Which Android has the best camera? Google’s new Pixel 4 phones are certainly contenders, but for a large chunk of 2019 the answer was Huawei’s P30 Pro. Upon its launch, CNET’s Andrew Hoyle said that the P30 Pro took better photos than any other phone. Apple’s phones captured better videos, but between the P30 Pro’s …
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The Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL can take some amazing photos, but early reviews (and my own experience) all point to poor battery life. It’s not clear what the main culprit is, but hopefully, Google will be able to address it through future software updates. Until then, there are a few steps you can take to maximize the battery …
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With the blink of an eye, Google’s Pixel 4 (and Pixel 4 XL) accomplished something that no other significant Android phone-maker has. It finally caught up to iPhone’s Face ID — a biometric unlocking feature that Apple popularized two years ago — to unlock the phone and buy things with a scan of your face. Now that a secure version exists …
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Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile and Sprint said Thursday they’ve formed a joint project to “transform messaging.” In a rare move, all four big US carriers are working together on the Cross Carrier Messaging Initiative, which will use the Rich Communications Service standard to make text messages as smart as iMessage — and it will work on Android phones. The service will …
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Apple Arcade may be getting all of the attention for its range of 100-plus games that appeal to families, kids and casual gamers, but Apple may have another plan in mind for the iPad that will appeal to more hard-core gamers in the future. Apple brought mouse support to iPadOS only for accessibility purposes this fall, but the company may …
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Google’s success at achieving quantum supremacy sounds like a momentous victory. But really, it’s just the first step in making this radical new type of computing useful. On Wednesday, Google published a scientific paper in the journal Nature detailing how its quantum computer vastly outpaced a conventional machine, an idea called quantum supremacy. Powered by a Google-designed quantum processor called …
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Google‘s search engine will now better understand your confusing search queries, the company said Friday. Google said it’s updating the tool to improve analysis of natural language. The idea is to let people type in queries that reflect how they speak in real life, instead of entering a string of keywords they think the software is more likely to understand. …
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With the launch of the Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL, Google has ditched the fingerprint sensor that we’ve grown accustomed to on previous phones. You’ll no longer be able to rest your finger on the back of the phone to unlock it or sign into your mobile banking app or password manager. Instead, Google is using facial recognition similar to …
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Is a Chromebook a laptop? Is it a budget machine? Is it something you’d just use online? Is it something you’d make your main computer? I can’t entirely answer all these questions, because I haven’t come to terms with them either. I’ve used Chromebooks for years. My kid lives on them at school. I had to work on a Chromebook, …
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Google’s Pixel 4 and 4 XL are now shipping and while we’ve known about the device for months, on Thursday the folks at iFixit took Google’s latest XL phone apart to see just what goes into the handset. While much of it is relatively unsurprising, the teardown reveals just what Google is doing with Soli — its radar tech that allows …
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