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The Google Maps app for Android has, for years now, had the same old voice input that’s slow and not as accurate as Google’s latest offerings. Finally that’s changing, as Google Maps is rolling out a new voice input experience powered by Google Assistant.

If you were hoping for some additional software flexibility on Google’s new Pixel Tablet, you’re in luck as LineageOS support has just been added....

Google Maps is preparing two updates including an Android Auto redesign that’s rolling out now....

cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/795697...

Photon is a sleek web UI for Lemmy....

As the title says, today I noticed that instead of the “OpenStreetMap contributor” overlay I’m used to see on Moovit maps there is the Google logo, which makes me think that they moved from OpenStreetMap data to google’s....

There’s been a lot of hype around the foldable segment of the smartphone industry which currently sees Samsung as the the dominant brand....

At least in Germany/Austria

An Android tablet with a 12.7-inch 3K display and octa-core MediaTek chip for just €399...

cross-posted from: lemdro.id/post/199934...

Google Files is preparing another redesign of the ‘Nearby Share’ tab....

For years I have been using daily Bing wallpaper app which used to automatically fetch the day’s Bing wallpaper and set it for lockscreen and home screen. The home screen wallpaper used to be in “landscape”, i.e. it was scrollable. The latest update has removed the setting for scrollable wallpaper to be set automatically....

Ten years ago today, Google released the 2nd-generation Nexus 7, just days after a surprise announcement. Back then, Android tablets still felt fresh and exciting. It seemed like anything was possible, and things could only improve from there. Well, we know what happened next. But the depressing state of the tablet market to...

I’ve been wanting to find a journal app that shows you how you’ve been keeping up with making down notes, so that I could keep track on myself and be attentive to those things...

cross-posted from: !sony...

The Overture Maps Foundation (OMF) is a collaborative effort by Amazon Web Services (AWS), Meta, Microsoft, and TomTom “to enable current and next-generation interoperable open map products”. This is their first open map dataset.

Netflix launches My Netflix, offering a one-stop shop space on Android and iOS “to help you choose what you want to watch”....

Every so often a piece of security research will generate a level of excitement and buzz that’s palpable. Dan Kaminsky’s DNS bug, Barnaby Jack’s ATM Jackpotting, Chris Valasek and Charlie Miller’s Jeep hacking escapades. There’s something special about the overheard conversations, the whispered sightings of the...