Rumour: Android Wear to gain calling features and speaker support
According to Android Police's Artem Russakovskii, we may see some new party tricks added to the Android Wear arsenal very soon. How the two rumoured features -- on-watch calling and speaker support -- will look, feel and behave is...
Lenovo TAB 2 A7-10 7″ Tablet now available at Officeworks & JB HiFi for...
It seems Lenovo has quietly launched its latest budget 7" tablet, with the Lenovo TAB 2 A7-10 7" Tablet now available from both Officeworks and JB HiFi for $99.
The Lenovo TAB 2 A7-10 7" Tablet is a pretty basic...
LG commences the staged global release of the G4 this week (but not in...
LG continues to tease us with the pending arrival of the G4 in Australia; this time, it's LG Global that's put out a press release talking about the G4 beginning its worldwide release 'this week' in 'key markets around...
Review: Asus Zenfone 2 ZE550ML
Asus is a name that nearly everyone knows, although very few know for sure how to pronounce it. For years they have made laptops that have been popular with the general population. They have made the hugely...
ZTE Optus Fit 4G Smart – Review
ZTE has been in the Australian marketplace for a while now, albeit as a white label supplier for the three major telcos to offer their branded phones. But ZTE has been moving towards becoming known in Australia, and has...
Android Wear watches receive basic Google Play Music browsing
Android 5.1.1 for Android Wear is slowly making its way to our wrists, but at the time of writing, it's only on your wrist if you're the owner of an LG Watch Urbane of ASUS ZenWatch. If you've got it,...
Oppo R7 up for pre-order for US$483 ahead of May 20th launch
One of Oppo's new R series phones, set to be launched at an event in Beijing on the 20th of May has been put up for pre-order on a Chinese retailers website.
The phone hasn't officially been announced as yet,...
Ausdroid Podcast Episode 136 – Nexus interrupted
Welcome to episode 136 of the Ausdroid podcast!
A relatively quiet week on the Android front (in contrast to the launches of recent weeks, anyway) was punctuated by Dan ditching his Nexus 6. Scott also gave us his impressions of...
Australian Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge receive another OTA, still at Android 5.0.2
It seems like it has only been a week since Samsung released an over-the-air (OTA) update for the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge ... and that's because it has been. Well, yesterday we received heads up that there'd...
FlingMonster is a cool new game from a local (really local) game developer Team...
Let's face it, a good proportion of our news comes from overseas, and most of our Australian news is stuff with a national focus; it's things that may impact upon Android users everywhere. So, when Daniel and I were...
Samsung Galaxy S6 has somehow broken ‘Ok Google’ everywhere
It's not a feature that everyone on Android actually uses, but OK Google Everywhere is something that can be very powerful. Simply say 'OK Google' within earshot of your phone, and it'll pipe up, listen to you, and do...
Moto G Gen 3 makes brief appearance on Indian retailer Flipkart
Motorola's line of Moto phones are getting increasingly more popular with each generation. The Moto X is due for a third generation, with rumours already circulating, and now the Moto G is also beginning to leak it's third generation,...
Google to launch ‘Family-friendly’ Google Play Store at I/O later this month
Google I/O is just under two weeks away, so details of what will be announced at the 2.5 hour keynote address have begun leaking out. The first was that unsurprisingly, Android M would be first introduced, and now an...
Google self-driving cars to hit US roads this Summer with a limited 25mph top...
Google has become the name that many people think about when the term 'self-driving' car is brought up in conversation, just as Tesla is with electric cars. This association is thanks to a (comparatively) long history with the...
Sandisk Ultra Dual USB Drive 3.0 — Review
We all have a need to access files conveniently. Whether it's expanding the memory on a tablet or smartphone that doesn't have a microSD card slot or quickly transferring files from your Android device to a PC, we all...