Amazon Echo hacks: You can unlock the bootloader and install custom ROMS on some older models

Most new Amazon Echo devices are powered by Amazon’s Linux-based Vega operating system. But older models shipped with a custom version of Android that’s been locked down to make them feel more like an Amazon appliance than Android tablets.

But now it’s possible to unlock the bootloader and install custom ROMs on some older models, effectively turning these smart speakers and displays into […]

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Unlocking the Pixel 9 bootloader breaks some Pixel AI apps

Google’s newest smartphones have better cameras, improved fingerprint sensors, more RAM, and other hardware upgrades when compared to the previous-generation. But some of the key selling points for the new Pixel 9 series smartphones are their new AI capabilities.
Now that the phones have begun shipping though, some users have found that some of those AI […]

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