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Last year, Chrome OS added support for displaying files from Android cloud storage apps. The feature worked immediately with apps that already used Android's DocumentsProvider API, including OneDrive and Box, but Dropbox didn't support the API at the time. Dropbox has finally added the API, giving it integration with the Chrome OS file manager.
Documents from Dropbox now appear in the Chrome OS Files app, thanks to a recent update to the Android application.
Read MoreDropbox documents are now accessible from the Chrome OS file manager was written by the awesome team at Android Police.
Summer is in full swing, which means the air and ground are teeming with little critters, crawlies, and other tiny things that fly and buzz. If you're not having enough of those buggers in real life, you can now view them in AR through your phone's screen as Google just added 23 insects to its collection of 3D animals in search.
The 23 insects are available on devices that support AR Core.
Read MoreGoogle AR animals now include 23 beetles, butterflies, cicadas, and other insects was written by the awesome team at Android Police.
With everyone holed up at home, Netflix has probably been getting a little more usage than usual. Those extra few downloads could have just tipped the app over one billion downloads on the Play Store, which is no small feat even for an app that comes pre-installed on some devices.
Netflix is bundled in some OnePlus and Samsung devices out of the box, which definitely pumps the numbers a bit. That said, we'd give it good odds that many of those downloads would have occurred even if it weren't pre-installed; after all, Netflix is still the biggest streaming service globally.
Read MoreNetflix hits one billion installs on the Play Store was written by the awesome team at Android Police.
There's no shortage of true wireless earbuds on the market today, but among the best are the Samsung Galaxy Buds+. Already priced fairly with an MSRP of $150, a reputable seller on eBay is now offering these for $98.94, which is around $51 off.
Our own Taylor spent two months with the Buds+, finding them to be pretty great all around. He praised the 11-hour battery life, great sound, wireless charging and in-ear detection, as well as the price.
Read MoreSamsung's excellent Galaxy Buds+ are just $99 ($51 off) on eBay was written by the awesome team at Android Police.
Mozilla has been working on a brand new version of Firefox for Android, nicknamed 'Fenix,' for over a year at this point. The new codebase slowly trickled down from Preview to Beta, and at long last, the aging stable browser is now receiving the update. However, fans of the stable browser might still notice a few features missing.
The stable version of Firefox for Android has not been significantly updated since July 2019, while Mozilla's developers have focused solely on the new codebase.
Read MoreMozilla's next-gen Firefox hits stable after a year of previews, without full extension support (APK Download) was written by the awesome team at Android Police.
Virtually every major auto manufacturer has already incorporated Android Auto into their infotainment systems, leaving BMW as the final holdout. Although the company had claimed in 2017 that it had no plans to add Android Auto to their lineup, it must have changed its mind at some point, because it announced in December of last year that Android Auto would be coming in July 2020. Well, it's July 2020, and I can confirm that BMW has finally made this long-awaited Android Auto update available.
Read MoreThe long-awaited Android Auto update for BMWs is now available was written by the awesome team at Android Police.
Picking an Android TV box can be challenging, if only because there just aren't many of them to choose from in the first place. While NVIDIA's Shield TV and Shield TV Pro remain our top picks, there are other options on the market depending on your budget and desire form factor. The question is, are they worth looking at? We've assembled a list of some of the more popular Android TV devices, with an evaluation of each and why they or may not be right for you.
Read MoreWhich Android TV box should you buy? was written by the awesome team at Android Police.
OnePlus has dipped its toe into the Bluetooth audio waters several times, but it stubbornly avoided true wireless even as the rest of the industry dropped wires. Now, OnePlus is getting with the times. The true wireless OnePlus Buds are now available in the US, priced at $79.
Our review should answer most of the questions you have, but the gist is these earbuds sound good and are very comfortable, provided you're okay with AirPod-style hard tips.
Read MoreOnePlus Buds are now available to buy in the US was written by the awesome team at Android Police.
As the August 5th unveiling draws closer, we've been learning more about Samsung's upcoming smartwatch. The Galaxy Watch3 will come in both 41mm and 45mm options with 8GB of storage and 1GB of RAM. They will offer LTE connectivity and run Tizen OS 5.5, Samsung's latest version of its smartwatch operating system. While detailed specs are great and all, they can't show the full picture. But now we're getting one of our best looks at the smartwatch to date, as a tech YouTuber has posted an unboxing of the Watch3 before it goes on sale.
Read MoreCheck out the Samsung Galaxy Watch3 before it's unveiled in this early unboxing video was written by the awesome team at Android Police.
OnePlus hyped the Nord up for a long time, so it's a good thing that the phone lives up to expectations. For £379, this is one hell of a phone, but those of us that don't live in European or Indian markets have been left out. We have some good news, though; according to OnePlus cofounder Carl Pei, a Nord phone of some sort will be coming stateside soon.
