Back in August, Google widely rolled out a visual revamp of its wearable Play Store. Google Clock now looks to be the next Wear OS app to get a Material You redesign.
Our first look at Material You for Google Clock on Wear OS comes from the Play Store listing. On smartwatches, the Clock app powers three different experiences that all have their own icon in the launcher.
Starting with…
Google announced the “Private Compute Core” at I/O in May as an effective rebrand of “Device Personalization Services,” now called “Android System Intelligence.” That was followed by “Private Compute Services” last month, with that component now available as…
Google Photos and Assistant Smart Displays are the perfect combination of hardware and software. That requires setting the appropriate clock today, but the Google Photos integration is getting deeper, with Memories soon set to appear in the Nest Hub “Your day”…
Google is rolling out two security-related changes that are aimed at simplifying the process of getting 2-Step Verification (2SV) backup codes through a new page and approving permissions on the OAuth screen.
When setting up 2-Step Verification, Google issues 10 backup codes in case your phone and security keys are lost. They are entered after your username and password to confirm that it’s…
At the end of last month, the Charge 5 went on sale as Fitbit’s first tracker to feature an always-on display mode. Fitbit is now adding an AOD to the Luxe through a firmware update.
The Fitbit Luxe was announced in April as a more premium fitness tracker. It features…
Nikon Z 14-24mm F2.8 S field review
October 12, 2021
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Nikon’s Nikkor Z 14-24mm F2.8 S is a bright wide-angle zoom lens for the company’s Z-mount mirrorless cameras.
With a focal range of 14-24mm on full-frame bodies or 21-36mm on APS-C bodies, it’s a…
Playtika’s Wooga launches Switchcraft story-based mobile game
October 11, 2021
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Playtika’s game studio Wooga is launching Switchcraft, a narrative-based match-3 game that has been in the works for a few years.
The title is the first new game launched since Playtika went public at an $11 billion valuation in January. As such, it’s an important game for…
iOS 15.1 brings back option to disable Apple TV and Apple Watch Keyboard notifications
October 11, 2021
When iOS 15 was released to the public last month, a common complaint quickly emerged about notifications. In previous versions of iOS, Apple offered a dedicated way to disable Apple Watch Keyboard and Apple TV Keyboard notifications on your iPhone, but this option was…
Security updates are designed to keep Android devices as secure as possible, but you’re only as safe as your latest update. OnePlus does promise regular updates for its smartphones for at least two years, so let’s see how they’re handling the September 2021 security…
Here’s what 9to5Google readers said they prefer between fingerprint scanners and face unlock
October 11, 2021
With the Pixel series, up until now, we’ve relied on a capacitive fingerprint scanner save 2019, where Face Unlock was briefly added to the mix. Because the Pixel 6 is set to include software-based Face Unlock and an in-display fingerprint scanner, we wanted to know just what biometric security you prefer on your device.
So to reiterate, as it stands there are a few core methods of securing…
