Apps, Games & Google Services

In some welcome news, Google have announced that their maps service now includes transit route options that take into account wheelchair accessibility. The service is purely aimed at major metropolitan areas (such as Sydney) and their transit routes such as buses, trains, light rail (trams) and ferries. When the wheelchair …

Everyone’s favourite mustachioed plumber is coming to Google Maps this weekend in celebration of Mario day (that’s right, Mar 10 .. Mario .. get it?) Partnering with Nintendo, Google is bringing Mario to your driving experience today and he’ll hang around for a limited time. When driving, instead of the …

Some people don’t receive a lot of email, and for them, managing email doesn’t take a lot of time. Others, like me, receive a tonne of email and managing it feels like a losing battle. Some time ago, I made the switch to Inbox by Gmail to manage the three …

Residential property developer, Peet, in collaboration with Ogilvy Melbourne, have launched a VR360 degree app called, Vision360, which has been designed to help potential homebuyers visualise what the development will look like once completed. The app, which launched officially today, allows potential homebuyers and users in general, the ability to …

Messenger Lite, Facebook’s lightweight version of their popular chat app is getting a new feature today with the company announcing video chat is being added. Facebook launched Messenger Lite in 2016 as a way to expand the reach of their chat app to emerging markets. The stripped down version of …

The day has arrived, it’s time to board the Hogwarts Express and download the Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery game, which is now available to download on Android in Australia. First announced in December, the game is a product of a partnership with the newly created Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment division …

Your Twitter timeline is getting a bit more organised with the micro-blogging site adding the ability to bookmark tweets to save your favourites, or find something important down the track. It’s a neat solution to finding a tweet again without awkwardly liking a tweet about something just because you want …

Google’s Android services are slowly moving away from the use of Android in the name, and that change has now arrived for Android Pay .. which is now Google Pay (or G Pay). It looked like this was beginning late last month, but perhaps we jumped a bit too quickly …

After launching as an exclusive app for Optus post-paid customers in July last year, Optus has today opened up access to the National Geographic app to all Australian mobile users. The app is available on both Android and iOS, offering both video and story content from the National Geographic archives …

Australian juice outlet Boost is offering a novel competition to cash in on the current crypto-currency craze offering the chance to win a BitCoin by simply buying a juice with their app. The company is giving away four BitCoin over the next month, one a week for the next four …

Perth based sports fans looking to check out the Cricket, AFL or some of the other sports being played at the newly opened – and newly named – Optus Stadium will want to check out the new app from Optus which adds some additional functionality. The app – called Optus …

Smart Reply has, for many people become an integral part of their Inbox and Gmail experience, now Google’s San Francisco based incubator, Area 120, has come up with a way to bring those smart replies to all your messaging apps. The project, called ‘Reply’, is an Android only feature that’s …

Google’s Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) is bringing a faster web to most of the world, and while it’s not to everyone’s taste it is demonstrably faster when you use it. That speed is coming to Gmail with a new developer preview launching today. The new dev preview will allow developers …

The AFL season is upon us, so if you’re searching for the latest AFL info from Google Assistant and the official AFL Assistant app isn’t cutting it then try asking Aussie Rules Guy. Created by Ausdroid reader Phillip Malone, the Aussie Rules Guy Assistant App gives you all the latest …

Since launching 4K resolution movies in Google Play Movies and TV quietly in November last year, it appears Google is expanding support with UHD and 4K searches now working, and the library of movies now in 4K growing as well. Previously the Google Play Movies and TV Support page listed …