That’s a major bit of news, as the regular Pixel 6 doesn’t support mmWave 5G; only the Pixel 6 Pro does. If this phone does hit the market, we expect it to be one of the cheapest phones to support that flavor of 5G. A lot of phones support sub-6 5G which is still fast, but it’s not lightning-quick like mmWave 5G. There are other Pixel 6a variants that don’t use mmWave 5G There are other Pixel 6a variants that don’t use mmWave 5G...

First and foremost, it’s worth saying that these real-life images do look like the renders that surfaced a couple of times. So we’ll be getting exactly what you think, at this point. It is mentioned that this could be a “testing model for the internal Pixel team”. That’s, at least, what the person who found it said. It’s easily possible, of course. The source also asked Android Central to protect its identity....

A few days ago, Google rolled out the Play system updates for Android devices. The update brought some new features for Wear OS users and improved Google Kids Space functionality. However, Google Play Services (v36.22) has a new security feature that helps users keep their accounts and data safe. Google now tells you if your password is compromised Google now tells you if your password is compromised Thanks to this new feature, if any of your passwords are hit by a data breach, your device sends you a notification and suggests you change it when using the password autofill option....

Doesn’t the outgoing update fix the Pixel 6a fingerprint scanner? Doesn’t the outgoing update fix the Pixel 6a fingerprint scanner? Now, as hinted above, the big issue here appears to lie in either the budget-friendly Pixel 6a fingerprint scanner hardware or in the software. It isn’t immediately clear which is having the problem. But the end result of that issue is the same. Although it may not ultimately impact every handset....

In the past, Google has been heavily criticized for its policies regarding the collection of sensitive user data. Well, that doesn’t seem to change, as, in a new data privacy violation, Google Messages and the Google Phone app have been found to be secretly sending users’ data to its servers. According to a research report by Douglas Leith, a computer science professor at Trinity College Dublin (via Android Central), Google Messages and Phone apps collected users’ messages and phone data without notifying them anything about it....