News and notes on the latest from Google.
Back in November of last year, we got our first look at the ‘Pixel 3 Lite,’ and just last month, it was rumored that Google would launch this potential budget phone on Verizon in spring of this year. Today, a video of a pre-production version of the Pixel 3 Lite has surfaced.
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It’s a new year and Google’s monthly security updates are here. This time, Google claims the video sound quality bug on the Pixel 3 is fixed but the Nexus phones are finally left behind.
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Back in November, Russian tech blog Rozetked posted some hands-on pictures of an unreleased device, calling it the ‘Pixel 3 Lite.’ While we didn’t expect it to make it to the US, according to a new report from Android Police, Google intends to launch two new Pixel smartphones, the Pixel 3 and 3 XL Lite, on Verizon in early spring 2019.
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2018 is almost over. There’s been a lot that’s happened in the past year. Google announced many new products, made some major changes to existing products, and shut down some products. To end 2018, let’s “rewind” by taking a look back at what all Google has been up to in the past year.
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It’s the first Monday of December and the last month of 2018. Google’s monthly security updates are here.
Black Friday is today, and if you’ve been wanting to buy yourself or someone else some Google-made hardware, here’s a compilation of all the deals.
#Techtober is finally over and in comes November. It’s time for another round of Google’s monthly security updates.
Continue reading “[Update: 2016 Pixel] November patches for Pixel/Nexus devices now rolling out”
Android Pie hasn’t even made a dent in Android’s distribution numbers despite Google, Essential, and OnePlus being the first manufacturers to offer it. Google and Essential rolled out very close-to-stock versions of Android Pie, but OnePlus changed a bit of the UI and added some of their own additional features. Did OnePlus make this release of Pie better than Google? Or did they eat our Pie just as they had eaten our Oreo? Let’s find out.
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Since its launch way back in 2016, many have been voicing their opinion that Google should release a budget Pixel phone. Well, those people might just be in luck. Just today, Russian tech blog Rozetked, the same site that leaked the Pixel 3 XL a few months ago, posted some hands-on pictures of an unreleased device, calling it the ‘Pixel 3 Lite.’
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Love it, hate it, ignore it… the notch is here and the Pixel 3 XL’s notch is an absolute unit. Unfortunately, some Pixel 3 XL users are occasionally greeted by another notch on the side, often when auto-rotation is enabled. In other words, a bug seems to be causing notches to appear on the sides of some Pixel 3 XL devices.
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