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Plantronics has today unveiled a new range of Backbeat Fit and Go headphones across a broad range of price points with features to match all users. The range will start going on-sale from today, with further availability coming in October and November, ranging from $119.99 up to $239.99 for their …

After a long wait, Australia’s Commonwealth Bank has today announced they’ve added Visa support across their Digital Wallet solutions. The support for using Visa credit cards and business debit cards comes after Commonwealth Bank saw a large increase in the use of Tap & Pay. The bank saw an increase …

Google’s two Pixel product announcements have occurred a few weeks after Apple’s September iPhone event, and this is – perhaps – no coincidence; not only does it give Google an idea of what it’s up against before releasing, but we’ve found something else. One interesting relationship in Australia has between …

“Cheap Telstra plan” isn’t a phrase you often hear, but the ongoing data wars mean there’s now plenty of ways to get Telstra coverage without breaking the bank. Telstra-powered MVNOs – and Telstra itself, actually – have had a whole spate of good value SIM-only offers in the recent months, …

At IFA this year we traversed the halls in search of Wear OS news and devices. Many people, myself included, have been critical of Google’s stewardship of the platform with a slow development cycle, the painfully slowness of hardware rollouts eg NFC payments, digital crown adoption and 3 button control …

Your phone may soon be able to tell when you’re driving and automatically enable Android Auto or Do Not Disturb Mode. Over 1,200 people lost their lives on Australian roads last year, and while not all of them would be related to use of a mobile device, not using your …

Yesterday I posted in the Ausdroid chat asking if any others had noticed that Gboard was not working well at all lately. Turns out I was not the only one and Google today have admitted that their Gboard keyboard is experiencing issues with its swiping accuracy. For years Android users …

Huawei’s consumer business group CEO Richard Yu has made no secret of his ambition. He wants Huawei to be positioned as the world’s #1 smartphone maker, and the reality is, they’re not too far away from it. From relative obscurity to knocking Apple down to #3, Huawei’s sights are set …

The Pixel 2 were chock full of exclusive features when they launched, and while most of the features were limited the Now Playing feature has remained a Pixel only feature. Google has today announced that the Now Playing technology is being used now to power all song searches in Google …

Google’s new all-in-one storage service for Google Drive, Gmail, and Google Photos – Google One is finally going live in Australia after the service was launched here last month. Customers who previously paid for additional storage from Google are receiving an email advising their storage account ‘has been officially upgraded …

If you’re a fan of the faux leather look of fans such as the LG G4, Note 3/Note 4, then you’re in for a treat with a new Huawei phone with leather look showing up at the Chinese regulatory body. The phone, in two colours has headed through TENAA, the …

The Razer Phone 2 which was spoken about during Razers recent financial earnings report will be announced on October 10th according to save the date invites being sent out this morning. The invites are displaying a ‘Flagship // Gaming’ header, staking a claim on the title that the phone will …

Pixel season is one of the happiest times of the year. This year the phones have been repeatedly leaked and now Google is making no real secret of the phones teasing them on the Google Store, and now a little more in-depth on a Japanese site. The site found at …