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The Bay Area s Clipper Card arrives on Google Pay for easy transit payments.
Clipper Cards can be transferred from a plastic card to the app and easily reloaded.
Google Pay is also introducing new viewable transit passes.
The Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) announced on Wednesday that Bay Area residents with Android smartphones are now able to use Google Pay to access their Clipper card and pay for transit.
Residents in the Bay Area will be able to transfer their existing Clipper cards to their smartphones using the new Clipper app that was also launched for Android. After launching the app and selecting the option to Convert Clipper to Your Phone, users will just have to hold the card against their smartphone for it to transfer. From there, the card can be added to Google Pay for easy access.
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Tello Mobile and Ultra Mobile both leverage T-Mobile s vast and growing 5G and 4G LTE network to offer great coverage at lower rates. While Tello gives you the freedom to build your own plan, Ultra Mobile lets you save some extra money by signing up for a few months at a time. If you re looking for an affordable plan you can customize, look no further than Tello. If you re a heavy data user or want to have some extra international perks, Ultra Mobile is a better fit.
Tello vs. Ultra Mobile: Same network, different plans
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Wear OS may not have been the success that Google hoped for, but that hasn t stopped the company from trying. Last year, Google launched the H-MR2 update to help make the platform perform better and to improve battery life. The Qualcomm Snapdragon Wear 4100 was also launched to help take the platform to the next level. So far, the new chipset has been limited to the Mobvoi TicWatch Pro 3 GPS, but it gives some hope that the platform is still kicking.
Recently, there has been a lot of speculation about where Wear OS can go this year. Google acquired Fitbit, which makes some of the best fitness trackers and the best fitness smartwatches, and leaves Google quite a few possibilities. There have also been rumors of an alleged Pixel Watch and a Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 running Wear OS, both of which could help boost platform adoption.
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Samsung s One UI software is at the heart of many of the best Android phones out there, like the Galaxy S21 series. The company s smartphone UI has come a long way since the days of TouchWiz (a.k.a. the old, bad Samsung UI), and the current One UI version 3.1 boasts fast performance slick animations and a rich feature set.
Nevertheless, there s always room for improvement, and Samsung s position as the leading Android manufacturer in the West means that expectations are high for the upcoming One UI 4.0 update. After three years of One UI, we ve rounded the top five things we want to see in the next version.