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We’re just a few days away from Google’s October 19th launch event for the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro, but if you want an early look at what to expect, you might want to check out this big thread of leaked images from prolific leaker Evan Blass. The thread includes what appear to be official renders of both phones, images of cases, and some photos of people using the phones — and it’s that last category of images that were the most interesting to me. Ever since early rumored renders… Source link

Google’s Pixel phones have a lot going for them. Juan Garzon/CNET … Source link

Millions of Android users were hit in a well-orchestrated premium text scam. Avishek Das/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images As many as 200 rogue Android apps made it onto the Google Play store, stealing people’s money by subscribing them to premium services without their consent, cybersecurity experts warned on Wednesday.  Researchers at cybersecurity company Zimperium claimed that around 10 million Android phones were likely infected, scoring the… Source link

The Pixel 6 phones are coming. How will they measure up to the Pixel 5? Google … Source link

“Android Auto for phone screens” had an Android Auto-like UI, but it ran directly on the phone screen. Google … Source link

Google’s Pixel phones have a lot going for them. Juan Garzon/CNET Are you looking for a smartphone… Source link

Google’s Pixel 6 is shaping up to be the company’s most ambitious smartphone in years, largely due to the new, custom-designed Tensor processor, which aims to catapult Google to the forefront of the smartphone market with the power of Google’s years of machine learning experience. And Google needs it: despite the popularity of Pixels in tech circles, its phones just aren’t popular sellers in the US, barely moving the needle compared to juggernauts like Samsung and Apple or even

Google is announcing the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro today, though it might be better to call it a preview or a tease. Rather than releasing all the details on its new Android phones, Google is instead putting the focus on the new system on a chip (SoC) that will be inside the new Pixels. It’s called the Tensor SoC, named after the Tensor Processing Units (TPU) Google uses in its data centers. Tensor is an SoC, not a single processor. And so while it’s fair to call it Google-designed,… Source link

AT&T and Google have announced that all Android phones on the network will use Google’s Android Messages app for SMS and RCS services. T-Mobile made the exact same partnership deal with Google in March, which leaves Verizon as the only US carrier who hasn’t committed to switching its customers to Android Messages by default. Along with the switch to Messages comes another important shift: real interoperability with RCS on other networks. AT&T has supported RCS for awhile now, but… Source link

Over the weekend, Google and the state of Massachusetts managed to make creepy COVID tracking apps even creepier by automatically installing them on people’s Android phones. Numerous reports on Reddit, Hacker News, and in-app reviews claim that “MassNotify,” Massachusetts’ COVID tracking app, silently installed on their Android device without user consent. Google gave the following statement to 9to5Google, and the company does not deny… Source link