19 Android Settings You May Not Know About

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View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter subscriptions 10.06.22 TWEAK EVERYTHING 19 Android Settings You May Not Know About BY DAVID NIELD From using less mobile data to live captions for videos, these settings will make your phone run more smoothly. A HOUSE UNITED Here's What the 'Matter' Smart Home Standard Is All About BY SIMON HILL The open source protocol is finally here to ensure that your devices play nicely. Here's how it could change the smart home scene. BOTS RUN THE WEB How Bots Corrupted Advertising BY MORGAN MEAKER Botmasters have created a Kafkaesque system where companies are paying huge sums to show their ads to bots. And everyone is fine with this. RANTS AND RAVES Put a Little Power Cube Under Your Couch BY ERIC RAVENSCRAFT I never knew what these charging blocks were for until my Nintendo Switch started to die in the living room. GET WIRED Get 1 year of WIRED for less than $1 per month. That includes Steven Levy's exclusive newsletter and a free tote! Subscribe now. RUNNING UP THAT HILL Elon Musk's Half-Baked Robot Is a Clunky First Step BY WILL KNIGHT Tesla's Optimus robot did not dazzle robotics experts and can't yet walk. But if the project delivers, it could give the company an edge in manufacturing. FLIPPED Opendoor's iBuyer Model Is a Canary in the Economic Coal Mine BY CHRIS STOKEL-WALKER The company is losing huge sums of money on cookie-cutter homes—suggesting a fundamental weakness in the US housing market. GEAR ROUNDUP Windows 11's First Big(ish) Update Is Now Available BY BOONE ASHWORTH Plus: Framework has a new ultra-repairable Chromebook, there's a cheaper Google Chromecast, and Amazon refreshes its Fire HD tablets. MORNING GRIND How to Make Better Coffee at Home BY SCOTT GILBERTSON AND JAINA GREY Stuck indoors with no espresso machine? Not to worry, these tips and tools will help you brew café-quality joe. Have questions or comments? Reply to this email.   This email was sent to you by WIRED. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our email address, wired@newsletters.wired.com, to your address book.   View our Privacy Policy Unsubscribe or Manage your newsletter subscriptions   Copyright © Condé Nast 2022. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.