What Phone Should I Buy My Mum?
As tech enthusiasts we, and most likely many of you, are often asked what phone should I buy my mother/father/grandmother/daughter/son etc. Unfortunately, or fortunately, depending on how you view it, the coverage of low end phones is often far...
Ok Google Now Available For All On Android Auto
Déjà vu anyone? Welcome to two weeks ago Google. In a tweet that Google's @Android account sent out yesterday they announced that "OK Google" now works for everyone on Android Auto. Apparently Android Auto now works...
Motorola Reveals Details For The Latest Moto Mods
Motorola are "all in" on their Moto Mods and their usefulness seems to have no end in sight. Not only are Motorola hosting "hackathons' encouraging people to invent new Moto Mod ideas but are also behind bigger companies...
‘Ok Google’ hotword detection working for some Android Auto users
For as long as we've had Android Auto there has been one question above all else that has plagued users: Why oh why doesn't it work with 'OK Google'. Surely their in-car preferably hands-free interface is the number one...
RadioApp — An Australian Specific App Released
There have been several radio apps over the time with varying levels of success. Never before has there been a radio app designed specifically for all Australian radio stations. Today the ingeniously named RadioApp has been released by Commercial...
LG V20 — Australian Review
The second flagship of the year from LG in 2015, the V10, did not officially make it here to Australia but 2016 is a different story. After an indifferent G5 release, LG are really looking to finally make an...
Ausdroid’s Best of 2016 — Accessories
When it comes to accessories this year, our favourites have almost all been audio or audio related. This probably shouldn't come as too much of a surprise, because there aren't that many different kinds of mobile accessories out there, and...
2017 Škoda Fabia Monte Carlo – Ausdroid Drives
One of the first cars we were offered a look at when we started reaching out to manufacturers about Android Auto in 2015 was a Škoda Fabia. At the time, we weren't able to take them up on their...
With Android 7.0 CDD, Google says OEMs will have to comply with USB-C and...
Google's Android Compatibility Definition Document is probably not something you've heard much about before now, but if you're a hardware developer using Android, then you know all about it. The 85-page document sets out a whole range of things, including...
With Google’s Android Auto going stand-alone, what’s the best way to add it to...
So you've always wanted Android Auto in your car, but you couldn't afford (or didn't want) to upgrade the head-unit in your car. With today's announcement that Android Auto can now be used stand-alone (i.e. without a compatible head-unit...
Android Auto 2.0 is coming out, with stand-alone mode for use in ANY car
Google has made a major announcement this morning which will be of interest to any Android user who drives a car, or who even passengers in a car. Android Auto used to require a compatible car head-unit, which your Android...
From the (acting) Editor’s Desk: Refocusing Ausdroid where it matters
You may have noticed more than a couple of differences at Ausdroid in recent weeks, and potentially over the last couple of months. 2016 has been an interesting year for us, but to keep this project interesting to you,...
Tech Showdown: Holden’s Colorado Z71 vs Ford’s Ranger Wildtrak
If I was to sit down and compare two cars, you'd probably be wondering er... why? Just about anyone can compare cars, and reading about such a comparison on Ausdroid is probably like going to an Apple blog for...
Google Pixel XL — Australian Review
Here it is, possibly the most anticipated Android phone of all time, and at least of 2016. It’s been manufactured by one of the biggest players in the Android space, HTC but unlike the previous Google based iterations of...
How to manually activate (or deactivate) Night Mode on Android Auto
Earlier this year I had a Pioneer Android Auto head unit installed in my car and to be honest I was very disappointed with it. One of the issues I had with it was that at times it was...