Jason Murray 8 May 2019 News and Editorial
In 2019, we tend to take for granted the fact that our phones can turn spoken words into text when we’re on the go or haven’t got a free hand to enter some text. We forget though that there are people for whom this isn’t possible due to speech impairments. …
Read More » Duncan Jaffrey 8 May 2019 News and Editorial
With the Google IO Keynote over for another year, we’re a little excited to see hardware announcements make their way back onto the big stage at Shoreline. At today’s event Google announced their well rumored (leaked) Pixel 3a and 3a XL and their Google Nest Hub Max. For those of …
Read More » Alex Dennis 8 May 2019 Apps, Games & Google Services, Events, News and Editorial
At today’s Google I/O event in San Francisco, the company announced that all Pixel smartphones will be getting a new time-lapse mode in the camera software. The new time-lapse feature will become available for the recently announced Pixel 3a and Pixel 3a XL right out of the box, with Google …
Read More » Duncan Jaffrey 8 May 2019 News and Editorial
In 2017 when Family link was launched it was a long awaited option for many parents, myself included. Many parents want to give their children their own devices, but also want to be able to control the device and account — Family Link is Google’s solution to that problem. While …
Read More » Duncan Jaffrey 8 May 2019 Android OS and Updates, News and Editorial
Today on stage at Google IO 2019, the latest Beta of Android Q (aka Android 10) was announced, and continuing with last year’s trend, you can now test it on more devices. Up from last year, you can now test Android Q on 21 devices, including 15 non Pixel devices. …
Read More » Scott Plowman 8 May 2019 Apps, Games & Google Services, News and Editorial
Earlier this year Google rolled out a beta version of Navigation with AR to eligible local guides and today they have announced on stage that it out of beta and rolling out this week to eligible users. Beginning today in Australia a preview of the new Navigation with AR will …
Read More » Scott Plowman 8 May 2019 Mobiles, News and Editorial
Last year, the existence of the Google Pixel 3 was not kept under wraps very well. Coming up to Google I/O, and Google has done its best impression of a colander and there have been leaks aplenty about a new phone announcement at Google I/O, and here it is. Today …
Read More » Scott Plowman 8 May 2019 Around the Home, News and Editorial, Smart Home and Wearables
It did not come as much of a surprise this morning when Google’s head of hardware Rick Osterloh announced their new home hub, the Google Nest Hub Max. We saw rumours of it earlier this year along with a name change followed by someone inadvertently listed the Nest Hub Max …
Read More » Chris Rowland 8 May 2019 Uncategorised
Whether you’re still up or getting up, the Google I/O 2019 keynote is on right now, so join us and watch using the embedded video above. If you’re catching up later on, you should be able to re-watch the keynote using this video link too!
Read More » Phil Tann 7 May 2019 Apps, Games & Google Services, News and Editorial
Google News is just on a year old, having been announced a Google IO last year. It’s a great tool; it learns from the news you read and the news you don’t, curating automatically a news feed that is designed to catch your interest, rather than an unfiltered news feed …
Read More » Duncan Jaffrey 7 May 2019 Mobiles, News and Editorial
There’s only a few days left until the inevitable unveiling of the Pixel 3a and 3a XL at Google IO 2019. It now seems the much-leaked device has had all of it’s innards exposed, leaving little left for Google to actually announce. Thanks to a translated specs list, we have …
Read More » Scott Plowman 7 May 2019 Android Auto, News and Editorial
Google I/O is where Google like to announce the their ecosystem’s developers, and the world, the new changes that are set to arrive in the following 12 months. This year they will be bringing a change to the Android Auto UI as one of the many changes they hope to …
Read More » Duncan Jaffrey 5 May 2019 Apps, Games & Google Services
Google is well known for many things, but buying reading and managing eBooks isn’t really one of them. For those looking for an open flexible and cross platform solution to manage eBooks Google Play Books is a worthy contender that you should at least check out. If I had to …
Read More » Chris Rowland 5 May 2019 Ausdroid Deals
As we come into the winter months, it’s tempting to find time to sit down with a good book and have a read. With Google Play Books on your favourite Android device, you’re never far away from a good read, and with this week’s top reads on Google Play Books, …
Read More » Duncan Jaffrey 5 May 2019 Apps, Games & Google Services, News and Editorial
Since Google first launched Android Pay – now Google Pay – we’ve seen the slow march towards ubiquitous support for the mobile payments platform from more and more Australian banking providers. This week we can add 6 more banks to that list, as Google Pay says hello to: AWA Alliance …
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