Prime Tales: Android 11 & Android Auto, Pixel 5 renders, extra

On this week’s high tales: Wi-fi Android Auto coming to all Android 11 telephones, new Google Pixel 5 renders leak, the Samsung Galaxy Word 20 Extremely is reviewed, and extra.

As we proceed to method the launch of Android 11, which has already seen three beta releases, Google nonetheless appears to have a number of surprises up its sleeve. This week, we discovered from a help web page replace that Android 11 will convey the power to wi-fi undertaking Android Auto to appropriate, WiFi-equipped automobiles/stereos.

Fairly clearly, meaning any Android cellphone from the likes of LG, Motorola, Samsung, Nokia, and so forth. that’s launched on or will get up to date to Android 11 will be capable to take pleasure in connecting wirelessly to Android Auto. Apparently, that ought to additionally imply that Android One — although not Android Go — telephones would be capable to use Android Auto wirelessly as soon as their Android 11 replace arrives.

In Made by Google information, we obtained our greatest preview but of the upcoming Pixel 5 from reliable leaker OnLeaks. Within the new Pixel 5 renders and 360 video, we see a design that takes the holepunch show seen within the Pixel 4a mixed with the brushed metallic appear and feel seen in Google’s official teaser.

The design seems like a mixture of the just lately launched Pixel 4a and the Pixel 4, taking one of the best of each designs and merging them into one gadget. So what can we glean from these Pixel 5 renders that we don’t already know? Effectively, in all honesty, nothing actually main, as Google themselves revealed some design tidbits when unveiling the Pixel 4a a few weeks in the past.

On the Samsung aspect of issues, our personal Ben Schoon took time to get to essentially get to know and assessment the Galaxy Word 20 Extremely, who it’s made for and extra importantly who it actually isn’t made for.

Samsung’s Galaxy Word 20 Extremely is a genuinely nice cellphone. Arguably, it’s Samsung’s greatest cellphone. With a $1,300 price ticket, it’s not a completely insane ask both — although, let’s be actual, few telephones are literally price over $1,000.

Nonetheless, that is simply not the time for a cellphone this costly to be hitting the market, and the proof is in every single place.

Elsewhere in Samsung information, the Korean electronics big massively expanded the variety of units of their Android portfolio which might be assured a minimal of three Android model updates. The place this was as soon as unique to their S collection and Word collection flagships, now their vary of Tab S tablets and A collection reasonably priced telephones can have an prolonged replace interval.

Samsung’s submit can be fairly telling on how this is applicable going ahead. The Galaxy S, Galaxy Word, Galaxy Z, and Galaxy Tab S lineups will see this coverage as commonplace for all units going ahead. In the meantime, the Galaxy A lineup will solely see the coverage on choose units.

Lastly, Android TV took an unlucky flip this week, as Google started rolling out homescreen adverts — formally “cinematic highlights” — to everybody besides Nvidia Protect TV house owners. Fortunately, you possibly can nonetheless disable these Android TV adverts in the intervening time, and our workforce has outlined how to take action.

So, what do these homescreen adverts encompass? While you launch your Android TV gadget, you’ll see a brand new row on the high of the homescreen which cycles by content material that’s sponsored or a “Google Play Employees Decide.” There’s no auto-playing audio or video and your app row continues to be highlighted, however the brand new adverts take up an enormous portion of your display […]