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By now, many reviewers have had an opportunity to review the Watch 6 and the W6 Classic. Aside from the screen size and the corresponding resolution and PPI, the Watch6 Classic 43mm and 47mm are identical. Even with different size batteries, Samsung claims the same run time for both size...

Greetings! Regarding the new Watch 6 Classic: When deciding between the 43mm model and the 47mm model, is it simply a matter of which one looks better or feels better on my wrist? Besides their different sizes - and the corresponding differences in their weight, resolution, PPI and battery -...

Thanks for everyone's replies. I really appreciate them. It seems like the bloatware and updating concerns remain. Getting an unlocked phone at least eliminates the carrier bloat. Regarding the Samsung bloat: To the extent that apps cannot be uninstalled, can unwanted apps be hidden, perhaps...

I have long admired Samsung phones for their technology, but I've never purchased one, for two reasons: 1- Samsung bloatware; and 2- Slow to receive Android updates, esp. new versions. For these reasons, I purchased a Pixel phone instead. Since the newest Samsung phones are getting harder to...

Re: How to Remove the "Start Chat" Button in Android Messages You're right! The Messages app uses the same button to start a "conversation" and to start a "chat," even though conversations and chats are two different things. By calling the button "Start Chat" I guess Google is telling us what...

In the Android Messages app, I want to remove the blue "Start Chat" button. Ordinarily, you can do that as follows: Open the Android Messages app > Settings > Chat features > Tap "Enable chat features" to disable the chat feature. However, I cannot do this because "Chat features [are]...

I uninstalled and re-installed the Google Pay app, and this time I emptied the app's cache and memory before uninstalling. I also restarted the phone before re-installing. I made no configuration changes to the app after I re-installed, i.e., no changes from default settings. The letter 'G'...

It's good to know that you're still getting the 'G' on your Pixel 3 with Android 10. That means my problem probably has nothing to do with Android 10. Notifications are on, both in the Google Pay app itself and in Android settings. I previously uninstalled and reinstalled the app, but I'm...

Yes ... that's the first thing I thought of. All notifications are permitted.

Prior to Android version 10, whenever I used Google Pay (previously known as Android Pay) to pay for a purchase in a retail store with a contactless device, the letter 'G' would appear in the status bar of my Pixel phone. The letter 'G' was a reminder that I paid for a purchase with...

Looks like my choices are to type slowly - not the worst thing - or try another keyboard. P.S. Glide typing (as Google calls it) relies on artificial intelligence to interpret finger movements.

Most of the time, Google's suggestions are way off. In addition, Google sometimes changes a word I have typed and replaces it with a word that Google thinks I meant to type. Then, when I tap on Google's word to edit it, the word instantly goes back to the word I originally typed! It seems that...

Thanks for your reply. I'm using the stock keyboard that comes with the first gen Pixel phone. I believe it's GBoard. Unfortunately, no setting to turn off text correction.

Anyone know how to choose GMail as the default email app for Android Pie? The 'help' included with Android only explains how to replace an already-selected app. In addition, GMail is not included in the list of apps shown in Settings > Apps & notifications > Default apps > Opening links

After more experimentation I can be more specific about what I am observing and, yes, I will have to live with it: When you are starting a new word - not when you are in the middle of a word - if, by accident, your finger rests on the up-arrow instead of the first letter of your word, Gboard...