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What you need to know Google is expanding the motion-sickness feature to more Android phones through Google Play services. You’ll need an Android 17 or newer device running Google Play services v26.37. Motion Assist uses your phone’s motion sensors to move on-screen bubbles in sync with the vehicle. Google is taking one of the more unusual features from its September Pixel Drop and bringing it to a much wider audience. Motion Assist, the company’s attempt to reduce motion sickness while you’re using your phone in a moving vehicle, is now rolling out through Google Play services. The feature arrived on Pixel phones a few weeks ago, but the latest update to Google Play services v26.37 extends support beyond Google's hardware. You’ll need an Android 17 or later phone and the latest version of Google Play services. For starters, Motion Assist places small visual bubbles around the edges of the...

I have a never-ending pile of books to read, and I try to take at least an hour a day to read. That usually involves sitting on the couch with the Kobo Libra Colour , and while I enjoy using the 7-inch e-reader (a lot), it isn't what I'd call portable; I mostly use it while at home or on a flight. This is the biggest advantage with the Boox Palma 2 Pro solves. As it has roughly the same dimensions as a phone, it is seamless to take anywhere, and I just throw it in my EDC bag. While I was initially hesitant to use the device because of the smaller size, I now see it as a huge advantage, and I ended up using the Palma 2 Pro much more than I imagined in the last six months. Starting at $399 , it isn't an impulse purchase by any measure, and it costs more than most high-end e-readers; I like the DuRoBo Krono as well, and that retails for $279 as of writing. That said, the unique size an...

Vivo just unveiled the X500 Pro Max at an event in Shanghai, China, and there's a lot to like with the phone. The X500 Pro Max is the clear highlight, but there's also a standard X500, and the X500 Pro. With the Pro Max, Vivo is delivering a bigger phone with a huge 6.85-inch AMOLED panel, and an 8,000mAh battery — the largest on one of its devices yet. It's the cameras that are the main highlight of these phones, so let's start with what the X500 Pro Max has to offer. It uses a 1/1.28-inch 50MP main camera that uses Sony's new Lytia 910 sensor, and it's joined by a 200MP telephoto lens with 3.5x optical zoom — the same as the X300 Ultra — and a 50MP wide-angle module. Elsewhere, the X500 Pro Max is powered by MediaTek's latest 2nm Dimensity 9600 Pro platform, and it is a clear powerhouse. The switch to 2nm brings huge gains in efficiency, and with the phone having an...

What you need to know Qualcomm's Snapdragon X Elite is powering Googlebook, a new laptop category built specifically for Gemini Intelligence. Equipped with a 12-core Oryon CPU (up to 4GHz) and a Hexagon NPU pushing 45 TOPS, the platform is engineered to run complex generative and agentic AI directly on-device. Preorders are open now for the first wave of hardware, including the HP Googlebook 14 and new models from Dell. Qualcomm today announced it will bring its Snapdragon X Elite platform to the first Googlebook laptops, a collaboration with Google to power a new breed of computers built around Gemini Intelligence. Dell and HP are the first manufacturers to release Googlebook devices , and both models are currently available for preorder. The collaboration pairs Google’s Gemini-based software with the Snapdragon X Elite’s emphasis on performance, efficiency, and on-device AI. Qualcomm’s plat...

What you need to know MediaTek's Dimensity CX C10 Max is the company’s first chip for its new Compute Experiences family, targeting premium Googlebook devices. The 3nm chip packs an all-big-core octa-core CPU, 11-core GPU, and eighth-generation NPU for demanding workloads. The Imagiq 1090 ISP supports cameras up to 32MP, HDR video, smoother zoom, cinematic video, and continuous focus. MediaTek is officially bringing its silicon chops to high-end laptops. The chipmaker has announced the Dimensity CX C10 Max, a new processor specifically designed for the upcoming new wave of AI-first Googlebook devices . The chip is the first product in MediaTek’s new Dimensity Compute Experiences family and is expected to power an upcoming premium ultra-portable laptop. The C10 Max is built using TSMC’s 3nm process and takes a very unusual approach to laptop performance, with an all-big-core octa-core CPU, pai...

