News and Editorial

Over the weekend, the Wall Street journal has reported that Google has completed a purchase of a number of communications-related tech patents from Chinese electronics producer Foxconn for an undisclosed sum. The patents were originally owned by the Hon Hai...

Welcome to episode 110 of the Ausdroid podcast! This week we had a bumper show with four of us joining to talk about OnePlus, smartwatches, the Galaxy S5 review and more! Hangouts decided to ding in Jason's ears every few...

The LG G3 is coming, and if the frequency of leaks is anything to judge, it's coming soon. Overnight GSMArena has shown off a picture of the rear of the LG G3, showing off the now familiar rear-mounted volume...

Whether your new Samsung Galaxy S5 is looking a little naked, or you're a fan of wireless charging and are missing the functionality on your new phone; the team at Gadgets 4 Geeks have the answer. They've released their range...

The 'Ok Google' voice activation in the Google Now launcher is an impressively responsive feature, and according to a rumour from Android Police, Google is looking to bring the feature to more Google Apps in the future. The feature would...

The successor to the Motorola Moto X has apparently shown up on benchmarking site GFXBench, giving us an insight into what could be announced later this 'Summer'. Motorola announced during a Q&A session held at Mobile World Congress (MWC)...

UPDATE: The testing group has now reverted to invite only as enough test users have come on board. Ustwo Games recently tweeted from their account to this effect. Monument Valley is the new and stunningly beautiful game that has rocked iOS in recent times, and for those in Android land who've been wanting to get on board with the action, now you can.

If you're a Huawei fan, yes they exist, then you'll be interested in the leak of new specs for the upcoming Ascend P6 replacement, imaginatively named the Ascend P7. Serial leaker @EvLeaks has posted a list of specs through...

Being a writer for Ausdroid has it's perks, reviewing devices that you wouldn't necessarily otherwise buy or have access to is one of them. The Asus Transformer Pad TF701 arived in my life for about 2 days now...

It was just last month we saw the first hints of a successor to the Galaxy Beam, and now the followup has now launched in China . The Samsung Galaxy Beam 2 includes a 'built-in professional-level mini-projector', which Samsung has...

Vic Gundrotra, the man behind many prominent Google features like Google+ as well as their developer focused event which is coming up to its 7th year - Google I/O, is leaving Google. Vic has written a heart wrenching post...

When Lenovo purchased Motorola Mobility from Google earlier this year there was some scepticism about what would happen to Motorola's line of Android devices. Anyone who has seen a Moto G or a Moto X knows that Motorola have...

The Galaxy S5 Zoom is now being called the Samsung Galaxy K, or at least it will be when it launches on the 29th of April at an event in Singapore. The phone-camera or camera-phone whichever way you look...

Samsung has managed to put a smartwatch on my wrist, and I don’t mind it - at least, I don’t mind the feel of it. Unfortunately, while there’s some appealing qualities to the Gear Fit, there’s also a few...

With about 90 minutes still left on the countdown clock on the OnePlus landing page the announcement of one of the most hyped phones in a long long time was presented to the world. And barely a ripple...