ABC Science Conducts Australia’s Biggest Smartphone Survey
The ABC's Science News division in conjunction with researchers from Griffith University, Murdoch University and Western Sydney University are conducting Australia's largest ever smartphone survey and we encourage Ausdroid readers to participate.
The survey takes 5min or more to...
Get a bonus $50 Harvey Norman Gift Card with purchase of Google Home
If you're looking for something for Fathers Day, a Google Home is a very popular new tech toy that you may be looking at. Harvey Norman is offering a bonus $50 Harvey Norman Gift Card with every Google Home...
SBS Radio app update offers improved features and access to mobile radio
Australian broadcaster SBS has today launched an update to their Radio mobile app offering an enriched experience for listeners.
If you're not an SBS Radio listener, as you'd expect from one of the world’s most multilingual broadcasters, the SBS...
Andy Rubin’s Essential Phone available to purchase now in the US and on September...
Andy Rubin's Essential Phone has made a lot of people and manufacturers sit up and take notice. It aims to be a market disrupter and innovate to push the market into a more autonomous direction. It was...
Plex privacy update highlights potential for data sharing to third parties
Plex is a hugely popular third party media distribution platform that allows you to send your own storied media to your devices as well as share with your friends and family through account shares. As part of their continuing...
Take a look at how LG created some of the LG V30 wallpapers
The launch of the LG V30 is one of the bigger launches we have coming up, and it's also the one with a little mystique still surrounding it. LG has begun official teasers for the phone and the latest...
Sonos will be launching Alexa-enabled and “additional voice assistants” speakers
First there was Amazon's Alexa and it's speakers and then along came Google Home which built upon this and included a better speaker. Now there is even more competition with Apple's upcoming HomePod which apparently includes a speaker...
Leaked images suggest the Kirin 970-powered Huawei Mate 10 will include an under-display fingerprint...
Huawei have signalled their intention to focus on the mid-range and high end devices in the future. For them, nothing is more high end than the Mate series. It is their business oriented flagship where they put...
Lenovo announces Android Wear 2.0 for Moto 360 Sport has started rolling out
After an extended wait, Lenovo has announced on their support page that the Android Wear 2.0 update for the Moto 360 Sport has started rolling out.
The update will bring the Moto 360 Sport to build #: NXH20Z and...
Samsung Galaxy Book 12 4G — Australian Review
Samsung disappointed more than a few at this year's Mobile World Congress when it eschewed the event for its annual premium smartphone launch. Unlike years past, while Samsung was at the show, it didn't announce smartphones. Instead, it announced...
Schlage Sense Smart Deadbolt gets Android compatibility and Wi-Fi connectivity – but no Wi-Fi...
Schlage has announced this week that their Sense Smart Deadbolt is now compatible with Android devices with a new app to control the deadbolt now available on Google Play.
The lock has previously only been compatible with iOS devices but...
Samsung Galaxy Note 8 US and European pre-order bonuses leaked
The specs, colours, features and more have been well and truly leaked at this stage, but there are still details we didn't know, like what pre-order bonuses will be offered. Thanks to Evan Blass (@evleaks) we now know what...
Google confirms Android O will be announced on August 21st – plus a tease...
Google has announced overnight that Android O will be announced on August 21st at an event during the solar eclipse that will take place over north America.
The Android O announcement event will take place in New York City, but...
Third party OBD2 support coming for Google’s Android Auto
Before Android Auto came along I used to use an OBD2 dongle attached to my car and an app on the phone to monitor various functions of my car while it was running. Android Auto did not bring...
Spotify Free accounts can now be controlled with voice commands on Google Home
Google Home supports a limited number of streaming music options and until now only supported Spotify premium accounts. Tonight Google has added Spotify Free to the streaming services supporting voice control on Google Home.
Spotify is widely used in...