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Why the Pixel 6a Is Better Than the iPhone SE

photo: jack skeens (Shutterstock) The iPhone SE is designed to give you the essential iPhone features at an affordable cost. It’s Apple’s midrange smartphone, and it’s a good option for many users who don’t want to spend an arm and a leg on features they don’t need. While I’d be quick to recommend the SE […]

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Google Updates Android Auto to Fit More Touchscreens

Google heeding Bruce Lee’s advice to be like water. You put Android Auto in a screen, it becomes the screen.gif: Google Google is redesigning Android Auto’s interface to fit all sorts of touchscreens, regardless of their size and shape. Google says the redesign will come in an update this summer, and will increase Android Auto’s […]

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How to Update Your AirPods

photo: Fadhli Adnan (Shutterstock) apple often issues firmware updates for its entire AirPods line, including AirPods Pro, AirPods 2, AirPods 3, and AirPods Max. However, the company doesn’t make it clear how to actually update your AirPods, nor do they share what each firmware update does. So here’s how to do it, whatever model of […]

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How to Use Your Android Phone’s Built-In Password Manager

photo: Tada Images (Shutterstock) Android devices are packed with features that make your digital life easier to navigate, and one of the most helpful is the password manager. Password managers not only store your login information for frictionless loginsthey also make it easier to create strong, unique passwords for every app or website you use. […]

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Android Auto Makeover Lets You Watch YouTube in Your Car

Android Auto’s refresh will make it easier to mind your maps and messages while driving. picture: Google Android Auto in the dash is getting a much-needed refresh. During a session at its developer conference, Google introduced to revised interface coming to the Android-based car software. It includes a new split-screen mode that’s more scalable across […]

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Mobile

Google Maps to Gain Impressive New ‘Immersive View’ Later This Year

Google Maps is set to get a new Immersive view for cities that uses artificial intelligence and high-quality 3D rendering to simulate real-time data, Google has announced. Thanks to advances in computer vision and AI that allow us to fuse together billions of Street View and aerial images to create a rich, digital model of […]

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Apple’s iPhone order shift to beat China lockdown boosted Foxconn’s earnings

AppleInsider is supported by its audience and may earn commission as an Amazon Associate and affiliate partner on qualifying purchases. These affiliate partnerships do not influence our editorial content. Apple moving orders from lockdown-hit factories and suppliers has led iPhone manufacturer Foxconn to report its highest Q1 net income since 2014. The Chinese […]

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Artificial intelligence

Google Has a Plan to Stop Its New AI From Being Dirty and Rude

Silicon Valley CEOs usually focus on the positives when announcing their company’s next big thing. In 2007, Apple’s Steve Jobs lauded the first iPhone’s “revolutionary user interface” and “breakthrough software.” Google CEO Sundar Pichai took a different tack at his company’s annual conference Wednesday when he announced a beta test of Google’s “most advanced conversational […]

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Mobile

Google Finally Gets Serious About Android Tablets

There’s a reason why the word tablets is synonymous with iPad. Every year, Apple has been making small tweaks to the user interface of iPadOS—its tablet operating system—to optimize the experience of using it on a big screen: two-column views, a persistent taskbar, and cursor support, not to mention the respectable number of first- and […]

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Google I/O Highlights for Apple Users: Sneak Peek at Pixel 7, Pixel Watch, More

Google today kicked off its annual I/O developer conference at the Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View, California, where it unveiled a wide range of new Pixel devices that are launching this summer and beyond. Ahead, we’ve summarized five highlights from the keynote to give Apple users a quick overview of the announcements. Key takeaways from […]