The return of routines doesn’t fix the usability issues in Android Auto
Android Auto is an evolving beast and for the most part, it's developing well. But of late there has been increasing issues faced by a number of users making it difficult to use. Everything from features being removed, to...
PSA: You’ll need to accept the WhatsApp privacy policy soon or lose functionality
Since the announcement that WhatsApp was changing their privacy policy and sharing more data with Facebook, there's been quite the buzz. This has resulted in a lot of concern about user privacy and a fairly significant exodus of...
Twitters Fleet-ing moment is finished
Fleet's have been available on the Twitter platform for about a year now. Despite the continued popularity of Twitter, the feature never really caught on and, in a blog post, they've announced the end date for Fleets. ...
YouTube Music is slowly turning into Spotify
Last week we saw that Canadian residents will be able to background stream music on the free YouTube Music tier. Now we're seeing further changes with free tier customers (again in Canada) losing the ability to watch videos.
This...
Google Domains is finally available to real users
After years of a somewhat public beta program, Google Domains is available publicly in 26 countries. Touted as one of the easiest ways to not just register, but centralise and control your domains, Google Domains is here!
Google Domains holds...
Google Assistant and Fitbit will be better together
Ever since Google purchased Fitbit, we've known the integration of the Fitbit platform was coming. As spotted by 9to5Google, it appears that the time -- unsurprising with the soon to arrive Pixel Watch in the works -- is very...
Android Earthquake alerts are now available in Australia
Whether you're in a known active area, or one where earth tremors or quakes are rare, it's nice to get a heads up. That's exactly what the Android Earthquake Alerts System is intended to do. The system has already...
Deliveroo no longer delivering food in Australia effective immediately
Online UK based food delivery service, Deliveroo, has announced that its Australian arm will close effective immediately, with the UK parent company stating in a press release that:
The market is highly competitive with four global players, and Deliveroo does...
Hey Google, I get raising prices but WTF?!
I'm gob smacked...
Genuinely stunned right now at the whopping -- between 20 and 83% -- price increase that Google has just dropped on long time users of the YouTube Music and Premium services. And no, that's not a typo!
Users...
Microsoft’s Your Phone app brings copy/paste, RCS messaging on Windows 10 for Samsung Galaxy...
Microsoft's Your Phone app on Windows 10 enables you to link your Android device to your Windows 10 PC or laptop and have the ability to reply and send text messages, receive and makes calls and see your photos...
Google Meet adding features galore in a bid to keep up with their competitors
Zoom may be having some privacy and security issues, Microsoft Teams is certainly gaining in popularity but both of these offer some great functionality that Google Meet does not have. Google are looking to bridge the gap with...
Finally, you can officially transfer your Google Play Music Library over to YouTube Music
Google signalled the end of Google Play Music a long time ago but feature parity has been a long time coming. One of the final bastions to be felled by Google is the transfer of your library from...
Voice match coming to Google Assistant on Android TV
It seems that this year we will see a new Google Android TV device, codenamed Sabrina, at the Made by Google event -- or somewhere there-abouts (it is 2020 and the entire year has been flipped upside down several...
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...
Will Google Assistant work with multiple accounts soon?
Possibly the biggest issue faced by users who have multiple Google accounts is Assistant only allowing single access. If you're in this boat, then an APK teardown by 9to5Google suggests good news on the horizon.
The usual caution stands...