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Google Maps Now Shows Toll Prices, Improved Details Like Stop Signs and Traffic Lights

Tim April 5, 2022 18

First previewed for a very limited group of users in August of last year, Google Maps is making toll estimation on your routes official and available to everyone. In addition, users will begin to see enhanced navigation details, perfect for those who are...

Google’s New April Pixel Update Fixes 9 Bugs

Kellen April 4, 2022 28

In this month's Google Pixel update for April, a handful of bugs are addressed that should help with wireless charging and the cameras on the Pixel 6 line, as well as some general UI issues that all Pixel devices were experiencing on Android 12. The official...

April 2022 Android Security Update Available for Google Pixel Phones

Kellen April 4, 2022 23

The April Google Pixel update arrived this morning in what should be a typical bug-fixer type of month. After last month's Pixel Feature Drop and the several dozen issues that it addressed, the hope is that this update arrives without much fanfare and is on...

Phones With Replaceable Batteries Primed for Comeback in EU

Tim April 4, 2022 22

A development of note is taking place in the European Union, one that seems worthy of discussing even to us Yanks. The EU Parliament has recently voted to mandate that by 2024, portable batteries in appliances, like the ones found in smartphones, must be...

Google Hangouts has Left the Play Store

Kellen April 1, 2022 22

Google Hangouts has had the slowest death of all time. We first started talking about its demise back in 2020, shortly after Google released Chat and Meet. At that time, we believed that Hangouts might disappear from our phones and the Play Store within that...

Chrome 100 Released on Android!

Kellen March 29, 2022 6

Google's Chrome team had a big day today, with the release of Chrome 100 on several platforms. We got the stable update on desktop (Windows, Mac, and Linux) as well as on iOS. The Android version has been signed off on too, but may not hit your devices for a...

Google Details April’s Google System Updates

Tim March 28, 2022 8

April approaches and with it a fresh Google System Update, featuring fixes and changes for the Google Play/system ecosystem as a whole. To recap, what you're about to see is what is happening behind the scenes in Play Services updates and general Google Play...

Fitbit’s New Wearables Show No Signs of Wear OS

Kellen March 28, 2022 8

When Google decided to buy Fitbit back in 2019, they were pretty clear in that they had big plans to bring Fitbit's fitness tracking software onto Wear OS in some way. We assumed that meant a Fitbit smartwatch running Wear OS, which Fitbit CEO James Park...