Do you fancy yourself a designer of fancy clock faces? Can you flutter with writing code… in Flutter? If so then perhaps the latest design challenge from the teams at Google and Lenovo might just interest you. To date, the Lenovo Smart Clock is the only device in the Assistant …

Google’s slow and steady march to assist banking providers with integrating Google Pay into its product offerings is continuing. Overnight Google updated the list of supported banks in Australia and added 5 more Aussie providers. The 5 new banks are: Bank First BOQ Specialist Hume QBank and QUDOS All of …

They’re here, after what felt like an aeon of waiting following their launch at IFA this year Jabra’s latest fully wireless earbuds have been released, say hello to the Jabra Elite 75t wireless earbuds. While there’s some dissent amongst the Ausdroid writers as to what the ‘best’ wireless earbuds are, …

Data, it’s everywhere, and if we could just organise it a little better it’s possible to make a difference … after all that was the original mission of Google, “to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful”. One engineer at Aussie Broadband seems to think the …

With Amazon expanding its Australian distribution network and carving out a larger share of the Australian retail market the international retail giant has announced a new network of Australian parcel collection locations. The Amazon Hub program will see hundreds of Parcel Lockers and Counter pick-up locations open across Australia over …

We are living through an audio revolution where more and more people are consuming content via audio rather than written form, thanks largely to the explosion and growing popularity of Podcasts. Here’s the problem: how do you pull out the top few stories from hundreds of podcasts and just listen …

Two of the best-known owners of Galaxy and Droid franchises have teamed up to bring a pretty special device to market at the tail end of the year, with Lucasfilm and Samsung announcing the Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Special Edition of the Galaxy Note 10+. The special promotional …

Since the demise of the data sharing SIM as a mass market product we are often asked asked what’s the cheapest way of getting a tablet or LTE connected Laptop online. Honestly, the cheapest way is normally to tether to your phone data plan, but many people, myself included find …

It’s been a long wait since Disney Plus launched in the US last week with new series like the Mandalorian just out of, well um legal reach. Our epic seven days out in the streaming cold are now at an end with Disney launching their new streaming service Disney Plus …

Back in September Lenovo announced their next Google Assistant powered smart speaker, the Smart Display 7 with Google Assistant. The device has quietly made its way to our shores, listed for sale in Australia for $129. You’ll find listings for the Smart Display 7 at Harvey Norman, JB Hi-fi and …

Late last month, the major US carriers agreed to rollout RCS .. sort of. The Cross-Carrier Messaging Initiative was a custom iteration of the RCS protocol, rather than a standards-based approach, and it would have required a carrier app to make it work. In a rare show of strength against …

It seems the internet loves it some device rumours, and Galaxy S leaks and rumours certainly hit near the top of that list, and thanks to @evleaks we’ve gotten our first set of leaks for next years Galaxy S11 range. Now, there’s nothing too controversial here, a sensor we’ve already …

Google’s annual Google Play Users’ Choice Awards has officially opened for voting and if you’re a Google Play user you can head on over to the voting page and vote for your favourite App, Game, Movie and Book. From there you’ll find the curated list of nominees 10 in each …

Google has continued its program for device integration into Google Assistant with two new devices types making their way into the list of supported devices types, dehumidifiers and humidifiers. Personally, I’d like to put both in the same room and let them battle it out. With these devices being added …

Be together not the same. Remember that Google? Because we sure do, in fact it was the embodiment of that sentiment that arguably made Android the dominant mobile operating system on planet Earth. That philosophy of openness, inclusiveness and most of all user choice and customisation, that’s what made/ makes …