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Most mobile OEMs have a collection of phones with accessories, but you can’t really call them an ecosystem. However, companies like Apple and Samsung have true to form ecosystems where everything is pretty much interoperable. Phones communicate with earbuds communicate with laptops communicate with tablets communicate with phones. It’s the dream for most manufacturers- having people buy four devices from you instead of one. What are the factors working against the Pixel ecosystem?...

This is good news for the NFL, as the three largest and most profitable companies are looking to get their hands on Sunday Ticket. That means that the NFL could ask for even more money for this package. Apple has quietly moved into sports for TV+ After announcing Friday Night Baseball for TV+ a few months ago, Apple then signed a 10-year deal with Major League Soccer. Obviously, not a huge deal for Apple, since Soccer is one of the smaller leagues in the US....

First and foremost, there is a deadline. So if you want the free Stadia Premiere Edition, you need to buy the game buy a certain date. In addition to buying a game by the deadline, the purchase has to be for a certain amount. Obviously, Google isn’t just going to hand stuff out for free every single time it has a promotion. While it’s a nice idea, there has to be something in it for Google....

According to the company, anonymous questions will be available by default in all meetings. However, meeting hosts and co-hosts can disable the feature by going to Meeting Activities > Allow Questions in Q&A > Allow Anonymous questions. So, make sure to check the settings before you put up that question you won’t ask publicly. Anonymous polls, on the other hand, are off by default. Meeting hosts and co-hosts will have to manually enable it when sharing a poll if they want to let participants respond anonymously....

As you can see, users don’t have a middle option between the 2TB and 10TB plans. So, people who need a little more than 2TB of cloud storage had to upgrade to the 10TB plan that costs five times more. Well, not anymore. There’s now a middle ground as Google One has just added (via) a 5TB tier. The new plan costs $24.99 per month or $249.99 for a full-year subscription up-front....

The Google Pixel 6 is officially the fastest selling Pixel ever As a reminder, Google I/O is set to start on May 11. That’s where the keynote will take place, but the developer’s conference will be a two-day event. Sundar Pichai said that the “Pixel 6 is a huge step forward for the Pixel portfolio”, while he added: “I’m excited about the products we have coming and look forward to sharing more at Google I/O”....

The argument, laid out by Google & Alphabet President, Global Affairs & Chief Legal Officer Kent Walker, centers around a few key points. And those chiefly centered around how changes that could potentially be required of the company will break its services. Whether that’s how Google Search serves end-users at home, businesses, or how it impacts US leadership in the tech space. Whether Google’s assessment is accurate remains to be seen....

Now, this applies to invites recently sent out to Nest Thermostat users, specifically. And Nest Renew is compatible with the 3rd gen Nest Learning Thermostat, Nest Thermostat E, and the newest Nest Thermostat. So those are the users who will be seeing the invite. In terms of availability and what Nest Renew costs, there are two tiers available in the US — for now, with other country’s coming later. The first is called Renew Basic and is available for free across the US for all supported devices....

Google Play Games on Windows is in beta testing right now If you live in the states, and you’re excited to try this out, it’s going to be a bit of a wait. Right now, Google is only testing this out in Hong Kong, South Korea, and Taiwan. In these places, players can sign up for the beta and join the waiting list. The goal that Google is trying to achieve is seamless gameplay across mobile and PC platforms....

Featured Snippets are the best possible solution when you search your question on Google and look for a quick, concise answer. These additions reduce the need to read a long article to get the answer and highlight the answer in a box. Google also uses Featured Snippets to provide quick answers for the Assistant app. However, sometimes the Snippets’ answers aren’t very accurate or enough. That’s why Google is now making changes to them....

This follows the introduction of the Chromecast with Google TV and Stadia Controller package last Friday. Google slashed the price of the Stadia Premiere Edition over the weekend from $99.99 to $79.99. The price reductions come as Google looks to market its newest ‘Play and Watch with Google TV Package’ bundle for $99.99. This new bundle consists of a Chromecast with Google TV and a Stadia Controller. Customers can add an Ethernet adapter with this package for $10....

For example, if you want to translate a word or phrase from Spanish to English using Google Translate, the input language on Gboard will automatically switch to Spanish as soon as you select your “Translate from” language. Likewise, if you change the “Translate from” language to Hebrew, Gboard will switch the input language to Hebrew automatically. Gboard will return to the default language of your device once you exit Google Translate....

It encompasses seemingly everything that you get from the current Google Pay app. But with new features. Google’s aim here is to enable users to leave their real wallets at home as much as possible. A lot of that hinges of course on quite a few factors. Most notably having compatibility of the features so they fit into your life. Which won’t be possible for everyone right away. The new Google Wallet app will hold payment cards, IDs, and more Google has big plans for Google Wallet....

Google however is not using Qualcomm chips in its two upcoming devices. Instead, both phones are powered by the company’s in-house computing hardware. Tensor. While this timing doesn’t really extend to all Android phones, it does at least a couple of things. One, it means Google has what could be considered a pretty big advantage over other devices on the Android platform. And two, it could force things to change for the ecosystem....

The Samsung Q70A is the 2022 model, so it’s the latest and greatest 4K QLED TV from Samsung. It does have Quantum HDR, as well as Motion Xcelerator Turbo+ available. Not to mention, Multi View Screen. Allowing you to watch many apps or channels at the same time. This is great for March Madness, to keep up on the tournament. As with most 4K TVs, there is also support for 4K Upscaling here....

So far it looks like there are going to be two different models to choose from. One version for men and one version for women. With three different styles for each. Both versions of the watch will be powered by the Snapdragon Wear 4100+ chipset, and come with 8GB of internal memory for storage of apps. They also both come with a 1.28-inch display. And although these are arriving after the Galaxy Watch 4 and Galaxy Watch 4 Classic, they’ll be running on Wear OS 2....

The Razer BlackShark V2 Pro Wireless gaming headset first and foremost offers incredible sound quality and comfort. The two most important things in a gaming headset. Razer is also renowned for its gaming peripherals. And is quite easily the most popular gaming lifestyle brand on the planet. There are other gaming headsets out there at a cheaper price than the BlackShark V2 Pro. And some that are more expensive if you really want something high-end....

You can play the campaign without it, but you’ll need the membership for multiplayer, the new DMZ mode, Warzone 2.0, and Specs Ops with the new raid. In addition to multiplayer gaming, PlayStation Plus also grants you access to at least three free games you can claim every single month. These are games you can add to your library that you don’t have to pay for. So you can download them at no additional charge and play them whenever you want....

OnePlus has guaranteed that the 10T will get three years of Android OS updates. On paper, that would guarantee at least Android 15, since it is launching with Android 12. Android 13 is set to come out within the next month or so, with OnePlus rolling it out shortly thereafter. OnePlus could give the 10T Android 16, but it is only guaranteed until Android 15. As far as security updates go, OnePlus is guaranteeing four years of updates....

YouTube TV has recently lost the Bally Sports regional sports networks (though that’s more Sinclair’s fault than YouTube TV’s, since they are removing the networks from all the streaming services). Then they almost lost the NBC networks, which is roughly a fifth of YouTube TV’s channel offerings. However, NBC decided to step up and not force YouTube TV to include Peacock with its membership. And surprisingly, the price did not go up....