Your smartphone knows a lot about you, and in some cases, too much. Certain features and settings are enabled on Android by default that we think you might want to disable them right now.
A word of warning, simply disabling a few settings on your Android smartphone will not instantly return it to where it was the day that you bought it. That said, it could improve your daily experience and give…
OxygenOS 11.0.5.1 for OnePlus 7/7T series brings December 2021 patch, fixes WhatsApp media bugs
December 26, 2021
OxygenOS 11.0.5.1 is now rolling out for the OnePlus 7 and 7T series with the December 2021 security patch and an important bug fix.
Although this update is still based upon Android 11 and not the contentious Android 12 build, we’ve seen roll out for other devices, and…
Google’s latest social play to advertise the Pixel 6 and 6 Pro is quite elaborate and involves the creation of a themed Tarot card deck, as well as AR filters on Instagram.
Update 12/24: Google indeed printed the Tarot cards out into a physical deck and sent them to…
Google Fi’s year-end gift for subscribers is a $10 Play Store credit [U: Steps for ‘Ineligible’]
December 26, 2021
Since its inception, Google has given Fi members a holiday gift. For 2021, the “year-end gift” is simply $10 in Google Play credit that can be redeemed from the Fi app.
Update 12/24: If the Fi website says you are ineligible, Google says to make sure you’re redeeming with the right account, and offers the following steps:
Open your Fi account (desktop or app) and click on “Claim your…
The Nest Hub Max may soon be switched to Fuchsia — Google’s homegrown operating system — as internal testing ramps up.
Earlier this year, Google took the bold step of updating existing 1st-gen Nest Hub smart displays from their Linux-based Cast OS to the company’s…
Google Fit for iOS can measure heart & respiratory rates using just your iPhone’s cameras
December 26, 2021
At the start of this year, Google rolled out the ability to track key vitals directly on your Android device. Google Fit on iPhone has now quietly received the same ability to measure your heart and respiratory rate using just cameras.
Heart rate measurements start by…
The viral hit TikTok has basically taken over the internet during the past two years, and now there are stats to back it up. According to a new report, TikTok was a more popular domain than Google over the course of 2021.
CloudFlare this week went through some data on the most popular entities on the internet. As it turns out, the most popular domain on the internet during 2021, at least most of…
The Blob Opera is a machine learning project that Google has had around for a while, and it was also the undisputed star of this year’s Google I/O conference. Now, Google is updating Blob Opera for the holidays.
Announced on Twitter, Google revealed that the Blob Opera…
iPhone: How to enable and disable iCloud Private Relay in iOS 15
December 24, 2021
One of the new security features arriving with iOS 15 brings a new level of privacy to web browsing beyond what VPNs offer. But while the feature boasts total encryption, there is a potential downside with keeping it enabled. Here’s how to turn on/off iCloud Private Relay…
iPhone 13 Pro and Galaxy S21 Ultra battle it out for MKBHD’s smartphone of the year
December 24, 2021
MKBHD is back once again for the 2021 smartphone awards. After the blind camera test last week, where the iPhone 13 Pro was beaten by the $399 Pixel 5a, he is back picking the best phone in nine different categories, ending with the overall ‘Phone of the Year.’
Before starting the awards, he had a moment of silence for LG, which stopped making smartphones this year.
There are nine categories…
