Google Now Shows You Which Android Apps Will Drain Your Battery
bgr - Google has revealed it will be changing how it notifies users about apps, and will now clearly identify apps that are using more of your battery than normal.
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Google embraces third party app stores and payments to put Epic Games case behind it
Simon Sharwood / theregister - Lower app store fees are on the way, plus an on-ramp for third party digital bazaars Google has spelled out changes it will make to the fees it charges developers who use its app store and payment services, and says they represent the end of its long lega…
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- Legal and market fallout: judge skeptical, stocks react (2)
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Fortnite's return to Play Store after global settlement
Legal and market fallout: judge skeptical, stocks react
Play Store overhaul: lower fees, third‑party stores, payments freedom
Sweeney gag clause: CEO contractually forced into praising Google
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Back to Top / Wednesday, March 4, 2026, 11:20 pm / permalink 20169 / 15 stories in 2 days
Google ends is 30 percent app store fee and welcomes third-party app stores
Ian Carlos Campbell / engadget - Google is officially doing away with its 30 percent cut of Play Store transactions, and rolling out changes to how third-party app stores and alternate billing systems will be handled by Android. Some of these tweaks were proposed as part of the settlemen…
- Epic–Google settlement terms and concessions (5)
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Epic–Google settlement terms and concessions
Fortnite’s global return to Google Play
Play Store fee overhaul & Android store rules
All Other Stories
Back to Top / Wednesday, March 4, 2026, 1:21 pm / permalink 20140 / 16 stories in 2 days
New Samsung feature unlocks homes via Aliro industry standard
Kerem Gülen / dataconomy - Samsung introduced a Digital Home Key feature within the Samsung Wallet. The feature allows users to unlock compatible smart doors using a smartphone. This addition expands the wallet’s existing digital car key capabilities. Samsung stated the feature mee…
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Duolingo shares plunge 23% after weak 2026 bookings forecast
Aytun Çelebi / dataconomy - Duolingo forecast first-quarter and full-year bookings below analyst estimates as it shifts strategy toward faster user growth, a move it said will weigh on bookings growth and profitability this year. The company’s shares dropped more than 23% in after-h…
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Google Maps wins access to one of last countries where app does not work
ft - South Korea lifts data restriction that have prevented US tech group from providing navigation services
Back to Top / Friday, February 27, 2026, 5:20 am / permalink 19860 / 10 stories in 7 days
Spotify’s latest feature automatically reorders your playlists for smoother transitions
digitaltrends - Spotify has introduced Smart Reorder, a new feature that automatically reshuffles songs in your playlists to create smoother transitions between tracks.The post Spotify’s latest feature automatically reorders your playlists for smoother transitions appear…
Back to Top / Thursday, February 26, 2026, 9:21 am / permalink 19794 / 3 stories in 8 days
With half of chronically ill patients failing to take medication correctly, Oska Health secures €11 million for personal health app
David Cendon Garcia / eu-startups - Frankfurt-based Oska Health, a hybrid care provider combining personal health coaches with AI, has raised €11 million in Seed funding to scale its continuous care model for high-risk, chronically ill patients. The round is led by Capricorn Partners and Sw…
Back to Top / Thursday, February 26, 2026, 7:21 am / permalink 19787 / 4 stories in 8 days
Want to Know If Glassholes Are Using Smart Glasses Near You? There’s an App for That
Bruce Gil / gizmodo - The app called Nearby Glasses scans Bluetooth signals to detect and alert users when the camera-equipped glasses are nearby.
Back to Top / Wednesday, February 25, 2026, 4:21 pm / permalink 19750 / 4 stories in 9 days
YouTube adds downloads and background play to Premium Lite plan
techspot - YouTube said the changes were based on user feedback, noting that the additional features would make Premium Lite more attractive to people currently using the free service. They are already available to Lite users in the US and will be gradually rolled o…
Back to Top / Wednesday, February 25, 2026, 2:21 pm / permalink 19743 / 4 stories in 9 days
Spotify Can Now Reorder Playlists Using BPM and Key Information
Laurent Giret / thurrott - Spotify is launching today a new Smart Reorder feature that uses BPM and key information to create smooth transitions between tracks in mixed playlists.The post Spotify Can Now Reorder Playlists Using BPM and Key Information appeared first on Thurrott.com.
Back to Top / Wednesday, February 25, 2026, 11:21 am / permalink 19731 / 3 stories in 9 days
Remote Control extends Claude Code to the mobile app
Erik van Klinken / techzine - Anthropic has introduced Remote Control for Claude Code. Users can now continue a local development session from their phone, tablet, or browser. The feature is running as a research preview for Pro and Max subscribers. A local Claude Code session continu…
Back to Top / Wednesday, February 25, 2026, 7:21 am / permalink 19713 / 5 stories in 9 days
Google Messages Is Finally Bringing Real-Time Location Sharing To Android
bgr - A recent teardown of the Google Messages APK has seemingly revealed Android devices will finally be getting a long-awaited real-time location sharing feature.
Back to Top / Tuesday, February 24, 2026, 5:21 pm / permalink 19692 / 3 stories in 10 days
Someone made an app to warn you if smart glasses are nearby
Andre Revilla / engadget - A new app will notify users if smart glasses are likely nearby. The aptly named Nearby Glasses was developed in response to media coverage outlining how glasses like Meta's Ray-Bans have been used to film people without their consent.As first reported by …
Back to Top / Tuesday, February 24, 2026, 1:20 pm / permalink 19670 / 4 stories in 10 days
Blizzard Reveals a New 4v4 F2P Overwatch Mobile Game, Overwatch Rush
David Carcasole / wccftech - Blizzard has revealed a new Overwatch game, and no, it's not 'Overwatch 2' again. It's a new 4v4, free-to-play, top-down Hero shooter called Overwatch Rush, and it's a brand new game built for mobile players. The game was announced with a look at some ear…
Back to Top / Tuesday, February 24, 2026, 12:22 pm / permalink 19665 / 4 stories in 10 days
Spotify rolls out AI-powered Prompted Playlists to the U.K. and other markets
Lauren Forristal / techcrunch - Spotify continues to test its AI-powered “Prompted Playlists” feature, now rolling out the tool to Premium subscribers in the U.K., Ireland, Australia, and Sweden.
Back to Top / Monday, February 23, 2026, 4:21 pm / permalink 19601 / 4 stories in 11 days
Former Apple Employees Just Released A Weather App Replacement That Doesn't Suck
bgr - The former Apple developers who created Dark Sky have just released a new weather app, and it's already winning over fans of the original app.
Back to Top / Monday, February 23, 2026, 1:21 pm / permalink 19586 / 5 stories in 11 days
Meta's flagship metaverse service leaves VR behind
Samuel Axon / arstechnica - The company asserts it will continue to make VR headsets, though.
Back to Top / Friday, February 20, 2026, 4:21 pm / permalink 19480 / 6 stories in 14 days
Google Play used AI to help block 1.75 million bad apps in 2025
Steve Dent / engadget - Google has announced that with the help of AI, it blocked 1.75 million apps that violated its policies in 2025, significantly down from 2.36 million in 2024. The lower numbers this year, it said, are because its "AI-powered, multi-layer protections" are d…
Back to Top / Friday, February 20, 2026, 5:20 am / permalink 19455 / 10 stories in 14 days
Meta's metaverse is going mobile-first
Ian Carlos Campbell / engadget - Meta is formally sectioning off Horizon Worlds, the closest thing it has to a metaverse, from its Quest VR platform, according to a new blog post from Samantha Ryan, Meta's VP of Content, Reality Labs. While the decision runs counter to Meta's original pl…
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