Framework and Google have unveiled the world’s most upgradeable and customizable Chromebook yet.
Framework made a name for itself with its Framework Laptop. Unlike traditional laptops, Framework’s machine can be easily upgraded, and the user can swap out various parts and modules to customize the design and capabilities.
The company is now bringing that same modularity and customizable nature to Chromebooks.
“The new Framework Laptop Chromebook Edition, made of 50% post-consumer recycled aluminum, is the most customizable Chromebook yet,” writes Racha Slaoui, Google Product Manager, ChromeOS. “Itâs durable, powerful, thin, light and designed to last. You can upgrade the laptopâs memory and storage and replace key parts like the screen, battery and webcam without needing to replace your entire laptop. And if you ever want to switch up your Framework Laptopâs look, simply swap out the bezel with different colors. You can pre-order this device starting today.”
The new machines come with a 12th Gen Intel Core i5, but users can upgrade the processor and switch it out as needed.
Given the popularity of Chromebooks, it’s nice to see one that is upgradeable, both for the benefit of users and the environment.
Apple has informed developers it will be raising App Store prices in multiple regions, effective October 5, 2022.
Apple sometimes adjusts App Store prices around the world in response to economic and currency fluctuations. The company is now increasing prices in Africa, Asia, and parts of South America.
As early as October 5, 2022, prices of apps and in-app purchases (excluding auto-renewable subscriptions) on the App Store will increase in Chile, Egypt, Japan, Malaysia, Pakistan, Poland, South Korea, Sweden, Vietnam, and all territories that use the euro currency. In Vietnam, these increases also reflect new regulations for Apple to collect and remit applicable taxes, being value added tax (VAT) and corporate income tax (CIT) at 5% rates respectively.
Apple’s latest iPhone is receiving praise from an unusual source, with iFixit saying it’s easier to repair than previous models.
iPhones have notoriously been difficult to repair, often earning some of iFixit’s lowest repairability ratings. The latest iPhone 14 appears to be a departure from that, with iFixit CEO Kyle Wiens calling it “the most significant design change to the iPhone in a long time.”
After noting that the iPhone 14 doesn’t look different than its predecessor, Wiens points out that it has an all-new butterfly-style design that allows it to open from both the front and the back.
“This is the iPhone 14 reborn as a beautiful butterflyâa midframe in the middle, accessible screen on the left, and removable rear glass on the right,” Wiens continues.
“Thatâs no small feat. The new metal midframe that supports the structure required an entire internal redesign, as well as an RF rethink and an effective doubling of their ingress protection perimeter. In other words, Apple has gone back to the drawing board and reworked the iPhoneâs internals to make repair easier. Itâs an upgrade so seamless that the best tech reviewers in the world didnât notice.”
iFixit’s findings are good news for iPhone users, especially at a time when Apple has rolled out its Self Service Repair Program for iPhones and MacBooks.
Google is prepping a major upgrade to its RCS messages, adding the ability to directly reply to individual texts.
Direct replies are a common feature of Apple’s iMessage, as well as Signal and WhatsApp. Traditional SMS messaging does not support the feature, and Google’s RCS successor has lacked it as well. Google is working to address this, according to 9to5Google.
The outlet runs a regular “APK Insight” series, where it decompiles Android applications to gain insights into upcoming features. In the latest APK Insight, 9to5Google decompiled Google Messages and found evidence of a direct reply feature in the making.
According to the findings, long pressing on a message displays a reply arrow that can be used to directly reply to a single message. Similarly, swiping a message to the side activates the feature as well. A reply includes a preview quote, much like iMessage, Signal, and other platforms. Some users are already reporting the feature is live for them.
This new feature is the latest in a long series of improvements Google is adding to its RCS implementation that helps bring feature parity with Apple’s iMessage. iMessage is largely considered one of Apple’s biggest advantages in the battle between iOS and Android, with Apple execs reluctant to do anything that would bring iMessage’s advantages to Android, for fear users would opt for a cheaper Android phone if they could still have the “blue bubble” experience.
Google has repeatedlycalled out Apple for its refusal to support RCS, saying its choices lower the overall security and privacy of all iOS > Android communication since iOS defaults to sending cross-platform texts via SMS. Unlike iMessage or RCS, SMS has virtually no modern security features, such as encryption, nor does it support group administration, file sharing, read receipts, or the like.
