Published on: 2025-04-19 06:52:07
Google's history with music services is almost as convoluted and frustrating as its history with messaging. However, things have gotten calmer (and slower) ever since Google ceded music to the YouTube division. The YouTube Music app has its share of annoyances, to be sure, but it's getting a long-overdue feature that users have been requesting for ages: consistent volume. Listening to a single album from beginning to end is increasingly unusual in this age of unlimited access to music. As your
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-04-19 11:52:07
Google's history with music services is almost as convoluted and frustrating as its history with messaging. However, things have gotten calmer (and slower) ever since Google ceded music to the YouTube division. The YouTube Music app has its share of annoyances, to be sure, but it's getting a long-overdue feature that users have been requesting for ages: consistent volume. Listening to a single album from beginning to end is increasingly unusual in this age of unlimited access to music. As your
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-04-19 19:54:00
Weird OS: Microsoft regularly deprecates features in Windows, typically replacing them with improved alternatives or streamlining development. That's why its decision to drop a relatively new security feature – one it promoted less than a year ago – raises questions about how Windows is evolving and which users might be left behind. Microsoft has quietly added another entry to its ever-growing list of deprecated Windows features. The company is phasing out Virtualization-based Security (VBS) en
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-04-19 23:00:46
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR The toggle to enable the Screen-off Fingerprint Unlock feature is missing from Android 16 Beta 4, but it’s still possible to enable it via a hidden command. Screen-off Fingerprint Unlock allows Pixel phones to use fingerprint unlock even when their screens are off. The feature was first introduced in Android 16 DP2 for the Pixel 9 series but later expanded to all Pixel phones in Android 16 Beta 3. Every Tensor-powered Pixel phone, with the exception
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-04-21 11:13:26
Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More It is tough to remove bias, and in some cases, outright censorship, in large language models (LLMs). One such model, DeepSeek from China, alarmed politicians and some business leaders about its potential danger to national security. A select committee at the United States Congress recently released a report called DeepSeek, “a profound threat to our nation’s security,”
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-04-21 13:10:00
Elon Musk's artifical intelligence company xAI has added memory to its flagship AI known as Grok. The announcement was posted on Musk's social media platform X on Wednesday, along with information about how the memory functions work, which is similar to other AI models. When you speak to Grok, it'll pick up tidbits about your likes, dislikes, preferences and interests, and then use that information to tailor its responses directly to you. Chat GPT and Google's Gemini AI both added memory in 202
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-04-21 15:33:09
is a news writer fond of the electric vehicle lifestyle and things that plug in via USB-C. He spent over 15 years in IT support before joining The Verge. Tesla’s vehicles may be in a sales slump, but that’s not stopping the company from regularly introducing fresh features for owners. Tesla’s spring software update includes several useful new functions in its EVs, including adaptive high beams on compatible cars and better trip planning. The update will allow some Tesla owners to use high beam
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-04-22 07:00:34
Calvin Wankhede / Android Authority TL;DR US college students can now grab the Google One AI Premium plan for free. This limited-time offer gives students access to advanced Gemini features and 2TB storage. Students can sign up for the offer before June 30 and get free access until Spring 2026. Google is giving students a limited-time opportunity to get the full Gemini Advanced experience without spending a dime. The company has announced a new promo for the exam season that gives college st
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-04-22 07:14:00
Meet Instagram's newest feature: Instagram Blend. The social media platform is rolling out a new Reels feature that's a feed shared between you and friends you message in the app -- whether one-on-one or a group chat. You can invite friends to a Blend in a direct message. When you tap the Blend icon, Instagram will show you suggested Reels based on what you and your friends like -- maybe content you wouldn't see otherwise. Instagram expects to roll out new suggested Reels everyday. Instagram
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-04-22 11:00:00
is a news editor covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. Instagram is launching a new feature called Blend that’s a custom Reels feed shared between you and members of a DM group. If you’ve invited members of a DM chat to a Blend, then when you tap the Blend icon in a chat, Instagram will show you Reels that are suggested for people in the group. You can set up a Blend in a one-on-one conversation or in group chats, and the Blend f
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-04-23 12:30:05
Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority In late March, Garmin launched a new subscription service to bring more features to the Garmin Connect app. Creatively dubbed Garmin Connect Plus, the new service added a few upgraded tools while asking users to sign on for a $6.99 monthly fee. I briefly checked it out and wrote up a Garmin Connect Plus hands-on describing what readers could expect to find. The negative response to that article sent me down a rabbit hole, digging into the public reception of t
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-04-23 13:11:15
Elon Musk’s AI company, xAI, is slowly bringing its Grok chatbot to parity with top rivals like ChatGPT and Google’s Gemini. Wednesday night, xAI announced a “memory” feature for Grok that enables the bot to remember details from past conversations. Now, if you ask Grok for recommendations, it’ll give more personalized responses — assuming you’ve used it enough to allow it to “learn” your preferences. ChatGPT has long had a similar memory feature, which was recently upgraded to reference a use
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-04-23 19:40:56
is a news editor covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. Gemini Live’s feature that lets it see and respond to what’s on your camera and your screen will now be free for all Android users via the Gemini app, Google announced today. The AI-powered feature officially launched earlier this month for everyone on Pixel 9 and Samsung Galaxy S25 using the Gemini app. At the time, Google said the feature would launch “soon” for all Android
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-04-24 15:26:00
In brief: Google is borrowing a page from Apple's playbook. The tech giant is rolling out a new security feature that will automatically restart a device that has been locked and inactive for three consecutive days. Apple introduced a similar feature dubbed inactivity reboot with iOS 18.1 near the end of 2024. After a few days of inactivity, an iPhone equipped with the feature will automatically reboot itself. Most consider this an added layer of security, as a rebooted device is more difficult
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-04-24 15:37:40
Microsoft just announced that Xbox Series X/S and Xbox One owners can now stream select games they own directly from the console . This feature is exclusive to Game Pass Ultimate members. What’s the point of this? It’s intended to save both time and hard drive space. Gamers can jump right in immediately, without having to download and install a giant file. It doesn’t work with every game. As of this writing, there are over 100 titles that enable this feature . They include standouts like Assass
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-04-24 23:44:54
Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR Earlier this week, many media outlets reported that Google is rolling out an auto-reboot feature to Android that automatically restarts devices that have been locked for 3 consecutive days. This auto-reboot feature was mentioned on the Google System Release Notes page, where Google routinely shares information on new and upcoming Android and Google Play features. Recently, Google quietly updated the wording on this page to say that the auto-reboot feat
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-04-25 07:00:11
C. Scott Brown / Android Authority TL;DR Reddit users recently discovered that some Galaxy AI features are only available in China. This includes Social Composer, Ask AI, Touch Assistant, and Samsung Assistant. Of these four features, Social Composer is the only one I’d rather not see in more regions, as it would worsen the quality of social media platforms. Generative AI features are generating a lot of excitement right now, and Samsung has perhaps the best selection of AI-powered features
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Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority With a diverse range of powerful watches, Garmin earns a top spot in the wearables market. As a fitness enthusiast, I absolutely love Garmin’s entire lineup, from the Fenix 8 to the Vivoactive 6. The company’s lifestyle smartwatch, the Venu 3, offers fantastic heart rate and GPS accuracy, and a wealth of performance metrics. But despite its impressive features, I can’t bring myself to wear one every day. If you’re all about health and fitness, Garmin’s perfect
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-04-25 18:33:30
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR An Android Authority teardown has revealed that WhatsApp could get screenshot detection for the status feature. This comes over a decade after Snapchat first introduced screenshot detection for its stories. There’s no sign just yet that WhatsApp will actually tell users when someone takes a screenshot of their status. WhatsApp has offered the status feature for a while now, following in Snapchat‘s footsteps. Now, it looks like the Meta-owned platform
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-04-25 20:03:08
Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR Android 16’s Advanced Protection Mode will offer a one-click toggle that enables a plethora of security settings across the OS and even external apps. We’ve spotted the full list of security measures envisaged under Advanced Protection Mode so far. Advanced Protection Mode ties into Google Messages and Phone by Google, but we can expect more apps to join in when they incorporate the API. Google is working on an upgraded Advanced Protection Mode for An
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-04-25 19:56:00