Read MoreCarl Pei says the OnePlus Nord is coming to the US — just maybe not the same Nord was written by the awesome team at Android Police.
Many of us on the Android Police team feel that, of all the various Android skins out there, OnePlus' OxygenOS strikes the right balance of useful extras and no useless nonesense — one of the reasons many of us would pick over more cluttered and bloated interfaces like MIUI and ColorOS. But some of OxygenOS' many are still handy tricks are scattered across the Settings app, buried deep under layers of sub-sections — keeping them out of sight.
Read More5 OxygenOS tips and tricks you may have forgotten about was written by the awesome team at Android Police.
The organizers of CES, the Consumer Technology Association (CTA), had been pushing hard to keep next year's event in Las Vegas, but they've finally thrown in the towel. The CTA has just announced that CES 2021 will be an all-digital event, saying that it will offer "a unique experience for the tech industry" and "a highly personalized experience."
As of early June, the CTA had still been pushing for an in-person Vegas show in January 2021, claiming that they would regularly sanitize the venue, widen aisles to promote social distancing, limit touch points, and so on.
Read MoreCES 2021 in-person show cancelled, will be held online was written by the awesome team at Android Police.
Millions of people around the world rely on Google Maps to get places, and for that, Maps' data has to be as accurate and timely as possible. Google tracks the quality of its data all the time and every few months, it updates us on the improvements or regressions it has noticed. In the latest set of changes, Maps has seen upgrades to the speed limit data in nine countries, accompanied with downgrades in nine others.
Read MoreGoogle Maps speed limit data has improved in 9 countries, worsened in 9 others was written by the awesome team at Android Police.
Sharing music we love with others isn't a novel idea. We've changed the way we do it over the years and adapted to newer technologies, but the core concept remains the same thing as playing that cassette tape in front of your friends and hoping they like it too. Spotify introduced a more modern version of that through Group Sessions a few months ago, but the feature was limited to users in your vicinity.
Read MoreSpotify's real-time group listening sessions will soon work over long distances too was written by the awesome team at Android Police.
Dropbox is launching a native method for its users to electronically sign and secure signatures from others on its web client using HelloSign, a startup it acquired last year for $230 million. The integration is the latest in a series of a monetized additions to its core cloud storage business this year.
HelloSign eSignatures is only available on the web right now with no sign of a mobile release — in the Android and iOS apps, users are guided to use Adobe Acrobat for signing.
Read MoreDropbox brings new eSign feature to all desktop users was written by the awesome team at Android Police.
You might be wondering why we're rounding up file browser apps if the latest Android smartphones already come with perfectly-functional versions. Frankly, there's too many in the Play Store not to highlight the ones worth checking out. And if you're a frequent device hopper, switching between your phone, tablet, and Android TV device, you might be looking for a file browser with a bit more functionality than what the default Google, Samsung, and Motorola versions have to offer.
Read MoreThe best third-party file managers for Android was written by the awesome team at Android Police.
Shortly after the Galaxy S20 series started receiving the July security patch in Korea and Europe, unlocked US models started receiving it, too, as 9to5Google and Redditors reported. The list of phones that have the latest security patch has now been expanded with a slew of Galaxy S10 phones on AT&T.
All of the US releases have in common that they only come with security patches and no functional enhancements.
Read MoreThe AT&T Galaxy S10 series is receiving the July security patch was written by the awesome team at Android Police.
Google has been ramping up the Linux environment on Chrome OS lately, with features like microphone support and USB connections. For those of you who spend a lot of time in the command-line Terminal, Chrome OS 84 has updated the app with new themes and customization options.
Read MoreHack the planet in style with the new Linux Terminal in Chrome OS 84 was written by the awesome team at Android Police.
If you tried to sync your Garmin fitness band or smartwatch to the company's servers over the last few days, you may have noticed that something's awry. After initial reports pointed to a ransomware attack (via ZDNet), Garmin has now publicly confirmed that it's been hit by a cyber attack and that it's working to bring its servers back online over the next few days.
Read MoreGarmin confirms cyber attack, working on bringing systems back online over the next few days was written by the awesome team at Android Police.

Back in April, we were reporting the coronavirus pandemic would delay Unicode 14.0's release by six months, implying no new emojis would be released in 2021. Thankfully, a minor update called Emoji 13.1 is said to be in the making, which should bring some new additions next year.
In a virtual meeting held in April 2020, members of the Unicode consortium voted on creating an interim emoji release that doesn't require any new code points.
Read MoreDespite delays, there will be new emojis in 2021 was written by the awesome team at Android Police.