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There are so many messaging apps around that many of us need multiple apps installed to talk to everyone we know — not everyone prefers the same one. Even with that it seems that so very many use Facebook Messenger. This month Facebook have announced that their messaging app has …

Each year at Macca’s they run their Monopoly promotion and this year they have once again released their “Monopoly at Macca’s” Android app. This year McDonald’s are giving players a one in five chance to win instant prizes from the prize pool valued at $276 million. The Monopoly at Macca’s …

Well. We’re honestly shocked. Long thought to be a long-time holdout the Commonwealth Bank has today announced that they will begin offering customers the option to use both Android Pay and the newly announced Garmin Pay. The Commonwealth Bank says that these new payment partnerships will offer their customers, 4.4 …

The data backup situation in Android is far from perfect, but it is improving. But how long can you refer to those backups of app data and more that Google keeps on their servers? Well, it turns out it’s around 2 months. The issue was raised by users on reddit …

Here at Ausdroid we get to play with a lot of cool toys but they rarely more than just that. Sometimes a product comes along that has possible life-saving features. It is widely known that poorly inflated tyres leads to less grip on the road but how often do you …

Fans of Chris Lacy’s Action Launcher will be pleased to see a new update released this weekend, with full support for Adaptive Icons. Chris has previously said that Adaptive Icons couldn’t be supported prior to Oreo, but with the release of version 28, and a separate Adaptive Icons pack, he’s …

October 4th is coming up fast, and with Google now officially on the teaser trail with the launch of a teaser website and video, we’re seeing that Google’s teaser site has a few ‘extras’ in it. The ‘easter eggs’ found by 9to5Google on the g.co/askmore teaser site includes a set …

Since launching Actions on Google (now named Assistant Apps) to provide voice assistant ‘apps’ for the Google Assistant the nascent platform has seen a few expansions and revisions. The most important expansion, at least for the majority of our Audience was the launching of Voice apps in Australia earlier this …

The end of 2017 is shaping up to be a busy time for Huawei. Instead of releasing just one new flagship they are planning on releasing three of them, with at least two almost certainly landing down under. The next flagship, the Mate 10, is going to be announced on …

As part of their sponsorship of FC Barcelona, phone maker Oppo has launched a red, blue and gold FC Barcelona themed version of the Oppo R11 in Australia. They’ve also released a limited edition red model of the phone. The limited edition FC Barcelona edition R11 will cost $699, a …

LTE enabled, connected smartwatches are now among us. Huawei Watch 2 is SIM enabled, and the upcoming Apple Watches are eSIM enabled, allowing them to essentially use your phone number and inclusions on your plans with your watch. Telstra announced their eSIM details yesterday, but today Optus has unveiled their …

After announcing trials of their 4.5G technology earlier this year, Optus has today opened the doors of a new ‘flagship experiential store’ in Sydney, where customers can check out the latest uses for connected homes. The flagship experiential store is located at 383 George Street in the Sydney CBD and …

Samsung is officially launching the Galaxy Note 8 in Australia on September 22nd, but it looks like pre-order customers could get it sooner with customers getting shipping notifications. The first we saw was from Ben who shared his shipping notification, and users on Whirlpool are also advising that they’re receiving …

Earlier today we reported that the next version of the Bose QuietComfort 35 headphones. Just hours later a video has surfaced showing them in action. The headphones with Google Assistant built in will allow you to control the music using your voice as well as the usual Google Assistant functionality. …

After the announcement of Oreo we’re still seeing companies working on which handsets will be updated to the latest version, and with a lot of manpower required to update software it’s generally a small list. Motorola has this morning outlined which models they will be targeting for the update. The …