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Yeah, dedicated fingerprint readers were so nice. On-screen readers are slow, require you to look to align your finger, and unreliable since the thumb gets most of the abuse. Also, I usually have to press the power button when taking my phone out of my pocket to wake it up to bother to scan my thumb. Sometimes, I will be perfectly aligned on the reader and nothing happens… Until I pick up my finger and then it activates the reader and scolds me for moving my finger too fast. These are just neat tech demos, one step forward for the tech, but two steps back for functionality.
I’m afraid we’ll never see separate fingerprint readers again since it puts the cost and manufacturing burden on the screen manufacturers.
Alternate headline: "EA did a good thing in latest attempt to get off naughty list"
Two years after the Fairphone 4 and following the release of some audio products like the Fairbuds XL, the Dutch company is back with a new repairable phone: the Fairphone 5. It looks and feels a lot like the Fairphone 4, but it adds choice upgrades across the board, making it the most modular and also most modern-looking repairable phone from the company yet.
The design is largely unchanged compared to the Fairphone 4, but the improvements that the company did make go a long way: The teardrop notch and the LCD screen is finally gone, with an ordinary punch-hole selfie and an OLED taking its place. Otherwise, you’re looking at an aluminum frame, a triangular camera array, and a removable back cover. Here, the company brought back its signature translucent back cover next to two black and blue variants. The dimensions and weight has been reduced ever-so-slightly compared to the predecessor.
The Google Pixel 8 and 8 Pro have leaked extensively in the last few months. These phones should officially debut in just over a month since Google typically announces new Pixels in early October. Leaked renders and hands-on images have already given us a good look at the Pixel 8's design. Now, Google itself has accidentally shown off the Pixel 8 Pro in a Pixel Fold-inspired Porcelain shade on the Google Store.
Spotted by @Android_setting and shared by Mishaal Rahmaan, Google appears to have accidentally used a Pixel 8 Pro's design asset on the Google Subscriptions & Services page. It might not be immediately noticeable that the phone in the image is the Pixel 8 Pro. But a closer look will reveal the new rounded camera bar, as seen in previously leaked renders. The picture's alt text also confirms that we are looking at the Pixel 8 Pro in Porcelain shade.
Google has really tried to go all in on automation since the rollout of its redesigned Home app in May. There's been the introduction of a new script editor, Nest Cam Indoor integration and, now, a whole slew of new routines to use. The company has announced 18 new routines — half starters and half actions — immediately available for Google Home users.
While the Pixel 6 ushered in three years of major Android OS version updates and an additional two for security patches, that’s still nowhere near the longevity of the iPhone. Google hopes to change that on the Pixel 8 and 8 Pro with noticeably more OS updates.
I feel sorry for those with tech OCD, it should be 128TB.