Android 11 with the full One UI 3.1 update is now rolling out early for the Galaxy Tab S6, giving the 2019 tablet a real shot in the arm and some added longevity.
With Samsung committing to updating certain devices for up to four years just recently, we’ve laid praise over the Korean firm with regard to update speed and consistency. Although the Android 12 Developer Preview has already started…
Google Store stops selling Cardboard VR headsets
March 3, 2021
The drawn-out death of VR on Android is now more or less complete as the Google Store has ceased selling its Google Cardboard DIY VR goggles.
Mobile VR solutions are not truly dead, but after Android 11 officially dropped support for the Daydream platform in late 2020, it…
Google is phasing out Chrome support for third-party cookies and plans to replace them with privacy-preserving alternatives. Once that has occurred, the company “will not build alternate identifiers to track individuals as they browse across the web, nor will we use them…
After a short stint using a forked Android build as well as Google’s own Android Wear platform, Samsung settled on its Tizen platform for smartwatches, and it’s proven very successful. That’s why rumors of the company going back to Android are so odd, and now it’s only getting more confusing. New evidence points to a Samsung Galaxy Watch running Wear OS with the codename…
Razer is launching a new event called DevCon. This is the peripheral company’s program to generate more support for its product features. The DevCon will stream May 7 starting at 10 a.m. Pacific time on the Razer Twitch channel.
The idea behind the DevCon is to get more…
Apple re-enables the option to change default music player for Siri requests with iOS 14.5 beta 3
March 3, 2021
One of the new features introduced with the iOS 14.5 beta was the ability to change the default music player used for Siri commands, similar to what’s already available to HomePod users. For some unknown reason, this option was removed from iOS 14.5 beta 2, but Apple has…
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.
As previously announced, firmware version 1.100.34 for the Charge 4 started rolling out yesterday. Fitbit notes two changes in the changelog:
Your…
Following yesterday’s premature appearance, Google has released three new clock faces for the Nest Hub and Hub Max. These additions join the existing eight Fullscreen clock background for those that don’t want to set a photo album.
“Timeless” is an analog clock…
Control Center customization first arrived with iOS 11 and has improved since then. Follow along for how to customize Control Center on iPhone and iPad.
Control Center has become more and more useful over the years with more options you can quickly access by pulling down…
Apple launched three research studies in September 2019 that use the iPhone and Apple Watch to learn more about hearing health, women’s cycle tracking, and movement’s effect on wellbeing. A year and a half later, Apple has published what it describes as new insights gathered from the Apple Hearing Study.
The Research app allows iPhone and Apple Watch users to voluntarily participate in…
