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Google Confirms Play Store App Deletion—Now Just 6 Weeks Away

All change for Play Store NurPhoto via Getty Images Updated July 20 with feedback on the mass deletion announcement and a new report into a serious Play Store issue not addressed by these changes. Google is clearly on a mission to make Android ever more like iPhone. We have seen multiple iPhone-like feature announcements in …

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Google Confirms Play Store App Deletion—Now Just 6 Weeks Away

All change for Play Store NurPhoto via Getty Images Google is clearly on a mission to make Android ever more like iPhone. We have seen multiple iPhone-like feature announcements in recent months, and Android 15 promises the most complete set of privacy and security updates in a single release. But one battlefield where Android continues …

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Google Photos reverse engineers Instagram in this week’s top Android headlines

If variety is the spice of life, Android tips the Scoville scale. In a week that saw Samsung unpack cutting-edge phones that bend in ways that would make any other gadget blush, a startup with literally Nothing going for it captured our imagination at nearly a tenth of the price. Meanwhile, the company in the …

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Google says you’re wiping it wrong and RCS gets even more complicated in this week’s news

Back when the iPhone 4 was dropping calls and Antennagate was in full swing, Apple’s disastrous response was basically “You’re holding it wrong.” Now, Pixel 6 owners are facing bricked devices after an update, and Google says user behavior is to blame — granted, its advice is something people could realistically do, but it’s no …

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Continue Reading... Google says you’re wiping it wrong and RCS gets even more complicated in this week’s news