Google has made the case that Apple could continue to use iMessage for iOS to iOS communication and only fall back to RCS for cross-platform texts. Only time will tell if Apple will do so, but it’s highly unlikely without regulatory intervention.
The Department of Justice wants the opportunity to weigh in on the Apple v Epic appeal, with the goal of informing antitrust policy.
Epic Games sued Apple in an attempt to make the case the company was an illegal monopoly as a result of its App Store policies. Apple largely won the case, with Epic only scoring a single point: Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers said Apple must allow developers to use their own payment systems if they desire, but she specifically shot down the argument that Apple was a monopoly. Both companies appealed the decision, with Epic wanting a second chance to make its case and Apple wanting to win the one point out of nine that it lost.
The DOJ has asked to be part of oral arguments in the appeal, according to Reuters. The DOJ expressed concerns that Judge Rogers may have misinterpreted the Sherman Act, which serves as the basis for US antitrust law.
“The United States believes that its participation at oral argument would be helpful to the court, especially in explaining how the errors (in antitrust law interpretation) could significantly harm antitrust enforcement beyond the specific context of this case,” the DOJ wrote in the filing.
The DOJ says it does not support either company in their dispute. At the same time, Epic’s loss was also a major setback for the DOJ’s own investigations into Apple. With Judge Rogers ruling the company is not a monopoly, it could limit the scope of any measures the DOJ might be able to take.
The European Union has upheld a record fine against Google for abusing its dominance in the smartphone market.
The EU initiated a case against Google in 2015, accusing the company of using its dominance in the smartphone market to force other companies to use its other products. The court fined Google a record 4.34 billion euros, leading to Google appealing the decision.
According to NBC News, The European Unionâs General Court has upheld the fine, although it did drop it slightly to 4.125 billion euros ($4.12 billion).
At the same time, the court said it âlargely confirms the European Commissionâs decision that Google imposed unlawful restrictions on manufacturers of Android mobile devices and mobile network operators to consolidate the dominant position of its search engine.â
The issue stems from Google’s requirement that any company using the Android operating system on their smartphones must also bundle the Chrome web browser and use Google’s search engine as the default. The EU court found those requirements monopolistic, given Android’s 80% market share in Europe.
For its part, Google expressed its disappointment in the decision, giving the following statement to NBC:
âWe are disappointed that the Court did not annul the decision in full. Android has created more choice for everyone, not less, and supports thousands of successful businesses in Europe and around the world.â
Google’s Pixelbook appears to be the latest victim of Google’s cost-saving measures, with the next release reportedly canceled and the team disbanded.
Google’s Pixelbook was a high-end Chromebook that helped showcase the company’s Chrome OS. Despite its popularity, the company appears to have killed off the next generation â expected next year â and disbanded the team, according to The Verge.
Like many companies, Google has been looking for ways to cut costs as the economy slows. CEO Sundar Pichai made it clear in mid-July that the company would be looking for areas to streamline its investments and would be pausing some projects. Despite the Pixelbook apparently being one of those projects, Google is not confirming the reports yet.
âGoogle doesnât share future product plans or personnel information; however, we are committed to building and supporting a portfolio of Google products that are innovative and helpful for our users,â Laura Breen, a communications manager at Google, told The Verge. âIn regards to our people, in times where we do shift priorities we work to transition team members across devices and services.â
It’s also possible that Google doesn’t see the need to be in the Chromebook market like it once did. As more manufacturers have begun manufacturing quality models, Google’s presence is not really necessary to help the category succeed.
âWhatâs nice about the category is that it has matured,â Google hardware chief Rick Osterloh told the outlet. âYou can expect them to last a long time.â
Google is looking to diversify its manufacturing footprint, eyeing India as a possible location for Pixel manufacturing.
China has been the world’s electronics manufacturing hub for years. The country has a robust infrastructure, providing companies with the human expertise and component supply chain necessary to build some of the most advanced devices on the market. Despite its advantages, companies are increasingly looking to diversify, especially in the wake of the pandemic and ongoing tensions between China and the US.
According to The Information, via TechCrunch, Google is following in Apple’s footsteps, looking to manufacture 500,000 to 1,000,000 Pixel units in India. The order would account for 10-20% of total Pixel production.
