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Through early leaks of the Pixel 9a’s design, it’s been obvious that Google is making a big change to its well-known camera bar and, now, the latest leaks show off the case which all but confirms the removal of the recognizable design element.

Following some leaks and rumors, it’s now official. The OnePlus Watch 3 is launching on February 18 with an updated design, even better battery life, and continued Wear OS support.

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Earlier this week Apple released its latest app, Apple Invites, as a clever combination of iCloud services for digital event invitations. Apple Invites is a great idea, but one that I can’t help but feel like, with products like Calendar, Gmail, and Photos at the ready, Google could have done better.

Android may soon pick up a new option to send a notification to users after an automatic time zone change update.

To coincide with the Super Bowl 2025 commercial, the US Google Store is discounting the Pixel 9 series, as well as the Pixel Watch 3 and Pixel Buds Pro 2.

The Pixel 9a leaks continue today with an official-looking render that’s on the low-res side but provides an idea of the screen size and bezels.

Google has rolled out a pair of Gemini updates for Workspace users that improves Gmail Q&A (inserting responses) and Imagen 3 (people generation).

Welcome to episode 40 of Pixelated, a podcast by 9to5Google. This week, we talk about Gemini 2.0 and this week’s Pixel update.

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Google is updating Chrome for Android next month with native third-party autofill support when using an alternate password manager.

If you have a lot of saved places, Google Maps can look a bit unwieldy with all those pins, and the app is now testing using small dots to address that.

After introducing Expressive Captions in December, the Live Caption panel on Pixel devices now offers a Background transparency setting.

The Oppo Find N5 is looking like a stunning foldable in new leaks, which only means the OnePlus Open 2 will look just as good when it comes out. These new leaks showcase every side of the Find N5 in every color.

It was expected that Samsung would release the full One UI 7 update to Galaxy S24 users immediately after the Gaalxy S25 officially hit shelves, but it doesn’t look like that’s going to be the case. Samsung is releasing yet another beta update to One UI 7, which pushes the full release even further.

It’s rumored that OnePlus will be launching a OnePlus 13 “Mini” sometime this year with a smaller display, but it apparently won’t give up too much in the camera department with the latest reports claiming a 50MP primary sensor as its main camera.

It was reported that Amazon would be shifting its Fire TV lineup away from an Android base, but it seems that’s at least being put off for a while longer as the company has hinted at a new Android 14-based build.

Back in June, the GSMA Association responsible for RCS finalized the latest standard with features like the ability to delete a sent message, and Google Messages is readying support.

After introducing in 2019, YouTube Music might replace the Song/Video switcher at the top of the Now Playing screen.