Android Auto has become an important feature of millions of vehicles and, for many, is a feature that can make or break a purchase. Now, Android Auto is going to be a standard feature on all new vehicles from… Harley-Davidson.
Harley-Davidson recently announced (via ) that it would be making Android Auto a standard feature on its 2021 Trike, CVO, and Touring motorcycles with the Boom! Box GTS.
Due to the open nature of Android, updates are generally a fairly big issue when looking at the ecosystem as a whole. As Android 11 starts preparations for release later this year, a report card for Android 10 shows how companies like OnePlus and Samsung are leaving the…
Google launches Cloud AI Platform Pipelines in beta to simplify machine learning development
March 11, 2020
Google today announced the beta launch of Cloud AI Platform Pipelines, a service designed to deploy robust, repeatable AI pipelines along with monitoring, auditing, version tracking, and reproducibility in the cloud. Google’s pitching it as a way to deliver an “easy to…
Google brings Play Store dark theme all the way back to Android 5.0 with manual setting
March 11, 2020
After rolling out to Android 10 devices last October, the Google Play Store’s dark theme is now available for “any” phone and tablet going back to 2014. This wider launch also comes with a preferences menu to manually set the look.
The darker look for Android’s app store is quite straightforward with an inversion of the predominantly white background that sees the section accents (green…
Samsung’s Galaxy Buds+ are pretty good wireless headphones, something that’s important as the company also ditches the headphone jack on its flagship smartphones. Now, the Galaxy Buds+ are getting a red color variant in the US.
While they’re not shipping just yet…
Not even Doom Eternal will run at 4K on Google Stadia
March 11, 2020
Ultra HD 4K was one of the major promises that Google laid out for its Stadia cloud-gaming service at last year’s Game Developers Conference. Now, developer id Software is backpedaling on its claims of supporting that resolution on the platform.
While Doom is going to hit…
The OnePlus 5 and 5T don’t get updates as often as they once did, but the duo of 2017 handsets are now receiving the OxygenOS 9.0.11 OTA update.
Owners over on the /r/OnePlus subreddit have spotted the OTA file on their devices, with the headline addition being that of the February 2020 security patch. Beyond that, there isn’t a great deal extra to speak of, with the customary bug fixes and…
GamesBeat Decides 141: A Nintendo Direct approaches
March 11, 2020
We gotta go fast on this week’s episode of the GamesBeat Decides podcast. Reviews editor Mike Minotti has to run to get to his World of Warcraft raid because he is very cool, so that leaves PC gaming editor Jeff Grubb with a tight timeline to fit in all the news. And this…
Logitech has launched a new three three-in-one wireless charging dock for the iPhone, AirPods, and Apple Watch.
Beautifully crafted and meticulously engineered, the $129.99 Logitech POWERED 3-in-1 Dock offers a new home for your iPhone, AirPods and Apple Watch all at once.
OnePlus 5 and OnePlus 5T get an update
March 11, 2020
The OnePlus 5 and its successor OnePlus 5T arrived in 2017, but they are still being cared for by their makers. Owners of these two phones should be getting notifications about an incoming OxygenOS 9 patch that brings system stability and general bug fixes.
Screenshots of the firmware update
The new version is OxygenOS 9.0.11 and involves a 335MB download. It doesnt bring anything…
