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With Samsung’s Unpacked around the corner, you might mistake Ausdroid for Samdroid or Aussung, with the volume of Samsung news that just keeps appearing every day. Fortunately, it’s almost over, and we’ve got some high-res renders of the upcoming Samsung Galaxy Watch Active and Samsung Galaxy Buds for your delectation. …

In 2018 OPPO released not just one but two R series phones, the R15 and the R17. Next in line would of course be the R19 but according to OPPO’s Vice President Shen Piren they will not be releasing the R19 phone this year. On his Weibo account Mr Shen …

Samsung renders in the weeks before a launch event are like the calm before the storm; inevitable, and ever present. What we don’t often see much before a launch, though, is actual devices and today we’re in for a treat. With every aspect of the upcoming Galaxy S10 range leaked, …

Not all that long ago, Samsung spoke of its desire to do better with software updates, and if 2019 (so far) is anything to go by, the South Korean company is keeping true to its word. Samsung’s Galaxy Note 9 is receiving the February 2019 security updates in eastern Europe …

As you may have read today is the tenth anniversary of the release of the HTC Dream into Australia. To celebrate we thought we’d ask you, our readers, what your first Android phone was and what your Android Journey has been since then. For me the start was the T-mobile …

With multiple wearable and phone leaks leading up to Samsung’s Unpacked event next week, we thought we were done. However, today’s leak comes from Samsung itself. Thanks to an update to the Samsung Galaxy Wearable app yesterday we’ve got our first official glimpse and confirmation of what’s in the 2019 line …

Several months ago George Yianni (Founder and Head of Technology at Philips Hue) promised at the IFA 2018 electronics industry conference “no more power cuts waking you up at night” due to all your Hue lights turning on at max brightness when power was restored. Hue promised that all their …

Ten years ago today Optus launched Australia’s first Android phone, the HTC Dream after its success in the US as the T-Mobile G1. Since then, Android has taken the country by storm with much success in many areas. So much so that Android now outsells the iPhone in Australia. In …

You’d forgive us all for thinking Android tablets were dead. We’ve seen few released recently, and far fewer that were any good. However, it seems someone forgot to tell Samsung. Overnight, Samsung released a tablet that looks the goods – something no other manufacturer has been able to do for …

Late last year Samsung and RACV announced that Smasung SmartThings would be available to those living in the world’s most liveable city (2011-2017, 2nd 2018), Melbourne. Today they have announced, after experiencing strong demand and positive feedback from the Melbourne launch, the availability of SmartThings to the rest of the …

Everyone loves a bargain, and today we’ve got four NBN providers offering incentives to sign up to their broadband offerings. Not all NBN plans are created equal – just because four providers will sell you NBN 100 plans doesn’t mean they’ll all offer the same speed, and it doesn’t mean …

Just over a week ago Google Support revealed a new feature for Google Assistant on Google Home devices and Smart Displays and it was tested out right here at Ausdroid. Today Google have officially announced interpreter mode via their blog. To get your Google Assistant on one of these devices …

The flexible, foldable phone is like a mirage hanging over an oasis on the horizon of the tech industry. We’ll get there sooner or later – probably – but there’s probably going to be some missteps and misunderstandings along the way. A newly-granted patent from Samsung along with a promotional …

Unfortunately Google sometimes have a hard time releasing special features on the day they are meant to be. Valentine’s Day was yesterday here in Australia but instead of releasing new Playmoji for when it is Valentine’s Day around the world they wait until it hits Feb 14 in the US. …