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Nope, OnePlus and Oppo aren't leaving Europe. Messaging is no longer Android's mess; it's an iPhone problem: Talking RCS with Hiroshi Lockheimer. Android 14 Share Sheet improvements Florence Ion reviews the Samsung Galaxy S23 Pebble might be coming back as a small Android phone Vivo tipped to launch a Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 4 style foldable LG V60 users get surprise Android 13 update in the US Goog...

Nope, OnePlus and Oppo aren't leaving Europe. Messaging is no longer Android's mess; it's an iPhone problem: Talking RCS with Hiroshi Lockheimer. Android 14 Share Sheet improvements Florence Ion reviews the Samsung Galaxy S23 Pebble might be coming back as a small Android phone Vivo tipped to launch a Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 4 style foldable LG V60 users get surprise Android 13 update in the US Goog...

Pixel Markup vulnerability lets some screenshots be un-redacted and un-cropped; fixed by March update. Google: Turn off VoLTE and Wi-Fi calling due to severe Exynos modem vulnerabilities on Pixel 6 and more. Qualcomm's Next Mid-Range Android Chip Can Support Up to 16GB of RAM. Oppo Find X6 Pro has a 1-inch camera sensor, 2,500 nit display, and Snapdragon 8 Gen 2. The Google Pixel 7a prototype eBay...

Pixel Markup vulnerability lets some screenshots be un-redacted and un-cropped; fixed by March update. Google: Turn off VoLTE and Wi-Fi calling due to severe Exynos modem vulnerabilities on Pixel 6 and more. Qualcomm's Next Mid-Range Android Chip Can Support Up to 16GB of RAM. Oppo Find X6 Pro has a 1-inch camera sensor, 2,500 nit display, and Snapdragon 8 Gen 2. The Google Pixel 7a prototype eBay...

@MishaalRahman: Here is what's new in Android 14 Developer Preview 2. Google is preparing to crack down on apps that claim to speed up your Android phone. New for Pixel: Fall Detection, faster Night Sight, and more. Stadia's pivot to a cloud service has also been shut down. Google Pixel 7a surfaces in hands-on leak with 8GB RAM, updated camera bar design. These blurry subway photos may offer the l...

@MishaalRahman: Here is what's new in Android 14 Developer Preview 2. Google is preparing to crack down on apps that claim to speed up your Android phone. New for Pixel: Fall Detection, faster Night Sight, and more. Stadia's pivot to a cloud service has also been shut down. Google Pixel 7a surfaces in hands-on leak with 8GB RAM, updated camera bar design. These blurry subway photos may offer the l...

@MishaalRahman: It's a bit earlier than usual, but it seems the internal dessert code name for Android 15 V has been revealed: "Vanilla Ice Cream." Google Is Holding the 2023 I/O Conference Date Hostage Until We All Do Its Stupid Puzzle. Google I/O 2023 takes place May 10. Fairphone 2 gets its final software update seven years after its original release. $300 Unihertz Luna is heavily inspired by t...

@MishaalRahman: It's a bit earlier than usual, but it seems the internal dessert code name for Android 15 V has been revealed: "Vanilla Ice Cream." Google Is Holding the 2023 I/O Conference Date Hostage Until We All Do Its Stupid Puzzle. Google I/O 2023 takes place May 10. Fairphone 2 gets its final software update seven years after its original release. $300 Unihertz Luna is heavily inspired by t...

Google Pixels Are Crashing After Watching This Alien Clip on YouTube. Google announces new features for Android and Wear OS. HMD's latest Nokia phone is designed to be repaired in minutes. This is Nokia's new logo. Motorola's Rizr is back as a concept phone with a rollable screen. Redmi's latest 300W charging feat powers your phone in under five minutes. Samsung's Galaxy S23 Ultra Is Great, but It...

Google Pixels Are Crashing After Watching This Alien Clip on YouTube. Google announces new features for Android and Wear OS. HMD's latest Nokia phone is designed to be repaired in minutes. This is Nokia's new logo. Motorola's Rizr is back as a concept phone with a rollable screen. Redmi's latest 300W charging feat powers your phone in under five minutes. Samsung's Galaxy S23 Ultra Is Great, but It...

App founder quits Google, says the company doesn't serve users anymore. Huawei's Watch Buds ask: "What if your smartwatch also contained earbuds?" Motorola's next Galaxy Z Flip competitor will apparently make its entire cover panel a display. The OnePlus 11 Concept will feature a 'flowing back' with blue lighting. Nothing officially launches Android 13 for Phone (1), six months after Pixel. @getpe...

App founder quits Google, says the company doesn't serve users anymore. Huawei's Watch Buds ask: "What if your smartwatch also contained earbuds?" Motorola's next Galaxy Z Flip competitor will apparently make its entire cover panel a display. The OnePlus 11 Concept will feature a 'flowing back' with blue lighting. Nothing officially launches Android 13 for Phone (1), six months after Pixel. @getpe...

