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This free app lets you play around with smartphone sensors you probably didn't know existed.

The Pixel 8 Pro phone can double as a contactless thermometer in certain scenarios, thanks to its new temperature sensor. It's the first time Google has put a temperature sensor in a Pixel phone, and ...

If you have a recent Google Pixel smartphone, particularly the Pro or Pro XL model, you might be able to take advantage of one somewhat secret feature.

When Google took the wraps off its Pixel 8 Pro, most of the talk was predictably about its cameras, its cameras, and a number of smart features that Google brought to its new flagship. One of these ...

Smartphones just got a little smarter. In fact, Huawei’s new phone could even help users screen themselves for the coronavirus with a built-in thermometer. The Honor Play 4 Pro, which was released ...

Chinese smartphone giant Huawei this week announced a new phone with built-in sensors that can take a person’s temperature. The Honor Play 4 Pro has a sensor built into the phone’s rear camera array, ...

Smartphones have always been the modern tech equivalent of a Swiss Army knife, combining a phone, a music player, a camera, a GPS, a PDA, and more into a single device. Now Huawei is pitching yet ...

Of all the changes coming to Google’s flagships, I’m most intrigued by the new temperature sensor on the Pixel 8 Pro. I know, I know. It might seem like a gimmick and I hardly ever use a thermometer ...

The Pixel 8 will apparently offer parents a new way to check their kids’ temperature rather than sticking a thermometer in their mouth or feeling the child’s forehead. According to leaked images from ...

You can already use your smartphone for everything from listening to music to paying for lunch and turning off the lights, and now Chinese tech giant Huawei is adding one more capability to that list: ...