Google’s Digital Wellbeing initiative is excellent, but it’s limited to Pixel and Android One handsets. Fortunately, Chris Lacy, the developer behind Action Launcher and other apps, just released ActionDash, bringing most of Digital Wellbeing’s features to every Android device. Just like with Digital Wellbeing, ActionDash is a cleanly-design app that provides you with phone and app usage statistics. You can view screenshots of the app below. ActionDash is split into five main sections.

Jimmy Westenberg / Android Authority TL;DR Some Pixel owners worldwide are receiving a notification to re-install Android 12. The update is the Verizon version of the operating system — even though the phones receiving it are not Verizon models. We would advise users to skip this update until Google explains the situation. In October, supported Pixel devices received the new upgrade to Android 12. At the beginning of this month, those same Pixels received an update to the November security patch.

Social distancing has affected everyone differently, but one of the most common challenges is finding ways to stay in shape without access to the gym. Of course, there’s nothing to stop you from building strength with kettlebells and dumbbells, but these options can only go so far in replicating the benefits of a 120kg squat! And that’s if you can get hold of them; a lot of these tools have very quickly sold out, for obvious reasons.

Taking a screenshot can be quite helpful in many ways. If you need to share something on your screen with someone but they aren’t next to you, sending them a screenshot is a handy way to do so. If you own an HTC 10 and are wondering how to take a screenshot, look no further! Taking a screenshot on the HTC 10 is very easy, and there are two methods you can choose from:

Hadlee Simons / Android Authority TL;DR It’s official. LG Pay will be shuttered in the US later this year. The news follows LG’s plan to can its mobile division by July. The death of LG Pay will leave LG users without payment support for magnetic stripe readers. LG’s mobile division is almost entirely dead, and we’re now seeing the remaining dominoes fall. The company has now announced the shutdown of its mobile payments service, LG Pay, later this year.

TL;DR Xiaomi will push MIUI 9.5 to over 30 of its devices. This news comes on the back of the company announcing that MIUI 9.0 would hit 40 of its devices. Both MIUI 9.0 and 9.5 are based on Android 7.0 Nougat. Both MIUI 9.0 and MIUI 9.5 are based on Android 7.0 Nougat. MIUI is so heavily customized that it takes Xiaomi much longer than other companies to completely revamp its Android skin, which is why it’s a generation behind when it comes to Android versions.

TL;DR Nest, which has previously operated as an Alphabet subsidiary, will now be merged into Google’s hardware division. Google hopes to combine Nest’s smart thermostat and camera products and services with its own devices. Nest was formed in 2010, and was acquired by Google in 2014 for $3.2 billion. After a couple months of rumors, Google made it official today — Nest, the smart home device company that was previously run as a separate subsidiary to Google’s parent company Alphabet, will now be merged into Google’s internal hardware division.

One of the biggest complaints with Samsung’s TouchWiz UI a few years ago was the fact that the software package was very bloated, and packed with a slew of features and extras that, ultimately, didn’t prove to be all that useful. Samsung has toned down their software experience drastically over the last couple of versions of the UI, and with the latest iteration, the software experience is by far the best yet.

Samsung has just announced that they’re going to bring a Hello Kitty branded Galaxy Y to the German market. The entry-level smartphone will be priced at 230 Euros, and for that amount of cash you’re going to get a 3-inch screen that pushes a meager 320×240 pixels, Android 2.3 Gingerbread, a 2 megapixel camera that’s probably useless, and … not much else. How much does a Galaxy Y cost in Germany without the Hello Kitty logos?

Sony’s new lineup of devices can not be complete without some fancy accessories, and that we have. The GCM10 Game Controller Mount will be of great interest to the gamers in the house. It is no simple accessory, as it turns your mobile devices into a portable console of sorts. The Game Controller Mount creates a dock for your mobile device, allowing you to attach it right into a PlayStation 4 controller.