You can now manage your Google storage straight from Gmail
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Your Google One cloud storage is shared across a bunch of apps like Gmail, Drive, and Photos — whether it’s the free 15GB you get by default for all new accounts or you’ve paid to get extra, it can easily get spread thin. But for some of us, we sometimes forget it’s even there until we can't back up another photo or we're being urged to delete emails. Now, Google is adding one more place where you can keep track of your storage by incorporating a reminder of sorts in Gmail.
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Your Google One cloud storage is shared across a bunch of apps like Gmail, Drive, and Photos — whether it’s the free 15GB you get by default for all new accounts or you’ve paid to get extra, it can easily get spread thin. But for some of us, we sometimes forget it’s even there until we can't back up another photo or we're being urged to delete emails. Now, Google is adding one more place where you can keep track of your storage by incorporating a reminder of sorts in Gmail.
11 of the best and most useful Android widgets you can get
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After Apple's widget implementation in iOS 14, Microsoft followed the trend with Windows 11 update. The situation has led to a renewed interest in the form factor across all platforms, including Android. And since Android app developers have had a lot more time to perfect their widgets, it's no wonder that there are many polished home screen decorations out there. Here are a few of our favorite ones.
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After Apple's widget implementation in iOS 14, Microsoft followed the trend with Windows 11 update. The situation has led to a renewed interest in the form factor across all platforms, including Android. And since Android app developers have had a lot more time to perfect their widgets, it's no wonder that there are many polished home screen decorations out there. Here are a few of our favorite ones.
Period-tracking apps face intense data privacy scrutiny in wake of Roe reversal
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There are many consequences in the Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization. In addition to relinquishing federal protections for the right to abortion, it also overturned a loosely-couched constitutional right to privacy as determined in Roe v. Wade. At the same time HR departments across the country scramble to figure out what to do, manufacturers of women's birth control, contraception, and fertility products are dealing with the challenges of protecting the privacy of their customers while maintaining advanced web-integrated features.
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There are many consequences in the Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization. In addition to relinquishing federal protections for the right to abortion, it also overturned a loosely-couched constitutional right to privacy as determined in Roe v. Wade. At the same time HR departments across the country scramble to figure out what to do, manufacturers of women's birth control, contraception, and fertility products are dealing with the challenges of protecting the privacy of their customers while maintaining advanced web-integrated features.
WhatsApp is developing avatars for video calls
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WhatsApp is slowly yet steadily expanding the frontier of what its users can do with emoji. It has certainly had to make up ground against other messaging apps with emoji stickers and animated emoji, but it's all progress nonetheless. We're now learning about another feature in the pipeline that's playing catch-up to something Apple and Samsung were all over years ago.
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WhatsApp is slowly yet steadily expanding the frontier of what its users can do with emoji. It has certainly had to make up ground against other messaging apps with emoji stickers and animated emoji, but it's all progress nonetheless. We're now learning about another feature in the pipeline that's playing catch-up to something Apple and Samsung were all over years ago.
Ditching your iPhone just got way easier with Google’s latest Switch to Android app
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Even as Apple does everything in its power to keep users locked into iMessage and the rest of its ecosystem, Google keeps making it easy to switch over to Android. In April, the company launched Switch to Android, an app designed to streamline the process of moving off the iPhone. Unfortunately, it came with a pretty big caveat: only Pixel devices supported the app's initial release. In a world where most consumers choose Samsung's Galaxy series over Google's own phones, that's a serious limitation. Thankfully, that's changing today.
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Even as Apple does everything in its power to keep users locked into iMessage and the rest of its ecosystem, Google keeps making it easy to switch over to Android. In April, the company launched Switch to Android, an app designed to streamline the process of moving off the iPhone. Unfortunately, it came with a pretty big caveat: only Pixel devices supported the app's initial release. In a world where most consumers choose Samsung's Galaxy series over Google's own phones, that's a serious limitation. Thankfully, that's changing today.
Sony one-ups Samsung with its new 1-inch smartphone camera sensor
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Sony's got a long history in digital imaging, creating not just plenty of cameras itself, but also producing the hardware that goes in other devices. If you're building a smartphone in 2022, the odds are good that if you're not using one of Samsung's ISOCELL sensors for your camera, you're going with a Sony component. Samsung's most recent launch — the 200MP ISOCELL HP3 sensor — is still a long way from making it into a commercial product, but Sony is not wasting any time showing off its new 1-inch camera sensor, the IMX989, set to debut with the Xiaomi 12S Ultra on July 4.
