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Google Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL today lost the ability to store unlimited photos in Google Photos in “original quality”

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The Pixel 3 and 3 XL smartphones, which were released in October 2018, have now lost the ability to store unlimited “original quality” uncompressed photos in Google Photos.

Late last year, Google ended rolling out monthly security patches for the Pixel 3, although another cumulative update is scheduled for the first quarter of 2022. Pixel 3 owners can still upload unlimited files using the Space Saver (previously called High Quality) setting. After January 31, 2022, all new photos and videos will be saved in the cloud already with compression.

Google Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL today lost the ability to store unlimited photos in Google Photos in

The original Pixel, released in 2016, offered “unlimited photo storage forever.” It only took one generation for Google to start implementing a three-year expiration date for the privilege with the Pixel 2 and later the Pixel 3. The company also limited downloads to compressed quality starting with the Pixel 3a in May 2019. By November 2020, with the release of the Pixel 4a 5G and 5, Google was poised to completely drop the unlimited perk for future Pixel phones.

In stopping providing unlimited free Google Photos backup for everyone, the company cited “growing demand for cloud storage.” It now only offers 15GB of free storage.

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The next brainchild of Microsoft will go to rest. The company will stop supporting the Cortana app on Windows at the end of the year.

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Microsoft is about to completely stop supporting the Cortana voice assistant. Already from the end of this year, support for this application will cease, although the company has not yet announced the exact date.

The next brainchild of Microsoft will go to rest.  The company will stop supporting the Cortana app on Windows at the end of the year.

In general, this was more than expected, since the assistant introduced in 2015 did not gain popularity from the very beginning, and even Microsoft itself quickly stopped somehow promoting it. Now the company has unveiled the Windows Copilot tool, which will offer much the same as Cortana, only bigger and better.

Actually, in Windows 11, initially Cortana did not have any significant place and did not appear when the OS was first loaded.

However, Microsoft notes that the changes will only affect Cortana on Windows, while the assistant will still be available in Outlook Mobile, Teams Mobile, Microsoft Teams display and Microsoft Teams room.

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Android 10 is still much more popular than Android 13. Android version prevalence statistics have appeared

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Android 10 is still much more popular than Android 13

Google, following Apple, published statistics on the prevalence of a particular version of Android.

Android 10 is still much more popular than Android 13. Android version prevalence statistics have appeared

The most common version is Android 11. This system is installed on 23.1% of all active devices. This is followed by an even older Android 10 with 17.8%, but Android 12 is breathing down its back with 16.3%.

Android 10 is still much more popular than Android 13. Android version prevalence statistics have appeared

The current Android 13 is only on the fourth line with a share of 14.7%. You can also highlight Android 9, which holds 11.9% of the market. All other versions have less than 10%.

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Ahead of the announcement of iOS 17, Apple said that iOS 16 is installed on 81% of all active iPhones

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Shortly before the announcement of iOS 17 at WWDC 2023, Apple published statistics regarding the prevalence of iOS 16.

Ahead of the announcement of iOS 17, Apple said that iOS 16 is installed on 81% of all active iPhones

At the moment, the current version of the operating system is installed on 81% of all active iPhones on the market. Another 13% are working with iOS 15 and only 6% are on older versions.

If we talk about smartphones no older than four years, then the distribution looks like this: 90%, 8% and 2%, respectively.

In the case of tablets, iPadOS 16 is installed on 71% of all active iPads. Another 20% remain on iPadOS 15, while older versions are installed on 9% of devices.

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