I love Pixel. They've represented the loftiest of Google's ideals - from its pure distillation of stock Android to the pioneering of next-generation computational photography. This year, we've got ourselves the Pixel 4, and we've already covered some of our favourite and least favourite features. The Pixel 4 XL, in Oh So Orange. Image: Ian
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We've covered the four top reasons to upgrade to a Pixel 4, but that wouldn't be fair if we didn't cover the four biggest issues with Google's Pixel 4 smartphones. Different colours of the Google Pixel 4 XL. Image: Ian Ling Every device has its shortcomings, but some have more
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Alongside the Pixel 4 devices, Google also announced the Nest Mini and Nest Wifi at the Made by Google event just hours ago. Refreshed versions of the popular Google Home Mini home assistant and the Google Wifi mesh smart Wi-Fi system, these home devices focus on usability improvements to make
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After a slew of leaks, the Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL have finally gone public hours ago at the Made By Google event where the company showcased its new dual rear cameras, Motion Sense touch-free gesture controls, a secure Face Unlock and several other intelligent features. Priced a notch
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Google has just announced its Play Pass game subscription service just a week after Apple's announcement of Apple Arcade. Costing USD 4.99 per month, Google Play Pass comes in as much as Apple Arcade, but will cost a promotional USD 1.99 per month for a limited time. Google's Play Pass
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Objectively, the Huawei Mate 30 phones are impressive. With strides in areas ranging from its improved triple camera system to a new generation of proprietary mobile chipset with support for 5G connectivity, there's just one issue. Few outside of China will be focusing on those specifications. The cameras on the
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Google is finally ready to officially reveal its Pixel 4 smartphones, issuing invitations to an October 15 Made by Google event in New York City. A deluge of Pixel 4 leaks has gripped the internet in the past few months - several "leaked" by the company themselves. With an eye-watering
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If you're looking for an Android phone with some budget constraints, there are two highly attractive yet contrasting options. The Huawei Nova 5T (SGD 598) and the Google Pixel 3a (SGD 659, but can be found as low as around SGD 599) dominate this price point around the mid to
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Coming first to Google's Pixel phones, the company's mobile operation in its tenth iteration has dropped its sweet naming convention. Designed to better support latest-generation foldable and 5G devices, Android 10 also focuses on privacy, security and user experience improvements. 1. (Better) Gesture Navigation With shrinking bezels, more prominent displays
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At an exclusive media roundtable in Singapore, Huawei briefed journalists about its latest revolutionary endeavour - HarmonyOS. Intended to be a cross-platform, microkernel-based operating system that boasts a greater degree of interoperability, code compatibility, security and openness than any existing operating system, the development of Harmony OS began back in
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Is it Google Home? Is it a picture frame? Is it worth splurging SGD 189 of your hard-earned money on? The Google Nest Hub comes a year after the tech giant brought the Google Home (SGD 169) and Google Home Mini (SGD 79) smart speakers to the Singaporean market. With
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The Google Nest Hub smart display has landed in Singapore - at long last adding convenience to home automation with a 7-inch touchscreen interface. The Google Nest Hub, previously called the Google Home Hub, has rivals like the Amazon Echo Show and the Facebook Portal - neither of which have
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Just in lieu of Google's high-profile compliance with US policy requiring interdiction of Huawei, fellow American tech companies have fallen in line with rulings regarding Huawei's status on the "Entity List". These have included major chipmakers Intel, Qualcomm and Broadcom, along with memory chip makers Micron Technology and Western Digital.
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The trade feud between the United States and China has come to a head with the US adding Huawei to its "Entity List", which is a group of companies that American companies are banned from doing business with, unless express government approval is obtained. Reuters reports that American technology giant
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"The future of gaming is not a box", quipped Google's Stadia Twitter account. Possibly not-so-subtle jibe at the venerable Xbox, Stadia instead claims it instead is a "place for all the ways we play". At GDC 2019, Google expands its purview of technological hardware and services to include gaming. [embed]https://twitter.com/web/status/1108066277992607744[/embed]
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Verily, a subsidiary of Google parent company Alphabet, is responsible for Study Watch, a smartwatch for research purposes in to Parkinsons and heart diseases. As such, it only captures health data for clinical research, with metrics including heart rate, electrodermal activity and body movement. Launched in 2017, the Study Watch
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In a blog post, Google Fellow and Vice President of Engineering Ben Smith announced the "sunsetting" (termination) of the Google+ networking service, citing "significant challenges" meeting consumer expectations. This announcement comes alongside Project Strobe, which addresses security improvements over the range of G Suite services. As part of the Project
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Just earlier, it was revealed that Google's upcoming Android update will be named Android Pie. It has, until now, been referred to as Android P due to the company's policy of using alphabetically sequential product name initials. [caption id="attachment_133492" align="alignleft" width="1371"] The Android Pie statue, unveiled at the Google Campus.
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After a decisive showing from Google's current smartphone lineup, the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL, the tech giant is expected to be preparing to release a new generation of mobile devices. Expected to be known as the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL, the latest in Google's lineup of
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Just yesterday, Google made a series of announcements about a series of updates to its plethora of services. https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=4630&v=ogfYd705cRs Hardware Gets Beefed Google AI gets beefed with new hardware. New 3rd Generation TPUs are 8x more powerful than the previous generation, potentially enhancing Google’s native products, and increasing the potential
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