One of the headline features of the two iPhone 12 Pro models is the LiDAR scanner. Night mode Portrait photos had already impressed me, and an app to create 3D scans of your home has now done so, too.
Canvas is an iPhone app that you can use to scan your rooms, and then pay a modest fee to have them turned into professional CAD models that can be used to help remodel your home. You may have…
Google thoroughly redesigns Assistant Routines with easier set-up/editing & sunrise/sunset triggers
December 15, 2020
Google is rolling out a big redesign of how you create and edit Assistant Routines, while at the same time adding the ability for these macros to be automatically invoked at sunrise or sunset.
Like before, Routines can be accessed from either the Google Home app or…
It looks like that you will soon be able to officially buy Pixel Buds compatible foam earbud tips directly from the Google Store after a listing inadvertently went live ahead of time on the online storefront.
The Comply Premium Foam Tips for Google Pixel Buds are not yet…
Microsoft Edge Beta for Android now lets you sync all tabs and search history from Windows 10
December 15, 2020
The latest Microsoft Edge Beta for Android now lets you sync all of your search history and tabs to the desktop version of Microsoft Edge on Windows 10.
According to Windows Central, the added sync options have appeared in the latest Edge beta version 45.11.24.5118, which looks as though it is the first build with the option to sync your search history across your Android device and Microsoft…
One of the best new additions in Android 11 has been that of the new media controls housed within the notification toggle section. While the feature is great, the ability to swipe away or dismiss media controls in Android 11 was removed just before the stable release.
As…
The Nokia C1 Plus is a dirt-cheap €69 Android Go device
December 15, 2020
HMD Global has announced yet another dirt-cheap Android Go smartphone in the form of the Nokia C1 Plus, giving people yet another affordable 4G-only phone option in late 2020 and early 2021.
As an alternative to Nokia’s wave of feature phones powered by KaiOS, the Nokia…
The Google Discover feed is a useful place to keep up with new stories you’re interested in, but the functionality becomes even handier when it’s a part of the homescreen. That experience is only available on select devices such as Pixels, but starting on the Galaxy S21, Samsung may finally adopt Google Discover.
A recently leaked video of the Galaxy S21 gave us our best look yet at the…
Google TV app, Chromecast now support NBC Peacock, just in time for ‘The Office’ transition
December 15, 2020
2020 saw the debut of two major streaming services in HBO Max and Peacock, and now the latter is finally adding full support for Google TV. Now, you can quickly get to shows and movies on NBC’s streaming service straight from the app or new Chromecast.
Available this…
Android Auto gets its first third-party navigation app, Sygic
December 15, 2020
Earlier this year, Google finally opened up Android Auto to third-party navigation apps. Now, the first of those apps is finally available. Sygic has just added support for Android Auto, at least in beta.
Available now through the Play Store, Sygic has added support for…
Samsung Galaxy S10 gets second One UI 3.0 beta
December 15, 2020
Samsung has already started sending out the finalized update to One UI 3.0 based on Android 11 to the Galaxy S20 family in some markets, but the S10 series from last year still has some waiting left to do before it sees the same new software rolling out widely.
In the meantime, the Korean company has outed the second beta update of One UI 3.0 for the Galaxy S10 line of devices. This second beta…
