Google Fit has leveled up as part of the March Pixel Feature Drop with some actually useful health tracking tools, including the ability to measure your heart rate and respiratory rate right from within the app.
Being able to measure heart rate on your smartphone is nothing new. It’s a feature that has been possible with third-party apps for a long time already or even with a…
The latest virtual exhibit for Google Arts & Culture and YouTube takes a look at the history of electronic music from its inventors, artists, sounds, and technology. Google also built a fun AR Synth experience that lets you create a tune.
More than 50 international…
Google Meet tile view comes to mobile, starting on iOS
March 11, 2021
Last year, Google’s video calling app gained an improved desktop layout to help you see everyone in large meetings. The Google Meet tile view is now coming to the mobile apps, starting with iOS.
Google briefly announced the new Android and iOS view at the start of this…
OnePlus 9, 9 Pro leak in official-looking renders w/ curved and flat displays, matte black, more
March 11, 2021
The OnePlus 9 series is set to debut in just a couple of weeks, and ahead of launch a huge leak has just revealed the designs, colors, and more details about the two core devices in the lineup.
WinFuture today published a huge gallery of images of both the base OnePlus 9 and the OnePlus 9 Pro, showing how these phones will differ. As in years past, that’s first obvious with the cameras. While…
Google Home Essentials: Nexx adds Assistant to your garage door, no subscription needed
March 11, 2021
In the process of building out my smart home, one of the things I knew I wanted to do was have my garage door open up using Google Assistant. Unfortunately, one of the best options I saw also came with the potential of a subscription fee. Luckily, other options exist, and…
It emerged yesterday that from next month, T-Mobile will sell web and app usage information to advertisers unless subscribers manually opt out. Google tells us today that this T-Mobile change to how data is used will not apply to Fi customers.
Starting on April 26…
Nikkei: iPhone 12 mini production lowered, Apple Silicon MacBook Pros coming in second half of year
March 10, 2021
Corroborating previous reports from various publications, Nikkei says that Apple has cut overall iPhone 12 production targets by about 20% for the first half of this year, with most of the shortfall coming from weak iPhone 12 mini demand.
Nikkei also says that Apple Silicon MacBook Pro models were originally planned to enter mass production in May/June timeframe, but have now been pushed to the…
For those not familiar, March 10 is known as Mario Day, because of MAR10, and it’s officially here for 2021. This year, the franchise is also celebrating its 36th anniversary with the Super Nintendo World set to open at Universal Studios in Japan next week.
If you love the…
Samsung has now confirmed the Galaxy Awesome Unpacked event for March 17, which is likely the official stage for the next wave of A-series smartphone hardware.
The only downside to this plan, is that almost like clockwork, leaks have effectively ruined the Galaxy Awesome…
We don’t talk about Sony enough when it comes to software updates, as the firm really does a great job at keeping devices on the latest patches. With that in mind, Sony is now beginning to push the latest March 2021 security patch out to its flagship Xperia 1 II devices.
The update was confirmed as rolling out within a post by /u/iArvee over on the /r/SonyXperia subreddit, with firmware…
