The Verge

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Tile has officially announced its first ultra-wideband (UWB) tracking tag, the Tile Ultra, coming in 2022 and which Tile claims is the first tracking tag from any company to offer UWB support on both Android and iOS. The Ultra will also offer an augmented-reality mode to easily directly you straight to your missing tracker.

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The Verge

APRIL 21, 2021

Apple’s AirTags have one feature not mentioned during the announcement yesterday: they’ll work with Android to a limited extent. As 9to5Mac noted , there’s a support article on Apple’s site that details how AirTags will work with an Android device if you don’t have your iPhone handy. Image: Apple.

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Gizmodo

JULY 13, 2021

We’re in a weird transition period with Android smartwatches, and that means you should be very careful about buying a Wear OS smartwatch right now—especially ones like the limited edition Super Mario smartwatch that Tag Heuer announced today. Read more.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Motorola is working on a new version of its Razr foldable smartphones, according to a Weibo post spotted by Android Authority. It doesn’t have big shoes to fill — Motorola’s first two modern foldables were mediocre phones with hefty price tags. The post was actually found by Android Authority. Not pictured: a beloved phone.

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The Verge

APRIL 27, 2021

SideQuest has launched an Android app that lets you do the same neat trick as its desktop app: sideload VR content from outside the official Oculus Store onto your Quest or Quest 2 VR headset. You play as a gorilla, and you play tag, but the controls and graphical style make it unique and hilarious.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 5, 2020

You can now search for songs by their lyrics on iOS and Android ( via 9to5Mac ). For those times when you’re constantly singing a line of a song but just can’t remember what song those lyrics came from, Spotify can now help you with that. I could see how searching by lyrics could be a really handy feature, especially for people like me.

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The Verge

JULY 10, 2021

Well, in addition to some other historic milestones, somewhere in the top 100 hits of the year will be the introduction of smart tracker tags from two major mobile device manufacturers: Samsung and Apple. Tracking tags have been around for a while now, and Tile has been the best-known brand in the space.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Twitter is bringing Topics to Spaces so that hosts can tag their Spaces with up to three relevant Topics, according to the Spaces Twitter account. It’s a small addition to start: there are only 10 Topics to choose from, limited to English, for some people on the Android app. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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OCTOBER 30, 2020

Those uncertainties aside, we know SmartThings Find uses a combination Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) and ultra-wideband (UWB) services to locate devices, and is available on hardware running Android 8 or later. That will expand the service’s ability to hunt down any item or object you’ve attached a tag to.

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The Verge

MAY 12, 2020

Hot on the heels of updating the foldable Razr to Android 10 , Motorola has announced that the soon-to-be-released Edge Plus will also get at least two future Android OS updates, ensuring that the new flagship will run both the pending Android 11 and next year’s Android 12 (assuming Google sticks with its naming scheme).

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The Verge

AUGUST 31, 2020

But what if Google launched an Android TV dongle with its own remote control for the same $50 you’d pay for a high-end Roku or Fire stick? The home improvement story briefly listed a Google “Sabrina” for $49.99, and 9to5Google ’s sources were able to provide pictures of that price tag in the Home Depot’s internal systems as well.

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The Verge

JANUARY 14, 2021

When you’re searching for the tag, the SmartThings app can show a proximity indicator depending on the strength of the BLE signal, and you can tap a button to make the tag emit a chime. It will not work if you have another Android phone or an iPhone. It will cost $39.99.

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The Verge

JANUARY 14, 2021

In this refresh of the S-series lineup it’s the best choice for value, but how does it square up against its fellow Android competitors? Where the S21 aims to deliver a complete all-around package, some of its competitors have made tradeoffs for things like a bigger battery or a lower price tag that are worth considering.

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The Verge

MARCH 4, 2021

But ahead of that, there’s a new tool that will let anybody make their own Bluetooth tracking tag to use with the Find My network so they can track its location. OpenHaystack works via a custom Mac app that can be used to track the location of custom tags that you create. Image: OpenHaystack. The code is untested and incomplete.

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The Verge

JUNE 29, 2021

Android phones and iPhones have spam-filtering features that you can enable. If you have an Android phone: Open the Messages app. If you have an Android phone: When you tap on a message that Android tags as suspicious, the OS will often give you the opportunity to report it as spam (or verify that it’s not spam).

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The Verge

MARCH 19, 2021

price tag as its predecessor, the Nook 10.1” And like previous Nook tablets, the new Nook tablet will still run Android with Barnes & Noble’s Nook software for buying e-books from the popular bookstore. Barnes & Noble has announced its latest Nook-branded tablet: the promised Lenovo collaboration called the Nook 10” HD Tablet.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

This is, obviously, only a limited list: they all offer free versions, and all (except one) sync across a variety of devices, including web browsers, Android devices, and iPhones, among others. There, of course, are other less specific alternatives — for example, note apps such as Evernote and Keep will save and tag article links.

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The Verge

MAY 28, 2020

The company initially launched the feature back in December for the few Android smartphones and tablets that supported the mobile version of Atmos, but the living room version of the feature (with the far better speaker systems that it offers) will likely offer a much better experience than the mobile one.

