The YouTube family of apps continue to have their own design language that’s distinct from Google services. YouTube is now rolling out a redesign of the video player across Android, iOS, web, and TV, as well as a handful of other “expressive and intuitive” updates. The goal of this “updated video player” is to offer a “cleaner and more immersive” …
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After debuting on the Pixel 10 (version 10.0), Google is rolling out the Pixel Camera 10.1 update to older devices with a handful of Material 3 Expressive tweaks. On the viewfinder, the capture button is now a solid circle with a transparent ring. The two buttons flanking it are now rounded squares, with the preview of your last image getting …
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The Galaxy Watch 7 series is reportedly getting a One UI 8 update based on Wear OS 6 in certain regions, marking the start of a wider rollout to more Galaxy Watch devices. One UI 8 brings a number of changes to the Galaxy Watch series. Namely, the addition of UI elements like new stacking tiles and easier app management …
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Quest’s Horizon OS v81 is rolling out now, bringing the Horizon Engine Immersive Home, persistent window anchoring, QuickPlay, and more. A test version of v81 started rolling out to the Horizon OS Public Test Channel (PTC) in late August, and now six weeks later it’s rolling out for all supported Quest headsets. Quest v81 PTC Completely Overhauls Your VR Home …
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Google announced its new design language in May. Material 3 Expressive redesigns have been rolling out to Google apps since then, but the Pixel 10 and Android 16 QPR1 launch really kicked things off. Here’s our list of what’s available and still to come on Android phones. Updated 10/12: Refer to the table for what’s New and Updated. Recent launches …
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With the release of macOS 26 Tahoe last month, users began noticing a major GPU slowdown issue in popular Electron apps, due to their usage of a particular private API. Now, the Electron team has fixed the issue, and said fix is beginning to roll out in popular third party apps that utilize the framework. In short, Electron is a …
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Rolling Stone has published a new list of the 250 best songs of the 21st century so far, and the music magazine included a whopping two metal songs in the roundup. The first metal appearance on the list goes to Mastodon, whose 2004 Leviathan track “Blood and Thunder” landed at No. 230. Slightly higher up the list at No. 174 was System of a Down‘s “Chop Suey!,” off 2001’s Toxicity. …
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The first update to Android 16 QPR1 is rolling out with the October security patch for the Pixel 6, 6 Pro, 6a, 7, 7 Pro, 7a, Tablet, Fold, 8, 8 Pro, 8a, 9, 9 Pro, 9 Pro XL, 9 Pro Fold, 9a, Pixel 10, Pixel 10 Pro, and Pixel 10 Pro XL. There are no security issues resolved in the …
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Ahead of the Pixel Watch 4 officially going on sale tomorrow, Google is rolling out Wear OS 6 to the Pixel Watch 2 and 3. Based on Wear OS 6 and Android 16, BP3A.250905.014.W3 is rolling out to the Pixel Watch 2 and 3. This includes both the Bluetooth/Wi-Fi and LTE models. There is no update for the original wearable …
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watchOS 26.1 is the next noteworthy software update coming to the Apple Watch, and today Apple released developer beta 2. watchOS 26.1 beta 2 available for developers Apple’s next wave of software updates is currently in beta testing, which kicked off last month. So far, the updates appear to focus largely on Apple Intelligence expansions. For example, iOS 26.1 beta …
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