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Track your holiday packages in Gmail. Heres how.

Mashable - Fri, 12/13/2024 - 12:57

The holiday season, for many, is more of a shopping season – and with lots of online shopping comes the need to track a lot of packages. Google, however, is making keeping track of all those packages a little easier, through an update to one of Gmail’s best features.

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The Gmail package-tracking feature was first launched in 2022, allowing users to tap on an email to get a summary of a package's status, including when it was shipped and when it's expected to arrive. For this holiday season, however, the feature is getting a bit of an update to make it even more useful. It's easy to make use of too, though you will have to enable it.

Enabling it is pretty easy if you have a package on the way. All you have to do is open up an email related to a package, and tap the "Allow" button under the prompt notifying you that you can track your packages in Gmail. 

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Alternatively, you can preemptively enable package tracking so that it’s on and ready to go when you start shopping. To do so, all you need to do is open the Gmail app on your phone, then tap on the three-line menu button on the top left-hand corner. Hit the "Settings" option, then look for "General Settings" on Android or "Data Privacy" on iOS, and find the "Package Tracking" option. Opt into it, and you should be good to go.

After you do so, you’ll get cards at the top of your inbox telling you the status of any packages as those statuses change or delivery dates approach, and you’ll get expanded cards at the top of related emails – which will allow you to jump straight to tracking or details related to the package.

You only need to opt into package tracking once, and after you do so, Gmail will automatically track your packages – handy for those who buy a lot online.

Features like this are likely to get increasingly supercharged over the next few years, as AI becomes more integrated with our digital lives. It's not hard to imagine a not-too-distant future when you’ll be able to ask Google’s Gemini for a summary of packages, only to have it surface these cards in the Gemini interface. In fact, it’s so not hard to imagine that I had to check that it didn’t already work (it doesn't). You can, however, ask Gemini in the Gmail window to summarize any packages, and it'll do its best to do so in text form. While it wasn't quite perfect when I tried this, it got pretty close, surfacing information about packages that were recently delivered, and some that I'm expecting over the next few days.

Regardless, Gmail’s package tracking tool makes things a little more visual and a little more seamless.

Nickel Boys trailer: Colson Whiteheads novel gets a remarkable adaptation

Mashable - Fri, 12/13/2024 - 12:57

RaMell Ross' Nickel Boys has already picked up Best Picture nominations from the Golden Globes and Critics Choice Awards, as well as a spot on Mashable's list of the best movies of 2024. Now, a new trailer gives us a closer look at the much-lauded film.

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Adapted from Colson Whitehead's Pulitzer Prize–winning novel, Nickel Boys relies heavily on first-person POV shots to put the audience in the visceral position of identifying with its protagonists in Jim Crow-era Florida. We inhabit the perspective of 16-year-old Elwood Curtis (Ethan Herisse), who is wrongfully sent to the Nickel Academy "reform" school, which Whitehead based on the Dozier School for Boys in Florida. There, Elwood and other students endure unbearable abuse from the staff. Yet Elwood also finds a friend in fellow student Turner (Brandon Wilson), whose POV we also inhabit at times.

In his review for Mashable, Siddhant Adlakha writes, "The camera constructs a powerful sense of self and personhood through the kind of thoughtful, propulsive artistry the American mainstream has seldom seen, making its opposition to violence and racist oppression wholly self-evident through its visual approach. The film is unlike anything else, but it feels intimately familiar."

Nickel Boys is now in limited theaters.

Running behind on your holiday shopping? These Amazon deals arrive by tomorrow

Mashable - Fri, 12/13/2024 - 12:53
Best next-day Amazon deals Best Echo deal Amazon Echo Dot $22.99 at Amazon (Save $27) Get Deal Best headphone deal Bose QuietComfort earbuds $129 at Amazon (Save $50) Get Deal Best kitchen deal Breville Espresso Machine $549.95 at Amazon (Save $200) Get Deal Best home deal Bissell Little Green Machine $81.49 at Amazon (Save $42.10) Get Deal

With Thanksgiving falling so late in the month in 2024, it feels like Christmas is sneaking up on us. Even if you got a head start on holiday shopping during Black Friday, you might be looking at your list, checking it twice, and realizing you've still got a lot more gifts to cross off. We're now less than two weeks away from Christmas and with all the last minute shopping that many of us are doing, products might end up with delayed deliveries.

