Pixel Tablet screensavers can run on any device with Android 13. But it's not all that simple.
The Pixel Tablet inherits the Nest Hub's informative screensavers with clocks, weather and photos. A special 'Dreams' app (com.google.assistant.hubui) is responsible for this. When the tablet is docked, one of the pre-selected screensavers is automatically activated.
The APK of the 'Dreams' app can be installed on any device with Android 13 and the relevant screensavers will appear under 'Settings/Display/Screensavers'. Here you can also set the screensaver enable on charge.
From my experience, only the Frog, 4 clock options and Weather (50/50) are functional. Also, they don't show info the way it looks on the Pixel Tablet.
❗️These screensavers are optimised for tablets and may not display correctly on phones.
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The Pixel Tablet inherits the Nest Hub's informative screensavers with clocks, weather and photos. A special 'Dreams' app (com.google.assistant.hubui) is responsible for this. When the tablet is docked, one of the pre-selected screensavers is automatically activated.
The APK of the 'Dreams' app can be installed on any device with Android 13 and the relevant screensavers will appear under 'Settings/Display/Screensavers'. Here you can also set the screensaver enable on charge.
From my experience, only the Frog, 4 clock options and Weather (50/50) are functional. Also, they don't show info the way it looks on the Pixel Tablet.
❗️These screensavers are optimised for tablets and may not display correctly on phones.
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Pixel Tablet screensavers can run on any device with Android 13. But it's not all that simple. The Pixel Tablet inherits the Nest Hub's informative screensavers with clocks, weather and photos. A special 'Dreams' app (com.google.assistant.hubui) is responsible…
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Google Pixel Tablet Hub Mode screen savers APK.
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❗️These screensavers are optimised for tablets and may not display correctly on phones.
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❗️These screensavers are optimised for tablets and may not display correctly on phones.
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Google Weather on Android will finally get a Material You redesign. Some Googler on Twitter (no link, unfortunately) showed the upcoming redesign of the weather page, which involves a single main feed, instead of three pages "Today", "Tomorrow" and "10 days".…
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Here's a demo of the redesigned Google Weather UI on phones.
The redesign is currently exclusive to the Pixel Tablet, and I've managed to enable it on the latest version of the Google Search app by spoofing the device's code name to 'tangorpro' (Pixel Tablet).
The UI is now presented as a single feed consisting of current weather, hourly forecast, 10-day forecast and detailed current weather at the very bottom. Clicking on one of the days will open a separate page with detailed weather information and the ability to switch between them in a carousel at the top.
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The redesign is currently exclusive to the Pixel Tablet, and I've managed to enable it on the latest version of the Google Search app by spoofing the device's code name to 'tangorpro' (Pixel Tablet).
The UI is now presented as a single feed consisting of current weather, hourly forecast, 10-day forecast and detailed current weather at the very bottom. Clicking on one of the days will open a separate page with detailed weather information and the ability to switch between them in a carousel at the top.
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Made by Google has released a series of videos demonstrating the Pixel's advantages over the iPhone.
The series of short videos, titled 'Best Phones Forever', showed "what happens when two phones stop being rivals and start being friends?"
It particularly highlights Google Pixel's camera capabilities, Google Photos' 'Unblur' and 'Magic Eraser' features, Google One's built-in VPN and Reverse Wireless Charging. And the Pixel Fold made the iPhone swoon.
In my opinion, it turned out quite funny :)
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The series of short videos, titled 'Best Phones Forever', showed "what happens when two phones stop being rivals and start being friends?"
It particularly highlights Google Pixel's camera capabilities, Google Photos' 'Unblur' and 'Magic Eraser' features, Google One's built-in VPN and Reverse Wireless Charging. And the Pixel Fold made the iPhone swoon.
In my opinion, it turned out quite funny :)
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Google Pixel 8 leak points to desktop mode support.
Thanks to a source inside Google, Kamila Wojciechowska (via 🔗 Android Authority) has revealed support for an alternative USB DisplayPort mode that will appear in the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro. This will allow the phone to be used as a desktop replacement using the USB-C port.
The feature is similar to Samsung's DeX technology introduced in 2017, which allows desktop mode to be launched using a USB-C cable or HDMI adapter. In addition, hints of desktop mode as well as USB-C DisplayPort Alt Mode support (via Mishaal Rahman) are also present in Android 14, on which the Pixel 8 is due out.
