YouTube Music playlist collaboration has finally completed rollout
Finally... The ability to collaborate on playlists within YouTube Music is now available to everyone. We first heard about this feature a couple of months ago with details filtering through in July. The process to collaborate is really simple:
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More autofill options coming to Android 11 with keyboard integration
Autofill itself is not new to Android of course the changes are afoot with new autofill functionality set to arrive on Android soon according to the Android Developers website.
Beginning with Android 11 keyboards will be able to "display autofill...
Instant Apps and more coming to Android TV with Android 11
We tend to forget about Android TV a bit here at Ausdroid. Some Android TV devices and TVs rarely, if ever, see updates and as such new features mean little but hopefully this improves in the future because...
Don’t like Meet in Gmail? Here’s how to disable it
We've covered the rise and fall of various apps over the years, Google Meet -- it seems -- is here to stay. Particularly if you take into account the recent integration into the Gmail platform, it's hard to...
Google Pay adds another Australian financial institution – welcome Revolut
After what has felt like a long break, today we have seen a new Australian financial institution add support for Google Pay, Revolut. Revolut is another in the increasing number of online-only card providers in Australia.
Revolut is not licenced...
Humans will review Google Assistant interactions but it’s opt-in
Following the widespread criticism of the AI smart assistant providers for not disclosing the fact that humans may review interactions, lots of water has passed under the bridge. Yesterday many users received an email from Google about the...
Google rolls out Android 11 Beta 3 to supported Pixel phones, final version next
Last month we saw Android 11 Beta 2 pushed out to Pixel phones and time has marched on, as has the Google engineering team with more bug fixes for Android 11. As such the Beta 3 is now...
Google goes big on security with a US$450 million investment in ADT
Google have announced a deal with ADT security that is worth US$450 million and is set to impact smart home security. In their blog post the Google team give a clear aim. That is, "to create the...
Google sets date for the shuttering of Google Play Music — October here in...
It has been on the books for quite a while and now it officially has a date -- Google will begin shuttering Google Play Music from September this year and will be done by December.
Beginning in New Zealand and...
Google adds Google Assistant and Android TV support to YouTube Music
It seems like every other week Google are adding new features to YouTube Music in a bid to have it ready to fully replace Google Play Music by the end of the year. Today they are adding another...
Don’t forget to pre-order your Google Pixel 4a fabric case
In case you missed it overnight Google finally announced their long-awaited Pixel 4a. As expected it a camera-centric mid-range smartphone that is affordable. You may have missed though the availability of suitable fabric cases that are now...
Did Google just tell us that the Pixel 4a is coming on August 3?
We have been waiting a long time for it. It was meant to be released at Google I/O in mid-May but has been continually pushed back due to various reasons -- basically 2020 in a nutshell. Now it seems...
90 days of music for free with Tidal’s Premium plan trial
There's plenty of competition in the streaming music market. That group headed by Spotify, with Apple Music, YouTube Music, Amazon Music and Tidal chasing close behind.
For many users, it's about cost, so the offer of 90 days for free...
Google’s AI gets smarter again, offering to set reminders based on message content
AI can be a beautiful thing, it can make our lives simpler and the latest feature from Google continues this. If you -- like many -- often receive messages to grab some essentials on the way home, it's...
The Android TV YouTube app update includes music in a clumsy implementation
Google Play Music is effectively on its death bed, with YouTube Music the successor to what was once greatness. There have been a few false steps along the transition pathway and - it seems - another has just happened....