Android
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…
Android
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…
Android
Google Calendar will let you record where you’re working to help organize office meetings
“Set your working location to make scheduling easier.” | Image: Google Google is adding an option to its Calendar service to let you show where you’re working on any given day of the week, the Read more…
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Google gave phone makers extra money to ditch third-party app stores
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Newly unredacted sections of Epic’s antitrust complaint against Google reveal new details on the lengths to which Google went to undermine third-party app stores on the Android Read more…
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Google’s ‘Project Hug’ paid out huge sums to keep game devs in the Play Store, Epic filing claims
Illustration by William Joel / The Verge Google quietly paid game developers hundreds of millions of dollars in incentives to keep their games on the Play Store, a newly unredacted complaint from Epic Games in Read more…
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OnePlus 9 RT is reportedly on the way, but not for North America or Europe
The OnePlus N200, a sub-$300 phone, is the kind of budget device the company is offering in the US. | Photo by Allison Johnson / The Verge OnePlus may be getting ready to launch another Read more…
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Google secretly had a giant gaming vision that includes bringing games to Mac
Apple’s Mac has long been an afterthought for the video game industry, and few think of Google as a games company — despite running Android, one of the biggest game platforms in the world. But Read more…
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Oppo introduces true continuous zoom lens for smartphones
Oppo has held a “Future Imaging Technology Launch Event” online today to make some camera-related announcements, following the reveal of its “next-generation” under-display selfie camera earlier this month. Oppo is known for demonstrating camera tech Read more…
Android
How to turn off unwanted ‘memories’ in Apple Photos, Google Photos, and Facebook
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge The memory machines that Apple, Facebook, and Google have built to remind us of our favorite moments can, like any algorithmic creation, serve up subpar output. Instead Read more…