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Google’s hardware lineup expanded greatly this year, and this holiday season perhaps marks the first time that there’s actually been enough Google hardware to choose from that you might want to pick and choose. Between Chromecast, Google Home, Pixelbook, Pixel Buds, and more, there’s definitely some standouts that are obviously great gifts, and some you might want to pass on…
Qualcomm made its new Snapdragon 845 processor official yesterday, but today the company has once again taken the stage here in Maui, Hawaii to go into more depth on what exactly the new system-on-a-chip will bring to the next generation of Android flagships…
Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun sat down today in a small roundtable discussion with journalists and said that the company’s first phone with the Snapdragon 845 will be the Mi 7. The CEO also said that while it still has its sights set on a US launch, it’s going to take “careful preparation” to get to that point…
In this week’s top stories: Most of the things announced at I/O 2017 still haven’t arrived, Google Photos gets an update, and the latest version of the Google app teases Android P.
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Google has publicly said that its new high-end Google Home Max speaker will be released in December, but until now we didn’t have any idea at what point within that month you might be able to trot down to a store and actually pick one up. According to Best Buy at least, that day will be December 11th, 2017.
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YouTube Go, Google’s lightweight YouTube client that’s unfortunately only available in a select few countries, is now out of beta. The app, as you might already know, lets those who have access to very little internet bandwidth enjoy the YouTube mobile viewing experience as much as possible.
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As traditional banner advertising becomes less reliable, creators are looking for alternative ways to monetize their content. The YouTube community specifically has been fighting related battles lately, with YouTube algorithms demonetizing many videos for unjustified reasons in many cases.
That’s where the team behind the Brave browser hopes that its technology will one day come in. The team envisions a future where content consumers can pay makers directly via cryptocurrency transactions, and that vision has now taken a step closer to becoming real…
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I’m a stickler when it comes to certain small smartphone details, like the minutiae of display quality and vibration motors. I’m also outspoken when a company makes a design decision that causes a recurring annoyance that can’t be fixed with software, like the jelly scrolling problem with the OnePlus 5. Thankfully, it looks like that won’t be a problem with the newly-announced OnePlus 5T.
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Google announced today that Android Pay has arrived and will arrive soon in four new countries around the world: Ukraine, Czech Republic, Brazil, and Slovakia.
Amazon Music, one of the less popular of the many mainstream music streaming offferings, has added Chromecast support to its Android app.
