Dropping a phone is a nightmare for almost everyone, but have you ever imagined letting your iPhone fall from a plane? That’s exactly what happened to Brazilian documentary filmmaker Ernesto Galiotto, who dropped his iPhone from the sky — and more surprisingly, the phone survived, and its built-in camera recorded everything.
As first reported by G1, Galiotto was flying over a beach located…
App Clip Codes are now available for iOS developers and users
December 15, 2020
App Clips were introduced with iOS 14 as a new way to experience specific parts of an app without downloading it entirely to your iPhone or iPad. While users could already try App Clips through URLs, NFC tags, or QR Codes, Apple is now offering custom App Clip Codes as…
How much is a Tesla? Your guide to Tesla prices
December 15, 2020
You’ve read about all the improvements to emerge both inside and out each 2021 Tesla model, and maybe you’re more than a little bit tempted. Next, reality sets in, and that age old question rears its head: “how much?” No need to click through several variations of…
As 2020 comes to a much-celebrated wrap, the Tesla community is looking toward 2021 with high hopes. As the current golden child of electric vehicle manufacturing, Tesla looks to continue its reign and scale its ever-growing fleet. Below is a compilation of what Tesla’s 2021 models include and what customers can expect when their 2021 EV is delivered to their driveway.
What’s new with Tesla…
Oppo Watch gets the Wear OS H-MR2 update w/ better battery, improved sleep tracking
December 15, 2020
Google’s “Fall update” for Wear OS is finally starting to make its way to more hardware, this week adding another. The Oppo Watch is picking up the Wear OS H-MR2 update, and it brings with it some nice tweaks.
Noted on Reddit, Oppo Watch owners have been seeing the…
Tesla (TSLA) focuses on Model 3/Y production with quick delivery turnaround as insane record is achievable
December 15, 2020
Tesla (TSLA) is putting all its effort into increasing Model 3 and Model Y production and quickly delivering the new cars locally as an insane record quarter for deliveries is achievable.
Friday night, we reported on Elon Musk telling Tesla employees that it “really…
Following this morning’s Zoom announcement, the Google Meet experience on Nest Hub Max is getting a revamp. A handful of usability tweaks provide more controls to the group video calling experience introduced in June.
Google is adding an in-call clock to the top-left corner of the screen. Appearing next to the call name, it’s meant to “keep meetings on schedule” and revealed by a simple…
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
China says at the UN virtual climate summit that it will triple its wind and solar in 10 years.
The US didn’t attend the UN virtual climate summit. What’s its green energy plan?
UnderstandSolar is a free service that…
Now in its sixth year, the 2020 Material Design Award winners were announced this morning. There are just three categories this year covering the best dark theme, use of motion, and Material Theming.
It’s time once again to celebrate the product teams who used…
Hands-on: ‘AAWireless’ aims to give your car wireless Android Auto and, impressively, it works
December 15, 2020
The promise of Android Auto Wireless is a simple one — bringing the same useful software to a car’s display but minus the cable. Unfortunately, the vast majority of cars sold with Android Auto lack wireless functionality without an easy way to add it. That’s where the incredibly clever “AAWireless” steps in.
In case you missed its announcement back in September, “AAWireless” is a…
