Material You can be seen in various parts of the system on Android 12. The next big step for the company’s new design language is app updates, and that started with Google Camera seeing some tweaks this month. Google Contacts is now the inaugural first-party app to get a sizable Material You redesign.
Material You in Google Contacts starts with a pill-shaped search field up top that replaces…
Android Auto is a very useful way to handle calls, media, and maps on the go, but a variety of smartphone and car hardware often opens the door to bugs and issues. Recently, Google confirmed that Ford is working on a fix for call issues that Android Auto users have been…
The Phone by Google app — as it’s officially named — is a key part of the Pixel experience, and home to a handful of Assistant and other smart features. Google is now testing a settings redesign in the Phone app to make everything more manageable.
Update 7/29: As of…
Android Auto’s latest third-party navigation app is Gaia GPS, designed for ‘backcountry’ exploration
July 30, 2021
Android Auto is getting yet another third-party navigation app in Gaia GPS. What’s the appeal of this one? If you’re a fan of getting off of the beaten path, it might just come in handy.
Gaia GPS is a self-proclaimed backpacking app first, but it’s also known for its “backcountry” maps that help 4×4 owners plot out routes that are off the main route. Apparently, Gaia GPS is the first…
Two engineer friends from New Zealand shared a passion for underwater photography but were disappointed in the ROV (remotely operated vehicles) technology available at the time. The felt it had stagnated since the early 1990s. When one was forced to give up diving in 2016…
Comment: I can’t update apps on Chromecast with Google TV because there’s not enough storage
July 30, 2021
Google’s decision to only include a severely limited amount of storage in the Chromecast with Google TV is already standing in the way of updating my apps.
No doubt in an effort to keep costs down, last year’s Chromecast with Google TV only ships with a paltry 8GB of…
Leica has introduced its Leitz Phone 1 to the Japanese market. Leica writes it’s ‘the first smartphone to combine uncompromising quality, peerless optical engineering, and imaging software mastery with iconic Leica design.’ The Leitz Phone 1 is the first smartphone designed by Leica.
Leica’s new phone is named in tribute to its founder, Ernst Leitz (II). The Leitz Phone 1…
A collection of great titles from Rebellion Games has reached this week, and in turn made them available on any laptop, desktop, Mac, Chromebook, SHIELD TV, Android device, iPhone (beta) or iPad (beta). To celebrate, let’s take a look back at some of the best games that…
Images appear to confirm Nikon’s Z9 is being tested at the Olympics, gives us the first look at its backside
July 30, 2021
Today, Twitter account Photolari shared a tweet with a pair of photos showing what appears to be Nikon Z9 mirrorless cameras in the wild at the Olympics.
The original tweet has been deleted, but digicame-info managed to save the above images before their removal. Nikon has…
Uncontrolled firing from Russian module causes brief ‘tug of war’ on International Space Station
July 29, 2021
The International Space Station unexpectedly shifted in orbit on Thursday when thrusters on a newly docked Russian module began firing uncontrollably. The thrusters reoriented the football-field-sized laboratory’s position by as much as 45 degrees, NASA said. The station is back under control, a NASA spokesperson said, and its seven-person crew of astronauts, including three US astronauts, are…
