Fitbit announced the Charge 4 this month last year as its most advanced fitness tracker with built-in GPS and SpO2. Data from the latter sensor was previously only accessible in the Fitbit app, but users will soon be able to see the metric on-device.
Update 3/22: The latest Charge 4 firmware (1.100.34) started rolling out “in phases” at the beginning of March, and Fitbit today better…
Spotify updating iOS/Android app home screens with recently played, discover, and podcasts
March 22, 2021
Last year Spotify brought a redesigned UI to its iOS and Android app home screens. Building on that design, today Spotify announced new features including a section highlighting, personalized recommendations, “Recently Played,” and new and unfinished podcasts.
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One big focus for Google today is making products for what it dubs the Next Billion Users in countries just coming online. The initiative has been led by Caesar Sengupta who announced today that he’s leaving Google after nearly 15 years.
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Google Lens has long been part of Google Photos to help you visually search images. On Android, Google Lens is now a more prominent part of Photos by identifying what pictures would benefit from the analysis and search tool.
Today, Lens is activated by opening a photo and selecting the appropriate icon in the bottom bar. It appears alongside the share, edit, and delete actions.
Google is now…
For the past several Android releases, Google has been working on local discovery technologies that apps can take advantage of to find nearby objects and users. Its latest contribution is the Google Play release of a “WifiNanScan App” for developers to experiment with…
WhatsApp submitted a new update through the TestFlight Beta Program that shows the company is testing voice message playback speed.
According to WABetaInfo, WhatsApp version 2.21.60.11 is not ready yet for the public, but the site can show a preview of the feature, that…
This week’s top stories: Google Home shows Nest Wifi usage, Pixel brand loyalty drops, more
March 21, 2021
In this week’s top stories: Google Home app adds Nest Wifi usage history, Pixel brand loyalty reportedly drops, OnePlus Watch won’t run Wear OS after all, and more.
Coinciding with the announcement of the second-gen Nest Hub, the Google Home app has been updated with increased functionality for the Nest Wifi family of devices. As of the update, you can now access a new “speed and usage”…
Brazil’s consumer protection regulator fines Apple $2M for not including charger in iPhone 12 box
March 20, 2021
Procon-SP, the Brazilian consumer protection regulator based in São Paulo state, fined Apple on Friday for not including a charger in the iPhone 12 box.
The fine is around $2 million (R$ 10,5 million) “for misleading advertising, selling a device without the charger and…
The popular messaging application Telegram has been updated today with a focus on audio communication. The latest version of Telegram for iOS brings a new version of the app’s Voice Chats feature with a handful of improvements.
Telegram first introduced support for voice…
A new study looking into what smartphone features matter most to iPhone and Android users reveals that 5G is on the bottom of the list with longer battery life being the top request. Other findings include that about 1 out of 3 consumers plan to keep their smartphones for more than three years.
The new study published by BlinkAI this week got feedback from over 1,000 Americans about what…