The news is a positive indication of Google’s future plans for its Pixel line of smartphones. Despite traditionally getting good reviews, the company previously struggled to compete with the likes of Apple, Samsung, and others. The Pixel 6 changed that, helping Google grow its market share at an extraordinary rate.
The fact that Google is looking to increase production and diversify its supply chain is good news for Pixel fans.
Android’s minimum requirements are going up, with the latest Android 13 requiring 2GB of RAM and 16GB of storage.
Android’s system requirements have been slowing growing over the last several years, from 512MB of RAM in 2017 to 1GB in 2020. Android 13 is the first to go beyond a 1GB requirement, setting 2GB as the minimum.
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While Google has not officially commented on any change to storage requirements, Android Enterprise Expert and Google Product Expert Jason Bayton confirmed the increased storage requirement.
From #Android13, new devices with less than 2GB RAM cannot preload GMS. Any new Go devices must have at least 16GB storage.
Devices not meeting these requirements today on 12 must not upgrade to 13.
Apple seems largely unconcerned with the blue vs green bubble debate, with Cook saying the solution is to buy an iPhone.
When texting a non-iPhone user, Apple’s iOS falls back to the older, more limited SMS texting protocol instead of using the newer RCS and indicates the switch by displaying the texts in green bubbles instead of the standard blue. RCS offers many of the same advantages as Apple’s iMessage, such as group administration, read receipts, file transfer, encryption, and more. Google and others have called on Apple to adopt RCS for iPhone to Android communication, but Apple CEO Tim Cook just threw cold water on that idea.
According to The Verge, Cook was asked how Steve Jobs would have felt about RCS at Vox Media’s Code 2022 event.
âI donât hear our users asking that we put a lot of energy in on that at this point,â Cook responded.
When the person who asked the question, Vox Mediaâs LiQuan Hunt, pointed out the problems sharing videos with his mom, who uses an Android phone, Cook had a curt response:
âBuy your mom an iPhone,â he said.
Hunt’s complaint highlights the heart of the issue: Apple is intentionally using an inferior protocol to communicate with Android devices, one that degrades video quality, limits file transfer, and provides no security or encryption.
Google has called on Apple to fix texting by adopting RCS, pointing out that it will not impact communication between Apple devices. It will only improve communication between Apple and non-Apple devices. Many in the industry, including we at WPN, have made the case that Apple only refuses to support RCS as a way to discourage people from buying Android phones in favor of its iPhones.
Perhaps Cook should look at Steve Jobs’ efforts to work with Microsoft as an indication of how he would think of RCS. Rather than focus on old turf wars between the two companies, Jobs was more concerned about what was in the best interest of his customers.
In the meantime, thank you, Tim Cook, for saying out loud what everyone already suspected.
Qualcomm has run afoul of Arm Holdings, with the latter suing the former over the licenses it acquired with its Nuvia purchase.
Arm is the worldâs leading semiconductor design firm. Unlike Intel, AMD, Samsung, and others, Arm does not manufacture any chips. Instead, it designs semiconductors and licenses those designs to other companies, companies that use them to power some of the worldâs most popular computing devices.
Qualcomm has been working to improve the performance of its chips, especially targeting the gap between Appleâs Arm-based chips and its own. Qualcomm purchased Nuvia in an effort to close that gap, but Qualcomm is calling foul, issuing the following statement:
Arm is filing this claim to protect Arm, our partners, and the unparalleled ecosystem we have built together. Arm and its partners have invested billions of dollars to create industry-leading intellectual property. Because Qualcomm attempted to transfer Nuvia licenses without Armâs consent, which is a standard restriction under Armâs license agreements, Nuviaâs licenses terminated in March 2022. Before and after that date, Arm made multiple good faith efforts to seek a resolution. In contrast, Qualcomm has breached the terms of the Arm license agreement by continuing development under the terminated licenses. Arm was left with no choice other than to bring this claim against Qualcomm and Nuvia to protect our IP, our business, and to ensure customers are able to access valid Arm-based products.
At the heart of the issue is the designs Arm licensed to Nuvia, designs it says required authorization before they were transferred to Qualcomm. As a result, Arm wants a court-ordered injunction that would force Qualcomm to destroy any designs Nuvia developed that are based on Arm IP.
