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Android’s longstanding “Can’t Connect to Camera” bug rears its ugly head once again, this...
For as long as we can remember Android has had a bug in random devices where the system is unable to connect to the camera giving a "fatal error". We have even seen...
Google finally posts November security update for original Pixel/Pixel XL – OTA’s rolling out
Two weeks after releasing the November Android security update, Google has today finally released the update for the original Pixel and Pixel XL phones.
Original Pixel and Pixel XL owners are now seeing the OTA...
Google rolls out update finally enabling multi room audio via HDMI Chromecast devices
For those with HDMI Chromecast devices it's long been a point of contention and suffering that those devices were not eligible to be linked into a multi-speaker group via the Home App, especially if...
November security patch sets Night Mode on Pixels when battery saver is enabled
Google has released the November security updates for its Pixel range last week, with a change to how Night Mode and Battery Saver interact. The move is likely to annoy some users, with Battery...
Google could bring Android Q earlier, through Generic System Images (GSI)
Google held an Android Developers Summit last week. At the summit, it announced an earlier release schedule for Generic System Images. This move means we might get a taste of Android Q a little...
Rumoured Pixel 3 ‘Lite’ surfaces in Russia
The rumoured low-end Pixel phone has been a rumour for some time, but it may be closer to reality than we've previously thought with pictures of a device surfacing on Russian blog Rozetked.
It's not...
Here are the Australian Google Store Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals
Black Friday? Cyber Monday? Well, if you're not from the US you can be forgiven for being unfamiliar with these terms but they're a couple of sales that happen on the day after Thanksgiving...
Google Maps is rolling out direct messaging to Businesses via Maps and Search
Google Maps has to be one of Google's best and most consistent products with new and improved features coming out with a regular cadence. Today's new maps functionality incorporates direct messaging with businesses (who...
Google officially rolling out Night Sight to the Pixel camera
A few weeks ago we saw a clever developer hack into the Google Camera apk and enable Night Sight mode for Pixel Cameras (and for others not long after). Today Google have announced that...
[Update: Google working on a fix] Google Pixel 3 owners seeing (or not seeing)...
First it was memory management issues, then missing photos and now it's missing text messages, at least that's what some Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL owners are seeing.
First spotted by Android Police...
Google enables Home Voice Control for Stan, Youtube & Play Music on Mi Box...
Most people would expect that Android TV's and standalone Android boxes like the Xiaomi Mibox and NVDIA Shield which are available as Cast targets would have the same abilities as a Chromecast device.
Until now...
The Android share menu is getting some love to speed it up
As tech-junkies one thing that really irks us is consistently poor performance of a piece of hardware, component or software that could or should be better than it is. The native share menu...
Google admit that light colours in apps affects battery life, begins encouraging dark mode
Android originally had a dark Holo theme UI but then Material Design came along and Google white-themed all the things. Now Google is slowly introducing dark themes back into their apps, one by...
Got a Nintendo Switch? Now you can watch YouTube on it!
YouTube's quest to have an app on every device in your house has kicked it up a notch with the arrival of an app for the Nintendo Switch as a free download from the...
Hey Google, it looks like you can now control Telstra TV
Telstra has announced the arrival of Voice Linking, a new feature that allows you to use the Google Assistant on your Google Home or smart speaker to control Telstra TV.
Setup is simple - Telstra...