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This is not the first partnership between Google and Renault. Back in 2018, the Mountain-view-based tech company teamed up with the French automaker to form a four-year deal. The Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance was supposed to use Android Auto and Google apps in the vehicles. The new deal is in the continuation of the 2018 deal between the two companies, and it might lead to building a “software-defined vehicle.” Of course, only Renault and its sub-brands, including Dacia, Alpine, and Mobilize, can benefit from this collaboration with Google....

The company showed off widgets for Google Search, Chrome, Drive, Google Maps, Gmail, and Google News. This is quite interesting and also funny, on one hand. Why? Well, Google introduced lock screen widgets for Android back in 2012, and then killed off the feature in 2014. Now, 8 years later, Apple is introducing lock screen widgets as a brand new feature. That should not surprise anyone, though, as the company also announced an always-on display for the iPhone 14 Pro lineup....

This is a major jump from a minimum of 512MB RAM that Google mandated a couple of years back to support GMS on Android devices. It came following the launch of Android 11 in the second half of 2020. At that time, the company also announced that devices shipping with less than 2GB of RAM and running Android 10 or Android 11 out of the box must use the Android Go edition....

However, Google is not the only carrier that is providing free calls to Ukraine. Last week, AT&T, Vodafone, and many other telecom companies made a similar decision and waived calling fees to Ukraine. Google removes fees for calling Ukraine Google removes fees for calling Ukraine According to Google’s announcement, the rate per minute for calling to the following cities in Ukraine is now $0.00 for personal Gmail accounts: Ukraine-Kiev, Ukraine-Landline, Ukraine-Lviv, Ukraine-Mobile, Ukraine-Mobile -Astelit....

Google is investigating Pixel 5a thermal problems, after quite a few complaints Google is investigating Pixel 5a thermal problems, after quite a few complaints Consumers started complaining as the device seems to have some thermal and touchscreen issues. The phone seems to be able to handle only a couple of minutes of 4K 60 FPS video before it starts overheating. After a couple of minutes of video recording, the device shows an overheating warning....