Google released a new batch of Nest Detect sensors to help existing Nest Secure owners expand their systems in March. In an email today, the company said the Nest Detect will no longer be available after the current inventory runs out.
When Google discontinued the Nest Secure in October, it promised that more Nest Detects would be available by mid-December. For most of 2020, it was out of stock…
In addition to letting specific Android apps always bypass the VPN, Google One now lets you temporarily snooze the secure connection on Android.
The “VPN is connected” notification from the Google One app now features a “Snooze” action. Tapping will disable the…
Find My Device will remind you about suspending, deleting Android 12 car keys [APK Insight]
June 19, 2021
Android 12 this fall will introduce support for digital car keys. With our phones growing ever more capable, losing them will become a greater and greater inconvenience. As such, the Find My Device process will incorporate deleting and suspending car keys if you misplace…
Latest Apple Arcade games for iPhone, Mac, Apple TV [New: Frenzic: Overtime and Game Dev Story]
June 18, 2021
Apple Arcade launched with close to 100 titles and the service is seeing new games added regularly with over 180 games now in the library. Follow along with our guide on the latest from Apple’s gaming service.
New: The classic Mac fast-paced puzzler is back with Frenzic: Overtime. And the sim title Game Dev Story has made the jump to Apple Arcade too.
You can learn more about and…
OxygenOS Open Beta 6 and 11 bring June patch to OnePlus 8/8T series, plus AOD screenshot feature
June 18, 2021
OxygenOS Open Beta 6 plus Open Beta 11 have now been confirmed as rolling out for the OnePlus 8 and 8T series with the update bringing a new feature alongside the June 2021 security patch.
After Pete Lau confirmed that the more open working relationship and merging of Oppo…
While the Google Assistant comes pre-installed on what feels like every single product released now, the standalone app has now amassed 500 million downloads on the Play Store.
Now, it’s worth nothing that the “app” is simply just a shortcut to launch into voice…
OnePlus says OxygenOS will stick around in Oppo merger despite Android 12 beta being ColorOS
June 18, 2021
OnePlus and Oppo are formalizing their relationship and merging internal teams with the goal of improving software and speed up other actions. Despite that, though, CEO Pete Lau says OxygenOS will survive the OnePlus/Oppo merger.
In response to questions from fans, Pete Lau directly mentioned that OnePlus devices globally will remain on OxygenOS for the time being. Devices sold in China will…
Google Fit changes how distance and calories are calculated, deleting old data in 30 days
June 18, 2021
Google today notified users of a change to how Fit works to calculate some metrics. End users of the Google Fit apps should not see a real impact due to this, but “some data” will be deleted in 30 days.
Google changed how “Cumulative distance” and “Calories…
OnePlus Nord N200 5G will get one major Android update and three years of security patches
June 18, 2021
Updates have become a serious point of concern for OnePlus devices, so much so that it’s actually a little exciting to see the company officially merge its teams with Oppo to speed up and improve the quality of updates. On that note, though, it’s both good and bad to see…
Since the start of this year, Google’s streaming service has yet to receive a major feature update. That continues today with search in YouTube Music for Android and iOS now directly displaying songs.
Update 6/17: After inline search results started appearing in March, Google rolled back this feature. However, it’s now back and widely available on Android and iOS as a convenient timesaver.
