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If you bought a phone with a 4K screen, like the Sony Xperia 1 II, then you're going to get more use out of it. YouTube has had 4K videos for quite some time, but HDR was never available on mobile devices. However, it looks like that's about to change with an update for Android.

It's not unusual for companies to come to sudden decisions. But the employees at the games development studio for Google Stadia were caught off guard a major one. Just a week after being praised for making great progress, the division was shut down.

The current Wear OS allows users to install third-party apps that are also installed on users' smartphones. However, it looks like this feature is going away as Google is trying to emphasize the presence of Wear OS apps on the Play Store. It is said that the new plan will take effect starting from 10 March.

While the Android 11 update is still in the process of being rolled out to older smartphones, the alleged screenshots of Android 12 have appeared online showing us how the next-gen UI (User Interface) design will look like. The screenshots were published by XDA Developers and they are said to be from an “early draft” of documents Google distributes to Android partners.

Other than presenting a recap on what we search for in a year, Google has sorted out the top 10 trending searches for the first month of 2021 in Malaysia. Furthermore, it is also presenting the search interests for Chinese New Year surfaced from Google Trends to show how excited Malaysians are for the upcoming celebration!

It's always interesting to see phones do things you don't expect them to. For example, smartphones can gain new features via software updates. The unexpected update this time is Google and its Pixel smartphones, which can now sense a user's heart rate.

Smart TVs with Android TV have gotten more affordable over the years, so more people have become interested in getting one. It helps that Google is actively improving the platform too. In fact, the company just updated Android TV's UI to make it more streamlined.

Since YouTube is such a widely used platform, it only stands to reason that it continues to add useful features. The one that some may have wanted for a long time would be video clipping, which Twitch has had for years. Good thing YouTube is testing that now.

It has been two weeks since President Biden started working in the office, but there's no word if he would lift the ban on Huawei that was done by the Trump Administration. This also includes the shipments between Huawei and their partners but what does this mean for HONOR?

Chromebooks are probably not what most of you would use. But they're ultra affordable if all you need is a computer for productivity. That's why it's great to see new updates like Chrome OS 88, which adds a few new features to the platform.