Articles tagged "Google"

The Magic Eraser feature introduced by Google with the Pixel 6 lets you remove subjects from the background in your photos, and a video that has surfaced on X (formerly Twitter) shows Google has developed a version of Magic Eraser for audio, aptly...

According to an Android expert, Google is readying a new feature related to connectivity across Android devices connected to a single account. Something like Apple's existing Continuity feature, which allows users to take calls from their iPhone on...

Last month Google announced the rollout of Android 14 Beta 4 and implied that we should expect the final, stable release to come next. It even published this image of the release timeframe yet again: This exact image has been basically...

Google's upcoming Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro are only going to be announced in October, if history repeats itself and the company sticks to its usual timeline. Despite that, they've been leaking for months now. As we get closer to the launch event,...

Today is the first Monday of the month, and that's when Google traditionally releases new Android updates. It's done the same this time around, but if you were expecting Android 14 to officially drop, we have some bad news. The updates going out...

The Google Pixel Watch launched last October came with the Exynos 9110 SoC at the helm. However, a few months ago, we heard the Pixel Watch 2 would ditch Exynos for the Snapdragon W5 Series chip. It was unclear whether that would be the W5 or W5+...

There are 26 letters in the English alphabet, but Elon Musk cares about only one – X. That’s the new name of Twitter, but the change ran into an unexpected problem. Apple’s App Store platform has an unwritten rule that app names should be at least...

As it's usually the case with Google products, they leak way before being announced. It seems that the upcoming Pixel Watch 2 won't be an exception to the rule as Android Authority got a hold of the watch faces. After all, watch faces are an...

According to market research carried out by Counterpoint, the US smartphone market shrunk by a whopping 24% year-over-year in Q2 this year. That doesn't come as a surprise since this is the third consecutive quarter with declining...

Back in May, Google and Apple jointly announced that they were teaming up to prevent unwanted tracking through AirTags and similar devices. Today, Google is announcing that the rollout of unknown tracker alerts is now beginning on devices running...

One of the sweetest Google OS updates, the Android KitKat 4.4, will no longer be supported by Google Play Services. The message came from the Android Developers Blog, where it was revealed API levels 19 and 20 will not receive APK versions beyond...

Google's interpretation of Apple's AirDrop, Nearby Share, is now officially out of beta for Windows. Following some testing, in which more than 1.7 million people participated, the company decided to release a stable version, and you can download it...

If Google sticks to its usual schedule, and so far we've seen no indication it plans not to, then the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro should be getting official at a special event taking place in California in October. And yet, we've already seen...

Google's initial launch of Bard, its very own "AI" chatbot based on large language models, felt very much like an improvised response to all the traction that ChatGPT was getting in the media - complete with Google I/O becoming basically a...

Another month has passed, which means it's time for another Android 14 beta - in this case, the fourth. This build adds some more polish and fixes bugs, and it's the second "Platform Stable" Android 14 release, which means that all the developer...

Ever since the Pixel 7a launched, it has been engaged in sibling rivalry with the Pixel 7. The 2022 flagship is still months away from replacement (expected in October), but this old dog can still lure in a crowd with its competitive pricing. In...

Both the Pixel 6 and 7 had $600 price tags at launch, both the Pixel 6 Pro and 7 Pro were $900. So, how much will the Pixel 8 and 8 Pro cost? Well, the Pixel 7a already set a precedent of being $50 higher than the 6a, so it may be wishful thinking...

As things currently stand, Google does plenty of customization on its own Tensor line of chipsets for the Pixel family of devices. However, at their core, the designs are still largely based on a Samsung Exynos foundation. Google is also using...

Behind the scenes Google is working on the next generation of Pixel phones and so far it has not given any official details on the upcoming devices. But Google usually does a pretty bad job of keeping things a secret. The phones will not be unveiled...

The Google Pixel Fold is the latest device to get the PBKreviews teardown treatment and its particularly interesting being the first foldable from Google. The teardown process begins by removing the SIM tray and applying heat to the back and...