The Google Play Store is notorious for making it difficult to find apps optimized for non-phone devices —you’ve often had to guess and hope for the best. Now, however, it just involves a couple of taps. Google says it recently added Play Store home pages to its Android app with recommendations for Android Automotive, Android TV and Wear OS apps. Visit “other devices” and you…
Google Pixel Watch teasers raise questions on bezel size – do you think they’re too thick? [Poll]
September 27, 2022
The Pixel Watch is a product that’s been developed for years, and is finally set to arrive in just a week. But as we approach the long-awaited arrival, new details give cause for hesitation. Recently, teaser videos posted by Google are raising questions around the…
Most Google apps don’t actually support Android 13’s themed icons outside of Pixel phones
September 27, 2022
One of the biggest evolutions to Material You in Android 13 is support for themed icons in third-party apps, a function that’s quickly expanding to more and more apps as of late. Now, Android 13 on Samsung devices also supports themed icons, but it turns out a lot of…
Iron Galaxy rolls out Rumbleverse’s first mid-season update
September 27, 2022
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Rumbleverse, the recently launched brawler royale from Iron Galaxy, is getting its first major update in the middle of Season One. Iron Galaxy held a stream this morning describing the event as it rolled…
iOS 16 Lock Screen customization is the main feature that arrived with iOS 16. This feature, combined with the iPhone 14 Pro Dynamic Island, is surely giving a fresh look to iPhones and helping its customers to bring their own look to their most personal devices.
While some…
Some iPhone 14 Pro users experiencing random restarting while charging, no fix yet
September 27, 2022
If you thought that iPhone 14 Pro users complaining about battery life issues with iOS 16 were the worst problem, wait for it, as some customers are now saying that their iPhones are intermittently restarting while the device is charging through MagSafe or Lightning.
In a…
Alienware's Aurora R15 offers improved cooling and the latest Intel and NVIDIA components
September 27, 2022
With the latest GPUs and CPUs from NVIDIA and Intel making their way to consumers, Alienware is updating its Aurora desktop to take advantage of those components. The new Aurora R15 is one of the first pre-built systems to come with a GeForce RTX 4090 option, but even if you don’t go for NVIDIA’s new flagship, the R15 looks to address one of the main flaws of its predecessor.
Building on the…
Google Search and Discover no longer open sites in fullscreen on Android
September 27, 2022
In a curious change, the Google Search app and Discover on Android no longer opens sites in fullscreen, but rather makes use of a sheet.
When opening a Search result or Discover article (both the Google app feed and to the left of Discover), websites now open in a sheet that…
iOS 16 has been available for two weeks, and while the update introduced several new features, it also caused many bugs for iPhone users – some of which have already been fixed. One of these bugs seems to affect videos recorded in Cinematic Mode, which are no longer…
Chromecast with Google TV (HD) unlocks a bit more storage for users versus 4K model
September 27, 2022
Storage has been by far the biggest problem around Google’s Android-powered Chromecast, but the new Chromecast with Google TV (HD) actually unlocks a little bit more storage compared to the prior model.
Both the Chromecast with Google TV (4K) and Chromecast with Google TV (HD) have the same 8GB of storage on board, but once set up, the more affordable device actually has just a little bit more…
