Every video you watch on a smartphone, tablet, or other device has to be run through some decoder, and AV1 has long been touted as the “next big thing.” To get around AV1 hardware requirements, though ...

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Apple and Google, as well as phone manufacturers including Samsung, release software updates to patch security issues and other operating system bugs in iOS and Android code. Delaying the latest ...

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November’s Pixel software update is starting to roll out. The rollout is being pushed in phases to devices on Android 15. The update offers several fixes related to Bluetooth, the camera, display ...

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Google released the fourth and final Android 15 beta today, three months after releasing the first beta release. You can enroll in the Android Beta for Pixel program ...

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Motorola’s Android 17 list covers more than 50 phones, but missing models raise bigger questions about software support and device longevity.

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