For its part, Qualcomm says its existing agreement with Arm cover the designs Nuvia licensed.
âArmâs complaint ignores the fact that Qualcomm has broad, well-established license rights covering its custom-designed CPUâs, and we are confident those rights will be affirmed,â Ann Chaplin, General Counsel of Qualcomm, said in a statement to Reuters.
If the court sides with Arm, it could prove a devastating setback to Qualcommâs plans, especially since the company is one of the leading makers of Arm-based processors for Windows PCs.
Samsung is reportedly already hard at work on Google’s third-gen Tensor chip, although concrete details are few and far between.
Tensor is the custom system on a chip (SoC) processor Google uses to power its Pixel line of smartphones. The first-gen Tensor powers the entire Pixel 6 and 6a lines, with the second-gen expected to power the Pixel 7.
According to Galaxy Club, via 9to5Google, Samsung is in the “early testing and development” phase with the third-gen Tensor. There were no additional details regarding what improvements the new design may bring.
Why Samsung?
In some ways, it’s somewhat surprising Google is continuing to rely on Samsung as its primary manufacturing partner. While Samsung is a major semiconductor manufacturer, it is widely considered to be behind rival TSMC in the quality of its chips.
Samsung’s manufacturing issues became evident when some of its Exynos processors experienced heat issues. Some of the latest Snapdragon processors, which Samsung manufactured for Qualcomm, experienced similar issues.. In contrast, Apple and MediaTek processors are manufactured by TSMC and do not have the same issues.
Given that Google’s North American smartphone market share grew by 230% in Q2 2022, the company clearly has an opportunity to continue challenging its larger rivals in the smartphone space. It is somewhat puzzling that Google does not want to switch to TSMC for its manufacturing needs and is continuing to stick with Samsung.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) may be close to launching an antitrust lawsuit against Apple after a years-long investigation.
The DOJ began investigating Apple’s App Store practices in 2019, but the investigation eventually widened to include the company’s interaction with other hardware developers. According to Politico, the agency is close to a decision and could proceed with a lawsuit in the near future.
Apple’s App Store serves as the only way to install applications on the company’s iPhones and iPads. Initially lauded as a breakthrough for small developers, sentiment has soured in recent years, with many developers wanting to avoid Apple’s fees or avoid the App Store altogether.
The company has also faced increasing criticism from other hardware makers, such as smart-tracking device maker Tile, who claims the company makes it difficult for them to integrate their products with iOS.
According to Politico, no decision has been reached, but officials are looking at the App Store, as well as Apple’s mobile operating systems in general.
Making a case against Apple will not be an easy matter. Epic Games sued Apple in an effort to circumvent the App Store and the mandatory use of Apple’s payment processing system. Epic largely failed in making its case, with the judge ruling that Apple was not a monopoly. The only victory Epic scored was the judge ruling that Apple cannot prevent developers from using third-party payment systems. Both companies have appealed the ruling.
Politico believes the DOJ will wait to see how the appeals court rules in the Epic case before making a final decision on whether to proceed with an antitrust suit.
Google was the big winner among smartphone makers in Q2 2022, with its market share growing a whopping 230%.
Q2 2022 was not a good quarter for North American smartphone shipments, with the overall industry experiencing a 6% decline. Despite that, there were a few bright spots, according to Canalys.
Apple and Samsung continued to dominate the market, being the most popular smartphone models among NA buyers. Despite the overall downturn, Apple’s share grew by 3%, Samsung’s share grew by 4%, and Motorola’s grew by a mere 1%. TCL’s share dropped by 1%, while “Others” dropped by 61%.
The real winner, however, was Google. Despite its Pixel series not breaking the top ten most popular, the company saw a 230% increase in its market share, bringing it to 2% overall.
Google has struggled to make significant headway in the market, despite its Pixel line of phones generally receiving favorable reviews. It appears the company has finally hit a winning combination with its Pixel 6 redesign.
MacBooks owners can now do some of their own repairs as Apple expands its self-repair service to cover the popular laptops.
Apple has been slowly rolling out its Self Service Repair program, starting first with the iPhone earlier this year and now expanding to the MacBook.
Self Service Repair for MacBook Air and MacBook Pro offers more than a dozen different repair types for each model, including the display, top case with battery, and trackpad, with more to come. Customers who are experienced with the complexities of repairing electronic devices will be able to complete repairs on these Mac notebooks, with access to many of the same parts and tools available to Apple Store locations and Apple Authorized Service Providers.
