Smart Home and Wearables

Everyone loves the Boxing Day sales, especially if you have any money left after Christmas. For those that do you can often grab a grab bargain on something you may have wanted for a while. eBay this year have decided to start their Boxing Day sales early with some decent …

Huawei is one company that in the past has been criticised for their lack of Android version updates to their phones, even flagships. Acting on a new promise to do better Huawei are beginning to roll out the latest version of Android to some of their recent flagships. The Huawei …

In a surprise move Hisense Australia has confirmed to Ausdroid that the brand will sell an Android TV series as part of their 2019 product range: “Android fans will also be excited to hear we will be introducing an Android TV to the Australian market providing Australian consumers more choice …

ASUS has advised overnight that its long term CEO – Jerry Shen – will be leaving the company by the end of the year. The move will come ahead of  “a comprehensive corporate transformation” of the company. The change will see ASUS focus more on power users such as gamers …

Google Home has some great interactions that can be used by kids and families alike. Google have now added to this with a new ability for the Google Assistant to add sound effects to a Disney story as you read it. For a limited number of Disney stories, and only …

Huawei has had some great success with its Nova phones here in Australia, and the company is set to continue this with its new mid-range powerhouse, the Nova 4. Tonight in China, Huawei has announced the Nova 4 with the world’s smallest display hole for the front facing camera. Huawei’s …

If you’re a regular user of Samsung Pay, then you may have noticed a new competition where you can be in the running to win a Samsung Gear IconX wireless earbuds. The competition, which runs from December 15th through to January 15th 2019 next year, gives Samsung Pay users the …

This year has been the year of the notch, a year that many would like to forget. Next year will be an evolution of the notch as we head towards a full display phone. The first step towards that will be the hole cutout in the display that we have …

Fitbands were all the rage a while back but then came along smartwatches. Now with Apple leading the charge of smartwatches into the fitness space followed by a renewed push from Google the fitband companies are needing to do something to stay relevant with their products. For Fitbit, the company …

Telstra and Boost Mobile have quietly added ZTE devices to their line up of budget devices with the Telstra Essential Smart (ZTE A125) and Boost Jett (ZTE B125). Both the devices, which are budget 4G enabled devices, look similar in design and specs which aren’t too bad and certainly could …

At this stage of the year we are talking a lot about the Samsung Galaxy S10 and it’s upcoming release but we often fail to miss an important note: there is nothing at all wrong with the Galaxy S9 which was released just nine months ago. For those in the …

The recent update to Google Assistant was full of interesting and useful new features, but like any of these updates we had no idea if some would arrive here. One of the more useful features, Broadcast Replies, has now started rolling out here in Australia. Broadcast replies arrival is advertised …

Last year OPPO demonstrated how far they have come taking out the Canstar Blue award for “Most Satisfied Customers – Smartphones”. This year, building upon that success they have won it again with near top marks in all categories. Canstar are a financial comparison site, with their yearly awards given …

The first punched-hole display smartphones have been announced and it looks to be the trend for 2019 with Samsung looking to continue to notch solution into their Galaxy S10 series of phones. We have seen rumours and CAD leaks demonstrating the oval punch out in the display for the Galaxy …

It’s been some time since the Android Mini Christmas ornaments were on-sale through Dead Zebra, but they’re returning this year with sales set to start at 3am AEST tomorrow morning (13th December). The Android Mini Christmas ornaments have so far been released in Red, Blue and Green, and this year …