Lenovo’s new Tab P11 (2nd-gen) is a mid-range Android tablet with an 11.5 inch, 2000 x 1200 pixel IPS LCD display with a 120 Hz refresh rate, a MediaTek Helio G99 processor, and quad speakers. When it was announced last fall, it was also Lenovo’s first tablet to ship with Android 12L pre-installed, although the company is […]
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Microsoft brings Android 12L to the Surface Duo (with a Windows 11-inspired skin)
Microsoft is rolling out a software update for its dual-screen smartphones that makes Android look and function a bit more like Windows 11. Part of that is just due to the update to Android 12L – Google has optimized its mobile operating system to take better advantage of larger screens by adding support for a […]
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4 Comments on Lilbits: Signal drops SMS, Microsoft launches Surface Studio 2+, more Apple services coming to Windows, and Intel layoffs ahead?
Lilbits: Signal drops SMS, Microsoft launches Surface Studio 2+, more Apple services coming to Windows, and Intel layoffs ahead?
4 Comments on Lilbits: Signal drops SMS, Microsoft launches Surface Studio 2+, more Apple services coming to Windows, and Intel layoffs ahead?Thanks to falling demand for PCs and increased competition from rival chip makers, it looks like Intel may be planning to layoff thousands of employees soon.  In addition to the introducing the new Surface Pro 9 and Surface Laptop 5 today, Microsoft has unveiled a Surface Studio 2+ for creative professionals… but it’s a kind of […]
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Lilbits: Samsung brings Android 12L to the Galaxy Tab 8 series, HMD introduces the Nokia T21 tablet
1 Comment on Lilbits: Samsung brings Android 12L to the Galaxy Tab 8 series, HMD introduces the Nokia T21 tabletSamsung is one of the few companies making premium Android tablets these days… and the company’s been at it for years, even when Google seemed to have largely given up on the space. But now that Google has remembered that tablets are a thing and started releasing versions of Android optimized for large screens, Samsung […]
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Run Android 12L on the Google Nexus 7 (2013) tablet
When Google released Android 12L earlier this month, the company highlighted new features designed for tablets, foldables, and other large-screen devices. But the company also said you’ll have to wait until later this year for the operating system, to roll out for tablets and foldables. One reason for that? The first devices to get new […]
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Lilbits: Google is taking Android tablets seriously (again), Elementary OS troubles, and more about Apple’s M1 Ultra
4 Comments on Lilbits: Google is taking Android tablets seriously (again), Elementary OS troubles, and more about Apple’s M1 UltraIt’s been more than a decade since Google released Android 3.0 Honeycomb, the first version of the company’s mobile operating system specifically designed for tablets. The next release, Android 4.0, basically merged the smartphone and tablet operating systems into one… and Google hasn’t really paid much attention to tablets or tablet apps since then, leaving […]
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Google releases Android 12L for Pixel phones, coming to tablets & foldables later this year
1 Comment on Google releases Android 12L for Pixel phones, coming to tablets & foldables later this yearWhen Google first announced it was working on Android 12L, the company described it as an update focused on tablets and foldables thanks to new features optimized for large screen displays. But now that Android 12L is out of beta, guess which devices will be the first to run Android 12L software? Google’s Pixel phones. […]
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Lilbits: Android 12L Beta 2, Windows 11 Preview 22533, and Rockchip RK3588S
Windows PC shipments were up nearly 15% year-over-year in 2021 according to the latest report from research firm IDC. Google has released a second beta of Android 12L, the upcoming version of its mobile operating system optimized for tablets & foldables. Microsoft has released a new preview build of Windows 11 to Insiders. And Rockchip […]
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Android 12L is built for tablets and foldables, but now you can run the beta on Pixel phones
Comments Off on Android 12L is built for tablets and foldables, but now you can run the beta on Pixel phonesIt’s only been a few months since Google released Android 12, but now you can beta test the next version of Google’s operating system for smartphones and tablets. Android 12L is expected to launch in early 2022 with numerous optimizations for large-screen devices including tablets and foldables. Google released a developer preview for the Lenovo […]
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Lilbits: Default browsers, WSATools, BeagleV, and Kaby Lake-G
Windows 11 makes it a lot tougher to change your default web browser than Windows 10… but a change in the latest Windows 11 Preview build makes it a bit easier. Hopefully it’ll graduate to the stable version of Windows 11 soon. In other recent tech news from around the web, Google has released an […]