Announced at I/O 2019 amid a slew of other privacy commitments, Google Nest is starting the Nest to Google Account migration. An update to the Nest for Android and iOS clients today let you transition, with security and seamless integrations touted as advantages.
The move to Google’s log-in system has long been overdue in light of Nest accounts lacking advanced security protections. At the…
Hackers make jailbreaking iPhones a thing again
August 19, 2019
In the iPhone’s early days, hackers would “jailbreak” the iPhone in order to install third-party apps that weren’t available through the App Store. It’s been a while since anyone seriously needed to jailbreak their iPhone, as there are plenty of…
Ahead of the next Stadia Connect livestream where Google will announce more games, Nvidia revealed that its competing GeForce Now streaming service will be coming to Android. Like Stadia, it will be “available later this year.”
GeForce Now is Nvidia’s take on cloud…
A hacker has released the first public jailbreak for modern iPhones in several years, according to a new report from . The report details that with the release of iOS 12.4, Apple accidentally unpatched a vulnerability that it had originally fixed in iOS 12.3, opening the door for this jailbreak to be publicly released for iOS 12.4.
Security research Pwn20wnd…
Amazon reveals Xiaomi Mi A3 Indian price ahead of launch
August 19, 2019
Xiaomi is set to launch the Mi A3 in India on August 21, which is also when the official pricing will be announced. However, Xiaomi’s launch partner Amazon went ahead and revealed the price of the phone two days earlier.
Mi A3 pricing and variants
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The Google Play Store is the biggest, and safest, way for users to get apps for Android devices. For that reason alone, developers are keen to get their apps in the store, but Google first has to vet those applications in a review process. In the past week, Google has…
Oppo has announced Enco Q1 in China, a pair of active noise canceling earphones as part of the company’s new Enco series.
Oppo Enco Q1
The Enco Q1 has a neckband design made from a single piece that goes around your neck without any cuts or splits. The Q1 will be available in black, white, and orange.
The Enco Q1 features four microphones – the two microphones on the outside…
First-gen Razer Phone receives Android Pie update
August 19, 2019
The Razer Phone was released back in 2017 and came with the first 120Hz display on any smartphone. It was also one of the first dedicated gaming smartphones, a category which has only grown in popularity over the past two years. The phone launched on Android 7.1.1 Nougat and…
For the past few months, our APK Insight team has been on the trail of low light mode for Google Duo, as it’s been in development since at least last year. Now Google is making things official by launching it on both Android and iOS this week.
Video calling apps like…
Caviar wastes no time, decks iPhone 11 in meteorites
August 19, 2019
Apple is expected to unveil the iPhone 11 lineup in September, but the Russian luxury company Caviar already went ahead and started offering customized versions of the new flagships. The new design, based on a prototype, includes actual meteorite pieces, real pieces of the Moon, a handful of precious stones and an actual moving tourbillon on the back.
The whole ensemble would cost the astounding…
