Google add Zoom support and more to Nest Hub Max
Zoom is one of the more popular video calling services and it has also seen a huge increase in usage this year, albeit after an auspicious start to the year. Now Google are finally recognising Zoom by adding...
Update: Services are back online – Multiple Google services are down, it’s not just...
Update: 11:30pm - Services have been restored.
Following plenty of reports in short succession, a quick check shows that Google services are down. This appears to be a major incident in that it's not just web interfaces but appears...
Foldable Android phones will be everywhere in 2021 with Google, OPPO, Vivo and Xiaomi...
Many of us who have used a foldable smartphone have come to a realisation that, eventually at least, foldable Android smartphones may well be the future. The ability to have a much larger display in your pocket only...
You can now finally add Google Home Routines to your homescreen
I've wanted to do it for a long time and is one of the many things missing from Google Home and its home operations (so much so that I've switched over to Alexa for most of my home control)...
Google data gives more insight into Australia’s year in search
The global landscape changes every year, but 2020 had been something many of us would rather forget. Regardless of the year's events as individuals, the year in search released by Google often reminds us of major events --...
Google Messages now rolling out end to end encryption
With Google having deployed their worldwide RCS back end we have been waiting for end to end encryption to come to the Google Messages Beta app. According to user reports in the USA and Canada Google has started the...
Apple Music is available on Assistant enabled devices, just not in Australia…
So it seems that Apple and Google can play nice together at times after all with Apple Music now available on Assistant devices in some countries. For now, Apple Music can be used in the USA, UK, France,...
Google’s Nest cameras, thermostats and doorbells can now be controlled by Samsung SmartThings
How many of us have lamented the fact that so many devices don't play well with each other? Can't we all just get along. Now it seems that two of these have kissed and made up...
Google releases the December Pixel Feature Drop with a lot of new features for...
One of the best reasons to buy a Google Pixel is the regular updates they receive. Google have also begun dropping regular feature updates (every three months) bringing new features to their Pixels, even old ones with newer...
What is the Google Pixel XE? A simple hoax, or something coming soon?
December is not typically the time of strange phone leaks, at least not until much later in the month when we start to see things that might emerge at CES, MWC or thereafter. However, over the weekend something strange...
YouTube Music Year in Review 2020 playlists rolling out now
Just like we have seen Spotify do in the last few days YouTube Music are rolling out users' "Year in Review" playlists although there is a difference. Without any real insight or inside knowledge based on what you...
Thanks to Google’s new publisher tool, ebooks could soon become audiobooks
The AI text to speech capability has improved steadily for a number of years and with the new publisher tool, your ebooks could soon become audiobooks. Publishers in the UK and U.S.A. will have access to automatically generated narrators so that...
Google Maps “Go” tab gives users quick access to favourite and frequent destinations
Google maps is the go-to for many users when they're navigating both familiar and new locations. Now to add a touch of convenience to the familiar destinations, Google has added a "go" tab which displays favourite destinations. As a...
[Good Deal] JB Hi-Fi has the new Google Nest Audio speakers on sale at...
The Google Nest Audio made quite a splash when it landed just a couple of months ago. We weren't alone in our thoughts that this is the best sounding (shy of the super expensive Max) Google speaker by far.
This...
Google Messages will soon allow you to schedule sending
Yet another new feature is steadily rolling out to users of Google Messages: soon you will be able to schedule when messages are sent. There's a lot of reasons you may want to do this, but regardless of your...