Android
Android 12 Developer Preview 3
Posted by Dave Burke, VP of Engineering Google I/O 2021 is just a few weeks away and we’re looking forward to sharing all of the latest news in Android with you soon! To take us Read more…
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Apple’s AirTags will work with Android… sort of
An AirTag. | Apple Apple’s AirTags have one feature not mentioned during the announcement yesterday: they’ll work with Android to a limited extent. As 9to5Mac noted, there’s a support article on Apple’s site that details Read more…
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Google Meet is getting a UI refresh next month with smarter meeting features
Google Meet’s new user interface. Google is refreshing its Meet user interface next month for desktop and laptop users. The new Meet for web interface includes improvements to video feeds, how you view or present Read more…
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Google adds Pac-Man, Hello Kitty, Gundam mechs, and more to AR search
Google has added a bunch of popular Japanese characters to its AR feature in mobile search, which has previously featured animals, historical artifacts, and dinosaurs. The list of characters is taken from Japanese pop culture Read more…
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Android GPU Compute Going Forward
Posted by Dan Galpin, Developer Advocate We introduced RenderScript in Android 3.0 as a way for applications to run computationally-intensive code on the CPU or GPU without having to make use of the NDK or Read more…
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Fitbit’s Luxe is a fashion-focused fitness band that costs $149.95
Fitbit’s Luxe comes in a few different finishes | Fitbit Fitbit has announced its new Luxe fitness tracker that looks like a more fashion-focused take on the Inspire 2. It leaked last week, but Fitbit Read more…
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Facebook is making it easier to export text posts
Facebook is rolling out a new feature today, allowing users across the globe to have the option to archive their posts and notes created on the social media site and transfer a copy of that Read more…
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Google introducing a feature in Chrome 90 to create links to highlighted text on a webpage
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge An upcoming feature in Chrome 90 will allow users to create a link to a section of a website that they’ve highlighted. First launched as a browser extension Read more…
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Judge in Australia finds Google misled Android users about location data collection
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge A judge in Australia found Google misled users about personal location data the company collected via Android devices, a violation of Australian law, the Associated Press reported. According Read more…
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Google Project Zero will give a 30-day grace period before disclosing security issues
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Google’s Project Zero, a team of dedicated security engineers tasked with reducing the number of “zero day” vulnerabilities around the entire internet, says it will give developers an Read more…