Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR Google is testing more options in the updated video editor set to arrive in the Photos app. Now, we see more elaborate text editing features, including multiple font styles, text colors, and alignment options. This marks a significant upgrade over the crude text options currently available in Google Photos. Typically, you’d find Instagram — …
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Google designed the Pixel Watch 4 to be serviceable (or repairable) and an iFixit teardown today shows how easy it is to do so. In all, you just need three screwdriver bits (1IP, 2IP, and 5IP), a spudger, and tweezers. Access into the Pixel Watch 4 starts by removing each Band to access a screw underneath. A tiny O-ring gasket …
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Following the teardown of the new iPhone 17 Pro, the iPhone Air, and its MagSafe Battery, iFixit has now published the teardown of the new AirPods Pro 3. Here’s what they found. Let’s get this out of the way: as with previous AirPods models, the new AirPods Pro 3 are all but unrepairable. Or as they put it: AirPods are …
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Apple’s AirPods have long been criticized for being some of the most unrepairable gadgets you can buy, and the new AirPods Pro 3 sadly keep that reputation alive. Like every portable electronic device, Apple’s earbuds also rely on lithium batteries that degrade after a couple of years, but the problem is that the company still insists on gluing them inside, …
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Hardware revisions are extremely common throughout PlayStation’s history, and while some are more substantial than others, they typically make for consoles that are cheaper to make, and thus cheaper to buy. However, due to global conditions outside the company’s control, Sony’s latest version of the regular PS5 (the “slim” model) is one such revision that doesn’t pass on the saving …
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Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR An Android Authority teardown of the Google Home app has uncovered a Home Brief feature. This seems to be Google’s name for security-related summaries in the smart home app. We’ve also uncovered more details about the Google Home Premium subscription. The Google Home app is your hub for your smart home gadgets, including cameras …
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Following the iPhone Air teardown, iFixit turned its eyes and its screwdrivers to the iPhone 17 Pro, and found that the device packs a combination of welcome improvements and one setback when it comes to repairability. Here are the details. Inside the vapor chamber Like in the teardown of the iPhone Air, iFixit’s new teardown revealed how Apple packed most …
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As per usual, iFixit has done their excellent annual iPhone teardown and analysis, and they’ve discovered some great news about iPhone Air. Despite being an incredibly thin engineering feat, the iPhone Air is still pretty easy to repair. Just like Apple’s keynote depicted, iPhone Air is mostly battery on the inside. The vast majority of the components are located within …
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Repair site iFixit today did one of its traditional teardowns on the iPhone Air, which is Apple’s thinnest iPhone to date and the first major redesign we’ve seen in the iPhone line in several years. To fit all of the necessary components in a 5.6mm frame, Apple designed a camera “plateau.” The iPhone Air‘s logic board is partially inside of …
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Rita El Khoury / Android Authority TL;DR An Android Authority teardown has uncovered just how Quick Share will work for iPhones. Android owners can share a QR code with iPhone users to let them download files. However, files shared with iPhone users via Quick Share will first be uploaded to the cloud and retained for 24 hours. We’ve known since …
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