Google unveils Android 13 Go edition, with Material You, a Discover feed, and support for Google Play System Updates, arriving in 2023 on devices with 2GB+ RAM (Abner Li/9to5Google)

Mitchell Clark / The Verge:
Google says over 250M monthly active devices now run Android Go, which is designed for phones with limited storage and memory  —  Google has announced that over a quarter of a billion devices that people use each month are running Android Go edition, which is designed for phones with limited storage and memory.

Abner Li / 9to5Google:
Google plans to support the Pixel Watch with “at least” three years of Wear OS updates, including security updates  —  As part of the Pixel Watch rollout, Google has detailed that the Wear OS device will get “at least” 3 years of updates.  —  That period starts …

Abner Li / 9to5Google:
Google unveils search results with a “Discussions and forums” section, rolling out on mobile in the US, and with machine-translated news coverage, in early 2023  —  At Search On 2022, Google announced that “Discussions and forums” will be getting their own sections in results …

Abner Li / 9to5Google:
Fitbit to require a Google account to use its newest devices and features starting in 2023; current users can use non-Google accounts until at least early 2025  —  With the launch of Fitbit’s latest devices, “Fitbit by Google” branding was introduced.  The Sense 2 and Versa 4 already …

Zac Bowden / Windows Central:
Microsoft launches its ARM mini-PC Windows Dev Kit 2023, formerly Project Volterra, with Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3 and 32GB RAM for $599, coming to eight countries  —  Available to order now in 8 markets for just $599.  —  What you need to know  — Microsoft’s Windows on ARM developer kit launches today for just $599!

Abner Li / 9to5Google:
Google rolls out support for signing in with passkeys on Android and Chrome to beta testers ahead of a wider launch in 2022  —  Apple, Google, Microsoft, and others in the industry want to replace website/app passwords with “passkeys” that just require you to unlock your device.