Google I/O, the Big G’s annual developer conference, crammed in a mind-boggling number of demos and announcements to show off advancements in everything that the tech behemoth touches. These are the changes that’ll you’ll use every day on your phone, your work and your home. The most important updates come to Google Assistant, Android, Google …
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Goodbye, Google-robo-Assistant. Hello, John Legend. You’ll now be able to choose among six new voices for Google Assistant for your Android phone or Google Home, Google announced at its annual I/O conference within spitting distance of its headquarters in Mountain View, California. A seventh one, planned for a later release, happens to be celebrity singer John Legend. Now playing: Watch this: John …
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Google’s Android P beta software has its first phone allies. It’ll be available on: Google Pixel Google Pixel XL Google Pixel 2 Google Pixel 2 XL OnePlus 6 Essential PH‑1 Sony Xperia XZ2 Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S Nokia 7 Plus Oppo R15 Pro Vivo X21 Note that one of these phones, the OnePlus 6, doesn’t event exist yet. The phone …
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Feeling hungry? Pretty soon, you’ll be able to order dinner using Google Assistant on your Android phone. Now playing: Watch this: Google Assistant gets food ordering and delivery 1:03 Changes to the Google Assistant software, which is integrated into nearly all Android phones, will make it possible to order food for pickup and delivery. It will even remember what you …
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We’ve now lived with the pre-production LG G7 ThinQ for five days (that’s pronounced thin-kyoo, not “think,” by the way). We know a little more about how it compares to phones like the Samsung Galaxy S9, Pixel 2 and the iPhone 8 Plus. The LG G7 is up-to-date on the most crucial specs, like two rear cameras, the newest Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 processor, Android …
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The slim button on the left side of the new LG G7 ThinQ phone looks innocent enough. And when you press it, it opens up Google Assistant, a familiar and useful tool that’s already baked in to today’s Android phones. But there’s a problem here, and it’s one we’ve seen Samsung commit to its Bixby Voice software on the Galaxy S9, Galaxy S8 and …
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You rarely see Nokia phones in the US, but little by little that’s changing. The oddly named Nokia 6.1 is the latest attempt to make waves in the open US market. This is very much a budget device that will go toe to toe with Motorola’s Moto G6, a handset with a strong budget pedigree, and the Huawei Honor 7X, …
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Samsung last year debuted a button on its Galaxy S8 phones that triggers the company’s house-made Bixby Voice assistant. Bixby took months to roll out, but has since become a constant feature on high-end Galaxy phones. Now, LG has done the same, adding a hotkey on the LG G7 ThinQ that opens Google Assistant after you speak a command. Google Assistant …
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For deal sniffers, one of the best parts of watching a new phone go on sale is the deal you get when previous models go on sale. So you may be wondering just how big a change the new LG G7 ThinQ is from last year’s LG G6 and fall’s LG V30 (there’s also the V30S ThinQ that LG announced …
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Third time’s a charm? Sprint and T-Mobile, the third- and fourth-largest US carriers, could merge as soon as this weekend, according to a new report by The New York Times. As of yesterday, the acquisition was expected to close some time early next week. This is the third time that T-Mobile and Sprint have attempted a merger. If successful, it …
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