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Thanks to a source inside Google, Kamila Wojciechowska (via 🔗 Android Authority) has revealed support for an alternative USB DisplayPort mode that will appear in the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro. This will allow the phone to be used as a desktop replacement using the USB-C port.
The feature is similar to Samsung's DeX technology introduced in 2017, which allows desktop mode to be launched using a USB-C cable or HDMI adapter. In addition, hints of desktop mode as well as USB-C DisplayPort Alt Mode support (via Mishaal Rahman) are also present in Android 14, on which the Pixel 8 is due out.
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Play Store is finally works on fully integrating the Material You dynamic colors. Until now, the only elements that followed dynamic colors were the navigation bar and the search bar on the home page. All other places used the standard green accent. However…
Google Play now has a blue accent.
At the beginning of March I made a post that "Play Store is finally works on fully integrating the Material You dynamic colors". This was half true. Back then, the only accent was "baseline blue", which replaced green, and also overrides the accent on the main page. And nothing has changed since then.
Now wherever there was a green accent, there will be blue, including on the homepage, where there used to be dynamic colors. This essentially lays the groundwork for integrating dynamic colors throughout the app, as all colours (on the homepage and other pages) are now in sync.
So don't be surprised that Play Store no longer follows the system colors on the home page.
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At the beginning of March I made a post that "Play Store is finally works on fully integrating the Material You dynamic colors". This was half true. Back then, the only accent was "baseline blue", which replaced green, and also overrides the accent on the main page. And nothing has changed since then.
Now wherever there was a green accent, there will be blue, including on the homepage, where there used to be dynamic colors. This essentially lays the groundwork for integrating dynamic colors throughout the app, as all colours (on the homepage and other pages) are now in sync.
So don't be surprised that Play Store no longer follows the system colors on the home page.
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Pixel 8 and 8 Pro wallpaper and colorways names have been leaked. Thanks to a source inside Google, Kamila Wojciechowska, (via 🔗 Android Authority), has shared the new wallpapers that the Pixel 8 and 8 Pro will ship with. The main theme is Minerals. Created…
New leak on Google Pixel 8: battery capacity, charging speeds, Wi-Fi 7 support and more.
Thanks to a source inside Google, Kamila Wojciechowska (via 🔗 Android Authority) has shared new info about the upcoming Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro:
• Battery capacity:
○ Pixel 8: 4,485mAh
○ Pixel 8 Pro: 4,950mAh
• Wired charging speeds:
○ Pixel 8: 24W
○ Pixel 8 Pro: 27W
• Wireless charging speeds:
○ Pixel 8: 20W (proprietary); 12W (Qi);
○ Pixel 8 Pro: 23W (proprietary); 12W (Qi);
• Wi-Fi 7 support — Pixel 8 and 8 Pro will be equipped with the updated Broadcom BCM4398 Bluetooth/Wi-Fi communications chip that supports Wi-Fi 7. The new standard is based on Wi-Fi 6 and 6E and provides improved speeds, latency and reliability, while maintaining backward compatibility with older standards.
• Ultra-wideband support remains exclusive to the Pro version of the smartphone. An upgraded module will be used.
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Thanks to a source inside Google, Kamila Wojciechowska (via 🔗 Android Authority) has shared new info about the upcoming Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro:
• Battery capacity:
○ Pixel 8: 4,485mAh
○ Pixel 8 Pro: 4,950mAh
• Wired charging speeds:
○ Pixel 8: 24W
○ Pixel 8 Pro: 27W
• Wireless charging speeds:
○ Pixel 8: 20W (proprietary); 12W (Qi);
○ Pixel 8 Pro: 23W (proprietary); 12W (Qi);
• Wi-Fi 7 support — Pixel 8 and 8 Pro will be equipped with the updated Broadcom BCM4398 Bluetooth/Wi-Fi communications chip that supports Wi-Fi 7. The new standard is based on Wi-Fi 6 and 6E and provides improved speeds, latency and reliability, while maintaining backward compatibility with older standards.
• Ultra-wideband support remains exclusive to the Pro version of the smartphone. An upgraded module will be used.
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