Google on Monday said it’s combining G Suite users’ Gmail photos with their Google account profile photos. Now, when users of Google’s suite of tools for business want to change their picture in Gmail, they’ll be led to the “About me” section of their Google profile settings. Currently, photos set in Gmail don’t extend …
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Apple may be working on a new, lower-cost iPhone SE 2 with some of the same features as the current iPhone 11, such as the A13 Bionic chip. In this week’s Apple Core roundup, we take a look at the latest rumors about the spiritual successor to the iPhone SE and dissect a new patent that shows a new Apple …
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Update, Aug. 7, 2020: Google has discontinued the Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL phones. This follows the launch of the Pixel 4A, which we have reviewed. Original story follows. It’s official: On Tuesday Google formally announced the Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL. Finally! (Read our in-depth Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL reviews.) The Pixel 4 is one of the most …
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Google on Tuesday unveiled its latest smartphones, the Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL, at its Made by Google event in New York. The phones feature face unlock and motion sensors (here’s how the Pixel 4’s face unlock compared to the iPhone 11’s Face ID when we tested both in four typical scenarios), a 90Hz OLED display and two back cameras. The Pixel …
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Google’s new Pixel 4 represents the first time that radar has appeared on any mobile phone. On the Pixel 4, it powers a motion sensor that Google uses to drive a suite of features, including gestures to control the device hands-free, and faster face unlock (but there’s a big caveat here). Google aptly calls the sensor Motion Sense. Phone-makers have …
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Earlier this week, Google unveiled its flagship Pixel 4 phone (along with the larger Pixel 4 XL). It’s a premium device with a high-end camera, radar chip for motion controls and facial recognition software (here’s how the Pixel 4’s face unlock compared to the iPhone 11’s Face ID when we tested both in four typical scenarios). It also came with a price …
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At an Oct. 15 Made by Google event in New York, Google unveiled its new pair of smartphones: the Google Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL. The phones feature face unlock and motion sensors, a 90Hz OLED display, and two back cameras. The Pixel 4 starts at $799, and the Pixel 4 XL starts at $899. Read our in-depth Pixel …
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Google unveiled its second-generation Pixel Buds at its Pixel 4 event Tuesday. Google’s retooled earbuds will include hands-free access to Google Assistant as well as the ability to make calls, answer texts, use Google Translate and more — all in a sleek cordless design. The new Buds will be available to buy in Spring 2020 for $179. Along with the updated Pixel Buds, …
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Still not sold on the merits of owning a smartwatch? Everyone fusses over things like heart-rate monitoring and GPS run tracking — useful features, to be sure — but those aren’t the true benefits. The true benefits are deceptively simple: Telling time and receiving notifications from your phone. Once you get accustomed to having those features on your wrist, you’ll …
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I’ve seen touch-sensitive areas on phones and wearable devices before. But I’ve never seen an entire phone case become a touch surface. That’s exactly what San Jose startup Sentons is trying to do, with ultrasonics that work like sonar to register touch and pressure anywhere on a gadget’s surface. The possibilities seem incredibly weird, and extremely useful. In my hands was …
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