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Sony's got a long history in digital imaging, creating not just plenty of cameras itself, but also producing the hardware that goes in other devices. If you're building a smartphone in 2022, the odds are good that if you're not using one of Samsung's ISOCELL sensors for your camera, you're going with a Sony component. Samsung's most recent launch — the 200MP ISOCELL HP3 sensor — is still a long way from making it into a commercial product, but Sony is not wasting any time showing off its new 1-inch camera sensor, the IMX989, set to debut with the Xiaomi 12S Ultra on July 4.
You can now repair your own Pixel with replacement parts from iFixit
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Smartphone makers have traditionally been iffy about letting customers do their own repairs—Apple famously changed the screws on the iPhone to make it harder to open. Although, even Apple is starting to come around, and Google does what Apple does. Google and iFixit announced several months ago that official Pixel parts would come to the latter's online storefront, and today is the big day. If you've got a busted Pixel, you can now get what you need to fix it yourself.
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Smartphone makers have traditionally been iffy about letting customers do their own repairs—Apple famously changed the screws on the iPhone to make it harder to open. Although, even Apple is starting to come around, and Google does what Apple does. Google and iFixit announced several months ago that official Pixel parts would come to the latter's online storefront, and today is the big day. If you've got a busted Pixel, you can now get what you need to fix it yourself.
FCC commissioner calls TikTok Chinese spyware and wants it pulled from mobile app stores
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TikTok's rise to the top of the social media game was relatively quick. In September 2021, the app reported a massive 1 billion users, all as people spent an average of 52 minutes in the app every day. Since its meteoric rise, nearly every other social network and tech company has imitated its cont...
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TikTok's rise to the top of the social media game was relatively quick. In September 2021, the app reported a massive 1 billion users, all as people spent an average of 52 minutes in the app every day. Since its meteoric rise, nearly every other social network and tech company has imitated its cont...
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Pixel Buds A-Series fix for its broken bass slider is (probably) on the way
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Google's Pixel Buds A-Series first arrived about a year ago, and the earbuds have held up pretty well, thanks to features like IPX4-rated water/sweat resistance and "Hey Google" hotword detection. A December update for the earbuds introduced a host of new additions, including a loudness compensation toggle and a bass slider. Unfortunately, that slider's been a bit messed up for a while now, but Google is finally getting around to remedying the problem with the help of a new firmware update — we think?
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Google's Pixel Buds A-Series first arrived about a year ago, and the earbuds have held up pretty well, thanks to features like IPX4-rated water/sweat resistance and "Hey Google" hotword detection. A December update for the earbuds introduced a host of new additions, including a loudness compensation toggle and a bass slider. Unfortunately, that slider's been a bit messed up for a while now, but Google is finally getting around to remedying the problem with the help of a new firmware update — we think?
Samsung's heavy-duty Galaxy XCover 6 Pro is keeping the removable battery dream alive in 2022
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These days, Samsung's phones all look the same. They feature a bezel-less screen, rocking either a notch or a punch-hole camera at the top, a flat plastic or glass back, and metal or plastic edges along the sides. They also lack several once-universal features, including headphone jacks and removable batteries. In many ways, the XCover lineup represents the anthesis of modern smartphone design, adding in those features with a rugged design. The Samsung Galaxy XCover 6 Pro is here, and it looks like a solid device for those who want their phone to be able to take a beating.
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These days, Samsung's phones all look the same. They feature a bezel-less screen, rocking either a notch or a punch-hole camera at the top, a flat plastic or glass back, and metal or plastic edges along the sides. They also lack several once-universal features, including headphone jacks and removable batteries. In many ways, the XCover lineup represents the anthesis of modern smartphone design, adding in those features with a rugged design. The Samsung Galaxy XCover 6 Pro is here, and it looks like a solid device for those who want their phone to be able to take a beating.
Car crash detection may soon shed its Google Pixel exclusivity
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The Pixel 4 was full of firsts for Google, and aside from that Soli radar chip and all its Jedi-style antics, the phone introduced us to Google's automatic car crash detection. The idea may seem trivial to some, but it can legitimately be a lifesaver in a crash, alerting emergency services if the user's not able to do so. Sadly, the feature has remained a Pixel-exclusive almost three years after its debut, and is further limited to the Pixel 3 and later. That all may be set to change soon, though, as clues in Personal Safety's latest update hint at wider availability.
