Google Spotlight Story ‘Help’ arrives on YouTube for your viewing pleasure
Earlier this week, Google teased the launch of a new Spotlight Story 'On Ice', and advised that a previous title, Help, a five-minute short from Fast and Furious 6 director Justin Lin would be coming to YouTube. Well, the...
Canadian LG G5 pricing gives us a hint at Australian pricing
While local pricing for the LG G5 is yet to be revealed, we've now got a hint of what it could be thanks to carrier pricing unveiled in Canada, ahead of local availability on 8 April. Their major carriers...
You can try your luck with the giant Google Store Claw Machine at SXSW...
Google announced earlier this week that they were setting up a giant claw machine at the film, interactive media, and music festival South By Southwest (SXSW) to promote the Google Store which has just hit its first birthday. The...
Good Deal: 32GB Nexus 5X for $447 at JB Hifi
The Nexus 5X is by far the cheapest of the recent Nexus phones released and (coincidence?) coinciding with the Samsung Galaxy S7 release today, JB Hifi have a $200 saving on the Blue 32GB version of the 5X and...
Android N Tour: Bundled Notifications and Direct replies
One of the highlights of the Android N release announcement yesterday, ok, aside from multi-window apps, was the Bundled Notifications and Direct Replies. As part of our look into Android N, here's how they look and work.
As a spoiler,...
Mi Band 2 — Hands on
Chinese electronics manufacturer Xiaomi launched one of the most successful fitness trackers ever in 2014, at around $20 to track steps, sleep etc. who can argue. The follow up band, the Mi Band 2 (or 1S depending on which...
Big 4 bank customers at risk from Android Malware
Android users who utilise their phone to access the big 4 (National Australia Bank, Commonwealth, Westpac and ANZ) banks could be at risk from one of the more sophisticated Malware instances to be discovered to date.
The program sits in...
Samsung’s Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge are now officially on sale
Samsung's eagerly anticipated Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge are now officially on sale, and this is news because Australia is one of the first markets around the world where customers can buy the new smartphones. From today, the...
Android N Tour: Recents, quick switching and more
As the hours tick by since the launch of the Android N Developer Preview the Ausdroid team is discovering more enhancements, tweeks and improvements in "N".
The latest bunch of features centre on the Recents key - the square one...
Android N Tour: Yes Virginia, there is an App Drawer
Android N. App Drawer. Will they or won't they? There's only one thing we can say right now: It has one.
The controversy over the existence of Android N's App Drawer has been bubbling away in the background for...
Android N Tour: The settings menu displays more information and has a hamburger menu...
Google's new Android N has a lot going for it in terms of function and design and one of those new features is a re-designed settings menu. We saw something on this a while back, with a new hamburger...
Android N Tour: Check out those new quick settings
Google's Android N developer preview is pretty good, there's quite a few changes we're finding as we comb through the OS. I've installed the preview on a Nexus 5X and the Pixel C and comparing to a Nexus 6P...
Android N Tour: Multi-Window is equal parts awesome and janky on the Pixel C
Google's Android N developer preview released today, brought about some new features but the headline feature when it comes to the Pixel C is the split screen. We've installed the Android N developer preview on the Pixel C and...
Sketchy rumour points to 3-year deal for HTC to build Nexus devices with Google...
The rumour mill is about on time this year for Nexus rumours, with the latest rumour circulating that Google is taking more control of the Nexus program with a top down approach. The rumour is also circulating that original...
Samsung Developer Conference 2016 is coming at the end of April in San Francisco
Samsung are probably the biggest player in Android, but their focus isn't just mobile, with innovation taking place in phones, tablets, TVs, home appliances, and of course virtual reality. Like Google, Samsung knows that a platform is only as...