A recent update to Google Fit has now made it even easier to check your current fitness tracking stats on Android and iOS.
While Google Fit is a solid — but basic — fitness tracking companion on both Android and Wear OS, it’s not been all that easy to check your movement statistics quickly without a wrist-mounted wearable. Luckily, this newly announced Google Fit update makes it far easier…
Mozilla launches a standalone VPN service for Android and Chromebook
February 19, 2020
Mozilla, the company behind the Firefox browser, has announced that it’s bringing a private VPN to Android, Chromebook, and Windows as a standalone service.
The firm best known for its line of browsers that come in a variety of flavors on mobile and desktop is charging…
On the tail of the recent update for the OnePlus 7 Pro, the OnePlus 7T is now receiving the OxygenOS 10.0.8 update with fixes and improvements for many of the same issues, plus the January 2020 security patch is also in tow.
The update was — naturally — confirmed over…
The Galaxy Z Flip's hinge fibers aren't enough to keep dust out
February 19, 2020
Samsung made much ado over fiber layers in theGalaxy Z Flip’shinge that are supposed to keep dust and debris from ruining your day, but how effective are they, really? They might not be as effective as you’d like. iFixit hastestedthe hinge’s dust resistance in the early stages of its teardown, and… it’s not promising. While it’s not…
Google is bringing Stadia to 18 new phones, including the Galaxy S20
February 19, 2020
Google’s cloud gaming service, Stadia, has been exclusive to Pixel phones since its launch three months ago, but that’s changing this week. On February 20th, Stadia will hit 14 Samsung models, plus the Asus ROG Phone, ROG Phone II, Razer Phone and Razer Phone II.
As the spread of coronavirus continues to keep people in quarantine and threaten promotional tech events, companies in Asia gearing up for low sales — but Samsung’s new home visit service aims to mitigate some of this fall out. Reuters reports that the…
LG brings a 48-megapixel camera to its budget K-series smartphone
February 19, 2020
LG has added three new models to its K-series line of budget smartphones, and all of them have a rear quad-camera setup with a high-resolution main lens, a wide angle lens, a depth sensor and a macro lens. In fact the K61 is the first LG smartphone with a 48-megapixel main lens — many of its flagships like the LG G8 ThinQ are equipped with 12-megapixel lenses — while the K51S has…
How to remotely control your iPhone camera with Apple Watch
February 19, 2020
Have you found yourself in situations where you want to snap some photos with your iPhone but aren’t able to hold it? Follow along for a variety of ways to remotely control your iPhone camera with Apple Watch including zoom, focus, and turning flash, HDR, and Live Photos…
Microsoft releases its unified Office app for Android
February 19, 2020
Microsoft has followed through on its promise of a unified Office mobile app — for some people, anyway. Following months of beta testing, the company has released the all-in-one productivity app for Android phone users. Like before, this lets you edit Excel…
Apple warns of iPhone 'supply shortages' due to coronavirus outbreak
February 19, 2020
The consequences of the coronavirus outbreak will be worse than expected for Apple. The tech firm has warned that global iPhone supply will be “temporarily constrained” while it resumes production. Although its factory partners have reopened, those facilities are restoring their output “more slowly than [Apple] had anticipated.” If it’s hard to find an iPhone 11 in…
