Enlarge / The Android Q logo. It’s also a "10," for "Android 10." The Android Q beta is now live, and after playing “spot the differences,” we’re here to report our findings. For this first preview release, Android Q is mostly a lot of small tweaks for users and new APIs for developers. A lot […]
Notifications are a blessing and a curse. Don’t get overwhelmed. With Android Pie, you can quickly and easily control the notifications you receive for each app. PCMag reviews products independently, but we may earn affiliate commissions from buying links on this page. Terms of use. Your phone has a powerful ability to interrupt you, any […]
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It’s time to ready your apps for Android Q, developers. As The Verge reports, Google today released a preview of the next version of Android. But the Android Q Beta is meant for developers and early adopters. It’ll be buggy, and serves as a way for Google to get feedback before releasing it to the […]
Microsoft today released a new Windows 10 preview with Android phone screen mirroring. The update bumps Windows 10 from build 18353 (made available to testers on March 8) to build 18356. These builds are from the 19H1 branch, which represents the Windows 10 update that will arrive in the first half of this year (likely […]
Enlarge Google Google has temporarily disabled Android TV photo sharing after reports of a brutal bug popped up on Twitter. Through the Google Home app, Android TV has a “linked accounts” feature that lets several people (like, say, you and your spouse) share photos from multiple Google Photos accounts to the TV. Apparently something went […]
This is the Polestar 2, the first long-range battery EV from Volvo’s new spinoff. Polestar We’re more concerned with the Android-powered infotainment system though. It looks like this. Polestar Here’s the display in the interior, complete with a miniature Thomas Ingenlath, Polestar’s CEO. Polestar You can set the four tiles to whatever you want. Here, […]
Enlarge / Remote Assist, with its green augmented reality arrow pointing out something of interest, on an Android phone. Microsoft With HoloLens 2’s big reveal just around the corner, Microsoft has broadened its augmented-reality (AR) ambitions with new apps for Android and iOS. Remote Assist is an app designed for service engineers operating in the […]
Enlarge / This Lenovo Google Assistant Smart Display is one of the first devices to ship with Android Things. Android Things, Google’s stripped-down version of Android named for its focus on the “Internet of Things” (IoT), is now no longer focused on IoT. A post on the Android Developers Blog announced the pivot, saying, “Given […]
dennizn/123RF Snapchat’s freefall after a launching an unpopular redesign has finally slowed and now the company is beginning to roll out a redesigned Android app. Snap Inc. announced its fourth quarter and end of year results for 2018 on Tuesday, February 5. The report turns around six months of losing users while the financial results […]
Microsoft is preparing to expand cross-platform support for its Xbox Live online service to gamers on Android and iOS mobile devices and on the Nintendo Switch, as revealed by a scheduled session at the upcoming Game Developers Conference. A session titled Xbox Live: Growing & Engaging Your Gaming Community Across iOS, Android, Switch, Xbox, and PC was […]
Steven Winkelman/Digital Trends Visible, a new carrier startup from Verizon, launched last year catering exclusively to owners of unlocked iPhones. Now, those with Android devices can join in on the fun, too. The startup is notable for offering unlimited data, talk, and text (including hot spot) for just $ 40 a month, while piggybacking off […]
The new Gmail. Also, wow, Google remembered that Android tablets exist. Google The new Gmail inbox. Check out that search bar with a right-side profile icon. Google Tap on the profile icon to quickly switch accounts. Google When Gmail detects a suspicious email, you will definitely know about it. Google Since the launch of Android […]
Lumia 950 Peter Bright Windows 10 Mobile will receive its last patches and security updates on December 10 this year, as Microsoft winds down the last remaining bit of development on its smartphone platform. The last major notable to the platform was October 2017, when it was bumped to version 1709. At that point, Microsoft […]
YouTube is one of the most varied content platforms in the world, and it’s easy to find tutorials, TV shows, and even the latest music videos. But it’s not just about the watching — sometimes all you want to do is listen to YouTube in the background, busying yourself with something else on your phone. […]