Android Wear 2.0 Announced at Google IO 2016
Google IO 2016 seems to be continually bringing the updates, but there's no surprise there. After first telling us all about the Android Wear ecosystem, about how there are now 12 brands partnered with Google to produce Android Wear...
Google Home — A Smart Home Device with Google Assistant
As expected Google have announced their in-home voice interaction device, the Google Home. Google Home will be a gateway to the Google Assistant allowing you to interact with Google’s new voice assistant.
The Google Home hardware is...
Google Assistant — A Connected, Smart Home Assistant
Google kicked off today’s Google IO Keynote with “Google Assistant”, Google’s new conversational voice assistant. Google Assistant brings two way conversational interaction to Google’s current voice interactions, e.g. OK Google, as well as becoming a platform for voice interactions...
The Physical Web is here at Google I/O 2016
Google I/O kicks off tomorrow morning at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View California, for attendees badge pickup begins today and I've arrived onsite to complete the process early. I've just been greeted by a prompt to open a webpage...
Google Home, Googles Amazon Echo competitor to be announced at Google IO
The pre-Google IO rumours/ leaks are in full effect. The latest tidbit of news to drop is that Googles rumoured home assistant code-named "Chirp" will be announced and it will be known as 'Google Home'.
If true this will be...
Sony Mobile Team talks innovation and concepts with product manager Asuka Matsumura
Sony announced a number of unique and interesting connected devices at MWC 2016, and unsurprisingly there's been a lot of interest in the products, and when or whether they'll reach the market. Sony's mobile team have interviewed product manager...
Cables, cables, cables. Meet Zus, a premium crowd funded cable that really exists.
Finding a great new product via a crowdfunding site can be fun and exciting and perhaps a little uncommon. The promise of a new twist on an old technology or an entirely new concept that has never existed before.
Unfortunately,...
Official HTC 10 accessories now available
The HTC 10 is now freely on-sale in Australia, with retail stores and carriers all offering the handset for sale. We've completed our review and spoiler: It's pretty great. Now if you've also plunged into a HTC 10, you'll...
Wanting more juice on the LG G5? The battery kit might be a great...
If you've decided to by an LG G5, and we suspect a good number probably have or will, you're in for an enjoyable time. Ignore the naysayers, the G5 is a unique phone in today's flagship scene with its...
The Vuze VR and 360-degree camera is now available to pre-order with ‘Australia Tax’...
Virtual Reality, 360-degree video, they're formats that are taking off this year and if next weeks Google I/O goes as we imagine, they're about to get even bigger. To capture video and photos for VR or at least in...
Samsung wants to be your fitness and notification ‘Charm’
Not everyone wants a smartwatch, nor do they want to carry their smartphone on them all the time. What a lot of people do want to do though is track those all important steps, If you don't track it,...
You can now pre-order the Samsung Gear 360 ahead of its official launch –...
If you've been waiting to get your hands on Samsung's 360-degree camera the Gear 360 they announced at Mobile World Congress, you're not alone - we're kind of keen too. So if you're super keen, you can now pre-order...
Google Cast support comes to Bang & Olufsen Beoplay A6 and Beoplay A9 2nd...
Danish consumer electronics company, Bang & Olufsen has today announced that two of their networked Beoplay range of speakers are getting Google Cast support.
Two speakers in the B&O PLAY range of network speakers have been named as getting Google...
KUAI Smart headphones will help you reach your goals
I really enjoy getting out and active, but if you're doing it for fitness versus a social pleasure you may strike some hurdles in achieving your goals. One of the difficult ones to overcome is the accessories to...
LG’s latest ‘Friend’ is an action camera that live streams to YouTube over 4G
LG has just announced their LG 360 CAM, but they're moving further into standalone cameras, with an action camera this time. LG has announced the LG Action CAM with 4G/LTE connectivity and a rugged housing that's designed to get...