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Taking insights from Google’s Visual Design Summit – an annual internal event for its entire creative staff – we explore how design is valued at one of the world’s best-known businesses.

When comparing two of the most impressive Android smartphones in a long time, it could be tough deciphering which to get. That's what we're here for.

Which "pro" phone has the better camera, the Google Pixel 6 Pro or the Sony Xperia Pro-I? Find out in this head-to-head match up.

May 5th, 2021 Google Android tablets may have been in decline, but it seems like the pandemic made us care about them again. According to Google, in the last year, "weve seen over 30 percent more people start using Android tablets compared to the prior year." To make these devices potentially more useful, the company is announcing a new feature today called Entertainment Space that serves as a portal for all the media apps youve installed.  In a blog post, product manager for Google Play James...

Most Interesting Features Coming Our Way From Android 12 With every iteration, the Android operating system become better and better. The upcoming Android 12 is not going to be an exception. Recently, Google announced the Developer Preview 2. So developers can already test their products with this new system and let Google know what bugs they find. Briefly About Android 12 Generally, Android 12 will be available in the second half of the year, after August. But even now, we know some amazing fe...

Google quietly acquired Dysonics, a 3D audio startup, back in December 2020, according to a new report. The discovery was made via a recent USPTO filing and seemingly confirmed by multiple employees who now list Google as their employer on LinkedIn. Though Google hasn’t commented on the acquisition, the nature of the startup hints at a bright future for Pixel Buds and Nest speakers. The acquisition was recently discovered by Protocol, which cites a US Patent and Trademark Office filing that ...

New Rules of Codec Development It took about 10 years to launch both H.264 and HEVC, so MPEGs much more ambitious launch of VVC, EVC, and LCEVC in 2020 and 2021 makes you wonder about its chances for success. Not only does it have to effectively differentiate each codec against the other, it also has to create compelling business cases against the Alliance for Open Medias (AOMedia) AV1 and existing MPEG codecs like HEVC and even H.264, which is still going strong. Recent d...

Though many of Google's Nest smart speakers are nearly always on sale, this is one of the first times we've seen discounts on the Nest Hub and Nest Hub Max.

Though Google has promised to update its suite of apps with App Privacy labels to comply with App Store rules that Apple began enforcing in December,...

Though Google has promised to update its suite of apps with App Privacy labels to comply with App Store rules that Apple began enforcing in December,...