Google promises you’ll never have to answer another robocall again. That’s thanks to some new smarts coming to its Pixel smartphones via the Google Assistant. Users can now screen spam calls and get a real time transcription of the call so they can decide whether to answer, hang up, or block the number and report …
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Google’s Pixel Stand charges your phone and wakes you with a fake sunrise
Google announced the latest version of its flagship phone, the Pixel 3, on Tuesday. While there’s plenty exciting about the phone itself, Google’s Pixel accessories game is strong this year. Alongside the phone, it’s introducing the Pixel Stand, a smart charging pad equipped with the smarts of Google Assistant. The stand props your phone up at an angle and will …
Read More »Pixel 3 camera has better resolution and can shoot in the dark with no flash
With its Pixel 3 phone, Google has improved photography with a feature called Top Shot to avoid unflattering photos, an ability to shoot in the dark with no flash, and a way to zoom in beyond the camera’s ordinary resolution known as Super Res Zoom. Top Shot lets you skip photos where people are blinking, frowning and otherwise not looking …
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T-Mobile’s newly rebranded prepaid service, Metro, is jumping on the 5G bandwagon too. The service, rebranded from MetroPCS, launched with new plans on Monday. But the company also said at an event at Grand Central Terminal in New York that it’s committing to offering 5G for Metro next year. “When we talk about 5G for all, it’s not just nationwide …
Read More »For Magic Leap to be truly magical, it needs content, content, content
Magic Leap, one of the most talked-about, overhyped startups in the tech industry, reached a major milestone this summer when it released its mixed reality headset to developers after years of promises. Now CEO Rony Abovitz and his team are working to convince developers and creative types who’ve paid $2,295 for the first-generation Magic Leap One “Creator Edition” to invest …
Read More »Microsoft’s Project xCloud will stream Xbox games to phones, tablets and more
Microsoft revealed Monday that it’s testing an Xbox game streaming service, currently called Project xCloud. The company demonstrated its work on the service so far in a video showing Forza and Halo, games designed to be run on an Xbox One console, being played on Android phones and tablets. The games work both with an Xbox wireless controller paired over Bluetooth …
Read More »iPhone XS beauty
If you’ve taken a selfie on the iPhone XS, you might think it looks a little different to other selfies you’ve taken in the past, especially from previous iPhones. We already know the cameras on the iPhone XS are different from those on the X. Now playing: Watch this: Explaining the iPhone XS ‘beauty mode’ 5:36 But some users on …
Read More »Fitbit Charge 3 has arrived: Here’s what’s different vs. Versa
Sliding into an October already full of watches and wearables, the Fitbit Charge 3 — which hits stores today, starting at $149 (£130, AU$230) — promises to be the company’s best general fitness tracker. And yet: Fitbit already has a watch, the Fitbit Versa, that does a lot of the same things (and a bit more) for just $50 more. …
Read More »OnePlus 6T: Removing the headphone jack was a tough decision, says CEO
The OnePlus 6T has been officially announced and here’s our review. Speaking in his native Mandarin, OnePlus‘ founder and CEO Pete Lau exudes a reserved persona, despite being only weeks away from unveiling the OnePlus 6T phone. Compared to the company’s other founder, Carl Pei, Lau carries himself more formally. Though the two look unassuming in their own ways, Pei …
Read More »Pixel 3 camera could avoid taking unflattering photos, according to leak
Google’s upcoming Pixel 3 smartphones could come with a “Top Shot” mode to capture photos of people at the moment they’re looking their best, the newest in a series of Pixel 3 leaks indicates. “Use Top Shot to get smiles, not blinks, and take groupie selfies that get everyone in the photo (without a selfie stick),” say apparent promotional materials …
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