Google has teamed up with Udacity to produce a course in creating apps for...
It's always good to see an Australian working at Google and Developer Advocate Wayne Piekarski has been talking Android for a while. Today Wayne has announced a collaboration with online training company Udacity that's focusing on developing apps for...
Weather indicator comes to Android Auto, app launcher changes here too
We reported a little while ago the likelihood that Android Auto would get a little weather indicator in the status bar area, and lo and behold, it's now here.
I noticed it for the first time while driving today that...
LG Q6 — The Australian Review
Earlier this year I reviewed the LG G6 and after some microSD card issues quite liked it. I felt that the design of it was near-on perfect -- the 18:9 display and the small bezels at the top...
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...
Carsifi Wireless Android Auto receiver review — Simple, convenient and functional
A couple of weeks ago, we had a cursory look at the Carsifi wireless Android Auto adaptor. Their team were kind enough to send a review unit through to us, so that's made its way into my car and...
Volvo commit to Android Automotive inside a production model, coming 2020
Android Auto, and now Android Automotive have both made a slow start to life in the real world. We are now seeing a lot of cars now incorporate Android Auto into their infotainment systems but the next iteration,...
You can now get Android Auto retro-fitted to your Mazda
The reluctance of some car manufacturers to use either Android Auto or Apple CarPlay is sheer pig headedness. Their infotainment systems are old, clunky, outdated and usually unintuitive. Slowly but surely most manufacturers are being brought onboard...
Wireless Android Auto is the solution to the cables in the car mess, just...
It is nearly two years since we saw our first wireless Android Auto head unit at CES and we all thought it would be everywhere by now. Unfortunately it is not, but as we have shown you in recent...
Plex for Android Auto is here… nearly
Plex is one of the biggest, well known media storage and streaming platforms around offering the capability to store your media (photos, videos, music) in a central or cloud based location and stream to any of your devices. ...
Google is bringing the Assistant to Android Auto in the US
Google's Android Auto interface for cars has quite a reach, and works very well, but it's about to get a lot better with Google Assistant being pushed out to head units in the US this week.
As a platform, Android...
Kenwood announces first Android Auto head units for the US market
CES in January was where we first saw the nearly 6-month old Android Auto begin to make an appearance. Kenwood was one of the partners who showed off their Android Auto head unit, and today they've announced the availability...
2017 GM Holden Colorado Z71 — Ausdroid Drives
I never thought I'd be the kind of guy to want to drive a utility ... much less a journalist with the opportunity to take a giant red utility for a test drive and write a review about one....
Google Pixel 3 XL first impressions
Each year Android fans look forward to the Made by Google event where Google announce all their new hardware products for the year. This year all eyes were on the Pixel 3 phones and what Google could spring...
Android Auto gets another navigation option from TomTom
Earlier this month Android Auto opened up the platform to developers to bring their apps onboard. Now we're starting to see the result of this with third-party apps appearing for core Google based functions. This time it's...
Huawei Mate 8 — Review
Huawei's concerted push into western markets continues, and the Mate 8 is the latest entrant into the Australian market which the Chinese brand is hoping will make waves. It's certainly big enough to be used as a surfboard, so...