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There are increasing posts on the Apple Help Forums, Reddit, and elsewhere of an AirPods Max battery drain problem. Some owners complain that their headphone battery drains from 100% to 1% or 0% overnight, even though they are left inside the official Apple case intended to easily drop them into ultra-low-power mode. Not quite in the same league, some others are reporting drain, but still significantly higher than expected. Read More
For the best quality of devices to deploy in a business environment, something to look for is the Android Enterprise Recommend seal. The recently launched Galaxy S21 series contains the newest entrants to the Android Enterprise Recommended program alongside a few other notable new participants. Read More
In Apple Stores around the world, characters from your favorite Apple Arcade games are the highlights of larger than life shows. This past week, the latest immersive demonstrations debuted and are driven by a QR code-based experience. Read More
Samsung’s Galaxy Buds Pro is among some of the all-time favorites, and now they’re having a first update that provides two updates and a collection of bug fixes and improvements in performance. Read More
The Samsung Galaxy S21 series’ first teardown has now been posted online, with some admittedly slight internal variations from the Galaxy S20 variant of last year. Of course, with the early 2021 upgrade, most of the major differences are external, although there are a variety of small improvements uncovered and revealed on their YouTube channel by teardown and system repair expert PBKreviews. The short video states that, however, there are some major internal additions, such as the top speaker assembly being packed with foam balls. Theoretically, this should make the speaker sound louder and fuller, something that smartphones usually suffer from. Read More
Google, the search and advertising giant, closed its deal to acquire Fitbit, the companies said Thursday, even as the Department of Justice said it was pursuing its $2.1 billion transaction investigation. Read More
In a bid to protect its customers, Google today removed some personal loan applications from its Play Store from the Internet search engine, from where a vast majority of Indians download phone apps. It checked the products released by government agencies on the basis of user inputs and notifications and also issued notices to several others in the same industry. Read More
After last week’s assault on the US Capitol, Google suspended all political ads to avoid stirring more violence, said the company’s spokesman on Wednesday. Read More
Google has brought Guest Mode to its smart speakers that will act as a public Google Assistant terminal, such as Nest Hub and Nest Mini. Read More
Currently, several Pixel 4a 5G units face touchscreen problems that emerged after the security update in December 2020. Android Police first identified the problems related primarily to clunky navigation, citing complaints from Google, the Google Issue Tracker and XDA forums in the help forum. Google has identified the bug now and has promised a patch. Read More