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As the AI boom consumes everything tangible around us, it's even more important to keep physical media alive. Since our current tech isn't equipped to interface with these relics, an external disc...
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Since the Pixel 8, Google’s camera-based face recognition has supported Android’s highest biometric standard. The Pixel 11 series now offers Face Unlock that “recognizes you more easily in low light.”
Google quietly mentions this update on the Pixel 11, 11 Pro, and 11 Pro Fold product listings: “Fa...
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Worldwide AI-chatbot web visits: ChatGPT 76% → 54%. Gemini 6% → 28%. Claude 1% → 9%. This is not monthly users and not revenue.
Similarweb worldwide web-visit share (desktop + mobile web). May 2026 is still the latest comparable stacked print as of 12 Aug (Momentic / Similarweb). Gemini’s 1B app MA...
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A simple Android logbook for blood sugar. Free. No account. No internet. Everything stays on the phone.
I built this so I wouldn't have to keep filling in paper forms and notebooks while tracking blood sugar for someone close to me. Anyone in the same situation can use it.
Health numbers are perso...
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tawc runs CLI and graphical Linux programs on Android without root. Graphical apps get hardware acceleration with the phone's native graphics stack. The project consists of tawcroot (a performant alternative to PRoot), a Wayland compositor, and the UI to put it all together.
This project is agent-b...
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As you've no doubt noticed, there's a lot to read on the internet. Vast numbers of new articles are published every day. There's still quite a lot of it not being written by AI, too.
Trying to keep up with everything can feel exhausting, and that's where read-it-later apps come in. These apps will ...
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Besides visual changes, Android 17 QPR2 Beta 3 also introduces a native App lock feature to Pixel devices.
When you long-press an application for the Actions menu, “App lock” appears at the bottom to join App info, Pause app, Widgets, Remove, and Bubble. This will require Fingerprint Unlock or PIN ...
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The interface changes in Android 17 QPR2 Beta 3 continue with more blur for the Pixel lockscreen.
Beta 3 blurs the list of notifications and the two lockscreen shortcuts, though not all of them as of this release. The fingerprint icon also gets the translucency treatment today.
How prominent this ...
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The preview for the December release continues today with a surprising Friday launch of Android 17 QPR2 Beta 3.
Over the coming hours, we’ll dive into all of Android 17 QPR2 Beta 3’s new features and every single change. (The newest updates will be at the top of this list. Be sure to check back oft...
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The surprise Friday drop of Android 17 QPR2 lets you customize the layout of the Quick Settings shade on Pixel. This editor was introduced in the latest Android Canary build for a relatively short turnaround.
Open Quick Settings and tap the pencil icon in the corner for a new “Layout” tab at the bo...