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Google is giving Android Auto a very slight refresh in its 17.6 update, with the app’s logo getting a new look that you’ll only see in a couple of locations.

Xiaomi sub-brand Poco is officially expanding its flagship smartphone line with the launch of the Poco F9 Pro and Poco F9 Ultra.

Google morning. How many times have you written that before? I hope you had a lovely final weekend before Labor Day. This morning, I’m reading about tens of thousands of dollars’ worth of pristine Duck Hunt cartridges found in a box in Wisconsin, vigorously nodding my head along to John Oliver’s takedown of subscription bloat (but remember to subscribe to 9to5Google Pro anyway!), and wishing I had a 3D printer to create my dream storage and organization system.

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Samsung has a hit on its hands with the Galaxy Z Fold 8, to the point where the company is taking parts production from its 2027 smartphones just to meet demand for the foldable.

Alongside a price hike on the Google TV Streamer, the Nest lineup is also seeing prices go up effective immediately on nearly every camera and doorbell that’s currently available.

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.

Google has quietly raised the price of the Google TV Streamer to $149.99.

I quite like how Chrome for Android’s main interface has essentially remained the same since 2012. The consistency is refreshing as everything else on my phone changes. While I’m open to modernization, the latest attempt at a redesign suffers from too much chrome.

After a 10-month pause, Google Wallet is now rolling out support for Ohio state IDs on Android.

As AI continues to be a bigger and bigger part of Google Search, the company is making AI Overviews bigger on some searches.

While not as big as the last release, Android 17 QPR2 Beta 4 is a sizable update ahead of the stable December release.

Google continues to improve on video quality with each new Pixel release, but a bug on the Pixel 11 Pro series causes static audio issues when using the Video Boost feature.

As the impact of RAMageddon continues, a couple of this week’s key stories have had me thinking – is the somewhat-boring nature of Samsung’s year-over-year Galaxy flagship refreshes the exact thing making these devices a hit?

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Like other Google apps, Messages for Android A/B tests many features. It can take the RCS/SMS client a rather long time to actually launch new functionality in stable. From various reports, Google announcements, and devices we’ve checked, this is the current state of Messages.

Robot lawnmowers have long intrigued me, but I never really wanted one. After a few weeks with the Mammotion Luba 3, though, I’m sold, because this fixed my biggest issue with other models.

Google has quietly released a cozy mobile game called Froggy’s World in the vein of Animal Crossing and Stardew Valley.