Joe Maring / Android Authority When you receive a call on your Android phone, you see a standard incoming call screen with that person’s name, number, and profile picture. Calling Cards let you spruce this up a bit, allowing you to select a full-screen picture and stylized text to display for each of your contacts. It’s basically Google’s version of …
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Toggling this one Waze setting fixes its most annoying feature
Andy Walker / Android Authority Waze is a great navigation app for city drivers and road trippers. It highlights important road events and traffic backlogs along your route. Powered by its active community, these alerts give the app genuine road-going utility compared to Google Maps. When I drive, I usually use Google Maps on my Android Auto screen while enjoying …
Read More »Back in the USSR and a bit of the bizarre feature ahead of Trump-Putin summit – Reuters
Back in the USSR and a bit of the bizarre feature ahead of Trump-Putin summit Reuters USSR sweatshirt and chicken kyiv: Russia dials up trolling before Alaska summit The Guardian Trump-Putin meeting: Russian delegation arrives in Alaska — follow live The Times Trump-Putin latest: Leaders to meet in Alaska for Ukraine peace talks The Telegraph Sergey Lavrov’s Alaska outfit hints at Soviet nostalgia politico.eu Source …
Read More »I turned on this hidden Gmail feature — and stopped drowning in emails
Every morning started with a flood of emails, which included work messages, shipping notifications, and random newsletters. My inbox always felt like a mess, whether I was checking emails on my phone during breakfast or on my desktop PC during work. I tried labeling systems, starring urgent messages, and setting aside time blocks for email. Yet, I never felt quite …
Read More »Apple launching ‘redesigned Blood Oxygen feature’ on Apple Watch in the U.S. today
Apple has announced that it will release a software update for iPhone and Apple Watch later today with a “redesigned Blood Oxygen feature” for Apple Watch users in the United States. This comes over 18 months after Apple began selling the Apple Watch without the Blood Oxygen feature in America due to a patent dispute. The new feature will be …
Read More »Next iPad Mini to Feature A19 Pro Chip
Apple is working on a next-generation version of the iPad mini (codename J510/J511) that features an A19 chip, according to information found in code that Apple mistakenly shared. It looks like the next-generation iPad mini will get the A19 Pro chip that Apple plans to use in the iPhone 17 Pro models. Apple is developing the A19 chips for the …
Read More »Battlefield 6 Open Beta Weekend 2 Includes Playlists Updates, Nice New Matchmaking Feature, And More
Battlefield 6’s open beta returns on August 14 for its second and final weekend of testing, and now Battlefield Studios has outlined what to expect, including playlist changes, a nice new feature, and more. For Weekend 2, more playlists will rotate between different game modes. For example, the All-Out Warfare playlist will feature Breakthrough, Conquest, and Rush for the second …
Read More »Google CEO adds a new calendar feature at Stripe co-founder’s request
Talk about customer service. On Wednesday, Google CEO Sundar Pichai posted on X about Google Calendar’s new feature to duplicate events — an addition that was specifically requested by Stripe co-founder John Collison last month, also via an X post. On July 5, Collison asked if Google Calendar users could get a Ctrl-click option that would allow them to easily …
Read More »Google Photos ‘Remix’ feature explained ahead of rollout
While we’re still waiting on a wider rollout, Google is detailing how to use its new “Remix” feature in Photos, which allows users to turn their pictures into cartoon art styles. Announced in July alongside its photo-to-video generation tool, Google Photos is also adding a “Remix” feature that can take a photo and turn it into one of four new …
Read More »iPhone 17 Air to Feature A19 Pro Chip With Reduced GPU Performance
Apple’s upcoming iPhone 17 Air will include an A19 Pro chip with a 5-core GPU, according to Weibo leaker Fixed Focus Digital. The Chinese account, which has over two million followers, claims that only the iPhone 17 Pro models will have the full 6-core GPU A19 Pro configuration. It’s the second time in as many months that Fixed Focus Digital …
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