Google Messages will soon make it less of a hassle when someone texts you a video. An upcoming change will allow you to watch YouTube videos within the app. During Wednesday’s Samsung Unpacked event, Google announced that YouTube links will soon be available to quickly preview from your conversations. You’ll be able to fully launch the …
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Google’s Duo app is adding a new set of “live sharing” features that will let you quickly share photos, notes, watch YouTube and work together across certain apps when video chatting across Android phones. Announced Wednesday as part of the Samsung Unpacked event, Duo’s live sharing will first support collaboration on Jamboard, group notetaking in Samsung Notes and image sharing …
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Samsung’s new Galaxy S22, Galaxy S22 Ultra and Tab S8 will all launch with Android 12 and include Google’s Material You design, which debuted on the Pixel 6. Revealed during Samsung Unpacked on Wednesday, Google confirmed that the new devices will include the same color customization options, in which a simple change to your phone’s wallpaper will also adjust the color palette used across …
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You’ll soon be able to tap, scroll and navigate your phone using your voice on Android. Google’s new Voice Access feature is a move to improve accessibility for anyone who needs to use a phone without relying on their hands or arms. Announced during Wednesday’s Samsung Unpacked, the feature will launch as a built-in option on the Galaxy S22, Galaxy S22 Ultra and Tab …
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Google’s announcing new Wear OS features Tuesday to help make it easier to set up a new watch, use the Google Assistant and stream music from YouTube without downloading songs ahead of time. The faster setup process, coming in the next month, will recommend Android apps for a new watch based on the ones on your phone. You can push …
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This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. CES 2022’s phone reveals and announcements gave us an early peek at what the next wave of flagships will look like. We’ve also seen plenty of midrange devices that will target lower prices with 2021’s specs, and updates to how carriers …
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I decided to switch from my Android phone to an iPhone last summer, and I figured it wasn’t going to matter very much. I would need to relearn how to use iOS, but otherwise I’ve been using many non-iOS services, like WhatsApp, Signal and Instagram, to text and video chat with my family and friends for years. I barely even think …
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This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. Fossil and Razer are revealing a limited-edition Gen 6 smartwatch at CES 2022 Wednesday, themed after Razer’s gaming PCs. Dubbed the Razer X Fossil Gen 6 Smartwatch, the watch is essentially the same as Fossil’s Gen 6 smartwatch from last year. …
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This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. Withings is debuting its new Body Scan smart scale at CES 2022, and it will measure more than just your weight. The company has been making Wi-Fi connected scales for years, and this latest edition plans to sense nerve activity and …
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Apple’s iOS 15 made a number of changes to how notifications work, allowing iPhone users to prioritize important alerts and make less important notifications less intrusive. They’re certainly less intrusive: Over the past few months I’ve been wrestling with my iPhone’s settings to even see when my friends message me on WhatsApp, Signal, Instagram and other apps. In one extreme …
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