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A very detailed patent document describes what Samsung might have in mind for its first rollable phone. The 32-page application marks out the possible design of the rumored device. We’ve been hearing about Samsung’s rollable phone for a while now. However, we didn’t really have much to go on beyond a patent that briefly described the device and trademark filings for the names Z Roll and Z Slide.
Making calls through your phone’s dialer app is pretty straightforward, but there’s one company out there that thinks there’s room for improvement. Enter: drupe, the always-on Android app that lets you call and message your favorite contacts with just a couple swipes of your finger.
Today the popular dialer app is gaining a new feature that will not only make phone calls more entertaining, but also much more efficient.
Have some urgent news to tell someone?
Floating app windows have been around on Android for years now, allowing you to open and use apps while still doing other things on your phone. It joins split-view multitasking as one of the more practical yet under-the-radar features on the platform.
We’ve already asked Android Authority readers about how often they use split-view multitasking, but what about floating app windows? We posed this question last week and here’s how readers responded.
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Microsoft is testing Live Captions functionality in Windows 11 preview builds. This is mostly identical to Google’s own Live Caption feature in Android. This generates captions on-device for any content with audio. Google introduced Live Caption functionality to Android back in 2019, allowing users to get locally generated captions for any video and audio content. This extended to recorded videos, podcasts, and more.
Now, Microsoft has announced (h/t: Liliputing) that a new Windows 11 Insider preview build (version 22557) comes with a so-called Live Captions feature as well.
Ask people what their favourite phone of all time is and chances are you’ll get a wide variety of answers, with a select few being chosen by many people. Everyone has a particular device they remember, but what devices have defined mobile phones as we know them?
The word iconic has been branded to a lot of different devices and innovations but is there a particular device that has withstood the test of time to remain as iconic as the day it was first released?
If you’ve ever wanted to share a wedding or travel video with friends, or are a content creator looking to reach your audience, you’ve likely faced the basic question: where do I put my videos? YouTube vs Vimeo is pretty much what it has boiled down to for years. These are the heavy hitters. The mainstream options. The household names.
So, does it matter which you go with? Are they more or less interchangeable?
One year ago today, OnePlus unveiled its newest flagship: the OnePlus 7 Pro. It was the first phone from the company with a “Pro” moniker and represented the absolute best-of-the-best specs and design for 2019 smartphones at that point.
I’ve been using the OnePlus 7 Pro as my daily driver ever since it launched. Over the past 12 months, it’s become not only my favorite phone of 2019 but my favorite Android phone…ever.
C. Scott Brown / Android Authority
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Oxygen OS 12 is now rolling out for the OnePlus 8 series, OnePlus 8, and OnePlus 9R. The update is currently headed to open beta users and will soon reach stable channel customers. Users in Europe will have to wait a bit longer to get the Android 12-based software. For now, the stable Oxygen OS 12 build for the OnePlus 8 series, 8T, and 9R is rolling out to users who were previously running the open beta version of the software.
It’s time to get agricultural on Android! Stardew Valley is now available for Android phone and tablets (and supported Chromebooks) via the Google Play Store for the one-off price of $7.99.
With the exception of the multiplayer co-op mode, the smash hit indie farming sim for PC and console is an almost identical game on mobile devices. You can read our in-depth thoughts on the mobile version in our Stardew Valley review!
Motorola Moto 360 SportMotorola's Moto 360 Sport excels at being a smartwatch but falls short with fitness tracking as a whole. It has a great display, sleek and sporty design and performs very well, but this is geared towards runners and can't track any other exercises at the moment. If you're willing to make that compromise, you can't go wrong with this device. Those serious about other exercises will want to look elsewhere.