First spotted in November with a wider rollout already underway, Google today made official the new “Offers” tab for the Play Store on Android.
According to Google, the Play Store’s Offers tab is meant to “help you discover deals in games and apps across travel, shopping, media & entertainment, fitness, and more.” There are various sections, including the personalized “Offers for…
In this past week alone, there’s been a flurry of developments around Google and buzzy, emerging technologies. The latest sees Google Cloud ramp up a digital assets division focused on helping other companies adopt the blockchain.
Google’s enterprise offers various…
In recent days, some Pixel Superfans received a free Nest Audio (a not too thematic inclusion), Pixel 6 Pro socks, and coloring book. That last item of the care package looks to have inadvertently revealed that Google’s next phone will be named the “Pixel…
The Google Play Store offers several ways to pay for apps and subscriptions, including the option of adding the charge to your carrier bill. Verizon, though, is now dropping support for carrier billing in the Play Store.
Google has confirmed on a support page that Verizon is dropping support for carrier billing as of January 2022:
As of January 2022, Verizon Wireless will no longer be an…
Google Messages is preparing a new setting that will keep you from accidentally zooming and increasing the size of your text.
About APK Insight: In this “APK Insight” post, we’ve decompiled the latest version of an application that Google uploaded to the Play Store.
Google’s online coloring book goes in-depth on hardware hues while offering wearable hints
January 28, 2022
Besides the physical comic book that looks to have confirmed the “Pixel 6a” name, Google also made an online version to celebrate the “inspiration, beauty, and application of hardware colors developed” and used for its products.
At colors.withgoogle.com, you’ll…
Hands-on: Motorola’s wireless Android Auto dongle is dead simple, and very quick to pair
January 28, 2022
Wireless Android Auto support is something rarely seen built into cars, but the rise of third-party dongles has made it much easier to bring this functionality to cars that don’t already have it. Tomorrow, a new wireless Android Auto dongle under the Motorola brand will officially launch, and – based on our brief first impressions – the Motorola MA1 seems like a great option.
The Motorola*…
With Android Automotive, Google maintains the underpinnings of the OS and various services, while car makers can fully customize the UI. That customization extends to third-party apps sporting some differences depending on the car brand.
In announcing that version 1.2 of the…
Apple’s cheapest iPhone is now $359, but you shouldn’t buy it
January 28, 2022
Ahead of the impending launch of the third-generation iPhone SE, Apple is liquidating some of its previous-generation, low-cost devices. But as tempting as the idea of an iPhone with 128GB might be for $359, you absolutely should not buy it. Read on as we explain why.
As…
Following the release of iOS 15.3 to the public earlier this week, Apple is now continuing the beta testing process. The company is rolling out the first betas of iOS 15.4, iPadOS 15.4, and watchOS 8.5 to developers now. Head below for the full details and build numbers for these releases.
Today’s new release of iOS 15.4 beta 1 is available to developers via an over-the-air update in the…