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Google Commits to Nest Device Updates for at Least 5 Years

Kellen June 29, 2021 7

Google announced a new Safety Center today to provide Nest device owners with a place to find out how Google is protecting their privacy if they own one of their products. In addition to the new Center, they committed to providing updates for a number of years...

Pixel 5a Expected to Arrive in August

Tim June 28, 2021 5

Right on time, the Pixel 5a from Google is now scheduled to launch this upcoming August, according to the latest from Bloomberg. That timeframe puts it right on track, as last year's Pixel 4a also arrived in August. Meanwhile, Google pretty much confirmed all...

Samsung Announces One UI Watch on the New Wear OS

Kellen June 28, 2021 26

Samsung showed off a first look at the new smartwatch platform it built with Google, today, and they are calling it One UI Watch. We knew they were slapping One UI on top, so I guess that name makes a lot of sense. Samsung also talked about some of the new...

Come Watch Samsung Show Off the Future of Wear OS

Kellen June 28, 2021 5

For now, the two areas of interest for us in the 2021 Android space are Google's upcoming Pixel 6 and the new Wear platform that they co-developed with Samsung. Since the Pixel 6 likely won't be here for a couple of months, we turn almost all of our attention...

Nexus 6P Settlement Sends Another Round of Cash

Kellen June 25, 2021 29

A year ago, Google and Huawei closed out a lawsuit over their co-created Nexus 6P phone by sending out settlement payments over a couple of serious issues (bootlooping and battery drain) that plagued the phone. We received a payment, as did a number of our...

Google Call Screen is Reason Enough to Buy Pixel Phones

Kellen June 24, 2021 36

The number of articles we've written about how all the US carriers have adopted some level of spam and robocall support is no small amount. There was a moment in time a couple of years ago where all of them were proud to introduce a feature that would help...

Android 12 Beta 2.1 Update Just Dropped!

Kellen June 23, 2021 36

Google just pushed out the Android 12 Beta 2.1 build for Pixel phones, likely as a bit of a bug fixer before we get Beta 3. The updated build is available right now for the Pixel 3, Pixel 3a, Pixel 4, Pixel 4a, and Pixel 5. Here is the new Android 12 Beta 2.1...

Google App Crashing? This Could Fix It.

Kellen June 22, 2021 6

Over night, Android phone users ran into a lot of crashing from the Google app that Google has now responded to. While they didn't necessarily say what the problem is or why there are crashes, they did offer a solution to get your phone back to working...