The iOS 14.5 developer and public beta includes a number of new features and changes, but one of the most exciting is the ability to unlock iPhone with your Apple Watch when Face ID detects you’re wearing a mask. Let’s look at how to install the iOS 14.5 beta as well as watchOS 7.4 beta to get access to this useful new feature and more.
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How to install iOS 14.5 beta and…
Remote learning today involves a lot of video calls, and Google is working to improve Meet, as well as Zoom, performance on Chromebooks. Efforts are focused on boosting program efficiencies and making live optimizations.
Making sure devices can handle video conferences…
Apple finally debuted widgets in iOS 14, years behind Android. While Google gets a lot right about widgets, Apple has some good ideas, too. “Smart Stack” is one of those good ideas, and now that widget has been brought over to Android.
Action Launcher, one of the most…
Google today recapped the 2020 progress of its Vulnerability Reward Programs (VRPs) across Android, Chrome, and web services. The company touts a “record-breaking payout” of $6.7 million in rewards to researchers.
The previous year saw Google award $6.5 million, while 2020 also saw $280,000 donated to charity. There were 662 paid researchers representing 62 countries with the highest reward…
In the coming months, Apple will require app developers to disclose and make tracking opt-in. A new report today says Google is considering similar privacy measures for Android.
According to Bloomberg, “Google is exploring an alternative to Apple Inc.’s new…
Google has a $1 billion plan to pay publishers for content that appears in a cross-service “News Showcase” product. This is the company’s preferred route to support journalism, and comes as it’s locked in a dispute with Australia over an upcoming requirement to…
Google will delete your Play Music library later this month, emailing out final warning
February 5, 2021
Google Play Music stopped working at the start of December, but the files you uploaded to the cloud locker and other data remain available for export. That will be changing later in February when Google deletes all information associated with Play Music.
Besides all the songs you’ve uploaded to the cloud locker since the service’s inception in 2011, Play Music data includes purchases…
Smartphone companies have been launching their devices in China without Google Mobile Services since all Google platforms are banned in the Asian country. However, users were usually able to download them if they were planning to use the phone outside Mainland China or…
HMD looking to a modernized take on the Nokia 3650
February 4, 2021
HMD Global has brought back several Nokia classics ranging from the 3310 (2017) to the 8110 4G and more recently the 6300 4G. According to a new report, the controversial Nokia 3650 will be the next OG Nokia to get a reboot later this year.
Nokia 3650 in yellow and blue…
The new Nokia 1.4 dwarfs its predecessor in terms of screen size and battery capacity, but not price. The phone has an MSRP of €99 and should be available globally starting today.
The biggest change is the new display – a 6.51” panel with 720p+ resolution (20:9). For comparison, the Nokia 1.3 had a 5.71” display. Also, the battery now has 4,000 mAh in its tank (up from 3,000 mAh). However…