The company says customers will first need to check the manual for the MacBook they want to repair at support.apple.com/self-service-repair. Once they decide to move forward, they can order the necessary repair kit at the Apple Self Service Repair Store.
Apple says customers can rent the tools for $49 for a week, saving them the expense of purchasing tools that may have limited use beyond a specific MacBook model.
In addition, customers can even send the parts they’ve replaced back to Apple so they can be refurbished and recycled. Customers who choose this option may even receive credit toward their purchase.
The iPhone 14 may be arriving a week earlier than expected, with Apple reportedly holding the launch event on September 7.
The iPhone 14 is Apple’s anticipated next-generation device. One of the biggest rumored new features, at least for the Pro model, is the elimination of the much-maligned notch. Instead, the new model will likely feature two cutouts, one pill-shaped and the other round, to house the FaceID and camera components.
According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Apple will launch the iPhone 14 on Wednesday, September 7. This is roughly a week sooner than Apple usually schedules its September events. Meanwhile, Apple Store employees have reportedly been told to prepare for a major product release on September 16, which matches up to the usual window between when a product is launched and when it shows up in Apple’s stores.
It’s unclear why Apple has opted for an earlier date, but it may be because of the state of the industry and economy. With experts warning of an economic downturn, Apple may be looking to release the iPhone 14 as early as possible.
Google is stepping up the pressure on Apple to adopt RCS messaging, asking the Cupertino company to fix texting.
Apple’s iMessage is a feature-rich protocol that allows end-to-end encryption, group management, file-sharing, status indicators, and more, all of which go far beyond the capabilities of standard SMS or MMS. Unfortunately, when an iPhone user texts an Android user, the messages switch to SMS or MMS, with all their limitations.
The answer is the RCS protocol, a next-generation messaging protocol that brings iMessage-style features to Android texting. Google is once again asking Apple to adopt RCS for iPhone to Android messaging:
Itâs not about the color of the bubbles. Itâs the blurry videos, broken group chats, missing read receipts and typing indicators, no texting over Wi-Fi, and more. These problems exist because Apple refuses to adopt modern texting standards when people with iPhones and Android phones text each other.
Google even makes the case that Apple can implement this change without impacting iPhone to iPhone communication:
Apple turns texts between iPhones and Android phones into SMS and MMS, out-of-date technologies from the 90s and 00s. But Apple can adopt RCSâthe modern industry standardâfor these threads instead. Solving the problem without changing your iPhone to iPhone conversations and making messaging better for everyone.
It has been apparent for some time that Apple’s decision not to support RCS is a business decision, not a technical one. The company considered bringing iMessage to Android in 2013, with Eddie Cue pushing for the option, according to The Verge. Ultimately, Craig Federighi highlighted what the company had to lose:
I am concerned [that] iMessage on Android would simply serve to remove an obstacle to iPhone families giving their kids Android phones.
While not quite the same as bringing iMessage to Android, supporting RCS for iPhone to Android communication would eliminate all the same pain points and could open all the same issues for Apple.
Nonetheless, for a company that prides itself on its pro-privacy stance, it’s getting harder and harder for Apple to seriously justify not supporting RCS. Doing so would help preserve the privacy of cross-platform communication rather than defaulting to decades-old technology that offers virtually no protection.
Similarly, supporting RCS would go a long way toward stopping the pressure â pressure that can border on bullying â that teens feel to own an iPhone, so their texts to friends don’t show up as green bubbles.
Then again, perhaps Apple is ok with less privacy and more bullying…as long as it drives customers to the company.
A new report suggests Apple will delay iPadOS 16 by a month, although iOS 16 should ship on time.
Apple introduced iOS 16 for iPhones and iPadOS 16 for its tablets at WWDC 2022. The new versions of its operating systems bring a number of changes, although iPadOS is by far the bigger upgrade, introducing an all-new multitasking experience.
The scope of iPadOS’ changes appears to be taking longer than Apple originally planned, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. While iOS 16 is still expected in the September window Apple originally announced, Gurman’s sources say iPadOS 16 won’t be released until October.
