Ok, you want a Google Pixel and you don’t want to pay full price. If you’ve got a spare working phone then JB Hi-Fi just might have a deal for you – $350 and $100 off a Google Pixel 3 or Pixel 3a respectively. If you’ve been in the market …

We’ve been tracking which Australian financial institutions have added support for Google Pay to their product offerings. One thing we have found is that it’s hard to find an updated list of all of the institutions who currently support the feature. Even Google’s own Australian Google Pay page doesn’t have …

Every few weeks or so Google seems to add another bank to the list of Australian providers who support Google Pay — this week it’s BankVic’s turn. If you’re a customer of the Victorian based bank this may just be the news you’ve been waiting for. BankVic will support Google …

YouTube is the world’s largest video platform, and Google would like it easier for people to consume even more moving picture entertainment on the platform. To that end YouTube has announced its Movies and Shows store has arrived in Australia. You can now navigate to the Movies and Shows store …

It’s official. Even though we figured it out months ago, Sony has formally announced that they have “deprioritised” Australia as a market for their Xperia line of Mobile devices. At an investor day, Sony CEO Kenichiro Yoshida confirmed that they would be focusing their attention on four key markets Japan, …

Google Assistant is constantly striving to be more personal and more helpful with every update, and today’s latest announcement is actually pretty cool … if you live in the USA. Users in the US will soon be able to request payments and send payment using Google Pay using the Assistant. …

At MWC this year HTC announced their first 5G network hub combining 5G, Wi-Fi and LAN in an Android-powered Smart Hub. Telstra was quick to announce that they would be bringing the HTC 5G Hub to their network, and it has gone on sale online today and in stores on …

With Google and Amazon taking a commanding lead in the consumer smart speaker market we weren’t surprised when Samsung announced their Galaxy Home branded smart speaker. Of course, it was going to be powered by Bixby, arguably (not) the most popular Virtual Assistant. With Samsung having missed the original release …

Earlier this month we heard that Google’s video calling app Duo was taking its group calling feature out of beta and expanding more widely than the original test market of Indonesia. We were keenly waiting, but we didn’t receive the update on any of our devices. That all changed last …

In the days following Google I/O 2019, Google snuck an update to the Smart Home Device Types through on the Google Developers site. Google has added 17 new device types to the first party support list meaning easier integration with Google Assistant and Smart Displays for Home Automation Control. With …

With Google officially announcing Dark Mode coming in the next version of Android Q (or is it 10?), Google is continuing its rollout of dark mode to the core apps on Android. Today it’s Google Keep and Calendar that’s getting the dark treatment. There’s not a lot to see with …

The Bixby key on Samsung devices is a source of much internet consternation. The main area of concern is Samsung’s unwillingness to allow it to be remapped to another voice assistant service. To combat this you can download a 3rd party app that will simply redirect to your Assistant of …

This isn’t going to be an overly groundbreaking or controversial opinion. I’ve heard rumblings echoing the sentiment for a while now, but I think Android Pie may be the last Tasty Treat name we see out of the Mountain View crew. Why you ask? Firstly the internet seems to agree …

Earlier this week Google announced Rivet, an app focused on assisting kids to learn to read. We were excited to see it launch, and we still think that overall it’s a fantastic concept. If you want to know more about Rivet itself check out our earlier coverage. Having played with …

Moto has been the unsung champion of the midrange for years now, thanks mostly to the Moto G line of devices. Starting with the Moto G5 launched at MWC in 2017, Moto upped the bar for the affordable smartphone, bringing a decent camera to affordable market segment for the first …