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The Pixel 4 was full of firsts for Google, and aside from that Soli radar chip and all its Jedi-style antics, the phone introduced us to Google's automatic car crash detection. The idea may seem trivial to some, but it can legitimately be a lifesaver in a crash, alerting emergency services if the user's not able to do so. Sadly, the feature has remained a Pixel-exclusive almost three years after its debut, and is further limited to the Pixel 3 and later. That all may be set to change soon, though, as clues in Personal Safety's latest update hint at wider availability.
WhatsApp is about to supercharge message reactions, surpassing even Telegram
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WhatsApp has been generally slow to roll out new features. This is unlike Telegram, which keeps adding major new features to its platform every few months. Slowly but steadily though, the Facebook-owned company has been working on bridging this gap and further enhancing your messaging experience with some useful upgrades like the ability to send files up to 2GB in size, add up to 512 people in a group, and Communities. In May 2022, the company rolled out...
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WhatsApp has been generally slow to roll out new features. This is unlike Telegram, which keeps adding major new features to its platform every few months. Slowly but steadily though, the Facebook-owned company has been working on bridging this gap and further enhancing your messaging experience with some useful upgrades like the ability to send files up to 2GB in size, add up to 512 people in a group, and Communities. In May 2022, the company rolled out...
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The Google Nest Hub Max just got a proper Bluetooth settings pane as part of its Fuchsia update
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Google's Fuchsia operating system has remained elusive for a long time, but it finally made its debut on the first-gen Nest Hub last year. Granted, there was absolutely no fanfare about its launch and no immediately noticeable difference compared to the previous firmware. Even the UI remained identical. The operating system is now landing on the Nest Hub Max as part of Google's preview program,...
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Google's Fuchsia operating system has remained elusive for a long time, but it finally made its debut on the first-gen Nest Hub last year. Granted, there was absolutely no fanfare about its launch and no immediately noticeable difference compared to the previous firmware. Even the UI remained identical. The operating system is now landing on the Nest Hub Max as part of Google's preview program,...
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Microsoft Edge leaps ahead of Chrome when it comes to building website collections
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Modern browsers have moved on from offering bookmarks as the sole way to save interesting bits you find surfing through the vastness of the internet. Each browser now serves up something unique, and on Microsoft Edge, it's Collections, which by the way is so useful that it single-handedly makes you want to ditch Chrome for good. Compared to Chrome's Reading List, Collections is a lot more intuitive in that it lets you save images and text snippets along with webpages — w...
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Modern browsers have moved on from offering bookmarks as the sole way to save interesting bits you find surfing through the vastness of the internet. Each browser now serves up something unique, and on Microsoft Edge, it's Collections, which by the way is so useful that it single-handedly makes you want to ditch Chrome for good. Compared to Chrome's Reading List, Collections is a lot more intuitive in that it lets you save images and text snippets along with webpages — w...
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Google is finally fixing its most annoying design mistake
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Remember when minimalism was cool?
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Remember when minimalism was cool?
This Casio told you of incoming calls without Wi-Fi or Bluetooth
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I mostly dislike modern smartwatches. After a while, they tend to feel like soulless slabs on my wrist.
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I mostly dislike modern smartwatches. After a while, they tend to feel like soulless slabs on my wrist.
The Kobo Libra Colour is the graduation gift that won't gather dust
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Books aren't always on your mind, whether you're heading in or out of college. But having a device that can instantly access millions of books, comics, manga, and other literature is quite a game-changer. Sure, you can probably access everything from your phone or tablet, but the reading experience just isn't the same when compared to an e-reader.
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Books aren't always on your mind, whether you're heading in or out of college. But having a device that can instantly access millions of books, comics, manga, and other literature is quite a game-changer. Sure, you can probably access everything from your phone or tablet, but the reading experience just isn't the same when compared to an e-reader.
I moved my smart home off Wi-Fi and onto Thread, and my router finally stopped crashing
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I have about 30 Wi-Fi smart home devices running through my Google Home setup.
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I have about 30 Wi-Fi smart home devices running through my Google Home setup.
Google Maps has a big problem, and it's getting worse in 2026
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I use Google Maps every single day, and most of the time I open it for the same basic reasons everyone else does.
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I use Google Maps every single day, and most of the time I open it for the same basic reasons everyone else does.
I reviewed the Honor 600, and it's more than just an iPhone clone
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The choice of great mid-range smartphones is increasing in 2026, with the best from Samsung, Google, and Nothing now being joined by the latest from Honor.
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The choice of great mid-range smartphones is increasing in 2026, with the best from Samsung, Google, and Nothing now being joined by the latest from Honor.