Android P Developer Preview could be a week or so away

Last year, the Android O Developer Preview came in on March 21. Reasonable enough to think that P could follow in that trend. There's even more features to spoil in this post.

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Qualcomm’s new Bluetooth 5 multi-device broadcast feature is proprietary

The chipmaker says that this feature is proprietary to items incorporating aptX HD codec and the Snapdragon 845 platform.

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Google Assistant not listening to Bluetooth headset on Pixel 2

Setting up Google Assistant's hot phrase detection on a Bluetooth earpiece does not seem to produce the results that Pixel 2 users would like to hear.

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No, the Pixel Buds aren’t just wireless earbuds with some plastic cable connecting them

The Pixel Buds are not going to come apart and still work. Put a pair of scissors to that cable and you're done for in the warranty department.

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Nope, sorry, you can’t ‘completely disable’ Wi-Fi and Bluetooth from iOS 11’s Control Center

Billed as a "giant step for iPhone" and a "monumental leap for iPad", Apple's iOS 11 update feels like a step back for Control Center ease of use.

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AccuWeather and other iOS weather apps may continuously feed location data to ad servers

Multiple weather apps that deliver you a forecast based on your GPS and network data also send it to an ad server. They may take more dips into that data.

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Still relying on Apple for AirPods? Shipment times finally down to 2-3 weeks

6 weeks for almost 9 months. We were supposed to wait 6 weeks for AirPods to ship through the 9 months they've actually been available. Really.

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