Tag: android
Your Pixel phone can now screen calls to ask if they’re urgent – here’s how it works
During the Pixel 8 event in early October, Google revealed that the Call Screen feature on their flagship series will have new “contextual replies” for incoming calls. It turns out this update is more capable than we thought, as users can also ask contacts if their call is urgent. This…
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Android Find My Device: what is the new tracker network and how will it work?
Google‘s Find My Device network is set to be a major upgrade to the current Find My Device service. The latter lets you find your phone – if it’s connected to the internet – but the former could allow you to locate almost anything, whether it has internet and location…
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Google abused dominant position of Android in India, antitrust probe finds
Google has abused the dominant position of Android in India to illegally hurt competitors in the world’s second largest internet market, a two-year antitrust probe by the nation’s watchdog has found. The Android-maker reduced device manufacturing firms’ ability and incentive to develop — and sell — devices running alternative versions…
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Epic Games to shut down Houseparty in October, including the video chat ‘Fortnite Mode’ feature
Houseparty, the social video chat app acquired by Fortnite maker Epic Games for a reported $35 million back in 2019, is shutting down. The company says Houseparty will be discontinued in October when the app will stop functioning for its existing users; it will be pulled from the app stores…
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This Week in Apps: Developers sound off on App Store settlement, OnlyFans’ flip-flop, Snap’s new camera
Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. The app industry continues to grow, with a record 218 billion downloads and $143 billion in global consumer spend in 2020. Consumers last year also spent 3.5 trillion minutes using…
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Microsoft is discontinuing its Office apps for Chromebook users in favor of web versions
Since 2017, Microsoft has offered its Office suite to Chromebook users via the Google Play store, but that is set to come to an end in a few short weeks. As of September 18, Microsoft is discontinuing support for Office (which includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote and Outlook) on Chromebook.…
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