Using Smart Displays and speakers as an intercom system is one of Google Assistant’s most popular capabilities. Google is now updating Assistant Broadcasts so that they appear on both Android and iOS phones.
The extended experience starts with telling Assistant on your Smart Display (or speaker) to send a voice message. If you’re reaching out to a Family Group — “Hey Google, Broadcast…
It’s been just a few months since Google started rolling out homescreen ads to Android TV, and in that time, users haven’t exactly let up in showing their displeasure over the change. As it turns out, things have gotten so bad in the Play Store that the Android TV home…
Google brings Gboard to Wear OS for first major app launch in years, more teased for 2021
May 7, 2021
Gboard today is available on Android, iOS, Google/Android TV, and is now coming to Wear OS. The company touts this as bringing “faster and easier messaging” to your wearable.
Wear OS currently uses an app/service called “Google Keyboard.” Gboard brings a new UI…
Just a couple of weeks ahead of Google I/O 2021, the company has just redesigned its Android developer website, giving it a fresh coat of paint with new page layouts, colors, and more.
The revamped design of Android’s developer website takes a lot of inspiration from what’s been going on in Google’s various other web apps such as the Google Developer site, Calendar, and Gmail, too. Side by…
One of the biggest benefits of cloud gaming is versatility, both in where you can play and in the ways you can control your game. With you can just as easily play with a controller as you can with keyboard and mouse, and that includes some great PC games on just about any…
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.
With the revamp last year…
Asus will introduce the Zenfone 8 series on May 12, and less than a week ahead of the unveiling, specifications and renders of the Zenfone 8 and Zenfone 8 Flip have leaked, painting a clearer picture of the lineup.
Asus Zenfone 8 Flip
The Zenfone 8 Flip, as evident from its name, will feature a flip-up camera design similar to the Zenfone 6 (aka 6z), 7, and 7 Pro. The module will include three…
The Samsung Galaxy M11 announced last March with Android 10 and One UI 2.0 is receiving the Android 11 update with One UI Core 3.1 – a lighter version of One UI developed for low-end devices.
The new firmware carries version number M115FXXU2BUD8 and comes with the…
Major phone manufacturers have been working on introducing a foldable smartphone in 2021. Xiaomi has already released the Mi Mix Fold, and reports from China claim Oppo is next. According to one leakster, the upcoming phone will be a clamshell and will bring a 7” foldable…
Oppo had a big event today in China where it announced a smart TV, a pair of TWS earphones, and a fitness band. Additionally, Oppo also introduced a new 5G smartphone, dubbed Oppo K9 5G, which is powered by the Snapdragon 768G SoC, runs Android 11-based ColorOS 11.1, and has two memory options – 8GB/128GB and 8GB/256GB.
The Oppo K9 5G comes with 3D liquid-cooling system for sustained…