Multitasking has long been considered the iPad’s Achilles heel. While the hardware is powerful enough to rival many traditional computers, it has always been held back by an OS that is extremely limited when compared with macOS. While iPadOS 16 addresses many of these criticisms, the beta has not been without its hiccups.
Many developers and beta testers have complained of bugs and confusing workflow issues, neither of which are in line with Apple’s reputation. In addition, many have complained about the multitasking features requiring an M1 iPad.
It seems Apple would rather take a little extra time to get it right, and that’s a good thing for its users.
Intel has scored a major victory, securing Taiwan’s MediaTek as a customer for its foundry services.
Intel has been working to revitalize its semiconductor business, and providing foundry services to other companies has been a major part of that revitalization. According to Reuters, the company has secured a contract to produce chips for MediaTek, one of the leading semiconductor design firms whose designs are used in a wide range of mobile devices.
âThat’s a pretty big deal for us to engage a customer from Taiwan and them betting on us to grow and try this. And so this is a major anchor customer win,â Randhir Thakur, president of Intel Foundry Services, told Reuters.
The move is a testament to Intel’s success in establishing its foundry business, especially since MediaTek has a carefully developed reputation for designing some of the highest-quality chips in the business. Some Qualcomm and Samsung chips â both of which were manufactured by Samsung â have struggled with heat issues.
In contrast, MediaTek has relied on TSMC, a company whose manufacturing processes are considered more advanced than those of other companies. As a result, MediaTek has not been plagued with the same heat issues as its rivals.
The fact that the company is willing to invest in Intel’s foundry services is a huge vote of confidence in the latter’s abilities.
âWhen you go into a foundry, you’re putting at risk about two years of work,â said TechInsightsâ chip economist Dan Hutcheson. âIf something happens and the foundry can’t pull it off, you’ve lost that design window in that market window.â
While the contract is a big win for Intel, MediaTek made clear it will continue with a multi-vendor approach.
âMediaTek has always adopted a multi-sourcing strategy,â MediaTek said in a statement. âIn addition to maintaining close partnership with TSMC in advanced process nodes, this collaboration will enhance MediaTekâs supply for mature process nodes.â
Google is reversing course, bringing back the App Permissions section in the Google Play Store.
App Permissions provided valuable insight into exactly what an app could do once installed on a phone. Google decided to remove the section after introducing Data safety, a feature that allowed developers to declare what their apps did with the data they accessed. After users spoke out about the removal of App Permissions, Google has decided to bring the feature back.
Privacy and transparency are core values in the Android community. We heard your feedback that you find the app permissions section in Google Play useful, and we've decided to reinstate it. The app permissions section will be back shortly.
Some users were concerned that the data in Data safety was provided by the developers and could therefore be abused. Google tried to reassure users that any developers trying to game the system or hide their app’s true activity would face repercussions.
In spite of the assurances, users still wanted App Permissions to remain in the Play Store. Based on Google’s explanation, that’s probably a good idea since the features provide two different types of data.
The Data safety section provides users with a simplified view of how an app collects, shares, & secures user data, but we also want to make app permissions information easily viewable for users to understand an appâs ability to access specific restricted data & actions too.
A Google-backed startup plans to bring its lockscreen platform to the US within a couple of months, turning lockscreens into another way to serve ads.
Glance is a subsidiary of InMobi Group, the Indian ad giant. The company introduced a way to display news feeds, ads, games, and more on Android lockscreens. As a result, users are bombarded with content before they unlock their phones. The company claims its software is preinstalled on some 400 million smartphones, with its previous focus being the Indian, Asian, and EU markets.
According to TechCrunch, the company is now in talks with US carriers to bring its platform to US phones within the next two months.
Itâs hard to fathom users actually wanting to be bombarded with ads on their lockscreens, especially when theyâre already paying for both the wireless service and the phone theyâre using.
As we have stated many times at WPN, itâs one thing â and entirely expected â for a company to rely on ads when it is providing a user with a free service. Itâs a completely different story when companies that are already making billions of dollars in sales and services want to degrade the user experience by placing ads atop those paid products and services.
Perhaps the most unsurprising factor in this whole story is Googleâs involvement. The company already has a near stranglehold on the online advertising market. It should surprise absolutely no one that the company is backing Glance.
Hereâs to hoping US carriers provide a way to opt-out of Glanceâs âservice.â
