Audio adjustments on Google’s smart speakers and Smart Displays are quite straightforward. The company is now testing the ability to set a separate Google Assistant volume level in the Home companion app.
Last July, we spotted Google testing a “Custom TTS Volume” setting in the Home app for iOS. That preference is back (via Android Police) and has been tweaked with last week’s update. It…
Walmart prepares new Onn tablets w/ Android 10 because originals will never be updated
April 29, 2020
Last year Walmart debuted a competitor for the Amazon Fire Tablet using its Onn brand and pretty pure Android. They were alright. The security was really bad. Now, it looks like Walmart is preparing successors to its original Onn tablets, this time with Android 10 out of the…
Samsung’s Galaxy Buds+ are one of the best truly wireless earbud options we’ve seen this year and, soon, it might pick up a new color variant. Images uncovered from one of Samsung’s apps reveals a “Deep Blue” color for the Galaxy Buds+.
did some digging in the…
Apple today released a new beta of iOS 13.5 to developers, bringing the first version of its COVID-19 exposure notification API to public health authorities. The update also includes a small tweak that makes it easier to skip Face ID and enter your passcode if you’re wearing a mask.
With this change, Face ID can detect if you’re wearing a mask and skip directly to the passcode screen if so.
Google previews Android exposure notification API to let health agencies build contact tracing apps
April 29, 2020
Google and Apple earlier this month announced a partnership to build contact tracing into iOS and Android. Ahead of the capability launching in mid-May, both companies are previewing the exposure notification API for health agency developers.
Contact tracing involves…
Apple’s latest beta version of iOS 13 comes with a much-needed improvement to lock screen authentication for those who now spend a majority of their time at work or outside wearing a face mask.
Now, instead of constantly attempting to identify your face using Face ID, a…
Apple releases iOS 13.5 beta with coronavirus exposure notification (Updated: Google too)
April 29, 2020
Leading into the expected June debut of iOS 14, Apple has been testing what was expected to be the final beta version of iOS 13 — previously numbered “13.4.5.” Today, the company is changing up the beta cycle with the release of iOS 13.5, a revised version that includes the coronavirus exposure notification system it co-developed with Google.
Prior to now, features in the new iOS point…
Apple releases iOS 13.5 beta with first version of its COVID-19 exposure notification API
April 29, 2020
Apple has released a new beta of iOS 13.5 today, containing the first version of its exposure notification API for COVID-19 contact tracing. The beta is available to developers now alongside the first beta release of Xcode 11.5. The Xcode release includes an updated version…
Samsung has been pumping out Galaxy S20 updates since its launch to fix problems pointed out by early owners, and now another update is rolling out. As spotted by , the May security update is not heading to Galaxy S20 owners.
With firmware version G98xxXXS2ATD5, Galaxy…
In a new preprint study published this week on Arxiv.org, researchers at the University of Cambridge, University College London, Ecole de Guerre Economique in Paris, the University of Science and Technology in Hong Kong, and The Family Federation of Finland propose two AI models designed to predict the impact of mask-wearing on the spread of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. The…
