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TV Time's original founder is rebuilding the app from scratch under the name Bingers, days after the show-tracking service was removed from app stores on July 15, ending 15 years of operation. TechCrunch and Engadget both reported on July 15 that Bingers is targeting an App Store and Google Play launch by July 31.

The Onn Full HD streaming stick, a $15 Google TV dongle that turns any HDMI-equipped television into a capable smart TV, has become harder to find and more expensive to buy. Its publicly displayed price has climbed to $30 for some shoppers, double its 2023 launch price, with in-store stock running thin at many locations, according to Cord Cutters News and Android Police. For cord-cutters who relied on the Onn Full HD streaming stick as the cheapest entry point into Google TV, the question is...

Google released Android 17 QPR1 Beta 7 for Pixel this week, pushing build CP31.260623.005 with the July 2026 security patch to all supported devices in the Android Beta Program. Every fix in the changelog targets Quick Settings. No new features ship with this release.

Google Maps is rolling out a live speedometer for Android Auto, with the Google Maps Android Auto live speedometer confirmed this week by Android Authority and 9to5Google. The feature has existed on Android phones for years and came to CarPlay in July 2024. Android Auto was the last platform to get it, and access remains limited to a small number of users, with no announcement from Google.

Google Maps Immersive Navigation has appeared on Android Auto for at least one U.S. user, with screenshots published showing the new 3D interface running on a car display. Four months after Google said Android Auto would receive the feature "over the coming months," Android Authority reported the first publicly documented evidence that it's arriving.

Google is preparing to move "Your info" from a buried settings menu to the top of the main contacts list in Google Contacts, with a share icon permanently alongside it. The Google Contacts Your info rollout doesn't add new functionality; it makes existing functionality findable. Based on code evidence in the same app build, it also appears to be laying groundwork for Tap to Share, Google's in-development proximity sharing feature that still hasn't shipped.

Netflix's decision to license short-form clips from Condé Nast, Hearst, and BuzzFeed Studios is one of the clearest strategic tells the company has offered in years. Not because the content matters three-to-twenty-minute clips from Bon Appétit and Cosmopolitan are table stakes, not programming strategy but because of who Netflix chose not to sign. The deals are with publishers, not creators. In the Netflix vs YouTube short-form video battle shaping up this year, that distinction is the whole...

Here is the tension at the center of Google's foldable strategy: why foldable Pixel phones still matter is a genuinely answerable question, but the Pixel 10 Pro Fold doesn't answer it. The category has a strategic logic. The device doesn't live up to it.

A code teardown of Google Photos v7.83.0 has surfaced a "Save as photo" button that appears directly when a user pauses a video, bypassing the multi-step editing sequence the app currently requires to pull a still from a clip. Android Authority activated and tested the feature last week, describing it as "a much better experience than what the app offers right now."

Wear OS 7 began rolling out on June 16, 2026, starting with Pixel Watch 2, Pixel Watch 3, and Pixel Watch 4, The Verge reported. If you have one of those watches, the update brings practical changes first: Live Updates, better battery efficiency, easier audio-output switching, Wear Widgets support, and expanded safety features.

That small green leaf sitting next to one of your route options is doing something specific. It marks the route Google has calculated to be the most fuel- or energy-efficient option for your trip not a scenic detour, not an environmental badge, and not the result of a setting you accidentally changed. The confusion comes from Google presenting a genuinely complex routing calculation as a single unexplained icon, switched on by default, with nothing in the app explaining what it actually does.

Google is adding volume sliders directly inside the ringtone, alarm, and notification sound pickers on Pixel phones, eliminating the current need to bounce between two separate settings screens to audition a sound at the right level. Android Authority recently found the feature in an unreleased build of the Sounds app included in an unreleased Sounds app build found within Pixel 11 firmware.

