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Amazon's Fire TV Stick keeps getting faster and smarter, but one lingering hardware choice feels stuck in the past for modern streaming setups.

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First, open the Settings app on your phone and scroll down to Connected devices. From there, tap Android Auto. After you’re on the Android Auto settings page, scroll all the way down to the bottom and ...

Android's Desktop Mode surprised me ...

Turn a Raspberry Pi Zero W into a wireless Wiimote-to-USB gamepad adapter. The Pi connects to up to 4 Wiimotes via Bluetooth and presents them to an Android phone as standard USB HID gamepads over the ...

USB-C is now effectively the common connectivity standard for all phones, whether on the Android or iPhone side of the fence. One major upside of this is that plenty of accessories can now plug ...

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