Apps, Games & Google Services

At Google I/O earlier this week, a big announcement, or at least a big announcement for those of us still not comfortable talking to Google Assistant, is that a typing option was coming – and it’s now showing up. Saying ‘Ok Google’ and issuing a command or query in a …

With Google officially announcing Google Assistant and Google Home for Australia many of us are trying to get the update onto our compatible devices. Unfortunately, Google has said that it’s only officially available in the US for users with English (US). Some users howerver are reporting that Assistant is just …

Many of you know LastPass as a popular password manager and secure online Vault, hopefully, many of you also know that they offer a 2 Factor Authenticator app as well: LastPass Authenticator. One issue with Authenticator over apps like Authy is it didn’t include secure online backup of your 2FA …

Freeview’s FV live TV streaming app sees a major update today with the addition of Chromecast to both the Android and iOS versions of its app. The addition of Chromecast puts a neat bow on Freeview’s live TV streaming functionality – you can finally put live TV on a TV …

During the IO 2017 Keynote Google revealed their new Google Payments API intended to provide developers with a way to implement seamless payments across the Web, Mobile and even via Google Assistant. The Google Payments API provides all the tools developers need to let users pay for our online goods …

After announcing Android Instant apps at Google I/O last year, it’s been a slow road to release with an initial pilot group launching the feature. At Google I/O during the Keynote, product manager Ellie Powers announced that any developer can now make their own Android Instant App. Android Instant Apps, …

Todoist is one of the leading productivity tools on the market for tracking your to do items and they do it well. There’s a massive amount of functionality to streamline processes and increase your efficiency, the latest improvement to this is a real-time integration with Google Calendar. Setup is simple: …

The hits just keep on coming for Google in VR, with the YouTube team taking the opportunity to outline a new feature for the YouTube VR app which will be coming later this year: Co-watching. YouTube has had great success with their co-watching experiences for standard YouTube, which let’s you …

It’s a bit hard to realise that its nearly one year since Niantic and the Pokemon Company brought us Pokemon GO and the Pokemon team have taken to their blog to launch another in-game event (similar to what they have done in the past) called ‘Adventure Week.’ Adventure Week, which …

Along side with the new user facing enhancements to the Google Assistant at Google IO, such as Actions on Google now being available on phones, the Google Developer team has also taken the wraps of a few enhancements for developers to build into their Actions. Transactions and Payments At present …

At I/O, Google has outlined some of the features in Google I/O under the security enhancements which are designed to keep you, and your devices safe. They’ve expanded their protection of devices from harmful apps with a new program called Google Play Protect. Google Play Protect is an expansion on …

Google Photos has to be one of Google’s greatest products and today it just got a whole lot better with the introduction of 3 new features aimed at making sharing and experiencing photos even easier. Announced on stage at Google IO 2017 Suggested Sharing, Shared Libraries and Photo Books, all …

At Google IO 2017 Sundar Pichai announced that thanks to their machine learning and deep neural networks they are bringing Google’s smart reply feature found in Allo and Inbox to the Gmail app for Android. With Smart reply, you will be provided with three relevant replies to your email which …

Instagram has taken to its blog overnight to announce that it is bringing face filters and more to the service, as it looks to take on Snapchat. Face filters, as the name suggests, gives you the opportunity to place goofy headwear, animal noses, glasses and more. Basically its the stuff …

One of Nintedo’s best and most premium franchises is coming to your smartphone very soon according to a report that surfaced overnight in the Wall Street Journal (WSJ). The Legend of Zelda is being co-developed by Japanese developer DeNA, and will be the next smartphone app after Animal Crossing according …