One of the worst-kept tech secrets in recent history is officially out of the bag. Google has announced a new tablet, the Pixel Slate, alongside a handful of other new products including the Pixel 3 phone and Home Hub. Google Pixel 2018 event Pixel 3, Google Hub and Pixel Slate: Everything Google announced Google Home Hub …
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To celebrate its 10th anniversary, Google’s annual fall hardware event proved to be not quite as jam-packed as Amazon’s recent surprise clown-car-full of announcements, but the company did announce the long-expected new phones, plus a tablet, laptop, smart home hub and AR partnerships with Marvel and Childish Gambino. Some might also say Google hopes the Pixel 3 and Home Hub dazzle you enough …
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Google’s new Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL will come with a new accessory in the box: a pair of wired Pixel Bud-style earbuds. The phones, unveiled at a Google event on Tuesday, come with the new Google Pixel USB-C earbuds, as well as a USB-C to 3.5mm adapter for using legacy headphones. The new wired earbuds are available only in white, …
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Every year after Google releases the next major update of Android, there’s a week or so of excitement about the new features. Then, after the excitement wears off, there’s a realization that you will likely wait weeks or months before your phone will get the update. Heck, my friend’s Galaxy S7 Edge ($199 at Amazon) just received the Android Oreo …
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When Jigsaw tested this privacy app with a few dozen political activists in Venezuela, the company wanted to keep the trial small. Within weeks, thousands of people around the world were using Intra, a security app used to stop government regimes from censoring the internet and manipulating traffic. On Wednesday, Jigsaw, a tech incubator owned by Google’s parent company, Alphabet, …
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I’ve been watching Android for 10 years, from the moment it first blinked to life on the T-Mobile G1 phone. It grew up with support for on-screen controls and reached its teenage years with the Google Assistant. That’s an impressive feat for a mobile platform that already started far behind BlackBerry, Windows Mobile and Apple’s then year-old iOS. Android survived where …
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Android is a decade old and so is the first Android phone, the T-Mobile G1. Also called the HTC Dream, the G1 entered a mobile world much more crowded than it is now. People still used flip phones, the iPhone was just beginning its ascent, and powerful companies like BlackBerry, Palm and Microsoft were jockeying to keep our attention. It …
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Epic Games just released v5.40 of the smash-hit game Fortnite. With the new update, the company is making Fortnite for Android playable on even more phones. According to the patch notes, Epic Games has expanded support to include Motorola, HTC and Sony Xperia devices. Previously, Epic Games listed the following phones as unsupported: HTC: 10, U Ultra, U11 / U11+, U12+ …
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Looks like Lenovo hopped on the bandwagon of releasing iPhone X lookalikes. The company announced the Motorola One and Motorola One Power on Friday at IFA 2018. The two phones feature a notched display with a 19:9 aspect ratio. They’re also both Android One phones, which means they’ll run a stock version of Android and be among the first phones …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. One of the most anticipated smartphone throwdowns of the year — the 2018 iPhones and the Google Pixel 3 — will be about far more than just phones. It will go to the root of the competition between Apple’s iOS 12 software and Google’s Android …
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