Introduced earlier this year to Pixel phones, the “Locked Folder” feature in Google Photos adds an extra layer of security to your most sensitive captures. Soon, the Google Photos will add support for Locked Photos on iOS devices, too.
Rolling out “early next year,” Locked Folder on iOS will presumably work in a similar fashion to how it functions on Pixels through the Google Photos app.
Watch the Google Pixel 6 Pro battle it out with the iPhone 13 Pro Max in a speed test
October 29, 2021
Google’s Pixel 6 Pro seems like the company’s first earnest attempt at a proper flagship smartphone in years – one that looks like it’s actually competitive in all areas, not just one or two like before. The new phone is due to be released in a few…
Right on schedule Huawei introduced its latest entry-level smartphone dubbed Enjoy 20e. The phone arrives in two different variants – one that is pretty much identical to the Enjoy 10e with Helio P35 chipset, and another that runs on the Kirin 710A platform.
The Enjoy…
Following last week’s initial tweet parade during the Pixel 6 launch event, Google today gave another look at new Material You widgets for Android 12.
This blog post starts by re-highlighting widgets that have already rolled out: Maps (more recent), Keep, and Clock. The “Google Photos Memories widget will be the first to use the new freeform widget frames in Material You,” while there’s…
Here’s what’s new in iOS 15.2 beta 1 [Update: Public beta]
October 29, 2021
Update October 28, 2021: Apple is now rolling out iOS 15.2, watchOS 8.3, and tvOS 15.2 to public beta testers.
Apple today released iOS 15.2 beta 1 to developers. Coming just two days after the public release of iOS 15.1, today’s beta of iOS 15.2 continues to add new…
iPhone loyalty rate continues to exceed 90%, new CIRP data shows
October 29, 2021
Apple has long been one of the most dominant smartphone brands in terms of brand loyalty. New data today from analysts at Consumer Intelligence Research Partners shows that Apple fans continue to remain loyal to Apple, with 90% of iPhone buyers remaining with Apple.
Twitter for iOS adds support for recording and sharing Spaces
October 29, 2021
Twitter has today announced one of the features users have been asking for for quite some time: the ability to record Spaces sessions and then share with others.
As posted by the Twitter Spaces account, starting today, some hosts on iOS will be able to start using the Spaces Recording feature. The app says that in a few weeks, it will expand to everyone else.
As of now, if you don’t have this…
After Microsoft announced that Android apps would be natively supported in Windows 11, it was only a matter of time before the Google Play Store was enabled on the OS. As it turns out, that time was just a couple of weeks, as a clever workaround has already enabled the…
Google’s Pixel lineup made its first major movie cameo in Avengers: Endgame, when Clint Barton picked up a Pixel 3 to answer a call from his snapped-back-to-life wife. As it turns out, Hawkeye seems to like the Pixel 3 quite a lot, as he’s still using it years later in…
In addition to blocking spam and offering a built-in VPN, Google Fi will soon gain end-to-end encrypted voice calls. There are, however, some notable requirements to use this capability.
End-to-end encryption (E2EE) in Google Fi means that “no one besides you and the person you’re talking to should be able to hear what you’re saying over the phone.”
Encoded audio can only be decoded with…
