It was a bit of a surprise to see that the OnePlus Watch would skip over Google’s Wear OS platform. Despite its flaws, it still has a large app ecosystem and pairs well with Android phones. In a Q&A this week, OnePlus has answered why the OnePlus Watch doesn’t use Wear OS as well as some other top community questions.
Without getting too specific, OnePlus explains (via Droid-Life) that…
President Joe Biden has unveiled an outline of his infrastructure plan, and it includes a proposed $174 billion investment in electric vehicles.
The Biden administration has released an outline of its infrastructure plan on its website.
It includes a $174 billion…
Besides the Photo frame background feature on Smart Displays, you can use Google Assistant to see other uploaded pictures in your collection. In addition to viewing, Nest Hub users will soon be able to share multiple photos in bulk via voice command.
In a video today, the…
Lucid Motors has yet to offer a more specific timeline of when customers might see first deliveries of its flagship Air sedan. Despite some frustration, or perhaps impatience is a better word, the anticipation around the Lucid Air continues to swell. To stay on the top of people’s minds (and your home page), Lucid has released another behind-the-scenes look at its AMP-1 facility in Casa Grande…
Hot on the heels of a new ultra lightweight electric mountain bike unveiling, Specialized isn’t slowing down. Today the company is releasing a new ultra lightweight electric city bike, the Specialized Turbo Como SL.
[Editor’s note: the prices originally published in…
Many in the industry pulled the plug on April Fools’ Day pranks in 2020 as tension from the emerging COVID-19 pandemic was high, Google included. Now, for the second year in a row, Google is skipping April Fools’ Day 2021.
An internal memo sent by Google’s VP of…
Last year, Docs added a built-in citations tool, and Google is now updating the capability with more source types to join the existing five.
The “Citations” panel remains located under “Tools.” You first select MLA (8th ed), APA (7th ed), or Chicago Author-Date (17th ed). Selecting “Add citation source” today gives you: Book, Book section, Website, Journal article, or Newspaper…
Last year, for the safety of their workers, Google shifted to work from home, closing their offices across the United States. With the ongoing rollout of vaccines in the US, Google is now looking likely to begin returning to working in-person and in-office.
As reported by…
Google today announced a series of policy updates for apps distributed through the Play Store. The most impactful sees Google limit most developers from seeing which Android apps are installed on your device.
As part of its ongoing work to restrict the use of high…
Official builds of LineageOS version 18.1, the Android 11 based update to the ever-popular third-party ROM, are becoming available for the Pixel 5, Pixel 4a 5G, Pixel 4a, and OnePlus 8 series.
While Google’s phones have some of the longest life spans in the Android world — though the crown now belongs to Samsung — third-party ROMs like LineageOS can offer support well beyond the…
