Netflix is so confident it can guess which show or movie you’ll like that the company recently announced Downloads for You, a new feature for Android users that will preemptively download a show you’ve never watched to your phone. It’s a new twist on the ability to download and store episodes and movies on your …
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Your morning alarm sounds. You grope around to turn it off, moan into your pillow and sluggishly begin your daily routine. But maybe not for long. A new Google Assistant trick, rolling out now to Android phones, can automatically turn on your bedroom lights, read out the weather and news, and even start brewing your morning coffee without you sleep-slurring a command …
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It’s been 10 years since Google launched the Android mobile OS and it’s come a long way. This is especially compared to its early days when it struggled to convince the world that its friendly green extraterrestrial could make applesauce of the revolutionary iPhone. In truth, Google’s first Android phone, the HTC-made T-Mobile G1, wasn’t much to look at when …
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Google may be planning a subscription service for Android apps and games found in its Play Store. Evidence that the search giant is developing a “Play Pass” feature was spotted by the mobile software development community XDA back in June when it noticed code containing a reference to “PLAYPASS_SUBSCRIPTION.” Over the weekend, one of XDA’s members highlighted a Google Opinion …
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Fortnite, the biggest thing in video games, was only portable if you had an iPhone, iPad or Nintendo Switch. Then it came to Android — but only as a Samsung Galaxy exclusive. Now, non-Samsung Android phones are getting on the Fortnite Battle Bus, too. We still don’t have a firm release date for when each Android phone will get to …
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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Enlarge Image According to Apple, a rival app store store can blow up in your face. Apple/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET It’s often the case that other phone makers chuckle at Apple. Who can forget Samsung’s excoriation of the iPhone’s history last year? Cupertino, though, isn’t …
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For as long as I’ve owned my AirPods ($165 at eBay), I’ve used them with iOS and Android phones. One issue I’ve always had when using Apple’s wireless earbuds with an Android phone is really low volume levels, particularly when listening to podcasts. Even at full volume, I would often struggle to hear it, especially when in noisy environments. Now …
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LG is kicking things off a little early. A few days before the start of MWC 2018, otherwise known as the world’s biggest mobile industry trade show, the company announced it will unveil two new phones at the conference. Known as the K8 and K10, these phones will be available in Europe, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East. They come …
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Google’s Android operating system and screenshots have always had a weird relationship. In its infancy, Android didn’t even allow users to take screenshots without first rooting the device. But after it was added Google has more or less left the process alone. Now playing: Watch this: Android P will bring support for iPhone X-esque notch 5:04 Once a screenshot is …
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First released 18 months ago, Nougat is now the most popular Android OS in the world, having finally overtaken its predecessor, Marshmallow. Nougat (7.0 and 7.1) is installed on 28.5 per cent of Android phones, according to visits to the Google Play store in the first week of February according to Google’s Android Developers site. Meanwhile, Marshmallow (6.0) is now at …
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