Essential Phone owners can now opt-in to receive beta builds via an OTA, versus having to sideload the firmware. For some, this is a godsend since it eliminates the …Read More
Archive for January, 2022
Chrome Beta 65 removes flag that opens all app links as Chrome Custom Tabs
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If you open links in some Android apps, and you have Chrome enabled as your default web browser, the page might be opened in a ‘Chrome Custom Tab.’ Instead …Read More
Second Google Home visualization shows up: get multiple YouTube video results on your Chromecast
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Back at I/O 2017, we were promised visual responses from Google Home on a Chromecast and we’ve been waiting for months for them to show up. A few weeks …Read More
[Update x2: Hotfix supplement] Google changed the build number format in Oreo—here's how to read it
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Hands-on: Google's 'Reply' gives other apps concise Smart Replies – when it isn't throwing shade
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Around a week ago we heard that Google was going to test a new app called Reply, which allegedly ports Allo’s Smart Reply functionality over to a …Read More