated)
March 18, 2020
Microsoft has created a new website for its upcoming console, the Xbox Series X, which reveals that the machine will be out this Thanksgiving. It’s not clear if this means Thanksgiving as a time frame or literally that day, which is Thursday, November 26. We have asked Microsoft for clarification.
Update 12:30 p.m.Pacific: The site now lists a “Holiday 2020” release instead of Thanksgiving.
The second developer preview of Android 11 is here and we’re just starting to dig into what it changes, including firstly a more obvious split for different sections of the notification tray.
With Android 11 DP2, there’s now a large visible gap in between the…
This time last year, Google just released the first beta of the next version of Android. In 2020, we’re four weeks into the developer preview, and Android 11 DP2 is launching today.
Coming after the unscheduled DP 1.1 patch earlier this month, Developer Preview 2 is…
Like any other new smartphone, Samsung’s Galaxy S20 series has been experiencing some bugs and issues following its launch. Now, some Galaxy S20 owners are reporting a GPS lock issue when using apps such as Google Maps and Waze.
First highlighted by , some Galaxy S20 users have reported a strange issue with apps that require GPS. Apparently, the device will have trouble locking position with…
In the midst of the COVID-19 outbreak, video conferencing is seeing a surge in popularity, and understandably, some services are struggling to keep up as a result. Zoom is currently one of the most popular options around, and as a result of service issues and other factors…
Apple today is releasing the GM seed of iOS 13.4, iPadOS 13.4, and watchOS 6.2 to developers. These updates come after a long period of beta testing. iOS 13.4 includes new features like iCloud Drive folder sharing, new Memoji stickers, advanced mouse support for iPad, and…
In a preprint paper, Microsoft researchers describe a machine learning system that reasons out the correct actions to take directly from camera images. It’s trained via simulation and learns to independently navigate environments and conditions in the real world, including unseen situations, which makes it a fit for robots deployed in search and rescue missions. Someday, it could help those…
