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If you’ve had trouble using tap-to-pay with your Pixel phone over the last few weeks, you’re not alone. 

Following a QPR2 release earlier this week, Google today is rolling out Android 17 QPR3 Beta 1. This should see a stable release in March 2027.

The promise of Gemini for Android Auto is huge, as the AI assistant is theoretically more capable than Assistant was. But, as it’s now becoming the only option, a weird issue is leaving Gemini for Android Auto perhaps less than useless, as it just gives up on answers from drivers.

New Android Auto updates tend to be a bit strange, with changes often showing up for some users but not others, but Google has just recapped a handful of Android Auto updates for media apps from the past few months, including confirmation that the squiggly line design is here to stay.

Alongside the early fall Prime Day deals at Amazon, all of the best Google Play app and game deals are now ready, including ISLANDERS: Mobile, Cell Clone Wars:Pro, Minabo: A walk through life, Unreal Life, Planescape: Torment: Enhanced, Kero Blaster, Newtro Boxing, and more. Just be sure to dive into the new $40 Airfly Drive…

Today’s best Google Play app and game deals are ready, including Blasphemous, Chai, CyberHive, Crying Suns, Forager, Dune: Imperium Digital, 60 Seconds! Reatomized, King and Assassins: Board Game, Druid, and more. Dive into the early fall Prime Day deals right here, then scope out the giant 50% launch deal on Amazon’s new Fire TV Stick…

Google has finally acknowledged that there’s a problem, but its possible solution is even more problematic. By •

PETALING JAYA: The MyDigital ID app has added support for the latest version of the MyKad, following a brief period when registration using the next-generation identification card was not available on the app.

Google is increasingly asking hobbyist developers to navigate a maze of identity checks and tests just to put a small app in front of users. According to some, it’s making their lives unbearable.

Google is apparently preparing to bring Proactive Assistance – also known as “Magic Cue” – from its Pixel phones over to Android Auto, which could be a really useful addition.