Don't get stuck with nothing under the tree this year, as Amazon's made it easy to find products that will arrive by tomorrow. And if you want a hand, we sorted through the best deal at Amazon that are available to arrive next-day.

How do I find products that arrive by Christmas? Amazon makes it easy to find deals that ship the next-day with its delivery filters. Credit: Mashable

If you don't want to read every product's listing to see when it will ship, Amazon has a filter for sorting deals. Along the sidebar, you can filter products by delivery day. That way you can find items that will arrive by tomorrow. And if you're in a super time crunch, you can even find same-day shipping available.

Best next-day deal Opens in a new window Credit: Amazon Amazon Echo Dot $22.99 at Amazon
$49.99 Save $27.00 Get Deal Why we like it

The Amazon Echo device line-up is sprawling. You can find everything from a multitasking smart speaker to a touchscreen smart home hub. The best next-day deal on Echo devices right now is the Amazon Echo Dot. This device has a quality speaker and built-in assistant, so you can play music just by calling out to Alexa.

Not only does it arrive by tomorrow, but it's down 54% ahead of the holidays. Find it for just $22.99, saving you $27.

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Snag some new tech with these final winter Discover Samsung deals

Mashable - Fri, 12/13/2024 - 12:49

Shop our top picks from the Discover Samsung sale:

Discover Samsung Sale Deals Best TV Deal Samsung 75-inch The Frame QLED 4K TV $1599.99 (Save $400) Get Deal Best Phone Deal Samsung Galaxy Z Fold6 $1,399.99 (Save $500) Get Deal Best Smartwatch Deal Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra $489.99 (Save $160) Get Deal

Though the holidays are right around the corner, there's still time to save on some of the gifts your tech-savvy loved ones have been asking for all year. You can rely on events like the Discover Samsung Sale to deliver some great prices on goodies like TVs, phones, watches, tablets, and more even when it's the last minute before time to give out presents from beneath the tree.

Right now, you can score great savings as part of the winter Discover Samsung event, which is chock-full of goodies you won't want to pass up. From the picturesque Samsung The Frame 4K TV that you can utilize as an art canvas in your living room to the versatile Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra, there's a little something for everyone on sale.

To make things easier for you, we've highlighted a few of our favorite items that are on sale right now. Check them out below and make sure you snap up what you're interested in before these sale prices disappear.

Best TV deal Opens in a new window Credit: Samsung Samsung 75-inch The Frame QLED 4K TV $1,599.99 at Samsung
$1,999.99 Save $400.00 Get Deal Why we like it

This TV is far more than just a TV. It's a gorgeous, 4K OLED canvas that you can hang up in your living room and turn into a work of art when you're finished watching your favorite shows and movies. It features a wide variety of art from Vincent van Gogh, Frida Kahlo, and other artists from the New York Museum of Modern Art. But you can also watch reality TV and action flicks on it, which is an amusing fact. This fan-favorite TV is heavily discounted, so if you've been waiting for the perfect centerpiece for your living room, you may just have found it here.

Best phone deal Opens in a new window Credit: Samsung Samsung Galaxy Z Fold6 $1,399.99 at Samsung
$1,899.99 Save $500.00 Get Deal Why we like it

If you've been thinking about trying a new folding phone, you can't go wrong with the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold6, which opens up to a large, tablet-like screen to give you double the real estate. When closed, it functions like a normal smartphone so you can call and text, but the larger screen gives you plenty of room for apps, gaming, and whatever your heart desires. Plus, with Samsung's Galaxy AI features, you have access to a whole additional world of functionality, including photo editing tools that you'll love.

Best smartwatch deal Opens in a new window Credit: Samsung Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra $489.99 at Samsung
$649.99 Save $160.00 Get Deal Why we like it

Tired of your Apple Watch? Or know someone who wants an Android-based smartwatch instead? The Samsung Galaxy Watch 6 doesn't disappoint. Mashable's Alex Perry praised its "big and useful display" as well as its "thorough suite of health and fitness features" and "more than adequate battery life." It's a great option for Android users and a sleek watch in its own right, with all the functionality you'd expect from a smartwatch and the design you'd want from a traditional one.

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