Modern smartphones are slick and refined pieces of technology, but all too often that comes at the expense of repairability. The Fairphone 4 is around the corner with the goal of fixing that with a shockingly slim and modern-looking design. Leaked images of the Fairphone 4 were published by WinFuture recently, showing off the same…
Starting today, Fitbit’s latest health tracker is shipping to customers. The Fitbit Charge 5 is now available, and it’s coming with an upgrade to Fitbit Premium, too, in the form of new content from Calm. Announced in August, the Fitbit Charge 5 is an upgraded tracker that brings a color display, touchscreen, always-on-display, support for…
In addition to debuting Wear OS 3, the Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 was the first wearable to have a client for Google’s streaming service. The YouTube Music app is now coming to Wear OS 2 watches. YouTube Music for Wear OS simply lets you download songs and playlists to your watch for on-the-go listening without…
Google Assistant broadcasts are a very useful way to relay information to your family quickly, and it seems the company is working on expanding its reach just a bit further. It seems that Google is currently testing support for Assistant broadcasts on Chromecast with Google TV. Rolling out to what seems like a limited number…
While the US and other regions are shining more of a spotlight on Google and the Play Store, the EU has already issued a 2018 ruling that imposed Google with a $5 billion fine over anticompetitive practices on Android. Google is fighting that fine, and slamming EU regulators over turning a blind eye to Apple….
As its list of supported streaming apps continues to expand, Google TV is starting to add search integration with more niche services. Over the past few days, Google TV has quietly added support for Kocowa, a service that specializes in Korean TV shows and movies. Kocowa was added to Google TV sometime in the past…
As smartphone charge speeds have increased, so have our charging habits. Which is why we had some interesting responses when we asked you how often you charge your smartphone. There are a number of factors in how people seem to be charging their smartphones. The most obvious is the way in which we use our…
As we steadily edge toward the stable launch of Android 12, more first-party apps are gaining Material You tweaks including the Google Assistant. In recent weeks we’ve seen a wide selection of Google apps get updated with Material You tweaks and support for Dynamic Color theming. Apps likes the Google Phone, Podcasts, Messages, Gmail, Photos,…
NBC today threatened to pull its channels from YouTube TV next week if a new contract is not signed. Google this evening issued its response, and said YouTube TV will see a $10 price drop if the NBCU channels disappear. Our ask is that NBCU treats YouTube TV like any other TV provider. The YouTube-branded…