What you need to know Gmail now shows a Copy Code button when an OTP or verification code arrives directly in your email inbox. The shortcut can appear inside the email and directly in the main Gmail inbox alongside the message preview. Google's new verification code shortcut is rolling out through the Gmail app on both Android and iOS. Gmail now offers an easier way to copy verification codes directly from the app. Android already makes it pretty easy to copy OTPs and verification codes when they arrive through the Messages app. But now, Google is bringing similar functionality to verification codes that land directly in your Gmail inbox. The company is rolling out a new integration for the Gmail app on both Android and iOS that adds a small Copy Code shortcut whenever an OTP or verification code arrives. Now, when an OTP lands in your inbox, Gmail shows a small card at the top of the email ...

Gadget Weekly (Image credit: Android Central) Join Namerah Saud Fatmi as she explores the cool, quirky, and sometimes downright odd world of smartphone accessories, gadgets, and other nerdy toys every week . Forget sharing a KitKat bar or a pizza; Nimble lets us share power banks by splitting them in half . If you're having trouble digesting this bit of info, you're not alone. If I hadn't been using the Nimble SHARWPOWER 10,000mAh power bank myself for a few weeks, I wouldn't have believed it either. But it's a real product, and it's well executed. It's a wild concept, and once you've let the idea sit with you for a while, you might ask why do that when a multi-port power bank can easily be shared with extra cables. But there are some occasions that call for such a shareable battery pack. It's not cheap, but it's one in a million Namerah Saud Fatmi / Androi...

I dabble in silly little puzzle-based Android games on the daily. Games that require sorting, untangling, or disassembling things systematically to beat a level are so soothing to my nervous system. They don't require much intellectual or emotional investment, so I can kill time on the train or while waiting at the dentist's. Adding to a long list of quirky casual games, Meowdoku is my latest obsession. I don't know if you were being bombed with ads for the game like I was, but several friends told me they kept getting ads for it too. So, I took one for the team and gave in to the impulse. I'm glad I did because this revamped version of sudoku turned out to be right up my alley. The perfect cat-themed brain teaser to unwind (Image credit: Namerah Saud Fatmi / Android Central) The game is built on the basic rules of Sudoku, but with no numbers. Instead, you get cats and colors. Ju...

Pokémon Sleep has been out for a few years, but I only got into it in the past year. And by coincidence, just as I logged a year's worth of sleep into the app, Google released a new Pokémon Sleep edition of the Fitbit Air as part of Pokémon's 30th Anniversary Celebration. I've been using this special edition of the Fitbit Air to log my sleep in the Pokémon Sleep app, and it might be the best way to play the game. The wearable is lightweight, beautifully crafted, and tracks sleep quite reliably. If you're a Pokémon fan like myself, this might be the Understanding the basics of Pokémon Sleep (Image credit: Android Central) When Pokémon Sleep first launched, I thought it was pretty pointless. I already track my sleep in apps like Google Health (then Fitbit), so why add yet another app? Two years later, something convinced me to finally try it, and boy, was I wrong about Pokémon Sle...

What you need to know Google has apparently admitted that Gemini had escaped its testing environment and independently accessed systems belonging to three real companies. A misconfigured internet connection was the initial opening, while a matching company name added to the confusion. Gemini eventually stopped itself after recognizing that it was targeting real companies. Google initially kept the incident quiet, arguing that Gemini self-corrected and caused no damage. Google's Gemini adds to the long list of AI models that have gone rogue. We have already seen similar digital jailbreaks handled by OpenAI , Anthropic, and Meta in third-party safety testing. Now, it’s been revealed that Google’s Gemini model escaped its containment area in May, hacking its way into systems at three real companies, all on its own. The Wall Street Journal reports that the incident took place during a “capture t...

I've used pretty much all foldables released in the last four years, so I know what this category has to offer. Whether it's the tri-folding Huawei Mate XT , creaseless Find N6 , or the camera powerhouse that is the Vivo X Fold 5 , Android foldables have come a long way. But it took just an hour of using the iPhone Duo to understand just what Android brands need to do differently. With the iPhone Duo, Apple proved yet again that it doesn't need to chase industry trends, instead launching a product when it feels that the timing is ready. That's my biggest takeaway of the iPhone Duo — it doesn't feel like a tech demo at all, and is instead just as polished as the iPhone 18 Pro Max. (Image credit: Harish Jonnalagadda / Android Central) There are three things that particularly stood out about the iPhone Duo during my hands-on: design, inner panel, and software. I used the foldabl...