Just over a year ago, Google Assistant swapped out the “What’s on my screen?” button with a Lens-branded shortcut that could now be replaced by “Search this screen.”
Compared to “What’s on my screen,” the existing Lens button does not appear every time Google Assistant is invoked. It shows up in Chrome and Twitter (alongside “Read”), but availability is hit or miss in…
After years of neglect, Google finally gave Wear OS a boost last year, and that arrived with the help of Samsung and the Galaxy Watch 4. Finally, good hardware gave the platform a chance to thrive, which is only getting better now. How can you follow up the watch that…
Google Keep adds Wear OS 3 tile to quickly create notes
August 28, 2022
Over the past year especially, Google has encouraged Wear OS app developers to add tiles, and Google Keep is now the latest first-party application to do so.
It’s quite simple with two circular buttons at the center for starting a new note or list. A pill-shaped…
With the launch of the new iPhone 14 models coming up, previous iPhone models are about to lose value. In fact, in the past few years they have lost about 12% in value in the first month following the launch of the new iPhones and an average of 23% in the three months post-launch. That means now is the perfect time to trade in your old phone ahead of upgrading to a new model. — 9to5Mac’s…
Google debuted the ability to have themed icons on the homescreen in Android 12, designed to help go all-in on Material You theming. Now, in Android 13, third-party apps can get in on the fun of themed icons; here’s an ongoing list of apps that support the…
Four features we expect to see on iPhone 14 this year
August 27, 2022
On September 7, Apple will announce the upcoming iPhone 14 series. With rumors heating up, there are some features that are pretty much confirmed on these new phones. Read on as we roundup four of them that we expect to see on the iPhone 14.
Max regular iPhone 14 is…
Apple September 7 event: iPhone 14, Apple Watch Series 8, iOS 16 release date, latest rumors
August 27, 2022
On September 7, Apple will hold its traditional event. Although there are several products the company could be readying, two of them people are expecting the most: the iPhone 14 series and the Apple Watch Series 8. Here’s what Apple could announce at its “Far Out” September event.
iPhone 14 at the Apple September event
The iPhone 14 series will be the star of Apple’s “Far Out”…
At I/O 2022, Google detailed a way for Android apps to build cross-device experiences, similar to Nearby Share, and the SDK’s developer preview is now available.
The Cross device SDK “allows developers to build rich multidevice experiences with a simple and intuitive…
Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4 review: Android 12L boosts this iterative but important upgrade
August 27, 2022
Foldables clearly have a big role in the future of smartphones, but to date, every model has come with compromises – whether those be on hardware or software. With the Galaxy Z Fold 4, Samsung has brought its hardware to a strong point, but it might just be the boost from…
Google’s Fuchsia team has begun a new effort that would allow Fuchsia devices to be managed with the ADB tool, just like an Android phone.
On Android today, developers and enthusiasts are able to access some of the core components of their phones and tablets from their PCs by using ADB. Short for “Android Debug Bridge,” ADB is a critical tool that is, as the name suggests, able to…
