Amazon announces a new and updated range of Echo devices including Echo Show and...
Amazon has announced a new and updated range of their Alexa enabled Echo range of devices overnight, with an updated Echo Dot and Echo Plus, as well as the Echo Show and Echo Sub.
Echo Show
The range is aimed at...
Google ‘Interactive Video Streaming Device’ passes through FCC, probably Google’s Home Hub
As September draws to a close, we edge ever closer to Google's eponymous "Made by Google" event scheduled for next month. Though much of what's to be announced has been swirling around the rumoursphere, the Google Home Hub is...
Not so Fake News: Facebook rolls out a context button for Australian, Canadian, Irish...
Facebook has announced that it will be rolling out a context button which launched in the UK and US earlier this year to Australian, New Zealand, Irish and Canadian users which will enable them to check the veracity of...
Google is trialling a rebrand of Google Feed with ‘Discover’
Google has been trialling various tweaks to the Google Feed on Android over the last few months and these design changes could now be accompanied by a complete rebrand of the feature from what we now call the Google...
Samsung Galaxy A7 (2018) now official with triple rear cameras
It looks like Samsung has stepped onto the triple rear camera sensor bandwagon, though it's not with their flagship Note or S-series handsets but their super mid-range A-series with the Galaxy A7 (2018) now official.
The phone has a premium...
Opinion: OnePlus has come of age and should be considered a contender
There are a lot of players in the mobile space these days. Samsung, Huawei, LG, Sony, HTC, Oppo and Motorola to name a few but over the last couple of years the manufacturer that has impressed me the most...
Get up to 60% off some great movies in HD from Google Play Movies...
It's that time of the week again, Google has launched another sale in Play Movies offering discounts up to 60% off a great range of HD quality movies.
The digital release yesterday of Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom means that...
Dead Zebra Android Mini Mooncakes look delicious and are on-sale now
It's the Mid-Autumn festival for our friends in China and Vietnam, and as is traditional a lot of delicious mooncakes are being consumed. To celebrate the occasion Dead Zebra has released a limited run of mooncake themed Android Mini's...
Acer Chromebook Tab 10: the first of a whole new generation
Let's face it. Google gave up on Android as a tablet OS a long time ago. We heard rumours about a new OS called Andromeda that would run all tablets going forwards but at the last minute...
Google Photos update set to automatically add people (and pets) to live albums
APK tear-downs aren't something we routinely get into at Ausdroid, but this one has some interesting developments in Google's ever-evolving data collection and use about users. The latest update to Google Photos has code snippets torn apart by...
Could this be our first look at Google’s ‘Nocturne’ detachable Chromebook?
At their Made by Google event on October 9th next month, Google is expected to unveil not one, but two new Chrome OS devices. The first will be an update of the Pixelbook codenamed 'Atlas', while the second is...
Early build of Android Pie on Galaxy S9 shows a pretty big redesign is...
The annual release of Android updates to flagships is currently a big focus, with Samsung currently working on their update. An early build of Pie for the Galaxy S9 has shown up on XDA-Developers showing a fairly major redesign.
The...
Google Pixel 3 page updated, in Japan
In three shorts weeks Google will take to the stage in New York and announce the Pixel 3 along with other #MadeByGoogle hardware. At this late stage we already know a lot about the phones, including the possibility of...
OnePlus 6T render surfaces with dual cameras – plus case renders and an official...
The upcoming launch of the OnePlus 6T is getting everyone excited, however it appears that the rumours of a triple rear camera array were unfounded with the latest render showing a dual camera setup.
The render, via Roland Quandt of...
Samsung’s Android Pie 9.0 update for Galaxy S9 contains a 5G teaser
While Samsung hasn't officially released any Android Pie 9.0 updates for its Galaxy S line just yet, that doesn't mean they haven't leaked out. According to the folks at XDA Developers, the leaked software they've seen contains a few...