Alex Tai/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images I've been using Android since version 1.5, so it's not often that a feature catches me off guard. You can imagine that when I do come across an unfamiliar Android feature, it's an exciting moment. For more casual (or newer) users of Google's mobile operating system, there are probably several hidden gems waiting to be discovered in Android, and some of these can be handy. Also: Your Android phone is getting a new security secret weapon - how i
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-04-26 11:49:45
As TikTok continues to build out its search experience, the social network is now surfacing reviews for select places right within the comments tab of a video. The new feature, which appears to be a test, eliminates the need to conduct a new search or open up Google when you come across a place on TikTok and want to learn more about it. TikTok users who have access to this new feature will see a new “Reviews” tab on the right after they click to view the video’s comments. For instance, if you
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-04-26 11:59:20
Google’s mobile operating system Android will now automatically reboot if the phone is locked for three days in a row. On Monday, the tech giant pushed updates to Google Play services, a core part of Android that provides functionalities for apps and the operating system itself. Listed under “Security & Privacy” is a new security feature that, “will automatically restart your device if locked for 3 consecutive days.” Last year, Apple rolled out the same feature for iOS. The thinking behind add
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We just had the most feature-packed Apple software year I can remember. But per rumors ahead of WWDC, 2025 is shaping up to quite a banner year for upgrades too, including with watchOS 12 adding Apple Intelligence features. Apple Intelligence in watchOS 12 will rely on iPhone-run models Mark Gurman recently provided several updates on Apple’s upcoming software releases. This included the welcome news that iPadOS 19 will push the iPad to be “more like a Mac.” Gurman also mentioned watchOS 12,
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A silent update rolling out to virtually all Android devices will make your phone more secure, and all you have to do is not touch it for a few days. The new feature implements auto-restart of a locked device, which will keep your personal data more secure. It's coming as part of a Google Play Services update, though, so there's nothing you can do to speed along the process. Google is preparing to release a new update to Play Services (v25.14), which brings a raft of tweaks and improvements to
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Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR The latest Google Play services update includes a new security feature for Android phones. The feature auto-reboots devices if they remain locked for three consecutive days. This new inactivity reboot feature could reach users over the coming weeks. We recently learned that Google was working on a new security feature for Android devices that would trigger an automatic reboot if the devices remain locked for three consecutive days. We first spotted ev
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-04-27 07:57:54
Tatiana Maksimova/Getty Images A new security feature from Google means that Android devices might soon start rebooting automatically -- and that's not a bad thing. In a recent Google Play Services update, Google details how your Android phone will soon reboot if you haven't used it for three consecutive days. How reboots help This is important for two reasons. The first is because, to open a phone after a reboot, you must enter a PIN -- no biometrics or other method of unlocking. PIN-only a
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-04-27 07:10:40
If you’ve been eyeing a GoPro but can’t justify the premium price tag, meet your new adventure companion. The Akaso Brave 4 delivers 4K recording, image stabilization, and waterproof capabilities in a package that rivals cameras costing three times as much. Whether you’re diving, mountain biking, or just want to capture life’s memorable moments in stunning detail, this action camera packs professional features into a budget-friendly device. Amazon has dropped the price of the Akaso Brave 4 from
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Robert Triggs / Android Authority TL;DR The Google app’s latest beta includes code for a new contextual selection feature, similar to Circle to Search, for use within Gemini Live. During Gemini Live screen-sharing sessions, users will soon be able to summon a movable pencil button that lets them select specific on-screen elements for improved context targeting for their conversation with AI. Unlike the unconfirmed “Circle Screen” button seen earlier in internal builds, this live circle-select
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Jack Wallen / Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET For many, network and PC speed are easily taken for granted. Most modern computers are powerful, and most network speeds far surpass what we had in the late 1990s and early 2000s. But that is not the case in every situation. Upgrading to a more powerful computer can be expensive. Also: How to upgrade your 'incompatible' Windows 10 PC to Windows 11 now In some rural locations, there is little competition for internet connectivity, and the available o
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