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These days, an often-seen feature request for apps (and Android in general) is dark mode. We first noticed that YouTube was preparing to bring one to its Android app in November of last year, but while the web and iOS versions have had it for months, there’s only been radio silence on the Android side. […]

In the last couple of weeks, I noticed my own OnePlus 6 was having a bit of trouble when I was outdoors. If I went to check missed messages or train schedules on a sunny day, I’d notice the display seemed to flicker spastically between two different brightness levels. I pushed it out of my […]

Applying machine learning to everything under the sun can be tricky. Case in point: Gboard’s text prediction has been suggesting people type “my face and” after the words “sit on,” resulting in a reference to a sexual act. Google says it’s an accident, though, and it’s working on a fix for the errant suggestion. The keyboard […]

Ring may have started with just one smart doorbell, but the company now offers three more doorbells, security cameras, and other sensors and detectors to complete the security system portfolio. Best Buy is currently offering a few of these products at a $50 discount for members – the Video Doorbell Pro and Floodlight Cam are […]

It’s been around two months since the LG G7 ThinQ was released in the US, and it’s only now getting its first update on Verizon. The update includes manual AI Cam control, Google’s AR Stickers, a custom music equalizer setting, and some more tweaks.    Verizon had initially posted a build number from an older […]

Plenty of OEMs are happy to let older hardware languish when it comes to updates, but OnePlus has become one of the more prolific manufacturers with keeping its older handsets up to date—barring a few specific missteps. On that note, an OTA for the OnePlus 5 and 5T is currently in an incremental rollout. Oxygen […]

Telegram X, the sort of beta testing ground for new Telegram features, received its July update, bringing a whole host of new features. Some of these include locked Secret Chats, a whole new GIF playback system, MTProxy support, and playing voice messages through your phone’s earpiece. If you’re on the beta channel, you’ve probably seen […]

Logitech’s last-gen universal smart home remote, the Harmony Ultimate, went on sale for $119.99 earlier this month. If you missed out on that deal, the remote is even cheaper now. It’s currently $99.99 from Best Buy and the Best Buy eBay store. The Harmony Ultimate functions as both a universal TV remote and a controller […]

As any introvert will tell you, the doorbell can be a source of great anxiety. If I’m not expecting someone, there are only so many reasons for the doorbell to ring. I don’t want anything to do with most of those reasons, so it’s highly desirable to know what’s going on out there before I […]