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Posted by Clara Bayarri, Engineering Manager This year’s Android Dev Summit brought a lot of updates related to Large Screen development for Android, the 12L feature drop on foldables and tablets – a set of Read more…

Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images On Tuesday, the Senate confirmed Google critic and competition lawyer Jonathan Kanter to lead the Justice Department’s antitrust division, marking yet another progressive win in antitrust enforcement under the Biden Read more…

Posted by the Google and Facebook teams. Authored by Kateryna Semenova from the Google Android team and Tim Trueman, Steven Harris, Subramanian Ramaswamy from the Facebook team. Introduction Improving app startup time is not a Read more…

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Every Tuesday on The Vergecast, we’re pulling apart a different new tech standard that is designed to replace tech standards before it. Last week, we explored the fractious Read more…

The “Busy area” label appears when you might encounter crowds. | Screenshot by Thomas Ricker / The Verge Google is adding a handful of new features to Google Maps in time for the holiday season, Read more…

The Balmuda Phone has a 4.9-inch 16:9 1080p display. Japanese design company Balmuda today announced its first smartphone at a press event in Tokyo. The straightforwardly titled Balmuda Phone is the debut product from Balmuda Read more…

As is often the case with new technology, under-display cameras didn’t make a great first impression. It’s a nice idea in theory, of course — you don’t need a notch or a hole-punch if you Read more…

One UI 4 includes redesigned widgets. | Image: Samsung Samsung is making its One UI 4 software update available for the Galaxy S21, S21 Plus, and S21 Ultra starting today, the company has announced. The Read more…

Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales According to reports from some users, an update to Google Photos removed one of the Pixel 6’s big features: the Magic Eraser tool that lets you remove unwanted objects or Read more…