Genshin Impact 2 6 Lands March 30 With Grand Festival In Inazuma

If you’re still missing this character and haven’t been able to pull them from past wishes, now’s your chance to snag them and add them to your roster without spending any of your precious primogems or intertwined fates. The event is called the Magnificent Irodori Festival and will contain a number of activities and challenges for players to complete. Including taking themed photos for a Mondstadt bard, dueling in sword fighting, and practicing the art of flower arrangement....

December 14, 2022 · 2 min · 307 words · David Mowen

Get 28 Off A Ninja Multicooker And More For Cyber Monday

These are similar to appliances like the Instant Pot Duo, though this does appear to come with more features. Specifically, the sale is on the Ninja Foodi SMART XL 8Qt. multicooker. This device can pressure cook, steam fry, steam and crisp, steam and bake, broil, bake and roast, dehydrate, proof, sear, saute, steam, sous vide, slow cook, and make yogurt. And, really you can do a lot more with this thing than that....

December 14, 2022 · 1 min · 197 words · Sharon Gunter

Global Launch Of Honor Magic4 Flagship Series Scheduled For May 12

The HONOR Magic4 series’ global launch will take place on May 12 The image she shared does mention the HONOR Magic4 series, but in the tweet itself, the Magic4 Pro is mentioned. The Magic4 Pro is the company’s flagship, though the ‘Ultimate’ variant was also launched in China, with a ceramic back, and some other goodies. Chances are that the ‘Ultimate’ version won’t arrive to global markets. HONOR actually launched three Magic4 devices in China....

December 14, 2022 · 2 min · 336 words · John Mikelson

Global Smartphone Production Declined 11 In Q3 2022

Trendforce is blaming poor sales in the previous quarters for a production slowdown in the third quarter. Vendors have found it hard to clear up their inventories lately. Factors like the Russia-Ukrain war, political tensions between China and the US, and global economic headwinds have affected smartphone sales since the second quarter of this year. Companies started scaling back production in Q2 itself. The latest research report states the total production volume in Q2 and Q3 was pretty much the same....

December 14, 2022 · 2 min · 374 words · Jonathan Blankenship

Gmail Won T Recognize Political Campaign Emails As Spam Anymore

When the election comes, our inboxes are bombarded with tons of emails from candidates’ campaigns. They ask for a vote or promote their plans. These emails are as worthless as the candidates’ promises and do not find a better destination than the trash. Gmail traditionally sends political campaign emails to the spam folder, but it seems it wants to take a new approach. According to the report, Google recently filed a request to the Federal Election Commission (FEC), asking for permission not to send political campaign emails to the spam folder....

December 14, 2022 · 2 min · 319 words · Joseph Mcgee

Google Assistant On Android Adds Your Vehicles Section

The “Your vehicles” section appears at the bottom of Assistant settings (via 9to5Google). It will contain a list of license plates that the user has previously added to Google Pay, Maps, or Assistant. Parking services use this information to process the payment. Users can also add new cars to this list using the “Add Vehicle” option, or edit/remove existing vehicles. Google allows nicknaming your vehicles, too, which can be helpful if you have multiple cars....

December 14, 2022 · 2 min · 327 words · Nelda Wilhelm

Google Ends Free Unlimited Photos Storage With Pixel 5A

This has been coming and it’s no surprise that it starts with this phone Now, unlimited storage was previously something Google offered. And not just for Pixel-branded handsets. But it’s also a feature that has been waiting to go away for quite some time. The company announced last year, in fact, that it would be ending support. The end of support started with non-Pixel handsets just a few short months ago....

December 14, 2022 · 2 min · 330 words · Sherri Vernon

Google Fiber Announces 5 8 Gig Services Arriving In 2023

Google Fiber is targeting the new broadband internet services at “creative professionals, people working in the cloud or with large data, and households with large shared internet demands” (via). The 5 Gig service will let you upload and download at the same speed simultaneously, no matter the file size. You can quickly send and receive large files over the internet for efficient remote collaboration. With the 8 Gig service, you can expect even lower latency....

December 14, 2022 · 2 min · 323 words · Julio Blake

Google Gives Users Option To Kill Recent Gboard Snippet Improvements

That’s according to a recent report from 9to5Google. And the Gboard feature in question is, of course, the keyboard’s ability to pull “key snippets” from copied text. Specifically, it’s ability to pull out addresses, phone numbers, and similar details from a block of text the user copies. Those are displayed as their own “chips” just above the keyboard for easier, standalone copying. Gboard keeps key snippets for those who want it, so how do you kill them?...

December 14, 2022 · 2 min · 266 words · Donald Buoy

Google Is Bringing Video Apps Chromecast To Android Automotive

Google had already mentioned that YouTube would be coming to Android Automotive in the future, but now we’re hearing that more apps like EPIX NOW and Tubi TV are on the way too. This announcement also means that there will be better browsing of video content on the Android Automotive screen in the car. Google has said that it should also make it easier for developers to make apps for Android Automotive thanks to the new tools that help translate tablet-sized apps to parked car experiences....

