Just this week, Google has teased the Pixel 6 from a long-dead Twitter account and with 10,000 bags of potato chips. Google Store Chelsea now has the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro on display. The company’s first retail store in New York City features floor-to-ceiling windows that are filled with “Discovery Boxes” that advertise…
Outside of Workspace apps, Google Camera, Clock, Contacts, and Phone have already been updated with the company’s new design language. Google Photos is the latest app to get Material You, though it’s a work in progress. The most prominent change is the taller bottom bar that allows for a pill-shaped selection indicator. That particular highlight…
One of the biggest question marks about the Pixel 6 series is how its debut “Google Tensor” chip will perform compared to phones powered by Snapdragon processors. Thanks to newly shared benchmarks, we have a better idea of how the Pixel 6 Pro will perform compared to the Pixel 5 and Galaxy S21. Despite being…
Android 12 is the biggest update to Android in years, and it’s one that’s highly anticipated by many. However, as suspected, it seems like a lot of the update’s best features and biggest changes might not go beyond Google. That’s shown pretty clearly by Samsung’s take on Android 12, which just debuted in beta this…
Following last week’s release candidate, Google today opened the Android 12 Beta 5 feedback survey. Like in August, its availability was delayed from the usual Friday after launch. We’d like your feedback on the latest version of Android 12 on your Pixel device. This *anonymous* survey should take you about 5-10 minutes to complete. Please…
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Just over a year after being officially announced, Google’s Grace Hopper undersea cable has now officially arrived in Bude, Cornwall, UK. Named after the computer science pioneer, the Grace Hopper cable runs from New York, US to Bude, UK and Bilbao, Spain. One of the biggest upgrades to the Google network, this is the first…
It is now time for all of Wednesday’s best deals on Android games and apps. Our Chromebook, Google, and Android deal hubs have some new hardware offers ready and waiting, but for now it’s on to the Google Play app deals. Highlights include titles like OsmAnd+ — Offline Maps, DISTRAINT: Deluxe Edition, WiFi Router Manager(No…
The latest “Curated Culture” wallpapers commissioned by the Google Pixel team are available today to mark the mid-month start of Hispanic Heritage Month. The Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution and United States Holocaust Memorial Museum join in paying…