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The Honor 50 series will be able to ship with Google’s apps and services, Honor officially announced today as it launched the Honor 50 and Honor 50 Pro in China. In a statement, Honor says its phones will go through Google’s security review and that “Honor devices will therefore have the option to have Google Mobile Services (“GMS”) preinstalled on compatible devices, in accordance with Google’s licensing and governance models.” “Consumers will be able to experience Honor… Source link

A victory, of sorts. Screenshot by ZDNet It doesn’t seem long ago that I was marveling at Google‘s sense of humor. more Technically Incorrect Somehow, the company had found more and more entertaining ways of encouraging you to switch to its Pixel phones. Here, recently, was a… Source link

I have to wonder about Google’s sales expectations for the Pixel 5 vs. the 4a 5G. They have some differences, but they were both released at the same time, so Google knew people would have to make a choice between them. Let’s look at the major differences. The Pixel 5 has a screen with a higher refresh rate, but 98% of you won’t really notice the difference. The Pixel 5 has two more gigabytes of RAM, but again, most of you won’t notice. The 5′s battery is slightly bigger but not enough… Source link

For the longest time, Google made the Android operating system and just gave it away for anyone to use. Based on a modified version of the Linux operating system, Android was introduced in November 2007, and the first Android device went on sale in September 2008. (Anyone remember the HTC Dream?) Android would become the most popular mobile operating system, but for the hardware of other companies, not Google. Fast-forward to 2016, when Google introduced its own Android phones, the Pixel and… Source link

All eyes are on Google to see if the Pixel 6’s expected new proprietary chipset means more functionality and less cost than with the Pixel 5. Reports surfaced last week that Google will start manufacturing its own silicon for its Pixel phones, but that doesn’t necessarily mean Pixel owners will get a break in their pocketbooks. It’s a bold move for Google, which has up to now relied on Qualcomm for its chipsets. It could affect users in a number of… Source link

Many people reported trouble with the Gmail app on Android.  James Martin/CNET Google says it’s resolved an issue… Source link

Many people reported trouble with the Gmail app on Android.  James Martin/CNET Google says it’s resolved an issue… Source link

Google is marking 10 years of Chromebooks by unveiling new features for Chrome OS today. The biggest addition is a new Phone Hub feature that connects an Android phone to a Chromebook. It allows Chrome OS users to respond to texts, check a phone’s battery life, enable its Wi-Fi hotspot, and locate a device easily. Phone Hub is packed into a taskbar widget that even expands to show you recent Chrome tabs that you have been browsing on your phone. It looks like it will be a super useful… Source link

Google is updating its augmented reality SDK so that phones with dual cameras can capture better depth information. As noted by Android Police, the most recent update to the Google Play Services for AR app, which is how Google distributes ARCore features, now notes “Dual camera stereo depth on supported devices” in its changelog. For now, it appears that the support will be limited to Google’s own Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL, which were both released in 2019. The list of compatible… Source link

Google kicked off a cycle of updates that started around the time it dropped the first Android 12 developer preview last week. Since then, it announced a bunch of new features for Android devices, and today it’s sharing a few more improvements coming to Pixel phones. These features appear to be rolling out now, and include tweaks to the Recorder app, an underwater upgrade for photography and Smart Compose coming to more apps. Google’s powerful Recorder app launched as a rival to Otter.ai in… Source link