Huawei launched the Pura 90s Pro and Pura 90s Pro Max in Kuala Lumpur yesterday, opening global sales in Malaysia first, with expansion to additional markets expected in the coming months, according to FoneArena. The Pura 90s Pro starts at approximately $907; the Pro Max comes in at $1,202. Both are now available to order in Malaysia.

This guide walks through how to fix Apple CarPlay problems by matching your specific symptom to its most likely cause. By the end, you'll know which of six failure modes you're dealing with and have a clear fix to try, rather than cycling through generic tips that don't apply to your situation.

A Xiaomi 18 Pro Max camera leak reported by Notebookcheck last week has been widely interpreted online as describing a phone with three 200MP cameras. The source doesn't say that. Tipster Digital Chat Station describes a 200MP main sensor and a 200MP telephoto. The third lens, the ultra-wide, may use a 50MP sensor based on a separate, earlier leak. Two high-resolution cameras, not three.

Microsoft began testing a less cluttered Windows 11 Search experience on July 13, 2026. The redesigned home panel puts recent searches at the center while removing distractions such as trending searches, quizzes, game recommendations, and Microsoft's image of the day.

Google's Tensor chip program has spent four years running a node behind its rivals. The Pixel 11 TSMC 2nm chip rumor, sourced to an analyst and reported by 9to5Google last month, suggests that could change and not because Google has suddenly become a chip powerhouse, but because of who is now building its chips and where Apple is directing its own 2nm supply.

WordPress released a native Apple TV app today that brings its long-running community video archive to the living room. The WordPress TV Apple TV app is free, requires no account, and opens immediately to thousands of talks, tutorials, and WordCamp session recordings from events held around the world. Reporting so far points to the app listing rather than a separate WordPress announcement, with 9to5Mac covering the launch today.

Gmail's Help me write now accepts custom follow-up instructions for revising an AI-generated email. Instead of choosing only broad controls such as Formalize, Friendly or Shorten, users can tell Gemini to make a specific change, such as adding a deadline or adjusting the tone.

Chrome for Android is getting a dedicated back button in its three-dot overflow menu, closing a gap that Chrome on iPhone has filled for years. The catch surfaced immediately in device testing: a phone running Chrome 149 showed the redesigned menu, while a separate phone on the newer Chrome 150 still displayed the old layout. Updating to Chrome 150 is not a guarantee of anything.

The conventional wisdom used to be that Android users were a restless bunch. More willing to chase a better deal, less attached to any particular brand, generally more open to switching than their iPhone counterparts. A large Android user loyalty survey published earlier this year suggests that picture is increasingly out of date.

MOFT now offers three MagSafe-compatible wallets with Apple Find My support: a slim two-card wallet and stand, a two-card model with a taller tripod and camera remote, and a larger Field Wallet that holds up to eight cards.

Spotify is raising the pin limit in Your Library from four items to 20, with a global rollout underway for Free and Premium users.

Samsung's Galaxy S26 Ultra Privacy Display update in One UI 9 Beta 4 has fixed one of the feature's most glaring real-world problems. According to Notebookcheck, citing leaker Ice Universe and a Samsung Community notice, the privacy mask now tracks only the floating picture-in-picture window rather than covering the entire screen. For S26 Ultra owners who use PiP regularly, that distinction changes everything.

A widespread Plex outage on July 14, 2026, disrupted the company's streaming services and reportedly prevented some users from reaching media stored on their own Plex servers. The underlying computers and files were not necessarily offline; Plex apps were struggling to find or connect to them.

Gemini for Home will no longer stop mid-conversation to ask who you are. This week's Google Home Gemini update, reported by Android Authority and Android Police, removes voice verification prompts during Continued Conversation sessions and makes chained commands more consistent. It lands eight days after Google Home devices were reported taking up to a minute to respond, or timing out entirely, with no confirmed fix deployed as of that report.

Samsung's next Galaxy foldable may depart from the tall shape that has defined its book-style phones.

