YouTube Music leaps forward again, now playing nicely with Siri
Another step forward for YouTube Music, another nail in the coffin of Google Play Music. Now iOS 13 has made its way to market, Siri can trigger YouTube Music and that’s a bigger deal than most people realise on...
Rumour: Fitbit Might Be Bought By Google Parent Company Alphabet
Reuters is reporting a rumour that Google's parent company Alphabet has made an offer to purchase Fitbit.
This may be an attempt by Google to gain market share in the wearables gadget sector because watches running Google's Android Wear operating...
Snapdragon Wear 3300 might be 5 years and 16 nm better than its predecessors
We've said it before, but hardware is hard, and nothing shows that better than Qualcomm's struggle to release a decent wearable SOC. Today however we bring you renewed hope with rumours circulating about Qualcomm's next wearable focused chip -...
FUD Busters: No, Google has not taken away free storage for Gmail, and suggesting...
It seems it was a slow news week for several news outlets last week who decided to insinuate that Google was going to make Gmail users pay for storage. This is such an overly reductionist statement that it borders...
NSW Digital Drivers Licences are now live through the Service NSW app
If you live in New South Wales and are a user of the Service NSW app, then I've got some good news for you this morning - digital drivers licences are now live, for everyone in NSW.
For all drivers...
NVIDIA announces two new Shield TV devices running Android TV
We've been hearing rumours and leaks for some time now that NVIDIA was preparing to launch two new Shield TV devices. Well, now they're official. Meet the NVIDIA Shield and NVIDIA Shield Pro Android TV powered media streaming set-top...
Telstra launches Xbox All Access in Australia – console + subscription starting at $27/month
Telstra is getting into gaming in a big way, with the carrier becoming the exclusive Australian home of of Xbox All Access.Xbox All Access gets you an Xbox One S or One X console bundle (including Forza 4 and...
ECOVACS release another robotic vacuum with more mapping features and over three hours of...
ECOVACS is one of the biggest manufacturers of robotic cleaners including vacuums and they have just released an upgrade to their flagship model with even more features than before.
The new DEEBOT OZMO 950 caters to multi-level homes with multi-floor...
Circles.Life has another great deal for new customers: 23GB for just $18
Circles.Life is one of the newcomers to the Australian NVMO scene and have been pushing hard with some great deals to get customers on board. Now that their original deal has finished they have decided to bring something...
There’s some .new functions appearing in Google services, and no that’s not a typo
There's some interesting functions being added to Google services and so far, I really like them.
The latest functions enable quick creation of certain content items, through use of the new ".new" domain name. To make it work, there's a...
Jaybird Vista Totally Wireless Headphones Review – Outstanding capability, but at a price
We’ve had a few sets of “totally wireless” earbuds come through the Ausdroid team lately. Each with their own pros and cons, but I wasn’t prepared when the Jaybird Totally Wireless landed with me just how good they could...
Australian Mobile Carriers Won’t Get Really Fast 5G Millimetre Wave Spectrum til mid 2021
The Australian Federal government has commenced the process to auction spectrum in the 26 GHz band to support the next stage of 5G coverage improvement across Australia.
The spectrum will be sold at a competitive auction in early 2021. This...
Frustrated with Pixel 4’s Motion Sense? Try this tip
If you've read our hands-on preview of the Google Pixel 4 series, you'd be aware that the Motion Sense feature - using the Soli radar sensor - can be a little hit and miss.
It seems we weren't alone in...
Tile trackers are now fully integrated with Google Assistant and Google Nest devices
Tile launched an updated integration with Google Assistant a few months ago. At that time, Tile announced that Google Nest hardware would be able to find Tile trackers via their own Bluetooth connection and hinted at deeper integration with...
Wider support rolls out for Stereo Pairing on Google Assistant smart speakers
After the launch of the new Nest Mini we saw that Google had extended support for Stereo pairing from the Google Home Max to the Nest Mini. We went "ears on" with the stereo pairing on the Nest Mini...