Android
Google Meet now warns you when you’re causing an echo
Google Meet now warns you with a red dot and alert message if it thinks you have an echo. | Image: Google Google Meet will soon tell you when it thinks you’re creating an echo Read more…
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Google plans to customize Play Store app ratings for users’ country and device
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Google announced changes to how it calculates and displays app ratings on the Play Store on Monday that could make them more useful and relevant to users and Read more…
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How to use Android 12’s clever new auto-rotate system
Google’s upcoming Android 12 update has plenty of eye-catching features, but don’t let yourself be fooled: sometimes, it’s the smaller, less obvious elements that are most deserving of your attention. That’s certainly the case with Read more…
Android
Making Ratings and Reviews better for users and developers
Posted by Tom Grinsted, Scott Lin, and Tat Yang Koh, Product Managers at Google Play Ratings and reviews are important. They provide valuable quantitative and qualitative feedback on your users’ reported experience of your app Read more…
Android
Google has already discontinued the Pixel 5
The Pixel 5 (top) and 4A 5G (bottom) will likely sell out soon. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Amidst the news of a new Pixel phone this week, Google quietly indicated Read more…
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How to install the Android 12 public beta
Photo by Dieter Bohn / The Verge Android 12’s public beta is now available, following Google’s deep dive into the new software at Google I/O 2021. My colleague Dieter Bohn got an exclusive in-depth look Read more…
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How to take advantage of Android 12’s new privacy options
Privacy is probably one of the biggest buzzwords in tech these days, and even the data-loving Google is getting in on the action. The Android 12 update boasts a handful of privacy-related additions you’d be Read more…
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Google is shutting down its Android Auto mobile app in favor of Google Assistant
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Google has confirmed it’s shutting down the standalone “Android Auto for Phone Screens” app with Android 12. Instead, anyone who wants a driving-friendly interface for their Android phone Read more…
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Realme’s bulky magnetic wireless charger is almost as fast as promised
The MagDart charger has a hefty cooling fan. Earlier this month Realme launched MagDart, its MagSafe-a-like ecosystem of magnetic wireless charging products. The headline device is a 50W brick that Realme professes to be the Read more…