Smart Lock dates back to Android Lollipop and was Google’s solution for reducing the number of times users had to enter their passcodes before the ubiquity of fingerprint readers. Smart Lock in Android Settings was recently updated with a much-needed modern UI.
Smart Lock is powered directly by Google Play services and until recently kept the same interface from 2014. This included screens…
A silent update has rolled out to Google TV this week, adding yet another service to the list of integrated apps. Pantaya now supports Google TV account integration for its Spanish-language content.
Pantaya’s Google TV integration offers Spanish speakers a wider…
Foldable smartphones are often thought of as fragile compared to traditional devices, but Samsung has done quite a bit of work over the past couple of years to change that. In a video, the company is showing off how it tests the durability of its Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Flip…
Google Clock 7.1 rolling out with new ‘Stopwatch’ widget and Material You ‘clock styles’
October 13, 2021
With Android 12 Beta 5 last month, Google introduced Material You clock widgets. An update to Google Clock is rolling out today with a brand new widget and a grand total of five clock styles to choose from.
After placing a widget, you’ll be able to select from different “clock styles.” For example, “Analog” offers:
Scallop: Like the original, it retains a scalloped perimeter, but with…
Introduction
We often see Ricoh’s 28mm equiv GR cameras discussed alongside Fujifilm’s X100 series models. The temptation is obvious: they’re two of the only large-sensor fixed lens cameras sold at anything approaching a mainstream price. But this ignores…
Sigma has announced it will be holding a ‘New Products Presentation’ via a Sigma Stage Online event that is set to take place on Tuesday, October 19, 2021.
As has historically been the case, Sigma doesn’t divulge any details regarding what to expect from the…
Android has supported a native dark theme for its past couple of releases, but it’s taken time for some apps to adopt the feature. Twitter has had a dark theme for ages, but it’s always ignored the system theme on Android. Now, that’s finally changing.
Announced today, Twitter for Android is adding “auto dark mode.” In other words, the app will finally offer the option for users to see…
Sneak peek: Adobe Camera Raw is coming to Photoshop on the iPad
October 13, 2021
Ahead of Adobe MAX 2021 later this month, Adobe has shared a sneak peek of an upcoming update to Photoshop on iPad. And it’s a big one. Adobe Camera Raw is coming to iPad, allowing photographers to import and open raw images on iPad, just as you can on Photoshop on…
NASA’s massive next-generation space telescope arrives in South America ahead of launch
October 12, 2021
After more than two decades of delays and ballooning development costs, NASA’s next-generation space observatory, the James Webb Space Telescope, has arrived in French Guiana, South America — the site of the spacecraft’s planned launch later this year. Its arrival…
A scientist from Halifax, Canada, has recovered a seal-mounted research camera lost in the ocean three and a half years ago. The camera was found to hold 19 hours of valuable research footage he never thought he would see.
Department of Fisheries and Oceans biologist Damian Lidgard tells CBC News that he had attached the small camera device to a young male grey seal on Sable Island Canada on…
