MobileNews

Google Fi offering former users free service (up to $720 value) for remainder of 2022

September 21, 2022
In a bid to get ex-subscribers to rejoin, Google Fi is offering free cellular service “for the rest of 2022.” If invited (via email), you and up to five other people get just over three months of free service on the Simply Unlimited or Unlimited Plus tiers. Maxed out (six lines on the latter plan), this is a $720 value.  One former Fi customer that received this special, limited-time offer…
Read more
MobileNews

Android might get its own version of Apple’s Dynamic Island if Realme get its way

September 21, 2022
Apple’s iPhone 14 Pro brings with it a clever new way to not only disguise the selfie camera and facial recognition cutouts, but actually make that space useful to the UI. “Dynamic Island” certainly has the attention of many, and it seems some Android manufacturers have plans to make their own version of the feature. Over the past couple of days, Realme, a sub-brand of Oppo, has pretty…
Read more
MobileNews

Does iPhone 14 Car Crash Detection really work? YouTuber puts this feature to the test

September 21, 2022
Last week, journalists and influencers shared their first experiences with the iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Pro. Most all of these reviews mentioned the new Crash Detection feature, but no one actually put feature to the test for obvious reasons. Now, a YouTuber has decided to do just that in an almost real-life scenario. The test reveals what Apple describes as a “severe car crash” and how the…
Read more
MobileNews

This is how close LG's Rollable was to being a real phone

September 21, 2022
LG was supposed to release another phone with an unusual form factor after The Wing as an answer to Samsung’s foldables. At CES 2021, the company confirmed that it was working on a phone with a rollable display and that it was going to be available later that year. It…
MobileNews

Google app starts rolling out ‘Results about you’ to help remove personal information

September 21, 2022
At I/O 2022 in May, Google announced a new tool to streamline the process of removing Search results that contain your contact and other personal identifiable information (PII), and it’s now starting to go live. For some today, opening the Google app on Android and tapping your profile avatar in the top-right corner reveals a new “Results about you” menu item. This takes users to a page that…
Read more