Last year’s Pixel 3a was met with raving reviews for being one of the best budget phones on the market. This has made the Pixel 4a one of the most anticipated phones of the year. Fortunately, it has leaked quite a bit already, so here’s everything we know about the upcoming smartphone from Google.
Google completely cancels I/O 2020, including the online event
Previously, it was announced that Google would only be canceling the in-person I/O event in May. Now, however, the Google Developers account has released a statement on Twitter that the company “will not be holding an I/O event in any capacity this year.”
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[Update: Winner] March Giveaway: Win a Stadia Buddy Pass with 3-months of Stadia Pro
Update 3/21: Congrats to Dan on winning the giveaway, and a big thanks to all for participating!
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Moto 360 (3rd Gen) review: The pioneer of Android wearables is back, sort of
Back in 2016, Motorola made the decision to abandon the smartwatch market, citing it didn’t “see enough pull in the market” for another one. The original Moto 360 and even the 2nd Gen version were major strides in a relatively small Android wearable ecosystem. They were (and still are) pretty beloved devices by (as it was called then) Android Wear users. Fast forward to now and we now have a new Moto 360 running Wear OS, but it’s not exactly made by Motorola anymore.
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Poll: How much did you pay for your current smartphone?
It’s been over two years since we did our last poll like this. Since then, we’ve had more and more $1,000 smartphones come out but also a fair amount of solid budget phones like the Pixel 3a at $399. It seems that, despite the increasing price of flagship phones, the smartphone market is still quite dispersed over many different price points, maybe even more so than before. It’s almost hard to buy a bad phone now. Anyway, how much money did you shell out for the smartphone you’re using right now. Vote and discuss in the comments below.
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Three new Chromebooks for 2020 unveiled at CES
At the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) this week, Samsung, Lenovo, and ASUS all unveiled new Chrome OS devices all in different form-factors.
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[Update: Winner] Christmas Giveaway: Win a Stadia Buddy Pass and 3-months of Stadia Pro
Update 12/22: Congrats to Logan Hawker on winning the giveaway, and a big thanks to all for participating!
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Google acquires Fitbit for $2.1 billion, still commits to investing in Wear OS
Chances are, you’ve heard of Fitbit. They’re one of the leaders in the wearable market for health and activity trackers. Today, Google announced that it will be buying Fitbit as a whole for $2.1 billion. It’s also important to note that this isn’t Alphabet, Google’s parent company, acquiring them. Fitbit will fall under the Google brand, just like Nest and all other Google products.
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Weekend Poll: What is your favorite Made by Google product of 2019?
Nearly two weeks ago, Google announced its new lineup of Made by Google hardware. This included Stadia, Google’s cloud gaming service; Pixel Buds (2nd Gen), truly wireless earbuds; Pixelbook Go, a premium yet traditional clamshell Chromebook; Nest Mini, a more powerful and versatile Home Mini; Nest Wifi, a Google Wifi router and Google Home speaker combined; and, of course, the Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL, Google’s latest flagship smartphones.
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