Android Auto 5.0 widely rolled out earlier this week with the ability to silence notifications while driving. However, this Android Auto release appears to have also introduced a bug that breaks the accept and decline call buttons on steering wheels.
Over the past day, Android Auto users that updated to version 5.0.5002 of the app from the Play Store have reported that their steering wheel…
Phones are rounded rectangles now. Have been for years — ever since the iPhone killed the QWERTY slider dead. They’re getting rounder and rounder, in fact, as manufacturers continue to figure out how to bend OLED screens and raw metals to their will. They’re far too…
Twitter announced a subtle design change to its iOS app today that may go a long way in both making conversations easier to parse and to join. The change, which looks like it’s a change on Twitter’s end that does not require an update, is to the threading feature in the…
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GamesBeat Summit 2020 will focus on the latest trends in the gaming ecosystem, and today we’re introducing a trio of speakers who are bringing exciting ideas to the industry.
In separate talks, Edward Saatchi of Fable Studios, Doron Nir of StreamElements, and Elan Lee of…
Fast charging has been a staple of Android smartphones for a few years now but recently, some big advancements in speed have been made. Apparently, Nubia is now working on some crazy fast charging for its next Android phone that hits 80W.
Many Android phones currently fast charge at around 18W, like Google’s Pixel and the iPhone, while others hit faster speeds. Samsung, for example, supports…
Motorola has sold over 100 million Moto G phones since 2013
January 31, 2020
Motorola’s Moto G series proved all the way back in 2013 that cheap Android phones didn’t have to suck. Now, 7 years later, the 8th generation of that device is on the market. This week, Motorola has quietly announced that it has sold 100 million Moto G devices to…
Samsung has really upped its game recently, pushing updates in good time and has even managed to beat Google Pixel to the February 2020 security patch, as it is now rolling out for the Galaxy Note 9 and Note 10 right now.
Considering that Google hasn’t even released the…
Android Auto gains ability to silence notifications when driving
January 31, 2020
For a version of the OS that is supposed to minimize distractions, the fact that Android Auto is now only just adding the option to silence notifications seems a bit odd.
When connected to your phone, Android Auto wouldn’t alert you to every single notification, but even so, we can imagine that this can still be pretty annoying. The new toggle allows you to drive with absolutely no audible…
