10 days ago | By Android Headlines
Today, at Google I/O , the company finally officially announced Android 13. And with this announcement, we actually get to see what kind of features Android 13 will have.
Android 13's first developer preview debuted in February, followed by a second preview in March and the first beta in April. Though those releases didn't tell us a lot about what's new in Android 13, that is usually saved for Google I/O. And that's the case today.
Google is also releasing the second beta of Android 13 across many Android phones, tablets and foldable devices.
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10 days ago | By Tech Radar
Android 13 'Tiramisu' was just announced at Google IO 2022 today, showcasing refinements in its design, improvements to notifications, and more. Google has been focusing on security for this year's keynote, and Android 13 applies the same focus, with a shoutout to RCS, a text messaging standard, and wallet improvements. While the latest Android 13 public beta is here for Pixel 6 phones, and you can see if your device is eligible by going to the Android beta webpage. But there may be a new version once Google IO 2022 concludes. This is breaking news. Please check back for...
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10 days ago | By Tech Radar
Google Lens already has lots of fancy AR tricks up its sleeve, but it'll soon get what might be its most useful feature yet, called Scene Exploration. At Google I/O 2022 , Google previewed the new feature, which it says acts as a 'Ctrl+F' shortcut for finding things in the world in front of you. Hold your phone's camera up to a scene, and Google Lens will soon be able to overlay useful information on top of products to help you make quick choices. Google's example demo of the feature was shelves of candy bars, which Lens overlaid with information including not just the type of chocolate...
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10 days ago | By 9to5Google
Today at Google I/O 2022, Google confirmed that over 500 million people are actively using RCS messaging and took the chance to throw another dig at Apple.
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10 days ago | By Phone Arena
Android 13 has been officially showcased at Google I/O 2022.
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10 days ago | By 9to5Google
One of Google's big payments and privacy announcements at I/O 2022 is a very convenient feature that masks your physical credit card with a virtual one when shopping online with Chrome.
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10 days ago | By Android Headlines
Google has announced new improvements for Google Maps during Google I/O 2022. The company announced ‘immersive view' for Google Maps, which will share even more information about select cities.
‘Immersive View' makes Google Maps even more useful
So, what does immersive view do exactly? Well, it can make checking out specific cities to a whole new level. This mode can essentially show give you a better look at a specific location in that city before you go.
Let's say, for example, that you're traveling to London. Immersive View can give you a better view of places like Big Ben, for example...
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10 days ago | By Android Headlines
Google I/O is happening, and Google is already showing us some interesting stuff. It started off the event with some of its advancements in AI and deep learning. During the event, Sundar Pichai explained that auto-translated captions are coming in some new languages for YouTube, and YouTube Mobile.
Google's AI prowess is deeply integrated into YouTube's software. This isn't a surprise, so you can expect the video-sharing platform to benefit from the metric ton of data on Google's servers. YouTube has had auto-generated captions for a while, but it's a work in progress when it comes to...
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10 days ago | By 9to5Google
Google Search is a powerful tool that harnesses the power of everything Google knows and uses it to give you more information about the world around you. Today at Google I/O 2022, Google has announced an expansion of Lens called “scene exploration” that will let the product “explore” your surroundings, identifying products and even filtering them in real time, as well as more enhancements to multisearch.
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10 days ago | By 9to5Google
Similar to last year , Google Workspace has a presence at I/O 2022 and used it to announce features across Meet and Chat.
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10 days ago | By 9to5Google
At I/O 2022, Google is giving a surprising amount of attention to the Assistant Smart Display that it announced three years ago on the very same stage. “Look and Talk” will let you activate Assistant by just gazing at your Nest Hub Max, while Quick Phrases is also coming to give you another way to skip “Hey Google.” more...
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10 days ago | By 9to5Google
The Google Pixel lineup has added focus on accurately depicting skin tone colors. At I/O 2022 today, Google is expanding on “Real Tone” with a new set of filters for skin tones in Google Photos, as well as an open-source library.
