Following up on its solar-powered pan-and-tilt camera from earlier this week, the Wyze Battery Video Doorbell is available starting today, and it hits some similar notes to Google’s latest Nest Doorbell too.
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How to add a Play Points card to Google Wallet
Besides seeing your status in the top-right corner, Play Points can now be viewed in Google Wallet for Android.
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Review: Ecovacs’ flagship robot lawn mower isn’t cheap, but it still saves on lawncare
The natural progression of robotic home care is robot lawn mowers, because obviously it is. There are plenty of options on the market now, but the Ecovacs Goat A3000 comes from a company that knows home robots well. It doesn’t come cheap, but it’s still more affordable than getting a human to do it.
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Comment: Galaxy XR is a needed step, but feels dead on arrival [Video]
Samsung has just dropped the first Android XR headset – Galaxy XR – but like Apple’s Vision Pro, is this first foray into our favorite mobile OS almost dead on arrival? Let’s examine all the angles.
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GM will ditch Android Auto and CarPlay from more cars, but also build a Gemini-powered assistant
GM continues its crusade of removing Android Auto and CarPlay from its vehicles, and that’s now going to include future gas vehicles instead of just EVs, while the carmaker is also building out a Gemini-powered assistant.
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Deals: Galaxy Z Fold 7 $400 off, Galaxy XR launch offer, IdeaPad Slim low, and more
Your 9to5Toys Lunch Break is now ready to roll starting with a chance to score the Jetblack Galaxy Z Fold 7 at $400 off the list price with no trades needed. That deal joins an ongoing offer on the Z Flip 7, a $490 drop on Galaxy S25 Edge, and the early promotional offer on the brand new Galaxy XR goggles with $1,140 in FREE Explorer’s Pack content. We also have Lenovo’s 2025 IdeaPad Slim 3x touchscreen Snapdragon Copilot+ PC back at the low with $250 in savings and the best price of the year on the tried-and-tested 2TB T7 Shield portable SSD. Head below for a closer look at everything.
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YouTube’s new daily timer stops you from wasting all your time watching Shorts
For better or worse, short-form video is here to stay, and YouTube is continuing to build out its TikTok rival. This time, however, the update isn’t designed to keep you interacting with shorts for longer — it’s to get you off the platform without wasting too much of your time.
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Google Photos brings 3D photo ‘experiences’ to Samsung’s Android XR headset
Android XR devices, like Samsung’s newly launched Galaxy XR headset, are getting some neat Google Photos tricks. One Android XR trick turns your 2D photos into 3D ones, similar to spatial photos on the Apple Vision Pro.
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Android’s new flashlight strength slider looks to iOS for inspiration
There’s a new Android Canary build out, and with it comes a preview of changes Google has in store for a future update. After building out a rough flashlight brightness UI a couple of months ago, Google’s testing out an Apple-inspired UI for everyone’s favorite camera-adjacent utility.
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Google Maps for Android Auto gets partial redesign to surface ‘Report’ button, hide suggested locations
The Google Maps app for Android Auto is getting a partial redesign to better surface the “Report” functionality on smaller displays while also hiding suggested locations by default for some users.
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