Moto G5 Plus — Australian Review
For years now Motorola has led the mid-range with their G range of Android Phones, offering a great value for money and substantially better specs every year. Combine that with widespread Australian retail availability and it’s not hard to...
Ford’s 2017 Everest — It’s a mountain of a car
When the opportunity came up to have a play with some more vehicles, we immediately thought "hey, why not?" I took a look at a few cars last year for Ausdroid, on the premise of examinng the technology inside...
LG G6 — Australian Review
There are two big dogs so far this year when it comes to flagships -- the Samsung Galaxy S8 and the LG G6 (with an honourable and very notable mention to the Huawei P10). With Samsung battling brand reliability...
Invites for Waze on Android Auto being delivered soon
One of the most sought after features for Android Auto is Waze. It's omission is a strange one considering who owns it (Google) and how many people use it (~50 million users in 2013). It seems that...
LG G6 — Australian first impressions
2016 was not a great year for LG. Their G5 was not well received by consumers and their "Friends" ecosystem was a flop. They did partially hit back towards the end of the year releasing the first phone that...
Google advises Assistant will not be coming to Tablets
The Google Assistant has fast become one of my favourite features of the Pixel, and it's neat on Google Home as well. While Google has announced that the assistant will be coming to Android Auto, Android TV and devices...
Google Assistant on its way to all Android phones on Marshmallow or later
One of the big criticisms of Google Assistant is its lack of availability. It has only been available on the Pixel phones, Google Home, Android Wear (2.0) and inside Google Allo. Google, it now seems, were seemingly...
Huawei Mate 9 — Australian Review
The Huawei Mate 9 has been a highly anticipated device. Huawei are looking to make a big splash with this device, releasing it worldwide (or close to) at approximately the same time. The big one is the US market,...
ZTE Blade V7 Plus — Review
ZTE have been around for three decades in international markets, and while they've done a lot of OEM work in Australia, including white-label phones for Telstra, their brand name isn't especially well known to the Australian consumer. However, like...
Is Google bringing Waze (and other mapping) to Android Auto?
Just as Google IO tickets for the 2017 event are about to go on sale, we are starting to see the possibility of one announcement from last year coming to fruition -- Waze on Android Auto.
We have seen OK...
Huawei Mate 9 — First Impressions
Huawei are another company that releases two flagships a year -- a phablet-sized phone and a smaller phone. This year, Huawei are attempting to release the devices as close to simultaneously worldwide as possible. Last year, we had to...
Back To School Phones For Your Kids
You may remember this post from prior to Christmas where it was aimed at what phone you should buy your Mum. With school starting back in the next few weeks we thought it was appropriate to publish the...
ZTE Axon 7 — Australian Review
ZTE shook the mobile world when they announced their ‘Daydream ready’ Axon 7 earlier this year. The device, while expected from a generational upgrade perspective, has launched ZTE to be one of the kings of the affordable flagship smartphone...
Google and Chrysler are partnering to bring Android to the vehicle
When you mention Android and cars these days the first thought is of Android Auto. We have seen it roll out direct from the factory in many cars as well as many aftermarket head-unit manufacturers. Now, it seems, Google...
2017 Subaru Levorg GT-S — Ausdroid Drives
Subaru’s 2017 Levorg GT-S replaces the older Liberty GT model, with what is effectively a wagon-sized WRX. However, the Levorg’s lineage isn’t what drew us to this review, it’s the technology that Subaru has built into the platform which...