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25 Aug

Samsung Wallet Is Replacing Samsung Pay on Your Galaxy Phone

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Samsung announced ‘Samsung Wallet’ today, a new unified application for everything related to digital IDs, payment cards, loyalty programs, and keys on Galaxy phones. It will replace both Samsung Pay (the current app for payment cards/loyalty programs/etc.) and Samsung Pass (the app for IDs, keys, and passwords). Home keys can be added from Samsung SmartThings, while car keys are compatible with select BMW, Genesis, and Hyundai models. The new app looks a bit cleaner than Samsung Pay, and it still has all the same security features as before. Just in time for the to , Samsung Wallet also can also…

25 Aug

How Adaptive Charging Saves Your Android Battery

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A brand new battery will have battery health of around 100%. This means you’re getting the full potential of the battery capacity. What eats away at battery health is the constant charging and discharging cycle. It’s unavoidable. Keeping a phone charged in the 20-80% charged range is best for the battery, but it’s not always realistic in practice. You’ll put your phone on the charger at night and wake up to 100% charge. While you were sleeping, the battery was in a cycle between 99-100% for several hours. Typically, a smartphone battery is designed to retain up to 80% health…

25 Aug

5 Features Google Pixel Phones Should Steal From Samsung

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More Camera Modes Justin Duino / How-To Geek Google loves to boast about the camera prowess of the Pixel series. Indeed, Pixel phones do have some of the . However, the camera software on Pixel phones is a bit lacking. The doesn’t have many extra features. On the other hand, Samsung Galaxy devices have “Pro” modes that give you granular control over focus, ISO, exposure, and other things. They also have nifty modes like “Portrait Video.” Compare that to the Google Camera which has the basic set of modes, including panorama, slow motion, time-lapse, and Night Sight. Samsung doesn’t shove…

25 Aug

How to Unblock a Number on Android

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Open the Phone app and tap the three-dot icon in the search box. Select “Settings” followed by “Blocked Numbers.” Find the number you want to unblock and hit the X button next to it. Confirm your choice by tapping “Unblock.” If you’d like to start receiving calls and , you’ll have to unblock that number on your Android phone. It’s quick and easy to do this on most phones and we’ll show you how. Note that if your blocked number has tried to reach out to you in the past, you won’t see their missed calls in your call log…

25 Aug

How to Empty the Trash on Android

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In this guide, we’ll cover how to empty the trash for Google Photos and Files by Google, which are two of the popular gallery and file manager apps for this operating system. If you use a different app, check the “Recently Deleted” folder, “Trash,” or similar places to find and . Clear the Trash in Google Photos To and videos, first, launch the Google Photos app on your Android phone. In Photos’ bottom bar, tap “Library.” On the “Library” screen, at the top, tap “Trash.” On the “Trash” page, in the top-right corner, tap the three dots. From the three-dot…

25 Aug

Android 13 Is One Step Closer With New Beta 3 Release

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Android 13 Beta 3 is now available, marking the start of the update’s “platform stability” phase. This is the last release that should have any significant noticeable changes, as Google will spend the next few months mostly just fixing bugs. Android 13 Beta 3 should closely resemble the final version, which is expected to arrive in August. Google’s timeline for Android 13 Google Just like the past few major releases, Android 13 mostly focuses on security and privacy enhancements. There’s a new runtime permission for notifications, so it’s easier for you to reject notifications from certain apps, and…

25 Aug

Google Wallet on Android Wants to Replace Your Real Wallet

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Google Pay is already available on Android, which can be used for managing cards for digital purchases and tap-to-pay in stores, sending and receiving money from friends and family, and storing digital versions of some types of cards and passes (e.g. buss passes, rewards cards for retail stores, and so on). More recently, Google rolled out an entirely new Pay app, with a greater focus on organizing spending data and store rewards programs. Google is switching up how payments work on Android again, and the exact experience will vary by country. In the United States and Singapore, the tap-to-pay and…

25 Aug

People Won’t Stop Selling Unreleased Google Pixel Phones

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The bizarre series of events started with a Pixel 7 prototype appearing for sale on eBay (after reportedly showing up on Facebook Marketplace first). The listing didn’t reveal any new surprising details, but it’s not every day that a phone that won’t be officially released for several months (an October launch is likely) shows up for sale. Even better, the reflection in the eBay photos revealed a Pixel 7 Pro was used as the camera. The listing was taken down after a few hours — presumably when someone at Google noticed. 9to5Google/eBay Not long after, someone on Reddit with the…

25 Aug

Google Explains Your Android Phone’s Broken Notifications

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Modern versions of Android strike a decent balance between extending battery life (by pausing or limiting background tasks) and still staying connected to cloud servers that provide push notifications. However, some manufacturers take that a step further for their devices, by implementing more battery-saving techniques that can lead to background services breaking. OnePlus has had issues over the years with unreliable notifications, as well as the . Some of Google’s Android team held a Q&A panel at Google I/O this week, where an app developer asked what they could do in their app to work around aggressive battery life management…

25 Aug

Switching Between iPhone and Android Is Easier Than You Think

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iPhone vs. Android is one of the biggest rivalries in the tech world. Switching between the platforms is not something people take lightly. I recently made the switch, and you know what? It’s really not that big of a deal. After using Android phones exclusively for over a decade, I’ve been using an for a few weeks. A lot of differences between the platforms have jumped out at me, but one big thing I noticed was making the switch wasn’t as hard as I thought it would be. You might be overthinking it too.. A Smartphone is a Smartphone There…