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Mario Kart Tour Ends September 30 With No Offline Mode Amid Consumer Rights Fight

Mario Kart Tour shutdown is confirmed for September 30, 2026, as Nintendo ends the free-to-play mobile racer with no offline ...
Android Police

I tried every major AI assistant on Android; only one was good enough to keep on my home screen

Jade Bryan is a Feature Author at Android Police with over a decade of tech reviews and news reporting experience, stretching back to the Symbian era and the early days of Android. He covers the ...
Joy of Android

Safe Mode in Android Explained: What It Does and How to Use It

Learn how Safe Mode Android helps diagnose crashes, battery drain, and app issues. Enter, use, and exit Android Safe Mode ...

Pixel 6 Android Kernel Upgrade Exclusion Explained for Owners

Pixel 6 may miss Google’s next Android kernel upgrade, but security patches and Android 17 are still expected through October ...
Android

ChatGPT’s New Voice Mode Is Finally Learning How to Just Listen and Not Interrupt

OpenAI has released GPT-Live-1 and GPT-Live-1 mini, a new family of full-duplex voice models designed to overhaul ChatGPT’s voice functionality. The upgrade allows the AI to process audio inputs and ...

I've finally found an Android TV remote that is easy to use - and it's free

When a remote that ships with a TV is just horribly designed, you can always turn to your phone to make your entertainment ...

I stopped yelling at my smart home assistant by enabling an obscure Amazon Echo feature

However, you can also open the Alexa app and go to More > Settings > Voice Responses, then toggle on Adaptive Volume. Unlike ...

My iPhone's Messages app was hiding an unfortunate secret - and yours might be too

Messages was right at the top of the list with several gigabytes' worth of data. It easily eclipsed Spotify, which I know has a few gigabytes, because I've set it to cache music like my weightlifting ...