As Chrome OS gets better and better, the line between it and Android is increasingly blurred. It already supports Android applications, including the entire Google Play Store. Google is even testing Android P on Chrome OS already, even when Android Oreo never rolled out to Chromebooks in the first place. Chrome OS seems like a newfound interest of sorts for Google. In keeping with that recent interest, Chrome OS may support searching Android App Shortcuts ...

Chrome OS is Google’s Linux-based operating system available on Chromebooks. It’s lightweight and fast, designed mainly for web browsing and web-based applications. Google is constantly expanding and adding cool features. It has grown to resemble Android in many different ways as well. Now, according to a commit on the Chromium Gerrit, the Chrome OS Family Link will soon support setting time limits on browsing. The commit message. If you’re not too sure what exactly Family ...

Ever since the OnePlus 3, OnePlus has been proud of its fast charging solution. Called “Dash Charge,” the technology behind it is licensed from OPPO and mimics their VOOC (Voltage Open Multi-Step Constant-Current Charging) implementation. In a nutshell, OnePlus’ Dash Charge and OPPO’s VOOC produces a larger electrical current of 4A and at 5V for 20W of power delivery. Instead of increasing voltage like other fast charging standards, this set of implementation opts for larger electrical current to ...

One of my favorite utilities is Homebrew, the shell utility for installing and upgrading other utilities -- it's a lazy developer's dream.  Dreams can easily turn to nightmares, however, and I recently learned that Homebrew caches older versions of installed packages, leading to loads of disk space being used up by old files. Want all of that disk space back?  Run brew cleanup -s: I understand why Homebrew keeps the previous versions around but when ...

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Navigation gestures are all the rage these days. Everyone has them: Apple, OnePlus, Xiaomi, Huawei, and now Google in Android P. Everyone does them differently, too. We thought we would offer our own take on gesture navigation with the Navigation Gestures app, built in-house at XDA. The app brings customizable gesture control to any Android device for those users who are looking to get into gesture navigation or are looking for an alternative to existing ...