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Circular allows you to lease eligible Nokia smartphones and tablets for a nominal monthly cost. The company covers accidental damage, loss, or theft of the device, providing a quick replacement. You will also get premium customer service thanks to a dedicated support team for Circular subscribers. But at its core, this program is about sustainability. Nokia wants to reduce e-waste by enabling users to keep their mobile devices longer. When you get a Nokia device under the Circular service, you will earn virtual “seeds” from the company called Seeds of Tomorrow....

Most of what the official release offers is what users may already know about thanks to a leak earlier this month. Back on July 1, screenshots of One UI Watch 4.5/ Wear OS 3.5 leaked online. Showcasing some of the design changes to the software. Samsung it seemed, was poised to be adding in a handful of convenience and accessibility features. Making the Galaxy Watch 4 and Galaxy Watch 4 Classic that much easier and enjoyable to use....

The report comes from Nikkei (via), which cites two people familiar with OPPO’s plans to launch custom flagship SoCs. This chipset will reportedly arrive by 2023 or 2024, although it is dependent “on the speed of development.” The Chinese OEM reportedly wants to leverage TSMC’s 3nm manufacturing process for this new chipset. OPPO currently uses chipsets produced by MediaTek and Qualcomm, a practice that’s followed by practically every Chinese smartphone manufacturer....

Considering how AR experiences are one of the core features of the Pixel 6 series, support for ARCore was always on the horizon. But the move is now official thanks to the smartphones’ inclusion in the ARCore support page. The document now mentions 27 compatible phones and tablets from brands like Lenovo/Motorola, OnePlus, Vivo, Xiaomi, ZTE, and others. The Pixel 6/6 Pro could already access a bulk of the AR features before their inclusion in the support document....

Android 13 brought Bluetooth LE Audio support along with it. That is a new standard that brings a number of improvements to the table. Of course, though, it will take some time for Android to fully support it. The Pixel 7 & 7a devices could offer “higher quality” Bluetooth audio The Pixel 7 & 7a devices could offer “higher quality” Bluetooth audio Before getting further into Bluetooth LE Audio, what makes us think it’s coming to those three phones?...