Google Drive Material update makes its way to G Suite users
Google Drive users on both Android and iOS will be see a visual update to Material Design on their mobile devices in the next app update.
The news comes from the G Suite Blog which outlines a number of changes...
Google’s got something up it’s sleeve for GDC next week; probably a game streaming...
We've been hearing about Google's about-to-launch Project Yeti for quite a while now, but it seems the company is finally ready to tip its hand next week at next week's Game Developer Conference.
Google's tease for GDC takes the form...
Calling all wizards: Harry Potter Wizards Unite AR now available for pre-release on Google...
We've long been hearing about the upcoming release of the latest AR game from Niantic, the company behind Ingress and Pokemon Go. That upcoming release is called Harry Potter: Wizards Unite and today marks the next phase in its...
Fan renders of Google’s gaming console controller pop up in the lead up to...
OK Google, let's play. We've been hearing about a potential 'Google Gaming Console' being in the works for a while now, and we've been watching Google's game streaming trial "Project Stream" for Chrome with interest.
Over the weekend we got...
Google Podcasts adds individual episodes to search results (coming soon to Australia)
Google is slowly developing its podcast product, and while it might not have feature parity with established players in the field, it's making improvements to make it better and easier to use.
One such improvement was flagged earlier this week...
Over 5 billion users have downloaded Google Maps from the Play Store
Google Maps has become the second app on the Play Store to hit five billion downloads, after YouTube became the first back in December 2018.
Technically, its the third, because Google Play Services has also been downloaded five billion times,...
Continued Conversations rolling out to all Google Assistant Smart Displays, even in Australia
It's no secret that we're huge fans of both Google Assistant and Google's Smart Displays here at Ausdroid, and as such any time the Assistant ecosystem reaches feature parity with itself it's a cause for celebration.
This week Google is...
New streaming service iwonder brings current affairs and documentaries for $6.99/month
iwonder, a new streaming service dedicated to purely to current affairs and documentaries, has launched in Australia.
Available via web on desktop and mobile apps, the new service will include entertainment, sports, history, politics, science, technology, religion, music, movies, nature,...
Google Podcasts update will bring episode search this week
Google Podcasts for Android is bringing an update which has been requested since the podcast app launched back in April last year, episode search, on top of the features the app has been slowly adding since.
The update to Google...
Pocket Cast 7 for Android hits Google Play store
Pocket Casts has to be both one of the best and one of the most used podcast players around, even Google's Podcasts app can't hold a candle to its design, features and usability.
Not being one to rest on their...
Smart Compose in Gmail is now available to all Android smartphones
Smart Compose in Gmail is basically predictive text taken to the next level. Unlike your keyboard, though, which predicts one word at a time, Gmail's Smart Compose can predict whole sentences.
The feature examines what you're writing, and guesses the...
Google Photos disabled on Android TV due to privacy concerns
Whoops! It seems there was a bug in the Android TV function that allows you to set your screensaver function to show your Google Photos, a reasonably serious bug that (given the right circumstances) allowed other users to view...
How to stop screenshots automatically uploading to Google Photos on your Samsung Device
For some of you who've only used recent Samsung devices, you may not be aware that it's not "normal" behaviour for your screenshots to appear as photos and thus appear in the 'photo' section of your gallery. Worse, a...
Foxtel launching its own dedicated drama streaming service
Foxtel is reportedly working on a new streaming drama service under the code name Project Jupiter. The new service may be completely free of Foxtel branding, and there are suggestions it may even replace the Foxtel Now service.
The Australian...
Facebook Messenger may be rolling out Dark Mode finally
Dark mode is something we're quite fond of in the Android ecosystem; it's easy on your eyes and offers a reasonably significant battery saving, but not all apps support it yet. Facebook Messenger is joining the pack with dark...