9to5google
32h ago
22°
XREAL has set the perfect stage for Android XR
I’ve always been a bit skeptical of smart glasses and mixed reality headsets. It’s not hard to find the utility of something like a Meta Quest in gaming, but Apple’s Vision Pro, for example, has never appealed to me in the slightest. Ahead of its first pair of Android XR glasses, though, I’ve spent some time with the XREAL One Pro and two things have become immediately clear – this is the hardware that could make Android XR shine, and XREAL will benefit greatly from Android XR.
9to5google
35h ago
22°
Google Health 5.07 rolling out with better manual logging, maps, & more
Google Health 5.07 is rolling out on Android and iOS with meaningful updates to manual workout logging and a handful of bug fixes.
9to5google
28h ago
20°
Android 17 QPR2 adds Status bar customization for notification, system icons
Android 17 QPR2 continues to add user-facing changes with new Status bar settings in Beta 4.
9to5google
14h ago
18°
Google made a cozy mobile game called ‘Froggy’s World’ & the whimsy is back
Google has quietly released a cozy mobile game called Froggy’s World in the vein of Animal Crossing and Stardew Valley.
9to5google
30h ago
17°
Pixelated 114: Who watches the Pixel Watch?
Welcome to Pixelated episode 114. This week, Damien, Abner, and Will discuss the Pixel Watch 5 as they look towards the present and future of Google’s wearable efforts.
9to5google
36h ago
16°
Meta Ray-Ban update will block the most obvious loophole for disabling the privacy LED
Meta continues to crack down on malicious users disabling the privacy LED on its Ray-Ban smart glasses, this time focusing on the most obvious loophole out there.
9to5google
28h ago
15°
Google’s hyper-personalized ‘Dreambeans’ feed is now free to test
Dreambeans is an experimental app from Google Labs that will “proactively dream up personalized daily stories.” After previously requiring a subscription, Dreambeans is now available for free Google Accounts in the US to test.
9to5google
32h ago
12°
People are sticking the Fitbit Air to their bodies, literally, and it works [Gallery]
The Fitbit Air might be one of Google’s most versatile products in a while not just because it’s so simple, but because buyers are finding very unique ways of using it. That includes quite literally sticking the Fitbit Air to your body with tape which, apparently, actually works quite well.
9to5google
33h ago
12°
Gemini Notebook switching to compute-based usage limits, like Gemini app
Following the Gemini app in May, Gemini Notebook is switching to “compute-specific usage limits” starting in September.
9to5google
13h ago
10°
Mammotion Luba 3 changed my mind about robot lawnmowers
Robot lawnmowers have long intrigued me, but I never really wanted one. After a few weeks with the Mammotion Luba 3, though, I’m sold, because this fixed my biggest issue with other models.