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With many kids stuck indoors today, Google wants to make it easier for parents to discover child-appropriate Android apps. The Play Store is adding a new “Kids” section that features pre-screened, teacher-approved content.
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For a long time, OnePlus has been putting out smartphones with killer value that end up with a few little quirks that, for the most part, are forgivable given the price point. Now, in 2020, the OnePlus 8 Pro is the company’s first device to real…

Android smartphones can have as much cool tech as companies can dream of, but implementing it properly relies on apps. Convincing developers to support new features has always been Android’s Achillies heel, and it seems that app problem will be …

We don’t know the real sales figures for the Mountain View, California company’s Pixel line of flagship smartphones, but we do occasionally get hints. For one, Google reported “declines in hardware” sales during its Q4 2019 earnings this p…

On Friday, Google and Apple announced a surprise collaboration to integrate contact tracing for COVID-19 into iOS and Android. That first phase of this plan is coming next month, but deeper OS-level integration is also planned. In rolling out these fe…

It’s been a while since Motorola released a proper Android flagship, but that’s set to change in the not-too-distant future. In a teaser today, Motorola confirmed it will hold an online-only launch event on April 22nd.
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Google has made several of its apps from Pixel smartphones available widely in the Play Store for other Android users, but its phone/dialer app hasn’t been one of them historically. Now, some Android phones have been able to download the dialer …