Android 13 is coming to phones and tablets this fall… but also to Android TV devices. Among other things, Android 13 for smart TVs will bring support for picture-in-picture mode, allowing you to keep watching video from one app or service while interacting with another or while browsing for the next thing you want to watch. But developers will need to update their apps to take advantage of the new APIs, so this week Google released Android 13 Beta 2 for Android 13.
In other recent tech news from around the web, Valve continues to bring new and improved features to the Steam Deck with every software update (and the software updates are frequent), the designed of the MNT Reform open hardware laptop is testing a new module with a faster processor, and OnePlus has introduced its most affordable true wireless earbuds to date.
More details in Google’s What’s new in Android TV and Google TV presentation from Google I/O: https://t.co/5hXJXrlwj2
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Steam Deck update brings support for per-game performance profiles, saving custom settings to save custom settings for screen refresh rate and CPU/GPU performance for each game for the best frame rates and/or battery life. https://t.co/bhQbzg4ir3
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The MNT Reform was designed to be a modular, open hardware laptop and while it originally shipped with a quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 processor, the chip is on a removable module. Now the developer is testing a dual-core Cortex-A72 module. https://t.co/uiuIQiBhQ3
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OnePlus launches the Nord 2T 5G and Nord CE 2 Lite 5G budget phones in Europe, plus the OnePlus Nord Buds, a $40 pair of true wireless earbuds with 7 hours battery life (but no ANC). https://t.co/0NFD5rtZBR
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Are they going to also update GoogleTV in android 11 smart TV’s , im hopeful PiP will also be available for my TCL running in android 11 googleTV . fingers cross.