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Even budget phones are getting some pretty fancy features these days.

ARCHOS' new 50 Graphite and 55 Graphite budget smartphones feature dual rear cameras, fingerprint sensors, and USB-C

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Update: Google has put up a support page dedicated to the issue. As many of you suspected, the root cause for the resets ended up being improper handling of errors in responses from the Google Accounts auth servers.

[Update: Root cause] Google OnHub and Wifi units are randomly dying on people, requiring factory resets

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Okay then, Google.

Google renames 'Messenger' to 'Android Messages,' doesn't adequately explain why

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Peter Lee: Still no fix for the two bugs I've been reporting via Feedback since the end of last year (error code 65536 in details of sent messages, and incorrect sent dates - a SMS I sent to my wife this morning reported it was sent on 02/05/49120!)

Peggy K: I'd guess it's because most people think of "Facebook Messenger" when you say "Messenger".

Vasilj Milosevic (eboye): +Doug M. Social network very similar to Google plus, but very very buggy and awfully designed. For some strange reason most people are using it over other much better social network platforms.

TLDR: book of ugly faces

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I have so many questions about this phone.

LG announces the X Power2 with a large battery, aimed at multimedia users and gaming enthusiasts

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David Juarez: +Steve Anderson people need to stop this. Last phone known for this was what? The G4 if anything. More like G3. I think people are still salty over the lg2x

ROAST: Vague as all hell.... WTF are you spamming about?

Robert Le Blah: My Nexus 5x boot looped also after less than 6 months. It's a thing. There are a lot of complaints about it. LG refuses to fix mine under warranty. They want $80.

https://productforums.google.com/forum/m/#!topic/nexus/Yw1ipl6tCYU

https://www.reddit.com/r/nexus5x/comments/5t27jv/my_nexus_5x_died_yesterday_heres_what_i_learned/

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Better late than never... but it would still be pretty late even if it came out now.

Google's VP of communications products teases an early image of Allo on the web

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Alex De La Rosa: Still no SMS though, the most basic function of a messaging app.

Edit: "still in early development" lmao what? What have they been doing all these months besides giving us "bug fixes"

Alex Reusch: Too late. Allo is already dead. You cannot have a messaging strategy that separates business users from the private stream. So I now do have business users who contact me using Hangouts. But I am not a business user... Since Hangouts is already multi-device capable and also has a web client, which works pretty good since the integration of Chrome notifications, why not focus back on Hangouts and make it the best messaging platform? Just integrate all features of Allo into Hangouts and let Allo die. Please!

Sushubh: Tried it. It was still painful to use. Had a horrible time switching between chats. And in 2017, no file sharing unless something changed in recent times. What good is a chat client if I cannot even share a file quickly with the person I am talking to! Google Talk desktop app was a great example of how simple and usable a chat client can be. Google clearly unlearned everything great about their early products. Now I keep myself logged out of Hangouts on mobile and desktop because every time someone pings me there, I am reminded of the horror that app is on both platforms today.

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Are any of you experiencing these issues?

Google OnHub and Wifi units are randomly dying on people, requiring factory resets

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Artem Russakovskii: One of my 4 nodes ended up getting reset. It's back up now after I set it up again.

Daniel Bobke: Nope...the Google Wifi 3-pack has been the best Wifi I have ever had in my house. They have been up solid for 3 months now.

Dan Trevino: "Many people refuse to use OnHubs or Wifis because Google has too much control over them". lol. Many people are idiots who should really be afraid of Verizon/AT&T/Comcast, who capture everything, share everything, and dont give anyone the option to download and/or delete ~~their~~ Verizon's/AT&T's/Comcast's data.

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Oh, look at that. An app drawer.

Le Pro3 and Le S3 are receiving a new update that brings an app drawer, camera improvements, and more

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Searching for documents is a little more convenient now.

Google search on Android can now search through Google Drive files

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Start prepping your wake-up playlists!

Play Music v7.4 prepares to team up with Google's Clock app for musical alarms, loses weight, and more [APK Teardown + Download]

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Quite a departure from the first watch.

Huawei Watch 2 leak shows off a sporty design and cellular connectivity

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Dan Broersma: What I like about the original Huawei watch is that it does not look sporty. As a professional I don't really want to look like I'm wearing a $5 sporty watch on my wrist. I want it to look nice. These do not look very nice.

Mørgan Risch: +Dan Broersma Yeah, well as an athlete who's constantly active. I like a watch that's more sporty and durable.

See how that works, how everyone has a different taste. Just because you don't personally like the design doesn't make it bad.

No reason to complain, just don't buy it.

Kaan Sentürk: LG Style has a bad battery-life (and it also looks not that good), the Sport is too massive (and expensive) and the Huawei Watch 2 looks really dissapointing.

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