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What to watch on HBO Max: 40 top titles

Wondering what to watch on HBO Max as you scroll through what feels like endless options? This guide takes the work out of it for you, highlighting the best shows and movies across a number of genres, making your life easier when the urge to scroll takes you away from actually, well, watching something. Read more: Everything you need to know about HBO Max So, read on for our complete guide of what to watch on HBO Max, including streaming originals, library titles, and great film and TV titles from third parties.

Android 11 beta phones: Is yours supported?

Update, August 24, 2020 (02:45 PM ET): Although most Pixel phones have had access to Android 11 since the first developer previews, the newest Pixel is just now getting in on the fun. The Android 11 beta is now available for the just-released Google Pixel 4a. As with all other Pixels (aside from the original), all you need to do to install Android 11 on your Pixel 4a is opt-in to the beta program.

Apple iPad Air (2020) review: The tablet for everyone

Apple iPad Air (2020)The iPad Air (2020) is the all-purpose iPad — a tablet that’s ready to have fun, but can be serious when it needs to be, with enough flexibility and features to even satisfy would-be power users. There are compromises here for those casting a side-eye at the Pro range, but it’s only the paltry base storage that truly stings. The iPad Air (2020) is the iPad that anyone could buy and find something to love.

Crouton: Turn your Chromebook into far more than a "glorified web browser"

Chromebooks have drastically changed the landscape of computing since their official release in May 2011. At the time many scoffed at the idea of both applications and user data residing in the cloud, as the use of web apps and cloud storage had not yet become an integral part of our daily experience. However, despite all of the criticisms laid on Chrome OS, the operating system has become very successful, so much so that it has influenced trends in both how we use computers and how its competitors have adapted their product line up.

New features and performance benchmarks

When Qualcomm launched the new “Krait” CPU architecture, I was disappointed that it didn’t launch the new Adreno 3xx GPU architecture as well. Ever since Qualcomm bought the Adreno team and technology from AMD a few years ago, the Adreno GPUs have been at least slightly behind the competition. The new Adreno 320 GPU that is arriving in the quad core S4 Pro SoC comes with some much needed features that should push mobile graphics forward.

Running Android apps and games on Windows is easy with Jide's Remix OS Player

If you haven’t been paying attention to Jide and it’s popular Remix OS over the past year or so, perhaps now you should. Jide Technology has just released an emulated version of the Android OS, dubbed Remix OS Player, which is now available as a free install on Windows.In the past, Remix OS was meant to be a standalone operating system that could be used in place of Windows or macOS. Now with Remix OS Player, users can simply run it straight from their Windows desktops, just like any other Windows application.

Samsung brings new emojis to Galaxy Note7 with battery icon update

After seeing companies like Apple, Facebook, and Google bring the more politically correct and diverse Unicode 9.0 emojis, I was a bit concerned by Samsung’s inaction. But it seems like the South Korean tech giant has finally decided to bring Unicode 9.0 emoji support to the Galaxy Note7 with the “green battery icon” update. Better late than never, eh? Well, that’s not the only thing that this update will bring it seems.

2020 was the year of the mid-range smartphone

Ryan-Thomas Shaw / Android Authority 2020 is drawing to a close, and it’s been marked by numerous trends in the smartphone space. We saw 5G become a reality for a ton of markets, high refresh rates trend down to budget phones (with mixed success), and quad camera systems become the norm. Yet, 2020 can certainly be marked as the year when mid-range phones became better and more important than ever.

ASUS MeMO Pad Smart 10

The ASUS MeMO Pad Smart 10 is a bit of an odd duck. With what are essentially the guts of a Nexus 7 and a body similar to the Transformer series (sans dock), it’s a little difficult to figure out who it’s aimed at. With so many other tablets out there, is this one worth your hard-earned cash? Read on to find out. In a hurry? Check out the video review or jump to the conclusion at the end of the article.

HTC Inspire 4G: Installing Android 2.3.5 Gingerbread and HTC Sense 3.5

If you want a fully optimized and stable Android 2.3.5 custom ROM with HTC Sense 3.5 on top on your HTC Inspire 4G, then you have come to the right place.  We have a step-by-step guide on how to install the Android Revolution HD 7.0.3 ROM to your HTC Inspire 4G. XDA Developers member mike1986 shares a custom ROM that is based on RUU firmware 1.05.401.4 for the HTC Sensation XL.