Google is killing location-based reminders
Family reminders are also going away.
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Google wants a single video messaging app, will merge Google Meet and Duo
The Duo brand is dying, but its codebase will live on.
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Google Play Movies & TV is getting replaced on Android and iOS
Google stops selling video content on the Play Store and replaces the iOS app.
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eBayer tries to sell prototype Pixel 7, provides lots of pictures
Dubious eBay seller posts the first in-person Pixel 7 photos.
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Google Drive gets multi-text selection, copy/paste shortcuts for files
Both features are rolling out now.
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The Google Pixel Foldable is reportedly delayed to 2023
It was initially developed for Android 12L, but getting a foldable to market is hard.
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Google Hardware’s latest weird defect: Quickly deteriorating phone cases
Reddit and Amazon users say the expensive phone cases haven't held up.
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Google brings Street View history to phones, introduces “Street View Studio”
Street View gets some new features for its 15th birthday.
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Google puts Tinder ban on hold pending yet another Play Billing lawsuit
Google and Match Group trade spiteful press releases over the court-ordered agreement.
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Google’s past failures were on full display at I/O 2022
All your favorite dead products from the past are back.
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Qualcomm’s Snapdragon “8+ Gen 1” salvage operation moves the chip to TSMC
After missing performance estimates, Qualcomm is dumping Samsung mid-cycle.
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Amazon’s 2022 Fire 7 tablet sports USB-C, dirt-cheap $74.99 price
There's also an ultra-durable "Kids" version for $110.
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Google Russia forced to declare bankruptcy after bank account seizure
With no bank account, Google Russia has been running on fumes since March.
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Google backtracks on legacy GSuite account shutdown, won’t take user emails
Click this link to stop your GSuite account from being shut down! We're serious.
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Apple’s and Google’s outdated apps bans would cut each store by a third
Estimates have Google Play cutting 869,000 apps and Apple removing 650,000.
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The Pixel 6a is getting a new fingerprint sensor, wider 14-country rollout
Plus, after the two-country launch for the Pixel 5a, Google is back to normal.
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Google’s new Android Auto interface works with any screen size
Say goodbye to pillar boxes and other weird screen-fit solutions in your car.
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Google teases future hardware: The Pixel 7, Pixel Tablet, and AR Goggles
Google heads off leakers with a pair of product confirmations and one prototype.
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It’s about time: The Google Pixel Watch arrives this fall
Google's been making a smartwatch OS for 8 years, but this is its first hardware.
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The Pixel 6a is official, and it’s set to dominate the mid-range market
The Pixel A series gets massively upgraded with a flagship Google Tensor SoC.
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Google Maps “immersive view” is the ultimate graphics mode for Google Maps
Simulated cars drive down the roads. Birds fly in the sky. It rains!
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Japan’s Sharp Aquos R7 is the cure for bad smartphone design
Sharp corrects a lot of bad design decisions manufacturers have made over the years.
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Google forced to end Play Store app sales in Russia
Lots of tech companies have quit Russia over the Ukraine invasion, but not Google.
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Amazon Kindle book purchases are the next Google Play billing casualty
After Audible purchases were turned off in April, Kindle purchases are gone now, too.
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Apple, Google, and Microsoft want to kill the password with “Passkey” standard
Instead of a password, devices could look for your phone over Bluetooth.
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YouTube Go is dead, and you can probably blame YouTube Premium
YouTube Go offered free offline videos, but now you'll need YouTube Premium.
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Pixel 6 finally getting a Dirty Pipe patch, one month after the Galaxy S22
Samsung somehow shipped Google's patch a month before Google.
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Lawsuit claims more Fitbits are burn hazards, includes gross pictures
Lawsuit says Fitbits are supposed to help customers "burn calories—not their skin."
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Bandcamp says it can’t afford Google Play billing, Epic files injunction [Updated]
Epic bought Bandcamp last month. Now Bandcamp is a weapon against app store owners.
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The Blackberry-style Unihertz Titan Slim fails to impress reviewers
Unihertz builds a QWERTY bar phone with a janky keyboard and bad screen.
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Google calls the Pixel 6 “the fastest-selling Pixel ever”
It's probably only a few million units, but that's a big deal for Google hardware.
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Android’s app store privacy section starts rolling out today
Users will start seeing information about what data apps collect and why.
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Pixel Watch prototype is left at a bar, gets photographed
It has "substantial" bezels, pogo pins in the band connector, and an ECG sensor.
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Insteon finally comes clean about its sudden smart home shutdown
Insteon blames the pandemic and lack of a buyer for its sudden shutdown last week.
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New Moto G takes on impossible task of competing with the Pixel 5a
Motorola rounds out its 2022 midrange lineup of $400 and $500 options.
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Google Play makes bizarre decision to ban call-recording apps
Google abandoned plans for a call-recording API in 2020, now it bans workarounds?
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