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10 days ago | By Tech Radar
At Google I/O 2022 , CEO Sundar Pichai dedicated the start of the keynote to Google Maps, with Immersive View, eco-routes, and more. While no Android 13 news or the latest Chrome OS features were announced as yet, Pichai made sure to put Google Maps in the spotlight first, helping you further in getting from one destination to another. These features look to be coming to both Android and iOS later this year. This is currently a breaking news story we will be updating this across the event.
Upcoming features
There looks to be a focus on both refining the user interface for Google Maps and...
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10 days ago | By Android Headlines
Google I/O 2022 is happening now and the search giant has now reportedly updated its design language documentation for Android to Material 3.
The new variant brings a number of alterations to interactive elements of the OS. The biggest of which may be a difference in the location of the floating action button. Previously situated as a UI element above the bottom bar, that now appears within the bottom bar itself. Precisely at the bottom right-hand side of the UI.
The FAB was also previously given a shadow to provide the appearance of floating. That's gone now as well. Instead, it's a part...
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10 days ago | By 9to5Google
At Google I/O 2022, the company unveiled improvements for Google Maps including a new “immersive view” of select cities and the ability to use Live View's AR in third-party apps.
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10 days ago | By 9to5Google
With less than 30 minutes before I/O 2022 is set to begin, an official render of the Pixel 6a has leaked.
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10 days ago | By 9to5Google
Ahead of I/O 2022, Google has updated its design documentation with the latest Material 3 components. This follows the initial additions in October .
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10 days ago | By 9to5Google
I/O 2022 kicks off today as Google's biggest event of the year to highlight what's new for both developers and end users. Expect feature announcements that will launch in the short term, as well as more future-facing capabilities that reflect the company's AI vision. This year, Google returns to the Shoreline Amphitheater and a live audience of not just employees.
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10 days ago | By Android Headlines
OPPO has launched the first Android 13 preview for the Find X5 Pro ahead of the Google I/O summit, 9to5google reports.
OPPO Find X5 Pro is a flagship device from the brand that is getting its first developer preview for Android 13 and is preparing itself for hosting the stable version in the future. Before the Google I/O, many companies release a preview of the latest Android version for their devices to give a taste of what users will get in the final version.
Of course, not all users are able to download and use the Android 13 preview for the Find X5 Pro. Also, that is based on Google's...
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10 days ago | By Phone Arena
At Google I/O, Google announces new hardware and software; here is what we expect Google to announce in 2022
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We're just about two weeks out from WWDC, and Apple is wrapping up work on the current major operating system versions with some final updates and getting ready to preview the... Read more ...
With the iPhone 12 lineup, Apple introduced MagSafe, a ring of magnets on the back of the iPhone that opens up a whole new world of accessories. Take advantage, and use a phone... Read more ...
What you need to know Brew Timer is a great coffee app for your iPhone and it has new features thanks to a big update. New features make it easier to learn about a new coffee... Read more ...
Apple might be looking to make iPhones without SIM card slots in the not-so-distant future, but that can't happen unless eSIM technology is perfectly reliable. Any issues with... Read more ...
Our tips on what to play this week, and a new way to drop into Fortnite on iPhone and iPad. This week in iOS gaming we learned that we'll have to wait a little longer to play... Read more ...
All of today's best deals are now live and headlined by $330 off the refurbished Samsung Galaxy S21 256GB. That's alongside the first markdowns on Galaxy S22/Ultra Kickstand... Read more ...
Apple Arcade launched with close to 100 titles and the service is seeing new games added regularly with over 200 games now in the library. Follow along with our guide on the... Read more ...
The Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 4 is one of two foldable smartphones from Samsung. This handset is expected to launch alongside the Galaxy Z Fold 4. Unlike the Galaxy Z Fold 4, the Z... Read more ...
Qualcomm has unveiled two new smartphone processors - the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 and Snapdragon 7 Gen 1. The former is the usual mid-year refresh of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1... Read more ...
An apparent iPhone eSIM bug is randomly deactivating iMessage and FaceTime. In some cases, the only resolution appears to be to install a physical SIM. Bloomberg' s Mark Gurman... Read more ...