Google has added audiobooks to the book section of the Google Play Store. People will be able to preview recorded books in order to assess the narrator’s voice before purchasing. Audiobooks can be shared through family plans. Customers won’t have to subscribe to a monthly service, as audiobooks are sold at what Google calls fair prices. […]
Instagram today announced several new features heading to its mobile app that will improve the experience of sharing stories. To start, users can now place GIFs on top of any photo or video shared via their stories. Instagram says hundreds of thousands of GIFs are available thanks to new integration with GIPHY. Further, Instagram users will […]
After years as the lone holdout among major automakers selling the US in adopting smartphone integration – Toyota, without much fanfare, introduced the feature on the redesigned Avalon sedan at the NAIAS in Detroit last week. The move was only a bullet point was listed among the new features of the fifth-generation Avalon in a […]
HTC said that Sprint will begin pushing the Android 8 Oreo system update to its variant of the HTC U11 starting today. HTC executive Mo Versi did a post Twitter about the update. Android 8 Oreo includes notification dots, picture-in-picture, and auto-fill. The new code from HTC also includes other bug fixes and tweaks. Though the update […]
Amazon has updated its Alexa mobile app for Android devices with the ability to support voice requests. Until now, the app was merely a tool used to manage in-home, Alexa-powered devices such as the Echo and Echo Dot. Now, Android smartphone owners can issue voice commands to Alexa from their smartphone in order to access playlists […]
Google has sent a fresh security patch to the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL handsets. Google says the update “fixes critical bugs and improves the performance and stability” of the Pixel smartphones. The update is about 50 MB and can be downloaded over the air. Google normally issues security patches at the beginning of […]
Samsung will ensure that at least some of its future U.S. smartphones ship with active FM radios, says NextRadio. Sometimes Samsung and/or its carrier partners leave FM radios, which are included in nearly all phones, inert. That will change. FM radio makes it possible for hundreds of millions of people to find and listen to local […]
Apple this week said it will improve the tools parents can use to control how much time their children spend on iPhones and iPads. The move is a response to investor criticism from Jana Partners LLC and the California State Teachers’ Retirement System, who suggested screen time is highly damaging to kids. “We have new features and enhancements planned […]
Razer said it has struck a deal with Netflix that will allow its Razer smartphone to stream Netflix content with HDR+ video and 5.1 surround sound. Razer claims its phone is the first to offer both these capabilities. One of the Razer’s primary features is a display with a 120 Hz refresh rate. The handset also […]
Apple has released iOS 11.2.2 in order to patch several significant security problems. Specifically, iOS 11.2.2 includes security improvements to Safari and WebKit to mitigate the effects of the Spectre vulnerability discovered earlier this month. Apple recommends all iPhone and iPad owners install the update as soon as possible. Apple issued a similar update to its […]
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