A growing number of Google Home Speaker owners are hitting a wall before the device ever plays a single note. The Google Home Speaker setup issue surfaced in reports Thursday, with buyers across multiple countries finding that the speaker fails to complete first-time onboarding and then loops through the same error when they try to fix it. Google has confirmed its engineering team is investigating but has no root cause, no working fix, and no timeline for resolution, Android Authority reported...

The scariest version of Windows Recall is not the one that shipped.

A stable-channel update to Outlook for Mac broke font selection during email composition, and as of The Register's July 9 report, no fix had reached affected users. The Outlook for Mac font bug is straightforward to describe: pick any non-default font in the formatting toolbar, and the app ignores the choice entirely, continuing in the default typeface as though nothing happened. A forum moderator acknowledged the problem two days before The Register's coverage without a patch following.

Code in iOS 27 beta 3 suggests Apple is preparing to add Apple Wallet car key support for Lucid Motors and Xiaomi, with identifiers "LCID" and "XIA1" surfacing in the build. The findings were reported today by MacRumors and 9to5Mac, both drawing on code analysis by Aaron Perris. The discovery comes days after Apple's backend was updated to add Volkswagen to the same list.

Code surfaced inside the Google Home iOS app this week suggests the upcoming Home Display may be less a Nest Hub successor than a Google smart display with camera features borrowed directly from Nest Cam. The latest Google Home Display Nest Hub Max camera findings, analyzed by Android Authority, describe recording tiers that mirror existing Nest Cam subscriptions exactly: a free event-history window, with longer event history and continuous recording tied to Google Home Premium tiers.

How Windows 11 Wi-Fi problems are easier to fix when you start with the symptom. A missing Wi-Fi toggle, a "No Internet, Secured" warning, random drops, and post-update connection failures all point to different causes. Use the section that matches what you see, then try the targeted fix.

The pitch for Matter was simple enough to print on a box: buy any device with the logo, scan the QR code, and it works in your smart home. No compatibility research, no ecosystem anxiety, no app drawer colonized by proprietary software. Three years in, Apple Home's Matter problems run deeper than the marketing ever suggested. The logo is not a promise. It's a prompt to start asking questions.

Something called "Memories Games" has surfaced in connection with Google Photos. The only information available in the supplied research is an unverified feature name. The research available here does not include a source attributing the teardown find to a specific outlet or app version, so treat the premise accordingly: this is a rumor.

Samsung's Galaxy S26 series arrives loaded with third-party apps from Meta, Microsoft, and Spotify, and buyers get no setup screen to opt out of any of them. On a factory-fresh 512GB Galaxy S26 Ultra, system files and pre-installed apps consumed over 40GB of storage before the owner adds a single photo or file, according to Android Authority's hands-on testing earlier this year. That's close to 8% of the drive, gone before the box is fully unpacked.

Every Mac includes Preview, Apple's app for opening PDFs and images. Double-click a supported file, and it will usually open without another download, subscription, or setup process.

Bigme's Hibreak Dual 2 dual-screen phone launched on Kickstarter today with pledges starting around $560, pairing a 6.13-inch color E-Ink front panel with a 5-inch 720×1280 LCD on the rear, Notebookcheck reported. Both screens are rectangular and sized for genuine use a direct response to the watch-face-sized rear panel on Bigme's previous attempt, which never shipped.

In June, Chris Graue made headlines for photographing Jupiter with a Game Boy Camera, a 1998 accessory whose sensor captures 128×128 pixels in four shades of gray. The image showed cloud bands and a clear planetary limb. The catch: Graue shot through the Hooker Telescope at Mount Wilson Observatory, one of the most historically significant instruments in American astronomy. The camera was the hook. The adapter and the 100-inch mirror behind it were the story.

A Windows 11 bug has been quietly consuming storage on some machines for roughly a year, with a single system database log file capable of swelling from a few megabytes to as much as 500GB. Microsoft released KB5095093 as a preview optional update to address it last month, with the fix expected to roll into the next security update, likely the July 14, 2026 Patch Tuesday.