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We suspected that the Google Pixel 4 would be announced on October 15 thanks to a leak from Evan Blass and today it has been confirmed. With an official media invite being sent out to US media stating that the hardware event will take place in New York City on …

Huawei’s got an event scheduled at the back end of this week to launch a smartphone in Munich, but if you’re in Australia, you’d hardly know about it. The Huawei Mate 30 series is very definitely coming, but with strong suspicion that we mightn’t see it in Australia for a …

It’s been a while since Google dabbled in laptops with any measure of success; the Google Pixelbook was – by most acceptable measures – a pretty decent device, and then last year, Google went a bit sideways and introduced something a little less successful. Some people bought them – not …

Foxtel’s product strategy has seen some twists and turns over the year, with various spin-off streaming services, some which have lasted, and some which have disappeared. Presto lasted a little while before fading out, and many were a little confused when Foxtel Now popped up alongside the existing Foxtel Go …

Last week Apple were heralded by some for finally including an 18W fast charger in the box for their iPhone 11 Pro smartphone. Welcome to 2010 Apple users. OPPO have always had one of the best fast charging solutions around and with the Reno Ace they are set to improve …

It’s Pixel leak season, so we lead this story with an apology for being the first of many likely stories you’ll read on Ausdroid about the Pixel 4 this week — but, what if I told you this story might be about the Pixel 4a? Over the weekend, 9 to …

Lenovo is perhaps better known in Australia for its laptops and its ownership of the Motorola smartphone business, but that doesn’t mean it’s not in other spaces. Overnight, we received word from India that Lenovo has launched its new Lenovo Carme smartwatch which will sell for just shy of $75 …

Nothing warms the depths of my cold dead heart like more Google Pixel 4 leaks, and this morning – like every morning for the past month, it feels like – we’ve woken up to another series of leaked Pixel 4 photos. In fact, someone has sent a huge gallery of …

We’ve already talked about the new re-design for the Google Camera app for the new Pixel 4, but what if you’ve got a Pixel 3 or Pixel 2 and want to try it today? Well, you can. As covered this morning, the primary change is a more minimal interface that …

Quite often, the first time you’ll know that Ausdroid has been reviewing a phone is when we publish the review on our website. Sometimes, if it’s an important phone – or we’ve been allowed to do it – we might publish a hands-on before a review. Othertimes we might publish …

OPPO has announced that it will be one of the latest manufacturers to support Google’s new CameraX feature, during a keynote at Google Developer Days China 2019. Google’s CameraX feature is a new Android Jetpack support library for camera app development, which enables developers to leverage the camera experiences and …

Google’s subscription storage plans, now know as Google One, offer users a few bonus features to go along with paid cloud storage. The latest benefit to be added to the service is automatic phone backup. But Android already backs up my device you say? Yes, it does, but with the …

I certainly have some feelings about all the Google Pixel 4 leaks – and it seems the folks at 9to5Google are of the same opinion – but this one is actually a bit more interesting; it’s not just another leaked hands-on or the like, no, it’s the new camera software, …

What does an all-digital telco look like in 2019? Well, Circles.Life gives us a good look, launching a new phone service offering in Australia in partnership with Optus, with a special launch offer for early customers. In fact, those who sign up before September 30 can take advantage of four …