Spotify just turned Wrapped into a weekly thing with Listening Stats
digitaltrends - No more waiting for December to see your music story. Spotify’s new Listening Stats feature gives you a weekly snapshot of your top artists, tracks, and discoveries, all refreshed every seven days. It’s Wrapped, but faster, and designed for sharing straig…
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Google Maps integrates Gemini for hands-free navigation
Emre Çıtak / dataconomy - Google is integrating its Gemini AI assistant into Google Maps, replacing the existing Assistant to enable hands-free, conversational navigation. This upgrade allows users to interact naturally while driving and is rolling out to Android and iOS devices i…
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Google Adds 'AI Mode' Button to Chrome for iPhone and iPad
Juli Clover / macrumors - Google is updating the Chrome app for the iPhone and the iPad with a dedicated "AI Mode" button that matches functionality found in the desktop version of Chrome. AI Mode is located under the Google search bar, next to an Incognito Mode button.The AI Mode…
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Nintendo Store App Now Available on iOS and Android
Steve Vegvari / iphoneincanada - The Nintendo Store app is available to download on iOS and Android, letting players make console and game purchases.The post Nintendo Store App Now Available on iOS and Android first appeared on iPhone in Canada.
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DJIs new Osmo Mobile 8 gimbal launches today, but not for you
mashable - DJI formally released the new Osmo Mobile 8 in all global markets except for the U.S. Here's why you can't buy it there.
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Google Maps taps Gemini AI to transform into an ‘all-knowing copilot’
Andrew J. Hawkins / theverge - Google Maps is bringing Gemini’s AI chatbot to more features, including more “conversational” route planning and the use of landmarks and nearby business for navigation. Google has slowly been adding AI to many of its products, including Maps, which last …
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Epic v Google ends in deal expanding Android app freedom
Emre Çıtak / dataconomy - Epic Games and Google agreed to settle their antitrust lawsuit on Tuesday evening, averting a potential Supreme Court decision. The settlement expands prior U.S.-only court orders into global changes to Android’s app ecosystem, allowing third-party app st…
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Apple Brings Its App Store To the Web
BeauHD / slashdot - Apple has officially launched a web-based version of its App Store that lets users browse apps across all Apple devices through a redesigned interface. "There's no way to download apps from the App Store on the web, however," notes The Verge. "Apple just …
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OpenAI’s Sora AI Video App Arrives on Android Amid Legal and Ethical Debates
Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - OpenAI has launched its Sora AI video generator app on Android, expanding to the Google Play Store amid ongoing controversies over copyright and a trademark lawsuit.The post OpenAI’s Sora AI Video App Arrives on Android Amid Legal and Ethical Debates appe…
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WhatsApp Now Available on Apple Watch
Joe Rossignol / macrumors - The official WhatsApp app is now available on the Apple Watch for everyone, following a brief beta testing period via TestFlight last week.The app allows you to read and react to messages, send replies, and more, directly on your wrist. A connected iPhone…
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Amazon Music Now Features Alexa+
Hartley Charlton / macrumors - The Amazon Music app now integrates with Alexa+ on iOS and Android, allowing users to navigate its extensive catalog via intuitive conversation.Amazon today announced that Alexa+, its upgraded AI-driven assistant, is now available in beta to members of th…
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Apple Launches App Store for the Web
Juli Clover / macrumors - Apple launched a new App Store on the web today, allowing users to browse through and search for apps across all of its platforms.The updated apps.apple.com site provides a drop down for each platform, and it includes the Today section with app and game r…
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Back to Top / Monday, November 3, 2025, 2:21 pm / permalink 15621 / 13 stories in 4 months
Ayaneo's first smartphone could have physical shoulder buttons
Jackson Chen / engadget - Ayaneo is breaking into the competitive smartphone market with its latest offering, but it's hoping to attract the mobile gamers out there. In a teaser posted to its YouTube, the gaming handheld maker offered its first look at the Ayaneo Phone. As vague a…
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WhatsApp will let you use passkeys for your backups
Lawrence Bonk / engadget - WhatsApp is rolling out passkeys for backups, which is great news for anyone who has been on the platform for years. This will add another layer of security to anything that's been backed up, including chats, photos, voice notes and more.It's also conveni…
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OpenAI adds reusable ‘characters’ and video stitching to Sora
Jess Weatherbed / theverge - OpenAI’s Sora app will now let you turn almost anything into a reusable avatar for its AI-generated videos. These “character cameos” are one of several new features that have been added to the Sora 2 video generator, alongside clip stitching and leaderboa…
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Fitbit’s overhauled app and AI health coach arrive today
Allison Johnson / theverge - Fitbit's new Gemini-powered health coach is debuting in preview today, as part of an entirely new app experience that was announced back in August. Premium subscribers in the US on Android will have access to it first as it starts rolling out today, with …
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Threads introduces 'ghost' posts that disappear after 24 hours
engadget - Meta's Threads is getting its own version of ephemeral posting with a new feature the company is calling "ghost posts." The temporary posts will be published within Threads' main feed like any other post, but will disappear after 24 hours. And while other…
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Tantalizing clue hints at Pixelmator Pro and more coming to iPad soon
appleinsider - Newly-discovered App Store IDs suggest that Apple may bring popular Mac apps including Pixelmator Pro and Motion 5 to iPadOS.Pixelmator Pro on a MacWhen Apple acquired the Pixelmator company in November 2024, the fear was that it would asset-strip it the …
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Apple Maps will start showing ads from local businesses next year
Kerem Gülen / dataconomy - Apple plans to introduce advertisements in Apple Maps as early as next year, according to Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman. The ads will enable restaurants and other brick-and-mortar businesses to pay for promotion within search results, mirroring features …
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Instagram adds watch history for Reels on Android and iOS
Kerem Gülen / dataconomy - Instagram has launched a Watch History feature enabling users to revisit Reels they previously watched, modeled after YouTube’s equivalent. The tool appears in the app’s settings menu and supports filtering by date, range, or author on Android and iOS dev…
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