Google Files app may soon have a protected folder
It's always fascinating to see what could be on the horizon and the team at 9to5Google do a good job with their APK insights. This time around they've taken a closer look at the Google Files app and found...
Be patient if your YouTube Music transfer from Google Play Music is taking a...
Last week we detailed how Aussies can trigger their Google Play Music to YouTube Music transfer tool to appear. Unfortunately because of the bazillion folks who read Ausdroid and jumped on board the transfers seem to be taking...
Android 11 Beta’s new Bubbles coming to Android Messages Beta in the next couple...
Although bubble messaging has been in Android apps for a while but it was not officially supported by any particular API until Google introduced a Bubbles notification with Android 10 Beta 2 last year. It was enabled in...
Is Fitbit and Google Assistant integration nearly ready?
Late last year, Google announced plans to acquire Fitbit for the princely sum of US$2.1bn to "benefit even more people around the world". The deal is essentially done, but still requiring sign off from the governing bodies in the...
Google Photos looks to be preparing to roll out an in app Map UI...
Google Photos is one of the Google Services that just gets it right, most of the time. The service works as promised, gets meaningful enhancements and truly made photo curation easier. As such we're always excited for a new...
Twitter may ask you to read before you tweet
Twitter is a great source of information providing you're getting all of the right information. Good for some sources, but not for others is the fact that many users will simply hit the retweet button based on a...
Find out more about the changes for developers in Android 11 Beta
Usually we see the Android 11 Beta launch at Google I/O in Mountain View and there are keynote talks, followed by developer sessions which not only help developers going forwards but also give us average people an inkling of...
Google releases Android 11 Beta for Pixel phones with some great new features
The Android 11 Beta release was postponed due to the other more important things happening in the US but today Google have decided to release it into the wild for all eligible Pixel phones. The Beta release gives...
You can finally join a Google Duo group video with a shared link
Last month Google announced that they were bringing simple invite links to Google Duo to allow group video calling easier. Unfortunately the option has not been available for users yet but now it appears to be rolling out...
Google Maps will help you get around safely during the pandemic
Even in Australia which appears to have very few active cases in the community people are nervous about how they are going to travel from one location to another safely. In the latest Google Maps update Google are...
O Canada! Our home and native land! VPN to Canada and transfer your...
After posting the question yesterday to our readers if they'd seen the month-old transfer tool for transferring your Google Play Music library to YouTube Music we were met with a chorus of "no". Except for one where the "no"...
The Gmail compose button just got a makeover
Taking a quick look around recently updated apps on my phone this morning and I noticed the Gmail app was listed. In their usual, highly descriptive way Google has listed bug fixes and performance improvements as the change...
Google Play Music to YouTube Music transfers live for many. Not me, how...
A month ago Google announced that there finally had a tool to transfer your Google Play Music data -- playlists, likes, library etc -- over to YouTube Music. They actually demonstrated it to us and told us that...
Sabrina, Google’s new Android TV dongle and its remote appear showing off a new...
It has been a long time since Google has launched a new Android TV device and reports have been circling for a while suggesting that another is on the way. A rumoured TV dongle's remote control showed up...
Plex enables Watch Together to help users be together while apart
COVID-19 has kinda sucked for a lot of people, the impact has been enormous for so many people. Economic, emotional and family impact -- our thoughts go out to those who've lost loved ones to the virus --...