Mobile

Just a few years after letting users set up an eSIM with the iPhone XS line, Apple is rumored to remove the iPhone’s SIM card and only use the eSIM technology. Last week, a sketchy rumor from Brazilian site BlogDoiPhone said the iPhone 15 Pro was slated to be the only iPhone model to ship without a physical SIM card slot. The report explained: Apple has long been experimenting with ways to…

Just like last year, we’ve put together an end-of-year recap of all the major features that Google Assistant and Google Home launched in 2021. Google Assistant on mobile Visually, the new Google Assistant (NGA), which remains limited to the Pixel 4 and newer devices, lost its original translucent design for a short panel that just reads “Hi, how can I help?” with a button to switch to…

WhatsApp for iOS just released a new update for public beta testers. With that, WABetaInfo has been able to discover more about the upcoming Community feature. The publication also shared more functions coming to the app. The Community feature was first previewed by WABetainfo at the beginning of November. The publication said this function is “a new place where group admins have more control…

Google TV has shown up on a lot of full-size TVs, but very few streaming sticks and boxes. This week, little-known Android TV partner Mecool has announced its first Google TV streaming stick in the KD3, but it has the same unfortunate Achilles’ heel as Google’s device. The Mecool KD3 is a device that adopts the true streaming stick form factor, with built-in HDMI output off of the hardware.