Analyzing the Superbowl Pixel ad Android 14 Developer Preview 1 is here with new customization options, better battery life, and more Google Launches Way for Android Apps to Track You Without Tracking You Official Privacy Sandbox Website Google's new cookie replacement hits real Android 13 hardware for the first time OPPO Find N2 Flip is coming next week, and it's a global launch The Moto G Stylus...

Analyzing the Superbowl Pixel ad Android 14 Developer Preview 1 is here with new customization options, better battery life, and more Google Launches Way for Android Apps to Track You Without Tracking You Official Privacy Sandbox Website Google's new cookie replacement hits real Android 13 hardware for the first time OPPO Find N2 Flip is coming next week, and it's a global launch The Moto G Stylus...

Bringing together sign-in solutions and passkeys with Android's new Credential Manager. Android's new Credential Manager API aims to simplify the sign-in experience across apps. @MishaalRahman: Using an Android phone as a webcam became really popular during the pandemic, but you've typically had to install a third-party app to do so. You may not have to do this in the future, though, as Google is...

Bringing together sign-in solutions and passkeys with Android's new Credential Manager. Android's new Credential Manager API aims to simplify the sign-in experience across apps. @MishaalRahman: Using an Android phone as a webcam became really popular during the pandemic, but you've typically had to install a third-party app to do so. You may not have to do this in the future, though, as Google is...

Smartphone Shipments Suffer the Largest-Ever Decline with 18.3% Drop in the Holiday Quarter and an 11.3% Decline in 2022, According to IDC Tracker. Q4 2022 was a disaster for smartphone sales, sees the largest-ever drop. Android Users Can Finally Use Alternate Search and Payment Methods... but Only in India. Google's MusicLM is rather good at creating music from text descriptions. MusicLM: Generat...

Smartphone Shipments Suffer the Largest-Ever Decline with 18.3% Drop in the Holiday Quarter and an 11.3% Decline in 2022, According to IDC Tracker. Q4 2022 was a disaster for smartphone sales, sees the largest-ever drop. Android Users Can Finally Use Alternate Search and Payment Methods... but Only in India. Google's MusicLM is rather good at creating music from text descriptions. MusicLM: Generat...

Android 13 is running on 5.2% of all devices five months after launch Android 14 Could Prevent You from Installing Ancient Apps Android's share menu could finally be more consistent in Android 14 Twitter's new developer terms ban third-party clients Google cuts 12,000 jobs, the largest layoff in the company's history Area 120, Google's in-house incubator, severely impacted by Alphabet mass layoffs...

Android 13 is running on 5.2% of all devices five months after launch Android 14 Could Prevent You from Installing Ancient Apps Android's share menu could finally be more consistent in Android 14 Twitter's new developer terms ban third-party clients Google cuts 12,000 jobs, the largest layoff in the company's history Area 120, Google's in-house incubator, severely impacted by Alphabet mass layoffs...

Here's What Samsung's Cooking Up for Its Foldable Displays The Lenovo Tab Extreme comes to CES 2023 to take on the iPad Pro Father Robert's Doodads The Best, Coolest, and Weirdest Gadgets at CES 2023 Primas Portal Lenovo's E Ink Laptop WATCHES!!! Nowatch Fossil Gen 6 Hybrid Wellness Edition eBuyNow Moto Watch 100 Matter Google Maps HD behind the wheel Microsoft scraps plans for dual-screen Surface...

Here's What Samsung's Cooking Up for Its Foldable Displays The Lenovo Tab Extreme comes to CES 2023 to take on the iPad Pro Father Robert's Doodads The Best, Coolest, and Weirdest Gadgets at CES 2023 Primas Portal Lenovo's E Ink Laptop WATCHES!!! Nowatch Fossil Gen 6 Hybrid Wellness Edition eBuyNow Moto Watch 100 Matter Google Maps HD behind the wheel Microsoft scraps plans for dual-screen Surface...

Google at CES: 7 ways Android helps your devices work better together. Android Auto's Makeover Is Now Available for Everyone. Bringing the best of Android to improve your drive. Uninterrupted listening across devices with Android. Google has a roller coaster at CES and I just rode it — here's what it was like. Google took its RCS for iPhone campaign to CES 2023 with huge Android ads. Google's CES...

Google at CES: 7 ways Android helps your devices work better together. Android Auto's Makeover Is Now Available for Everyone. Bringing the best of Android to improve your drive. Uninterrupted listening across devices with Android. Google has a roller coaster at CES and I just rode it — here's what it was like. Google took its RCS for iPhone campaign to CES 2023 with huge Android ads. Google's CES...

Android is adding support for updatable root certificates amidst TrustCor scare. Google's Health Connect app might come preinstalled in Android 14. What is Health Connect: How Google combines fitness data from Samsung, Fitbit, and others. Android 14 'Upside Down Cake': Everything you need to know about Google's big update for 2023. LineageOS 20 based on Android 13 is here, bringing new features an...