Now playing: Watch this: Android Oreo has arrived 1:20 It’s O-fficial. Oreo is the newest version of Android, Google’s mobile operating system. The updated software, which has been available for the last few months in developer beta, will arrive on devices by the end of the year. It’s been a long guessing game about what …
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If you’ve been wondering where the Essential Phone is, here’s a sign of life. On Thursday, Sprint announced that its customers can preorder the phone created by Andy Rubin, who a decade or so ago brought you Android, Google’s mobile OS. Sprint is the exclusive carrier for the Essential Phone, though you can also buy it unlocked from Essential.com for $699. …
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Cheap phones are coming at the price of your privacy, security analysts discovered. At $60, the Blu R1 HD is the top-selling phone on Amazon. Last November, researchers caught it secretly sending private data to China. Shanghai Adups Technology, the group behind the spying software on the Blu R1 HD, called it a mistake. But analysts at Kryptowire found the …
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It’ll be a while before Samsung’s Bixby joins Amazon’s Alexa, Apple’s Siri and Google Assistant on speakers. Samsung announced the Bixby voice assistant with the launch of its Galaxy S8 phone in March, but it only reached devices in the US on Tuesday after multiple delays. Samsung said the voice assistant would be available on its refrigerators, washing machines and televisions, …
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Samsung’s voice assistant Bixby could use some more English lessons. The South Korean electronics giant missed the mark again on bringing its voice assistant to phones around the world, which it promised would arrive in late April and then again in June. It has been struggling to roll out the English version of Bixby because the company doesn’t have enough …
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Editor’s note: We’ll be on holiday on July 3 and July 4 next week, and then taking a hiatus from July 10 to July 24. But, be sure to still tune in, as we’ve got some hidden gems we’re pretaping and releasing during our hiatus. What a weird decade it’s been since the iPhone first came out. Some of us …
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Your fingerprint scanners are going down next summer. As in they’re going below the glass and behind the back of your phone, according to Qualcomm. At Mobile World Congress Shanghai on Tuesday, the chipmaker announced new fingerprint sensors that can work underneath your phone’s display, through metal and glass, and underwater. Qualcomm expects the first commercial devices using fingerprint sensors …
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We’re comparing Apples and Android O(ranges). Apple on Monday showed off the newest features that will come with its latest iOS, including upgrades to Siri, augmented reality buffs and a spiffy new menu. It falls short when you compare it to Google’s announcements during I/O for Android O. They both feature a smart voice assistant, AR, and improvements on speed. …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple is throwing some shade detailing on Pokemon Go. With its new ARKit, Apple is going all in with augmented reality. The platform for iPhone and iPad apps aims to push AR forward with more realistic looking digital objects projected onto the real …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple Maps is heading for the great indoors. Apple on Monday introduced indoor maps for its service, one of many updates during its Worldwide Developers Conference in San Jose, California. So after Apple Maps guides you over highways and side streets to your …
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