At this year’s Made by Google event, the Nest team unveiled new simplified storage plans for Nest security cameras. The new two-tier subscriptions are now cheaper and have support for multiple cameras – no more paying per device. For those not aware, the original Nest Aware subscriptions were charged per …
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Did Samsung just let the cat out of the bag regarding an Android 10 upgrade for the Tab S4 and potentially Note 9? My spidey senses started tingling when I read an email from the DeX Team confirming the demise of the Linux on DeX Beta: End of Linux on …
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It’s been a while since we’ve seen any movement in Australian financial institutions adding support for Google Pay, partly because a fairly large proportion of the organisations have already moved over, and partly because those who haven’t seem like they might not. This weekend, Google listed the all Digital bank …
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Google have made a big deal about their new Assistant coming to the Pixel 4 in Australia later this year via an OTA update but the problem is that many users will not be able to use it without performing some software installation acrobatics. Android Police have unearthed the new …
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YouTube Music has finally delivered some gorgeous interface updates, starting with the artist profiles. It makes so much difference (despite how good functionality is) to users’ impression of your platform when the user interface is easy to navigate. Not very long ago I was pretty critical of Google for not …
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Google has made a commitment to improving the accessibility of Android for users with disabilities. The primary targets are users with vision and hearing difficulties. We’ve already seen a huge amount of effort from Google in expanding accessibility Live Transcribe – Giving hearing impaired users opportunity to be more involved …
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Google unveiled its latest products on Wednesday at its Made by Google event in New York, amongst them was the new Nest Mini the successor to the original Google Home Mini. We’ve hand one in our hands since launch and have been putting it through its paces and we’re comfortable …
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The Sony XM-100XM3 are still one of the best sets of Noise Cancelling headphones you can buy. The unfortunate part of liking and wanting really good hardware is the really big price. Well an eagle eyed Ozbargainer has located them at a significant (around 20%) discount on ebay. Use the …
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With the Samsung fold mostly being a disappointment, the Huawei Mate X likely delayed due to USA trade restrictions, all of our foldable phone hopes, and a decent dose of nostalgia have fallen upon the rumoured refresh to the Motorola Razr phone. According to several outlets Motorola has now sent …
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OnLeaks and 91 mobiles have teamed up to give us the first CAD renders on the OnePlus 8 Pro only days after the OnePlus 7T Pro was released. And here comes your very first and early look at the #OnePlus8Pro! 360* video + gorgeous 5K rendres + dimensions, on behalf …
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Google has confirmed reports that it’s offering tiered discounts for some Google One Subscribers and lifted the lid on exclusive services for Pixel 4 owners. Google One subscribers get a sliding scale of discounts. On a 200GB plan, you’ll get 3% off your Google Store purchases, while 2TB plans see …
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It seems like today’s the day for biometric unlocking woes. Not content with letting Google have that limelight, Samsung has confirmed that the Galaxy S10’s fingerprint scanner can be thrown off by ‘cheap screen protectors’. This means other people can unlock the device – and authorise app installations and payments …
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Well this is disappointing… it turns out the new way to unlock your Pixel 4 phone – face unlock – really isn’t that secure. In fact, if you’re asleep and someone points your phone at your face – voila! The documentation on the Google Support page does in fact state …
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The NSW Government has launched a new app called Park’nPay, giving motorists a simple way to pay for parking spaces even if parking meters aren’t working or they’ve no coins or cards to feed them. Park’nPay is now operating at sites around The Rocks, Liverpool and parts of Darling Harbour …
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Google Maps just goes from strength to strength. Along with the company’s other products like Gmail, Photos and Google Pay, it has transformed the way we get things done. Google keeps adding new features, and most of those are real improvements to the service. Crowd reporting of traffic incidents is …
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