In developing the Tensor G6 for the Pixel 11 series, Google talks about problems users have had in past generations, with battery life unsurprisingly playing a role.
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Beginning in 2023, Google started raising the price of YouTube Premium. Most saw the increase immediately, but there were some exceptions. The early adopter (grandfathered) price for what’s now YouTube Premium is going away soon.
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Your Friday deals are now live and we have some seriously good ones. Best Buy’s Black Friday Doorbuster sale kicked off this morning alongside the Day 8 Target Black Friday deals, both of which are now offering hundreds in savings on the latest Google Pixel 9 smartphones. Alongside up to $400 off Pixel 8 devices, Pixel 9 Pro Fold is $300 off and joining deals on the Pixel 9 models as well as new Amazon all-time lows on the latest Pixel Watch 3 – the base models are $70 off and the LTE variants are now $100 off. All of those discounts also join Microsoft’s Surface Laptop 7 with 12-core Snapdragon X Elite chip at a new all-time low with $300 in savings alongside everything else you’ll find below.
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Android 15 for OnePlus phones is here, with the public release of the OxygenOS 15 for the OnePlus 12 – here’s what’s new and some of the top new features you need to know.
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Google is reportedly seeing massive growth with Pixel phones in the US, but have you been seeing them in the wild more often?
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Last month Verizon announced it would kill its “Message+” app for Android phones sold on its network, transitioning users over to Google Messages. But, now, Verizon has extended the timeline a bit.
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In Q3 of this year, Samsung managed to get one of its flagship devices, the Galaxy S24, into the top 10 smartphones sold globally, a rare achievement.
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Black Friday is starting much earlier than normal, or so Samsung wants you to think. The company is running some enticing deals on all of its new releases, including the Galaxy S24 series, Galaxy Z Fold and Flip phones, and Galaxy Watch 7/Ultra. These deals hinge on instant trade-in credit, which is boosted so that trading in is actually worth it.
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There’s a new “Performance Loop” band for the Pixel Watch in the works, but it hasn’t been released or officially announced just yet. This week, though, Google seemingly forgot about that.
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To celebrate Peru’s most famous bear, Google Search is getting very sticky with a marmalade sandwich Easter egg in time for the launch of the upcoming Paddington in Peru movie.
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After offering basic themes, Google Slides now has templates that “help users build presentations much faster.”
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Ahead of the main offer at month’s end, the US Google Store has some Pre-Black Friday 2024 deals on the Pixel 9 Pro Fold, Pixel Watch 3, and Pixel Buds Pro 2.
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Google has rolled out a number of small tweaks to the Gemini app UI in recent weeks, and the latest changes the dark theme on the web.
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After replacing “Library” with the “Collections” tab in August, the next notable change to Google Photos is an “Updates” feed in place of “Sharing.”
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A recent update on Samsung Galaxy smartphones could prevent Android Auto from working, but it’s pretty easy to fix.
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Last month, YouTube announced a host of new features. After the new miniplayer and settings revamp, YouTube is rolling out the fine-tunable redesign of playback speed controls in the Android and iOS app.
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Your Thursday afternoon lineup of the best Android game and app deals is now ready to go down below. Just be sure to scope out the early Best Buy Black Friday doorbusters that are now live alongside the up to $120 in savings we have on Google’s latest smart Nest Doorbells as well as the indoor Nest smart cams and everything in Dell’s Early Holiday Savings event. As for the apps, highlights include titles like Devils & Demons, Hexologic, Laser Tanks, Sir Questionnaire, free icon packs, and more. Head below for a closer look.
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Following the April announcement and testing in June, Google Vids is now generally available for Google Workspace tiers.
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After three generations of the Pixel Watch, the Google Store is selling the first watch band from a third-party manufacturer.
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Google’s Data Restore Tool lets you migrate information when setting up a new Android device and it has now been renamed to “Android Switch.”
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Today’s collection of the best price drops across the Androidverse and beyond are now ready and waiting down below. Firstly, we have a straight up 30% price drop on the latest Google indoor Nest Cams alongside open-box listings for even less with a full 1-year warranty. From there we move over to the OnePlus world – you can now score FREE set of $180 flagship OnePlus Buds Pro 3 with the latest OnePlus Pad 2 ($230 off) – before checking out the now live Early Holiday Savings event at Dell with as much as $995 in savings on gaming rigs and accessories. Some new Amazon smart home gear is now entering the fray and you’ll find a host of now live and upcoming details on the best Black Friday sales waiting below as well.
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As previewed back at I/O 2024 in May, Google is beginning to roll out the Gemini Utilities Extension that can “control your Android mobile device & apps.”
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Quick Share is the long-awaited “AirDrop for Android,” but many users have no idea it exists. To help with that, Google is apparently going to start requiring new Android devices to introduce users to Quick Share during the setup process.
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The Pixel 9 Pro Fold is a stellar foldable smartphone, but getting a case for it has been difficult, especially as Google’s official case has been out of stock for weeks. Finally, though, it has returned.
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