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Android 13 QPR2 Beta 2.1 Released for Pixel Devices

Tim January 20, 2023 10

A very minor update labeled as Beta 2.1 for Android 13 QPR2 testers is now available for Pixel devices. If you didn't see it, Beta 2 was announced only a few days ago. As for what's new, this appears to be a very small bug fixer, but important enough for...

Android 13 Can Now Generate Its Own Themed Icons, Bypassing Need for Developer

Tim January 10, 2023 16

You want to know what grinds my gears? When app developers don't take advantage of the sweet features available to them in Android 13. Case in point? There's an option for applying themed icons to match your Material You aesthetic in Android 13, but it's up to...

Spark’s Android 13 Update Includes Material You Color Matching and More

Tim January 9, 2023 2

Spark Mail, one of the many options out there for managing your emails on a phone, announced a major update this week. It's labeled as the Android 13 update, which makes plenty of sense considering the changes that are inside. For starters, Spark is now...

In 2022, We Loved: Samsung Doing Updates

Kellen December 29, 2022 11

Dubbing Samsung the "King of Android Updates" a couple of years ago might have sounded ridiculous at the time. Most of the industry was still under the impression that only Google was good at updating devices on its platform and that everyone else was slow to...

Android’s New Photo Picker Magically Starts Working With a Bunch of Apps

Kellen December 16, 2022 9

The new Photo Picker that was first introduced with Android 13 as a more-secure and (hopefully) more consistent way to choose media you share within apps, is rolling out more widely this week. A change on the back-end from Google has apparently made the new...

Let Google Know How Android 13 QPR2 Beta 1 is Running on Your Pixel

Kellen December 15, 2022 2

Now that the first Android 13 QPR2 beta has been on your phone for several days, Google wants to know if it's good or bad or what your experience is like. As they do with almost all beta builds, they've posted an anonymous survey that lets you give feedback on...

Nothing Releases Android 13 Beta and Keeps Teasing Something in the US

Kellen December 15, 2022 3

Nothing still hasn't released a phone in the US and we really have no idea if or when they might do such a thing. That has made our coverage of them a bit awkward at times, but since they keep saying "US launch," here we are. The latest on this situation is...

Motorola Will Update 20 Devices to Android 13

Kellen December 14, 2022 6

Getting an update to the newest version of Android can be a wonderful experience. It often means that your phone is ready to show off new features and ideas from both Google and your phone's maker, plus it gets the security situation buttoned up. After all...