Facebook Messenger now supports SMS messages
Facebook has today announced a new feature for their hugely popular Messenger app, adding support for SMS in a bid to fully control your messaging experience.
Facebook has introduced SMS integration exclusively on Android for the launch, with support for...
Samsung Pay launches in Australia, joining the US, Korea, China and Spain
Samsung has launched its Samsung Pay product into Australia today, making our country the fifth market where the mobile payment product has been launched. The journey doesn’t stop there, with Singapore launching tomorrow, and additional markets (including the UK,...
Android N-ify Your Marshmallow Device, Without the Beta Tag Of Android N
The other day Duncan posted an article here at Ausdroid discussing the use of Android N as a daily driver. Judging by the comments the article received it seems that many people can believe that it is still in...
Taking a look at Apple’s WWDC headlines from an Android perspective
Every time big announcements come around in Apple, the tech media splits roughly in half. Those who are pro-Apple, and write about how great everything is that was announced, and those who tend to see it as a bit...
Android N preview as a daily driver and app incompatibility.
We're going to start this off by declaring that the Android N preview/ unofficial Beta is not a consumer ready project, while noting, of course, that neither Google or the Android team have ever said it was.
The Android N Preview,...
Has a leaked tease just revealed the name of the next Galaxy Note?
Since before school I've known how to count, 1 2 3 4 5, 6 7 8 9 10 (11 12). Apparently Samsung's Galaxy Note team didn't get that memo, as the successor to last year's Galaxy Note 5 has...
GOFAR, a smart device to help you be a more economic driver
There are a seemingly endless array of smart devices out there with a huge variety of applications from various automation features (connected/smart home), making you more productive and entertained, but what about making already large investments smarter or more...
Autocomplete on Google Search, Google makes a rare comment
For those not aware of the goings on of the US Presidential race you may have missed that allegations had been made that Google was manipulating their 'Search' to help a specific candidate. The allegations centred around the search...
LG Stylus DAB+ — Australian Review
LG arguably are currently riding the wave that manufacturers dream of. They've hit a winning formula with their hardware, their software (while not as clean and invasion free as Nexus software) is generally well liked and they've had great...
Telstra suffering another outage, affecting NBN, ADSL and mobile customers
Telstra appear to be in damage control as they recovery from another outage on their networks. Initially when I noticed this was after getting a number of notifications drop in short succession, and realising I was connected to my...
Farewell 3.5mm Headphone Jack: The life and death of a decades long standard
Jack, The early years
Born in 1964, the 3.5 mm audio 'Jack' was the middle sized of three commonly used audio connectors, along with its bigger sibling; still heavily used in professional audio circles the 6.35 mm audio jack (Born...
Win a 3SIXT Hot Box thanks to Ausdroid and Cellnet
If you're a Samsung Galaxy S7 owner, or if you own an iPhone 6/S/Plus (or know someone that does) this is a great little weekend competition for you.
In conjunction with Cellnet, we're offering up one of five 3SIXT Hot...
Bose release the Quiet Comfort QC35 wireless noise-cancelling headphones
When asked about quality audio equipment, there's pretty good odds that Bose is going to be one of the first names out there, and for good reason. They offer some fantastic hardware, giving users a sound experience that immerses them...
Apple could bring iMessage to Android as early as next week
Apple's developer conference kicks off next week in San Francisco, and while we won't be there, there is some interesting news today about what may come from that event: Yes, Apple is predicted to bring iMessage to Android.
iMessage, if you didn't...
Samsung Gear Fit2 available from today for $289 in Australia
Samsung's global announcement of the Gear Fit2 was just the other day, and it looks as if it will be in Australia very soon, perhaps even from today, according to news we've just received from Samsung. Compatible with a...