All new Michael Kors Lexington Wear OS watch from Fossil leaks out
With the new Fossil Gen 5 officially announced (and on the Ausdroid review bench) we've been expecting all of Fossils sub-brands to start trickling out the 2019 refresh to their lines of Wear OS watches. The first to break...
Win tickets to see the Wallabies play in Sydney and two Galaxy S5s thanks...
Want to go to Sydney and watch the Wallabies take on France Rugby Test in Sydney, on the 21st of June, with a friend complete with a couple of new Samsung Galaxy S5 smartphones? Just tell Samsung what Izzy...
The Huawei P50 prototype looks like it has an odd camera design
A new leak from a few days ago seems to show the upcoming Huawei P50 prototype with an odd camera design.
The circular camera island hearkens back to the Mate 30, but with the outer ring seemingly pouring...
WhatsApp now so secure even they can’t read your messages
Since revelations that the NSA or other security agencies have been monitoring most communications, end-to-end encryption has been a hot buzzword in messaging circles. In their latest update, WhatsApp has announced that their messaging service has now implemented this...
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...
Google co-founder, Sergey Brin, shows off Project Glass: “right now you really just see...
Just a day after announcing Project Glass, Google's co-founder, Sergey Brin, was spotted (and interviewed) at a charity event for the Foundation Fighting Blindness (ironically) sporting the HUD unit. In an interview with The Verge, Brin asked for people...
Optus partners with Seven Network to offer data free streaming of Tennis, Olympics and...
Optus has today announced a new partnership with the Seven Network to offer data free streaming of the Australian Open, Winter Olympics and Commonwealth Games.
Optus will be offering streaming without affecting data caps to post paid customers only. Only...
Google gets a Froyo home delivered — Release imminent
There is no word more official than this ( ;) ) that a new Android release is about to be rolled out. Google has had another treat delivered to the front of their offices, a Frozen Yoghurt. Although still...
Google announces the Nexus 6P with Huawei with 5.7″ QHD resolution screen and ‘Nexus...
At their event in San Francisco, Google has unwrwapped their first of two Nexus phones, the Nexus 6P. As rumoured, the phone is being manufactured by partner Huawei and comes with a metal Aluminium body, with 'Nexus Imprint' their...
LG and Google enter 10 year long patent cross licensing agreement
After building two Nexus phones together, Google and LG are fairly close when it comes to sharing information. Today it's been announced that the two companies have entered a long-term global patent licensing agreement.
The deal is for cross-licensing which...
Google Glass code reveals possible gestures; is powered by magic
The official way to take a photo using Google Glass is to touch the side, or nod your head to wake the device, and then saying aloud 'OK Glass, take a picture'. Not very cool or discrete (if you're...
Chrome Dev/Beta users can now use the App launcher
The Chrome App Launcher is now available to both Windows and Mac Dev/Beta Channel users. Operating in much the same way as the Chrome OS App Launcher, the installation of the App Launcher is as simple as heading...
Updated Google Play Services fixes the broken “Check for Updates” button on Pixel and...
If you're an owner of one of Google's Pixel or Nexus phones, you may have noticed in recent times that the check for update button doesn't exactly do anything. Long criticised as a placebo, Google finally changed the way...
Ausdroid Podcast 117 – Wearable Androids
Welcome to episode 117 of the Ausdroid podcast!
It's been a while between podcasts, and so much has happened - last time, we were pondering about what Android Wear devices would be like, and this episode we all had the...
Google detail the Android 11 Beta launch, set for next week
Google a couple of years ago began bringing beta versions of their upcoming Android version to "developers" allowing them to test out the new features and see how their apps integrated with it. This year due to Google...