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Here’s where to find custom app icon packs you can use with iOS 14.3 and iPadOS 14.3

December 15, 2020

With the public release of iOS 14.3 today, Apple has made the experience of using custom home screen icons much better. Now custom icons created through the Shortcuts app launch right into your desired app instead of opening the Shortcuts app first. Below you can find a roundup of some beautiful and unique custom icon packs to spice up your iOS or iPadOS device. If you don’t already know how to…

Mozilla launches campaign in support of Apple’s upcoming iOS 14 privacy features

December 15, 2020

Despite pushback from a variety of companies, including Facebook, Apple will launch its new iOS 14 App Tracking Transparency feature early next year. To counteract the criticism Apple is facing from companies like Facebook, Mozilla has launched a new webpage praising…

iPhone 6s falls out of a plane and survives, with all the action recorded

December 15, 2020

Dropping a phone is a nightmare for almost everyone, but have you ever imagined letting your iPhone fall from a plane? That’s exactly what happened to Brazilian documentary filmmaker Ernesto Galiotto, who dropped his iPhone from the sky — and more surprisingly, the phone…

App Clip Codes are now available for iOS developers and users

December 15, 2020

App Clips were introduced with iOS 14 as a new way to experience specific parts of an app without downloading it entirely to your iPhone or iPad. While users could already try App Clips through URLs, NFC tags, or QR Codes, Apple is now offering custom App Clip Codes as well. As we previously covered on 9to5Mac, App Clips lets you access parts of an app without installing it on your device…

Oppo Watch gets the Wear OS H-MR2 update w/ better battery, improved sleep tracking

December 15, 2020

Google’s “Fall update” for Wear OS is finally starting to make its way to more hardware, this week adding another. The Oppo Watch is picking up the Wear OS H-MR2 update, and it brings with it some nice tweaks. Noted on Reddit, Oppo Watch owners have been seeing the…

Google Meet on Nest Hub Max adds 2×2 grid view, pinning, and other tweaks

December 15, 2020

Following this morning’s Zoom announcement, the Google Meet experience on Nest Hub Max is getting a revamp. A handful of usability tweaks provide more controls to the group video calling experience introduced in June. Google is adding an in-call clock to the top-left…

Google’s 2020 Material Design Awards crown best dark theme, motion, and theming

December 15, 2020

Now in its sixth year, the 2020 Material Design Award winners were announced this morning. There are just three categories this year covering the best dark theme, use of motion, and Material Theming. It’s time once again to celebrate the product teams who used ingenuity and creativity to bring Material to life. The Material Design Award winners serve as great examples of Material Design in…

Hands-on: ‘AAWireless’ aims to give your car wireless Android Auto and, impressively, it works

December 15, 2020

The promise of Android Auto Wireless is a simple one — bringing the same useful software to a car’s display but minus the cable. Unfortunately, the vast majority of cars sold with Android Auto lack wireless functionality without an easy way to add it. That’s where the…

Google Home Max officially discontinued after going out of stock

December 15, 2020

The Home Max, and Mini, launched in 2017 as the first expansion of Google’s smart speaker lineup. After three years, Google has officially discontinued the Home Max as inventory is depleted. Both the Chalk and Charcoal Home Max are now out of stock on the US Google…

Asus ROG Phone 3 is the Best Gaming phone of 2020, LG Wing 5G wins Trailblazer category by readers' vote

December 14, 2020

Last week we had a round of voting to determine the Best Phones of 2020 in seven different categories. While five categories continue to a final this week, two categories have their outright winners. The Asus ROG Phone 3 ZS661KS knocked out its competition – with three quarters of votes it is our Best Gaming phone of 2020. Asus has built a strong brand of gaming hardware that spans PC…