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Google forced to confirm new smart device, and more tech news today
July 31, 2025
1. Google forced to confirm a new Nest smart speaker
Yesterday’s brief news was that aJapanese regulator filinghad revealed a new Google Nest (aka the old Google Home) smart speaker, with, oops, product images available in a PDF.
Google, as it has done previously with the Pixel 4a, managed to get on the front foot, with Google PR emailing through a new official photo and video within hours, confirminga big new Nest smart speaker (aka the old Google Home brand).
2.Sony Xperia 1 II review: “Sony has made one of my favorite phones of the year in the Xperia 1 II. And that’s saying something” (Android Authority).
- Check outSamsung’s incoming bean-shaped Galaxy Budsin these ultra-clear renders (Android Authority).
4.Android updates are getting to users faster. Android 10 uptake has been faster than all previous Android releases: “Android 10 was running on 100 million devices 5 months post launch – 28% faster than Android Pie.” (android-developers.googleblog.com).
5.Worldwide PC shipments grewagain due to work-from-home arrangements (Engadget).
6.Apple makes iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 availablefor public beta testing. Back up your data if you’re testing it out, or just want your goodies from Apple early. Loads of new features, with big changes in privacy (CNET).
7.Nearly 70% of iOS and Android users will deny tracking permissionsif they are requested in-app to opt-in (Pollfish).
8.Sony has poured in $250M to invest in Epic Games, for a ~1.4% stake. The maker of Fortnite is now valued at over $17B (VentureBeat).
9.NASA is updating its guidelineson how to prevent contamination of the Solar System, slightly relaxing policies that aren’t feasible if we go to Mars (The Verge).
10.This Lunar Rover footage upscaled and given a faster frame-rateis as close as we’ll get to the experience of driving on the moon (Gizmodo).
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