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Apple adds the battery percentage icon back in the latest iOS beta

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Apple is on the cusp of introducing a tiny change with an outsized impact on the quality of life of iPhone users everywhere who are tired of helplessly watching on as the life trickles out of their device in unquantifiable increments. But there’s good news: In the latest iOS 16 beta, the battery icon again […]

Android 13 makes push notifications opt-in

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Android development these days runs on a monthly cadence, so it’s no surprise that about a month after Google announced the first developer preview of Android 13 (codenamed ‘Tiramisu,’ as Google occasionally calls it in its developer documentation) it has now launched the second developer preview. These previews typically still have a lot of rough…

Google’s Android 12L officially launches, will come to select devices this year

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Google in October announced a preview of Android 12L, a version of the Android operating system designed specifically for large-screened devices. Today, Android 12L is officially becoming available, offering features that will make it easier to use Android on tablet devices. The software will begin to roll out to supported devices from Samsung, Lenovo and…

The first developer preview of Android 13 has arrived

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Right on schedule, Google today announced the first developer release of Android 13. These very early releases, which are only meant for developers and aren’t available through over-the-air updates, typically don’t include too many user-facing changes. That’s true this time as well, but even in this early release, the company is already showing off a…

BMW wants to turn your car into a rolling cinema

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After fitting some of its cars with comfy lounge chairs at CES 2020, BMW today unveiled the next step in its in-car entertainment story: a 31-inch 8K smart TV with support for Amazon’s Fire TV service (with a country-specific streaming service for China in the works, too). This new 32:9 “My Mode Theatre” screen for […]