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Best Android app price drops and freebies: Super Onion Boy 2, Tempest RPG, Majesty, more
Your Friday afternoon edition of the day’s best price drops on Android games and apps is now ready to go. Just make sure you stop by the new all-time low pricing we are tracking on the Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra and Galaxy Watch 7 as well as the best discounts yet on Hisense’s 144Hz Frame-style smart Google CanvasTVs. As for the apps, highlights include titles like Super Onion Boy 2, Tempest: Pirate RPG, Majesty: The Fantasy Kingdom, unmemory, and more. Head below for a closer look.
Read MoreYouTube fixes accidental account bans and channel removals [U]
Over the past few hours, YouTube appears to have accidentally removed channels and banned accounts for violating its “spam, deceptive practices, and scams policy” even for users that have never uploaded videos in what looks to be a bug.
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[Fixed] Google Home Activity feed and Settings are down on Android
As of Friday morning (PT), the Google Home app is facing some issues with the Activity feed and Settings tab.
Expand Expanding CloseGoogle ends project that would have let Android devices easily run ChromeOS
A project at Google that allowed Android devices to run ChromeOS with essentially the click of a button is coming to an end, as Google isn’t further developing “Ferrochrome.”
Expand Expanding ClosePixel 9 Pro XL vs. iPhone 16 Pro Max: The AI phone face-off [Video]
We’ve seen Google take a few cues from Apple over the years. The result of following a tried-and-tested playbook is a very similar-looking handset no matter what side of the fence you fall on. How does the Pixel 9 Pro XL stack up against the iPhone 16 Pro Max? Here’s what you need to know.
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Deals: Bose Ultra Open earbuds $50 off, Galaxy Watch 7/Ultra now even lower at over $100 off, much more
Friday’s best deals are actually kicking off with even better prices on the latest flagship wearables from Samsung – both the Ultra and the series 7 models dropped even lower this morning to new all-time bests from $263. From there we move over to deepest deals yet on the Hisense’s 144Hz Frame-style smart Google CanvasTVs from $848 and a new Amazon all-time low on the latest Bose Ultra Open Earbuds down at $249. All of that and more awaits down below in today’s 9to5Toys Lunch Break.
Expand Expanding CloseWaymo’s next robotaxi will be the Hyundai IONIQ 5
Waymo today announced a “multi-year, strategic partnership” with Hyundai Motor Company, starting with the all-electric IONIQ 5 SUV.
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Police officers will now report themselves on Google Maps and Waze in one US state
Google Maps and Waze both have features that allow users to report police activity along their route, and in a bid to use that for safety, the Illinois State Police has partnered with Google to show the locations of traffic stop or other activity as reported by the police themselves.
Expand Expanding CloseGmail Q&A now on Android, iOS as ‘new way of searching your inbox’ [U]
At I/O 2024, Google announced a Gmail Q&A feature that brings the Gemini side panel available on desktop web to Android. This is now officially rolling out.
Expand Expanding CloseSamsung shows off more ways that One UI 7 copies iOS including multitasking [Gallery]
At its developer conference this week, Samsung showed off a Galaxy S24 Ultra running the company’s One UI 7 well ahead of its release, confirming a few key leaks and offering some enticing first impressions.
Expand Expanding CloseEligible FSA and HSA accounts will now reimburse you for your Galaxy Ring purchase
It is now possible to obtain a Samsung Galaxy Ring with reimbursement if you have an eligible FSA or HSA account. This includes access to Samsung’s health suite, as there is no subscription cost.
Expand Expanding CloseArc Search for Android is now available in beta
After The Browser Company teased the launch at the end of August, Arc Search is now officially available on Android in an early beta phase.
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Samsung will use ‘One UI’ on all major devices starting in 2025, including TVs
Samsung has announced that its “One UI” software branding from Galaxy devices will be expanding to the rest of the company’s major tech products starting next year.
Expand Expanding CloseThomson’s Streaming Box Plus 270 is the Walmart Onn Pro – but for Europe
It feels weird to say that Walmart has the best Google TV streaming box but here we are. While that’s great, for those of us in the rest of the world, the new Thomson Streaming Box Plus 270 looks like the rebranded Onn Pro we’ve been hoping for.
Expand Expanding CloseAndroid Automotive gains Google Maps incident reporting function
Android Automotive is getting feature parity with Auto as live incident reporting in Google Maps is rolling out right now for the in-car OS.
Expand Expanding ClosePixel Studio 1.1’s new share target now fully works [U]
The first big update to Pixel Studio is supposed to make it easier to bring a photo into the app for editing, but the share target is currently broken.
Expand Expanding CloseSony updating headphones & earbuds with Find My Device network, app gets Material 3
Following the Pixel Buds Pro 2, Find My Device network support is now rolling out to Sony headphones and earbuds.
Expand Expanding CloseGalaxy S24 FE is $200 off with any Samsung phone trade-in, even broken ones
As pre-orders have come to an end, Samsung’s Galaxy S24 FE is now available with a minimum $200 trade-in credit for any other Samsung smartphone, making for a pretty enticing upgrade if you’re on an older device.
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Best Android app price drops and freebies: Agricola, AntVentor, Le Havre, Cyberlords, more
This afternoon’s lineup of the best Android game and app deals is ready and waiting. Joining the Google Play price drops, we are also tracking a $100 discount on the 45mm Google Pixel Watch 3 LTE alongside Samsung’s exclusive Galaxy Z Fold 6 colorways at $300 off as well as the OnePlus Nord N30 smartphone with a FREE set of Nord Buds 3 Pro down at $250. As for the apps, highlights include title like Le Havre: The Inland Port, Cyberlords, Agricola All Creatures, AntVentor, Ailment, and more. Head below for a complete look at today’s Android game and app deals.
Read MoreGoogle Meet gets new ‘Start a call’ screen on Android
Google is working to upgrade the personal Meet calling experience to be more inline with the feature-rich enterprise version. As part of that, Google Meet has a new “Start a call” page.
Expand Expanding CloseSamsung’s Android 15 update is delayed until 2025
Samsung has gotten a lot better about quickly releasing new Android updates, but it sounds like Android 15 will break that streak as the company has confirmed that the update won’t arrive until 2025.
Expand Expanding CloseSamsung’s One UI 7 beta with Android 15 officially coming by ‘end of this year’
At its annual Samsung Developer Conference, it’s been confirmed that the long-awaited One UI 7 beta update, based on Android 15, is coming “before the end of this year” with no firm release date yet available.
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Google expands ‘enhanced fraud protection’ to India, blocks sideloading for some Android apps
In an effort to cut down on scams and fraud, Google is expanding a Play Protect feature which would block sideloading for some Android apps in India.
Expand Expanding ClosePixel 9 has Google’s ‘most hardened baseband’ to counter modem vulnerabilities
Google today detailed how it has “significantly increase[d] Pixel 9’s resilience to baseband attacks” and cellular modem vulnerabilities.
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