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The new Google Home Speaker has an issue where it downloads hundreds of gigabytes of data in the background for some owners.

The monthly “Google System Release Notes” primarily detail what’s new in Play services, Play Store, and Play system update across Android phones/tablets, Wear OS, Google/Android TV, Auto, and PC. Some features apply to end users, while others are aimed at developers.

The Samsung Galaxy S27 display may be getting a DC-dimming upgrade, and that will be a huge boon for people sensitive to PWM dimming.

Spotify is rolling out a new method of cracking down on Family plan sharing, with “QR code verification” that’s not particularly hard to work around, but has major consequences if you miss the window.

Whether you’re in need of a new phone or you’re trying to get some early Christmas shopping out of the way, Amazon has a killer deal on a Pixel 10 Pro XL that might make you forget all about RAMageddon.

While Android 17 is still trickling out to Android phones, Samsung is undoubtedly cooking up its Android 18-based One UI 10 update behind the scenes and, based on some early leaks, it at least sounds like it could be a reasonably big one.

Support for work accounts was recently discovered in an unreleased version of Android Auto. It could be a perfect feature for users who need to connect to their work vehicle without personal apps enabled.

The Galaxy Z Fold 9 lineup looks complicated. Not only does Samsung reportedly plan to add another Fold model, but a slideable phone called the “Galaxy Z Slide.”

It would be “February at the latest,” but Samsung has yet to set a launch date under pressure to finalize component details for the Galaxy S27 Pro and Ultra.

Last year’s Material 3 Expressive redesign of the Phone by Google app removed the Contacts tab, but it’s now coming back.

Wyze has released a new BodyScan Plus scale that syncs with Google Health and Android Health Connect while fixing a long-running problem with scales – this one actually lets you see the display.

Acclaimed Japanese marathon champion Suguru Osako’s special edition COROS Pace 4 lasts a whopping 19 days on a single charge, including over 41 hours of real-time GPS tracking.

Google is starting to move its support pages from detailed articles to AI summaries with a chatbot, with an added set of steps to access the full details of the any given page.

Apple’s iPhone Duo may be thicker and heavier than most Android foldables, but it makes use of that space with a bigger battery compared to its main competitors, with a bigger battery than both the Galaxy Z Fold 8 and PIxel 11 Pro Fold.

You probably shoudn’t buy a Googlebook. That’s less of an opinion about the platform itself, but more about the bad timing that this launch has seen, and protecting your own wallet.

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As prices skyrocket on virtually everything else, Walmart’s $60 Onn 4K Pro streamer with Google TV might be the only good deal left — if you can find it in stock.

HP’s first crack at a Googlebook laptop is a winner, or at least as much of one as the platform allows. While Googlebook as an operating system leaves a lot to be desired, the HP Googlebook 14 checks every single box for a fantastic laptop.

Welcome to Pixelated episode 121. This week, Abner, Damien, and Will dive deep into Google’s new laptop platform, Googlebook. From hardware impressions across review units to making sense of the earliest days of desktop Android, there’s a ton of ground to cover. What sort of future awaits Googlebook, and is it right for what you want out of a laptop? You’ll need to listen to find out.

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Google is rolling out Android 17 QPR2 Beta 7.1 today a week after the last preview for Pixel devices, which did not feature major user-facing changes.