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Google Admits White is Bad for Battery Life After Making All of Its Apps White

Kellen November 9, 2018

"We kind of shot ourselves in the foot slightly in terms of power." Google's Android Dev Summit has been going on since Wednesday morning and was the site for Google's acknowledgement that foldable displays are coming and that Android will support them. But...

Google’s Files Go Becomes “Files by Google,” Because Everyone Was Using It

Kellen November 8, 2018

About a year ago, Google introduced a semi-secret app called Files Go. The app wasn't aimed at you and I in the US, but was instead aimed at parts of the world with slower internet connections and where ultra-affordable phones without much storage are king. As...

Google Announces Android Support for Foldable Devices

Kellen November 7, 2018

Before Samsung could announce its first foldable device, Google took the stage today at its Android Dev Summit and announced Android support for Foldables. Foldables is the official device type, by the way. Google's Dave Burke described the experience as both...

Now Playing feature from Google for Pixel 2

Pixel 2, 2 XL Get ‘Now Playing History’ for the Songs Your Phone Hears

Tim November 6, 2018

At long last, Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL owners no longer need to rely on a 3rd-party application to figure out the songs your phone hears via Now Playing. Now Playing, for those not aware, automatically identifies music that is playing in the background, then...

Google Pixel Slate Up for Pre-Order at Best Buy (Updated: Google Store Too!)

Kellen November 6, 2018

The Google Pixel Slate, Google's first tablet in some time, is now up for pre-order at Best Buy after previously being listed as "Coming Soon." I'm not sure that it's supposed to be yet, as Google isn't even selling its new Midnight Blue Slate, but multiple...

November 2018 Android Security Update Goes Live for Pixel, Nexus Devices (Updated)

Kellen November 5, 2018

Google just released the November 2018 Android security patch for Pixel and Nexus devices, and that means the first update for the new Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL has arrived. It looks like we already have both factory image and OTA files ready to be downloaded for...

Chrome 71 is Going Further to Block More Bad Ad Experiences

Kellen November 5, 2018

At the beginning of this year, Google added protections to Chrome that helped protect users against abusive experiences. "Abusive experiences" was basically in reference to all of the super obnoxious ads across the web that open new tabs or windows and...

Google Plans to Fix Pixel 3’s Sh*tty Memory Management in “Coming Weeks”

Kellen November 5, 2018

The Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL are by no means perfect phones. They are really good phones, but there were a handful of issues that accompanied each at launch that need to be addressed pretty quickly. One such issue is a memory management problem that only allowed...