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The Verge

JANUARY 25, 2021

The biggest question, though, is whether the new Xperia Compact will offer flagship-level specifications or if it’ll fall into the same pitfall of other shrunken-down Android devices and offer downgraded specs to match its smaller size.

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The Verge

MAY 29, 2020

“Since the start of this partnership in 2018, OnePlus has been a supportive, valued partner,” McLaren said in a statement given to Android Authority , adding, “We wish them well and hope to see them in the future.”.

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The Verge

MAY 28, 2021

Lenovo’s Yoga Pad Pro is a new 13-inch Android tablet that can easily double as an external monitor, Gizmochina reports. Sure, there are plenty of other portable monitors out there, often available with bigger screen sizes and lower price tags. A built in Micro HDMI port lets the tablet work as an external monitor. Image: Lenovo.

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The Verge

JANUARY 22, 2021

Apple’s flagship wireless earbuds, the AirPods Pro, are considered worthy of their $249 price tag. Although this phone is almost three years old, it does come equipped with Android 11 OS and it will also receive Android 12 , which is coming later this year. However, there are a few deals going on right now.

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The Verge

JUNE 4, 2020

This includes new AI features to enhance compressed music, the ability to connect to multiple devices at once, and a $348 price tag, via Android Police.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

One of the big caveats in our initial review of this controller was the hefty price tag, and while we could certainly justify the investment, this deal just makes the Series 2 that much more appealing. Even the Bose Alto Frames are down to just $100 , cutting the original price tag in half.

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The Verge

JANUARY 14, 2021

Samsung will be the first major Android maker out of the gate with Qualcomm’s newest chips, this time with the Snapdragon 888. The good reason: a hedge against Google and Android. It’s always possible Google might do something egregious and Samsung would want to bail and do without Google’s services (or even Android itself).

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The Verge

APRIL 8, 2022

The tablet for Samsung phone owners If you’ve been looking for a tablet to complement your Android phone, for many years, your choices have been few and far between. In fact, the Android tablet market has provided so few compelling options that even many Android enthusiasts would recommend that you just buy an iPad if you want a tablet.

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The Verge

MARCH 19, 2021

And given the $150 price tag, it had better offer a better experience than Apple or Google’s sub-$10 dongles. The new DAC should be compatible with “most” Android smartphones and tablets and both macOS and Windows 10 computers.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Tile popularized marking items and tracking them from your phone with its small Bluetooth tags, but is suddenly facing more competition from giants like Apple, Amazon, Google, and Samsung. However, the game may have changed once Apple and Google started building their own item-locating features into iPhones and Android devices.

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The Verge

APRIL 8, 2021

If all goes to plan, the Nokia X20 should still be under warranty when it receives its Android 14 update. In the past, HMD has generally been good at updating its phones over time, though ComputerWorld ’s Android 11 upgrade tracker reports that it’s been more sluggish lately. It should eventually be updated to Android 14.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Nokia is doing its part to jump-start sales by packing the X100 with lots of surprising features, despite its small sub-$300 price tag. Out of the box, the X100 uses Android 11, but it’s unclear if and when this model will get future OS or security updates from the carrier or manufacturer.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 15, 2020

You can also quickly mirror your Samsung phone’s (running Android Oreo 8.1 or higher) display by tapping it to the top-right edge of the monitor, where its NFC tag is located. You can also connect wirelessly via DeX, Samsung’s utility that lets your Galaxy S8 or newer phone power a desktop-like PC experience on the monitor.

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The Verge

MARCH 31, 2021

Volvo’s Polestar 2 launched in 2020 with Android Automotive built-in and Google Assistant integration for similar control over settings like air conditioning, something that wasn’t part of the old Android Auto. We liked the Polestar’s Google-built software , though much like Lamborghini, it comes with a high price tag.

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Galido

JULY 20, 2018

Information Technology Blog - - iPhone Vs Android — A Comparative Study 2018 - Information Technology Blog. When it comes time to buying a phone, questions may arise whether to buy a phone with Android or an iPhone, which uses iOS. Deciding which is better, Android or iPhone is a long time debate. Which of the two is better?

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The Verge

APRIL 2, 2021

If its $200 price tag has been a stumbling block, Nomad is offering a 50 percent discount on the charger until Sunday, April 4th, at 2:59AM ET (Saturday at 11:59PM PT if you’re on the West Coast). Though anything else (even Android devices that support fast Qi charging) will be limited to 5W.

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The Verge

AUGUST 19, 2021

As with last year’s Edge, the new model doesn’t quite offer the best hardware Android has to offer, with a Snapdragon 778 5G processor, 6GB RAM and 128GB storage, or 8GB RAM / 256GB storage, but those sacrifices might be worth it for the decidedly midrange price tag. Another “limited time” discount.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

You can read up on everything that makes them a solid purchase with Chris Welch’s review , but the notable highlight is that they’re just as good to use with Android phones as they are with iPhones. This is the first set of Beats headphones with a USB-C charging port, and the Android app makes for easy configuration.

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The Verge

APRIL 14, 2021

Google is now trying to make the process faster, too, by having Google Assistant fill in contact information and payment details automatically on Android phones after you find a restaurant via Google Search. Google plans to add more restaurants in the US later this year.

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