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The Smart things station is a hidden smart home hub
Google Home users who have an Android phone can now use Tapo Smart Plug to connect a SmartThings station to the Google Home app. This could allow them to use SmartThings over any other smart devices, such as Google Home, Alexa or Apple’s Siri. To do so, users would have to install the Tapo app…
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Utah has startling new rules for kids and social media
Facebook on Monday said it will add more parental control options to its platform to make it easier for parents to manage their children’s use of social media. The options will be available on Facebook’s new privacy and controls page for the platform’s iOS and Android apps. Earlier, Facebook had introduced tools to help parents…
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Apple’s AirTags are getting a discount at Amazon
US-based company MagSafe’s 313 Wireless Charger was the best wireless charger in our evaluation of 31 options. The charger supports charge rates up to 15W, if you have a LG V40 or one of the few other Android phones that can hit 15-30W on a standard charger. It’s one of the very few wireless charging…
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A study criticizes the privacy labels on top Android apps
A study by Mozilla Foundation has found more than 40 million Android apps on Google Play Store gave misleading or false information about how user data is shared. It discovered that 80% of the most downloaded Android apps on Play Store had discrepancies between their privacy policies and the information listed on Google Play’s data…
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The new hybrid watch from Garmin is the first to feature wireless charging
Garmin’s Venu Sq 2 watch is a standalone smartwatch which requires a cellular connection to function. However, it is compatible with some Android phones and can be synced through the Garmin Connect app. The Venu Sq 2’s battery is expected to last for at least six days on a single charge. It also has a…
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It won’t need a phone soon.
Sony has launched a new integration for its PlayStation 5 console that lets users use Android voice streaming app and Discord mobile app to chat. Users will be able to join Discord voice calls on PS5/PS4 consoles in the US, Canada, Japan, and the UK starting today. They’ll be able to transfer calls from their…
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Best Buy will have Black Friday deals in the year 2022, including Apple.
The Lowest Price Guaranteed (LPG) Android Phone for the year 2021 is the Asus 10 years smartphone which is available at a saving of up to $50. The phone has a 5.7-inch AMOLED display withGorilla Glass 4 protection, 64 GB of storage, Snapdragon 835 processor, 12 MP camera, 10MP rear camera and 3MP front-facing camera.
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What does this mean for Wear OS?
Google’s Director of Software Engineering for Wear OS, Pete Kilburn, said the company hopes to have a new version of Wear OS every year. “If new functionalities added in Android are critical for watches and hearable, then we’ve got to find a way to get it into the watch,” he added. “There will still be…