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Today we’ve got a YouTube ‘stories’ feature that lets creators swap out backgrounds, Google Duo’s messaging feature, and Fuchsia Friday, where we got our first Flutter app running on Fuchsia OS.
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Today we’ve got the Galaxy S9+ topping the Google Pixel 2 on DxOMark, oddly terrible Galaxy S9 benchmark scores, LG leaks including the LG G7 Neo, and Google integrations in Dropbox.
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Preorders for Samsung’s latest flagship open up tomorrow, and there are a variety of ways to buy the phone from the major carriers and retailers. But it appears AT&T is offering one of the best deals we’ve seen yet — given that you’re in the right situation to take advantage of it.
Today we’ve got Google notifying winners of the Google I/O 2018 lottery, Waymo announces its cars have driven 5M miles total, and Hangouts Chat launches on G Suite.
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Today we’ve got Google Clips is available to buy and the first reviews hit the web, Google’s Flutter SDK hits beta, and Qualcomm unveils Snapdragon 700-series processors.
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Today we’ve got lots of Mobile World Congress news, including the launch of the Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9+, the Sony Xperia XZ2 and XZ2 Compact, the LG V30S ThinQ, a slew of Nokia phones, and much more.
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Today we’ve got Google Assistant to gain multilingual support and support for more languages, Routines for Google Assistant rolling out soon, and Fuchsia Friday.
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Today we’ve got a new YouTube lists visualization on Chromecast, Fuchsia OS’ Disney-inspired codename for Google Assistant, and what to expect from Android at MWC.
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Today we’ve got machine learning in AdSense Auto, Nest Cam IQ updated with ‘Ok Google’ Assistant support, and an update to the Google Home app.
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Today we’ve got Google Pay’s rollout, security features in Android P, and a Google Home Max silicon pad that’s causing some white marks on wood tables.
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Today we’ve got Alphabet’s Verily analyzing retinas w/ machine learning to predict heart disease, official-looking renders of Samsung Galaxy S9 leak which corroborate design & rumored features, and my opinion that almost no one should get a HomePod over a Google Home Max.
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After years of Google and Amazon duking it out over the smart home speaker market, Apple finally joined the party this month with the launch of its HomePod. And whether or not Apple wants to consider the new product a direct competitor to the likes of Google Home and Amazon Echo, it undeniably is. It’s priced within range, it’s powered by a smart assistant, and it’s primarily (but not only) going to be used for playing music. Just like its competitors.
The most obvious competitor to the Apple HomePod, in my opinion, is the Google Home Max. Max is priced just slightly higher and is about twice the HomePod’s size, but for most consumers looking for a high-end smart speaker, the decision will come down to these two. Most shouldn’t get a HomePod.
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At this point, there’s almost nothing that we don’t know about Samsung’s forthcoming Android flagships. From an external design standpoint, the phone is set to be an iterative improvement over last year’s model, and internally, there are — as usual — several improvements that touch almost every aspect of the device.
Today, we’re getting yet another look at what Samsung plans to announce at MWC in Barcelona, Spain, in the form of renders and stock imagery from a couple oft-reliable sources…
In this week’s top stories: Huawei solicited over a hundred fake Mate 10 Pro reviews, Google removed the ‘view image’ button from Google Images, and new rumors suggest a ‘dramatic redesign’ for Android P.
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Today we’ve got a Chrome extension that brings the ‘view image’ button back to Image Search, some Google Pixel 2 owners reporting poor battery life and phones running warm after February security patch, and Google rolling out tools for editing and sharing screenshots in the Google app.
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Today we’ve got the new ‘Chrome Duplex’ is now live in Chrome Canary for Android, Google has removed the convenient ‘view image’ button from Google Images, and Google Cloud to acquire IoT management service Xively for $50 million.
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Earlier this month, Google and Getty Images announced a licensing deal that would allow Getty images in Google Images. As a result of this deal, Google agreed to make some fundamental changes to Images in an effort to reduce piracy, and the first of those has gone live today.