December 14, 2022 · 2 min · 240 words · Marjorie Lauer

Google Made Some Pretty Big Errors In Its I O 2022 Translate Slides

The announcements themselves centered on new AI learning techniques helping to bring 24 new languages to the service. With Google largely focusing on underrepresented regional dialects with its latest additions. But several of the translations shown on screen during the keynote were flat-out wrong, as pointed out by viewers of the event. What errors were made on Google Translate slides at I/O 2022? In terms of the exact mistakes made, those appear to have mostly come down to issues in the presentation itself....

December 14, 2022 · 2 min · 250 words · Guadalupe Barbara

Google Meet Rolls Out Improved Background Effects On The Web

Google Meet, and pretty much all other videoconferencing platforms, offer customizable background effects. This allows you to conceal your background during meetings so the focus is on you. You can blur the background or replace it with less distracting custom images or videos. You can also use various effects or color walls as the background. They all work in real-time. But since you aren’t always still during meetings, the custom backgrounds have to constantly adjust according to your body movements....

December 14, 2022 · 2 min · 389 words · Jason Hume

Google Pixel 5A 5G Is Not Exactly Easy To Repair

The Google Pixel 5a disassembly reveals it’s not exactly easy to repair The video that PBKreviews shared has a duration of around 8 minutes. In it, you’ll see a full teardown of the phone. After which, you can also see it being assembled again, in case you need that information as well. The first thing you’ll need to do if you’re planning to disassemble this thing is to remove the SIM tray, and its display....

December 14, 2022 · 2 min · 306 words · Kenneth Lewis

Google Play Service Will Give You A Tour Of Each Feature Drop

What are feature drops? If you don’t know what feature drops are, they’re one of the main reasons to buy a Pixel phone. Every three months, Google delivers several new features to its Pixel phones. These are all fun and useful features that add to the experience overall. The last feature drop happened just last month, and it brought features like a new battery widget, the ability to convert text into stickers using Gboard, and the ability to transcribe speech into more languages....

December 14, 2022 · 2 min · 306 words · James Goodson

Google Reportedly Planning A Pixel Pass Subscription Bundle

This appears to be an all-inclusive bundle similar to the Apple One subscription for iOS and Mac users. Under Pixel Pass, one monthly fee would reportedly include a Pixel 6 with an extended warranty, plus Google One, Play Pass, and YouTube Premium and Music. Users will also have the option to tie this with Google Fi. However, the company will also offer a variant with other carrier options. Pixel Pass could be Google’s variant of Apple One The leak doesn’t specify how much the Pixel Pass subscription will cost....

December 14, 2022 · 2 min · 348 words · Stacey Renner

Google S Pixel Buds Pro Fall To New All Time Low At Amazon

Pixel Buds Pro are the first “pro” pair of earbuds from Google, giving you better battery life, but more importantly ANC. So with this pair of earbuds, you can get up to 11 hours of continuous playback, and up to 31 hours with the included carrying case. That carrying case isn’t super bulky either. It’s about the same size as the older Pixel Buds, which is really more of an egg size....

December 14, 2022 · 2 min · 224 words · James Bayne

Google Search Testing A Completely Black Dark Theme

This change is already available to some users on the desktop web. The completely black dark theme currently only works for Search result pages though. The google.com homepage still uses a gray background. In Search results, Google has also tweaked the colors for links and previously visited pages. The overall look now has a slightly bolder contrast than before. This gives the results page a jarring appearance rather than a bit muted one you get with a gray background....

December 14, 2022 · 2 min · 359 words · Ben Camacho

Google Seeks Dismissal Of Charges In Ad Tech Lawsuit

The company is requesting a federal court to dismiss four of the six charges of the lawsuit with prejudice. If granted, this would mean that the case cannot come back to the same court. Google’s stance was explained by its Director of Economic Policy, Adam Cohen. “This lawsuit has now been rewritten three times. With each version, AG Paxton follows the same pattern: make inaccurate and inflammatory allegations, publicize them widely, and repeat....

December 14, 2022 · 2 min · 304 words · Mark Jones

Google Tasks Is Preparing To Let You Highlight Important Tasks

It’s a pretty straightforward feature that lets you mark certain tasks as favorites so you see them first wherever you open the app. Once it goes live, a new “star” button will appear alongside each task in a list. You can tap the button to mark a task as important, which will turn the star blue. You can also “star” a task right when you’re creating it in Google Tasks, so you don’t have to find it in the list and tap the star button to mark it as important....

December 14, 2022 · 2 min · 366 words · Jamie Cargo

Google Tv Update Adds Favorite Channels To Live Tab For Easier Navigation

What are “Favorite channels” on Google TV and how do you use them? Now, Google hasn’t officially launched the new feature as of this writing, but according to the source, it will be doing so today via its community support forums. That’s not too unusual, as Google often launches smaller features without fanfare. And how the new UI and feature work is fairly straightforward. Live TV users can add channels to the “Favorite Channels” on Google TV by selecting a new star-shaped icon to add it....

December 14, 2022 · 2 min · 242 words · Anita Jones