Smart locks are a great way to make your home’s security a bit more convenient, but many require paying an arm and a leg for the privilege. In the company’s usual fashion, the Wyze Lock bucks that trend and offers much more affordable hardware, and now, it finally supports Google Assistant.
Android Police notes that the latest software update for the Wyze Lock brings support for Google…
Google Stadia is gaining a new way to play from Android. Instead of using the native Flutter-based app, you can play Stadia from a lightweight Progressive Web App.
On iOS, a web app was a necessity for Stadia as Apple’s App Store requirements don’t allow for cloud…
Google Photos brings ‘Sharing’ tab back to bottom bar, moves ‘Print store’ [Update: Back]
June 17, 2021
Last June, Google redesigned the Photos app with cleaner navigation, new logo, and a map view. In response to “user feedback and comments,” Google Photos is reverting one change to bring the “Sharing” tab back to the bottom bar.
Update 6/16: The updated navigation…
One of the benefits of an iPhone is that you get iOS updates for five or more years. But when it comes to the iOS 15 update, Apple is for the first time offering iPhone owners a choice of two options.
You can either upgrade to iOS 15, or you can choose instead to remain on iOS 14 but still get security updates. That’s a slightly odd option to offer, and Macworld has a theory about it ……
WhatsApp for iOS working on new Archived Chats tab
June 16, 2021
Believe it or not, Archived Chats on WhatsApp will finally be useful. The app just submitted a new beta for its iOS version on TestFlight with new features for Archived Chats. Here’s how it’s going to work.
According to WABetaInfo, with WhatsApp beta version…
OnePlus promises ‘faster and more stable’ software updates as the company merges w/ Oppo
June 16, 2021
After years of OnePlus and Oppo clearly sharing the same resources but, the former, confidently coming across as their own entity. Last year, OnePlus CEO Pete Lau took on a bigger role that involved overseeing portions of both OnePlus and Oppo, and now he’s merging more…
Tomorrow, the first permanent Google retail store opens its doors to the public in a project that the company has been working toward since 2016. Since there’s only one — with the company steadfastly not commenting on whether there will be more, here’s a tour of the site in New York.
The lineage of this store directly dates back to pop-up and holiday experiences that Google experimented…
Besides astrophotography time lapse, the key addition from June’s Pixel Feature Drop is the Google Photos Locked Folder that was first announced at I/O. It’s now beginning to roll out via a server-side update.
Update 6/16: As of the start of this week, Google has…
Google Workspace branding comes to Gmail on the web
June 16, 2021
On Monday, Google made Workspace available “for everyone” with free, personal accounts able to turn on the integrated Gmail experience with Chat and Rooms — soon to be called Spaces. Alongside that, Google Workspace branding now appears on the Gmail web client.
When…
WhatsApp for iOS to add search for stickers shortcut
June 16, 2021
WhatsApp submitted update 2.21.120.9 through the TestFlight beta with a new search for stickers shortcuts.
It’s already possible to search for stickers in WhatsApp, but with this new update, currently in beta, users will be able to find this feature easier.
According to the reliable WABetaInfo, when typing a specific word or emoji that reflects one of the stickers in your sticker library…
