Yess app launches to help you find LGBTIQ supportive wedding services
With Australia celebrating over a year since same-sex marriages became legal, having the legislation passed in December 2017 and same sex marriages becoming legal a month later in January 2018, a new, world first mobile app called Yess has...
Google Maps adds the ability to report traffic slowdowns
Late last year we reported that Google Maps was giving users the opportunity to report crashes and speed cameras, and now this has been further expanded with the additional reporting capability of traffic congestion.
This is added functionality to the...
Gmail’s widget has been quietly updated to Material Design .. but you probably didn’t...
Widgets used to be one of the coolest features on Android, and if your favourite app didn't support widgets, well you might've been quite upset. In 2019, most people simply don't care. Lockscreen widgets basically don't exist anymore, and...
Do you yearn for a cleaner look for Gmail? Here’s a Chrome Extension which...
With all the Inbox being kicked off the now-dead service, most are returning to Gmail and looking for a way to make the experience a bit .. cleaner.
There are a few ways to do this, some of which we've...
Gmail’s Smart Compose feature can now suggest subject lines for you, from today
It feels like a flood of features have come to Gmail this week and there's another one to come. The smart compose feature is already pretty good, allowing you to rapidly auto-complete commonly written sentences and phrases, but now...
As part of the move to YouTube Music, Google is closing Google Play Artist...
While Google is moving some of its services to its own brand (e.g. G Pay replacing Android Pay), some services its moving away. Google Play Music is one such service, with Google confirming last year that the service would...
Google has migrated Messages for Web from android.com to google.com
Back in December, we reported that Google was planning on migrating its Messages for Web service from the android.com domain to its own Google.com domain. This is in keeping with Google's desire to brand its services as its own,...
Inbox users, there may be an alternavtive to Gmail – Meet Spark
Spark is a hugely popular email client on MacOS and iOS, and the developers behind it have sensed an opportunity with the popular Inbox being discontinued.
Spark has been brought to Android and teased by some not very subtle hints...
Gmail turns 15, and adds a couple of new features following Inbox’s demise
Inbox is gone now, and no amount of shed tears on the internet is going to bring it back. The good news, if it can be called that, is that Google is trying to bring as many features from...
Drip, drip: Another feature update for Gmail, 4 days until Inbox disappears
With a little under 4 days until Google rips Inbox from our loving arms, the Gmail team seems to be in feature overdrive. The latest feature to break cover is a change to how threaded conversations work.
For some people...
Google Photos adding automatic suggestions for cropping images
The functionality to tweak photos to improve them automatically has been steadily working its way into Google Photos for nearly 12 months now. The addition of suggested cropping of images to clean edges and improve framing for documents...
Google Assistant integration testers wanted by Reolink
We have the privilege at Ausdroid of working with some really top flight manufacturers as well as lesser known brands, reviewing their products and getting to know their teams. Reolink was one that we came across in 2018...
Facebook Messenger now allows you to respond directly to users based on messages in...
Most users these days are in group chats: Messenger, Whatsapp, Telegram, Slack... The list goes on with supporting apps. But the problem is you can often end up with several conversation threads between individuals happening which gets noisy...
LIFX is looking to make Earth Hour “unforgettable” in 2019
Australian Wi-Fi smart lighting company LIFX is looking to make Earth Hour in 2019 “unforgettable”. LIFX is asking its smart bulb users to go green by encouraging them to switch off their lights with a purpose-built in-app feature rolling...
BBC is blocking their content from Google Podcasts and the reason is concerning
The BBC are one of the most recognised names around the globe when it comes to broadcasting, yet they've made the decision to block their content (as well as removing previously published shows) from Google Podcasts.
While some of the...