A developer has just brought the Dynamic Island – currently exclusive to the iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max – to any iPhone running iOS 16 through iOS 16.1.2. While the Pro iPhones have a physically different shape to the screen for this island, the software portion is still able to be run in the location of the notch on previous iPhones and show directions, battery charging, and currently playing…
Samsung Galaxy Buds 2 Pro can now record 360-degree binaural audio for videos from your phone
January 12, 2023
Samsung is introducing a new trick with its Galaxy smartphones and Galaxy Buds. Starting today, Galaxy Buds can capture binaural audio to be paired with a video from a Samsung Galaxy smartphone.
Available now for the Galaxy Z Fold 4 and Galaxy Z Flip 4, Samsung’s new…
Samsung’s Wear OS-powered Galaxy Watch’s ‘Camera Controller’ app gets new zoom function
January 12, 2023
An iconic feature of most smartwatches is the ability to remotely take photos on your phone by tapping your watch. With the Galaxy Watch series, users will soon be seeing an expansion with an option to zoom in and out using the Camera Controller app on the Watch 4 or Watch…
Announced earlier this month at CES 2023, Samsung has officially opened up sales of the Galaxy A14 5G in the United States.
The Galaxy A14 is Samsung’s first budget phone of 2023, but it packs a punch. The device costs just $199, but has a pretty stellar promise for software support. Two major Android upgrades and four years of security patches. That’s a big upgrade over what you’ll normally…
The January 2023 security update for Google Pixel phones was released on schedule during the first week of this month, but as of January 12, it still hasn’t arrived for Pixel 7 owners on T-Mobile, and it’s not the only Pixel update that’s been delayed on the carrier as…
Apple is celebrating Chinese New Year in a number of different ways, including with limited-edition AirPods Pro. Now, Apple CEO Tim Cook has taken to Weibo to share a short film for Chinese New Year that “reminds us of the efforts needed to overcome the adversity of…
One of the valuable, and lesser-known health features of Apple Watch is cardio fitness. The measurement is based on your VO2 max which Apple Watch can estimate when recording three specific workouts. Follow along for a look at how to use cardio fitness on Apple Watch and iPhone including why it’s important, how to set it up, and how to measure/view cardio fitness levels.
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As previously teased, Google Maps for Wear OS now supports turn-by-turn navigation without needing a paired phone for LTE watch owners.
Update 1/11: Following last week’s announcement, Google Maps for Wear OS is rolling out independent navigation. Open Maps and navigate…
Oppo Watch 3 WeChat edition debuts in China
January 12, 2023
The Oppo Watch 3 series was released back in August, but it didn’t support contactless payments and since the Watch 3 and 3 Pro. That’s why Oppo has just released the Watch 3 WeChat edition to fix that.
And it appears that the Oppo Watch 3 WeChat version is just…
The Elec: All iPhone 15 models will bring Dynamic Island, iPhone 16 Pro to debut UD Face ID
January 12, 2023
According to a new report from , Apple is preparing to expand the Dynamic Island pill-shaped cutout from the iPhone 14 Pro series to all iPhone 15 models including the non-Pro iPhone 15 and 15 Plus. The new publication sites that Apple has already made orders to its component suppliers including Samsung Display which in turn ordered equipment worth KRW 24.1 billion ($19.3 million) from fellow…