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Android 12 will turn your Pixel phone into a car key — assuming automakers bother
The Verge - Sean Hollister
Nearly a year after Apple announced the iPhone would become your digital car key, Google is doing the same. Android 12 will officially let “select Pixel and Samsung Galaxy phones” natively double as a...
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Material You is a colorful, personalized redesign for Android and more | Engadget
Engadget - Nathan Ingraham
Coming to Pixel phones this fall, and more platforms over the next year. Google just started talking about Android 12 at the Google I/O developer event, and Matias Duarte just introduced a new way to its...
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Android 12 Will Let You Fine-Tune Permissions on Data-Hungry Apps
WIRED - Lily Hay Newman
A new privacy dashboard and “app hibernation” are coming to Google's mobile operating system. After a few years of expanding privacy and security …
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Google and Samsung are teaming up to take on Apple’s watchOS
TechCrunch - Brian Heater
With a long-standing history of working together on the mobile side, it’s always been a bit of surprise that Samsung hasn’t had much patience for Google’s wearables play. The hardware giant had flirted...
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Google Shopping will soon support any site powered by Shopify - 9to5Google
9to5Google - Ben Schoon
Google Shopping heavily expanded during the pandemic, giving struggling retailers an easier way to get their e-commerce efforts to the public. Now, Google Shopping is expanding to any site with Shopify....
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There are over 3 billion active Android devices
The Verge - Alex Cranz
There are over 3 billion active Android devices in the wild now. Sameer Samat, VP of product management at Google, announced the news at Google I/O 2021, which is live, but totally online, this year. added...
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Android 12 will turn your Pixel phone into a car key — assuming automakers bother

Material You is a colorful, personalized redesign for Android and more | Engadget

Android 12 Will Let You Fine-Tune Permissions on Data-Hungry Apps

Google and Samsung are teaming up to take on Apple’s watchOS

Google Shopping will soon support any site powered by Shopify - 9to5Google

There are over 3 billion active Android devices