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Android 15 Developer Preview 2: The 3 Best New Features

Kellen March 21, 2024 1

Now that we've all had a chance to play with Android 15 Developer Preview 2 for a couple of hours, it's time to talk about anything we found that's new and neat. The list isn't long, like with DP1, but there are a few items to be on the lookout for or to at...

Android 15 Developer Preview 2 is Here: Download, Changes, and More

Kellen March 21, 2024 3

Following up on the release of the first Android 15 Developer Preview last month, Google has gone ahead and dropped Android 15 Developer Preview 2 on us today. This 2nd preview brings us closer to an Android 15 Beta that could arrive as early as next month. In...

Epic Games Store Coming to Android

Kellen March 20, 2024 2

The folks over at Epic Games announced today that they are bringing a "true multi-platform" version of the Epic Games Store to Android and iOS later this year. They teased a conceptual image of what that might look like, but the rest of the details aren't...

OnePlus Watch 2 Review: Battery Life is Wild, Fitness Tracking Surprisingly Great

Kellen March 19, 2024 14

The story of the original OnePlus Watch is not one to remember. OnePlus launched that device as some sort of fitness or wellness tracker, but it was bug-filled, weirdly sold, and didn't run Wear OS. So to be honest, when we heard that OnePlus was considering a...

Google Drops $250 Off Pixel 8 Pro, $200 Off Pixel 8 in Best Prices Yet

Kellen March 17, 2024 2

For most of the year, I've been telling you that the Pixel 8 Pro is always $200 off and that paying a penny more than $200 off would be foolish. In a bit of a turn I didn't exactly see coming so soon, Google is now discounting their best phone even further, so...

Google I/O 2024 Set for May 14

Kellen March 14, 2024 4

Google I/O 2024 has a date and that is May 14. Developers who love Google products, mark those calendars, so that you can tune in online and take in a day of announcements and technical talks. It's free again. For 2024, Google is once again only hosting a...

Google Chrome’s Safe Browsing Gets Real-Time Server-Side Checks for Bad Sites

Kellen March 14, 2024 5

When you visit dangerous websites on your computer or phone through Chrome, Google's Safe Browsing attempts to detect them and warn you before letting you proceed and jump "back to safety." Google says that they look at more than 10 billion URLs (and files)...

YouTube for TVs is Getting a Nice Change When Viewing Comments, More

Kellen March 13, 2024 1

Want to hear a wild stat? People consume 1 billion hours per day of YouTube on TVs. Just. On. TVs. That's crazy, right? Imagining a world where we watch 1 billion hours across all YouTube platforms is nuts by itself, but today, Google says that we're hitting...