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Gmail's spam filter has been repaired
The problem also affected promotional mails, erroneously popping up in primary inboxes

Manuel Vonau

This story was originally published and last updated . 

Spam filters are a thing we rely on every single day to protect us from an overwhelming amount of unwanted messages, but we rarely think about the technology behind them when everything works. When the algorithms do break, all hell breaks loose, as we suddenly realize how many emails get filtered regularly. That's an experience some Gmail users have been going through over the last few days, as Google's spam filters appear to have been on strike for them. Google confirmed the bug is now fixed.

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Chrome for Android is finally going 64-bit, giving it a speed boost in benchmarks
Look at him, all grown up

Manuel Vonau

The first Android version to support 64-bit architecture was Android 5.0 Lollipop, introduced back in November 2014. Since then, more and more 64-bit processors shipped, and today, virtually all Android devices are capable of running 64-bit software (excluding one or two or more oddballs). However, Google Chrome has never made the jump and is only available in a 32-bit flavor, potentially leading to some unnecessary security and performance degradations. That's finally changing: Starting with Chrome 85, phones running Android 10 and higher will automatically receive a 64-bit version.

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17 temporarily free and 39 on-sale apps and games for the 4th of July weekend
Don't miss out on the sales for Bloons TD 6, Titan Quest, and This Is the Police

Matthew Sholtz

Welcome to the 4th of July weekend, everyone. Now that Independence Day is almost here in the US, many of us are off, but since it's a holiday weekend, there are some really good sales going around. This means you can pick up some awesome games today, such as Bloons TD 6, Titan Quest, and This Is the Police, thanks to their discounted prices. As always, I've highlighted all of the interesting titles in bold to make discovery easier. So without further ado, here are 17 temporarily free and 39 on-sale apps and games for the holiday weekend.

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JioMeet is basically a completely free 1:1 copy of Zoom
Good artists copy, great artists steal?

Manuel Vonau

Ever since the coronavirus pandemic struck, Zoom has been taking over the world of video conferencing. Many other companies have realized that and have started offering or improving their own video calling services — see Google Meet, Duo, Microsoft Teams, and others. Indian telecommunications company Reliance Jio also wants a slice of the cake and has launched its own approach to video conferencing, JioMeet.

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Gboard is adding support for the new Android 11 emoji (APK download) 🎉
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All the new movies and early theater releases you can watch at home right now
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Google Maps preps displaying traffic lights on Android
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This is Google's upcoming Nest speaker, the successor to the original Google Home
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Mozilla simplifies its Firefox lineup on Android
Only three releases remain for its main browser: Firefox, Firefox Beta, and Firefox Nightly

Manuel Vonau

If you thought the Google Chrome lineup was complicated with its stable, beta, dev, and Canary channels, you haven't looked into Firefox for Android. For a while, we had stable Firefox, Firefox Beta, Firefox Nightly, Firefox Preview, and Firefox Preview Nightly (not to mention the separate Firefox Focus) — truly a mess if you're just looking for the latest version of the completely rewritten new Firefox. That's finally changing, as Mozilla is starting to simplify its lineup, leaving only three versions: Firefox, Firefox Beta, and Firefox Nightly.

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YouTube Music is getting four new personalized mix playlists
Focus your Energy on a Workout, or just Chill

Caleb Potts

YouTube Music is due to become Google's only music service by the end of this year. In anticipation of taking the spotlight, the platform has been rapidly adding features and making tweaks lately, such as the ability to swipe between tracks and start playback directly from the album art. Last month, four new Mix playlists were spotted in the wild, and now it looks like those are becoming more widely available.

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Xiaomi brings MIUI Security app to the Play Store for faster updates
Getting faster updates when it comes to security should be a good thing

Caleb Potts

Android has always taken flak from Apple for its OS update policies, but just because every Android device may not get system updates quickly doesn't mean they have to miss out on features. Google allows manufacturers to update system level apps through the Play Store without having to push entire system upgrades. Xiaomi is up to just that right now, publishing its core Security app to the Play Store.

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DontKillMyApp benchmark released from Early Access with new icon
From Urbandroid, the folks behind dontkillmyapp.com and Sleep as Android

Ryne Hager

This story was originally published and last updated . 

Urbandroid, the developers behind Sleep as Android, have suffered plenty of headaches getting their app to work on a wide range of Android phones. Different manufacturers all think they have great ideas when it comes to stretching out battery life. Usually, they do it by aggressively killing apps in the background, which can break app functionality. Urbandroid even made a site called DontKillMyApp to track and shame the worst offenders and point out how to fix these issues on different phones (if you even can). Now Urbandroid is making a new benchmarking tool to measure your own phone's background apps performance.

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Apple-owned Dark Sky gets an extra month on Android, will now sunset on August 1

Jules Wang
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Google Messages adopts bubble notifications for Android 11 Beta users
Popping pop-up texts, ahoy!

Jules Wang

Google Messages appears to be rolling out support for bubble chatheads as provided for in Android 11 Beta 1. The company promised this adaptation a few weeks ago.

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