Google is introducing a new “app quality bar” for the Play Store to give more prominence to higher-quality titles.
The Google Play Store will steer users away from low-quality apps and games by excluding them “from impactful discovery surfaces such as recommendations.” The two core vitals are user-perceived crash and ANR (Application Not Responding) rates that apps must remain…
Google Home is starting to undergo a big overhaul. One major change is the addition of “household” routines. So what are they, and how do they differ? This guide will take you through Google Home’s household routines and how you can start using them.
Google Home has…
YouTube for Android updated with Material You homescreen widgets
November 3, 2022
Following iOS last month, YouTube for Android now offers homescreen widgets that provide quick access to search and core parts of the app.
The first capability available is being able to quickly “Search YouTube.” Tapping the text field opens the YouTube app to the search…
Nvidia enters the speech AI race, joining Meta and Google
November 3, 2022
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At Nvidia’s Speech AI Summit today, the company announced its new speech artificial intelligence (AI) ecosystem, which it developed through a partnership with Mozilla Common Voice. The ecosystem focuses on developing…
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At a Google AI event this morning at the company’s Pier 57 offices in New York City, Google…
Microsoft fights phishing with passwordless authentication for Azure AD on iOS and Android
November 3, 2022
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The FIDO alliance-driven crackdown on passwords and phishing scams has been one of this year’s…
A handy new health and fitness feature comes with watchOS 9 and iOS 16 that’s available both during and after workouts. Follow along for how to see heart rate zones on Apple Watch and iPhone, what they mean, how to see your max heart rate, manually edit your zones, and more.
In watchOS 9, Apple Watch and iPhone automatically creates your five heart rate zones based on the Heart Rate Reserve…
Researchers show off iPhone and iPad brain-control tech in accessibility breakthrough
November 3, 2022
Apple’s platforms have long been praised for their dedication to industry-leading accessibility features. Apple itself does an excellent job in this regard, but there’s also an entire industry of other companies and researchers developing innovative new ways to use…
2023 iPhone models to keep using Qualcomm’s 5G modem
November 3, 2022
Apple has been developing its own modem chips for iPhone, and some reports suggested that the company would start using them as soon as 2023. However, a statement from Qualcomm suggests that Apple will keep using third-party modems rather than its own chips for the 2023…
Honda patents this teeny tiny electric motorcycle that snaps together with others like Transformers
November 2, 2022
Honda may have its eyes on the lucrative shared electric mobility market, based on new patent images showing a fascinating little electric motorcycle or e-scooter variant.
Companies like Bird, Lime, Veo, Tier, and others have rolled out increasingly interesting electric scooters and e-mopeds designed for sharing applications in dense urban areas.
While stand up scooters were the original kings of…
