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How to get Android P beta right now

Android P is coming. Google’s next operating system will support navigational gestures similar to the iPhone X’s and employ sophisticated AI to help extend battery life. No, it doesn’t have a name yet — Android Plum? Peppermint? Parsnip? — or a release date, but the good news is you can get the Android P beta right now. Just head over …

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Google Assistant gets 6 new voices, including John Legend’s

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 I/O 2018: Here’s what to expect

Update: Watch live coverage of Google I/O here. Google I/O starts next Tuesday, May 8 and — like always — we’ll be there to bring you all the latest from the company as it’s announced.  Just like last year it will take place at Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View, California, and we’ll hear what Google has planned for developers as …

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Prescription lenses for Oculus Go? These are Facebook

Glasses can sometimes be a pain when using VR, but Facebook doesn’t want that to stop you from using the Oculus Go. That’s why Oculus partnered with FramesDirect to build custom prescription lenses specifically for the $199 VR headset. The VirtuClear lenses can be customized for your prescription and then snap onto the Oculus Go headset — almost like contacts for your …

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