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Google Soon Adding New Critical Alert Notifications, Guest Mode to Assistant

Kellen October 7, 2020

As a part of Google's current focus on security, they announced a couple of new features coming soon to better protect your Google account, as well as your privacy when using the Google Assistant. The first notable new feature will be a critical alert that...

TicWatch Pro 3 Review: 4100 Off to a Good Start

Kellen October 7, 2020 33

Wear OS has been in a sad state for some time, mostly because of the lack of anything to improve it from the operating system's two most important players: Google and Qualcomm. While Google has shown that it has little interest in improving Wear OS on a...

Google Workspace is Here and That Means New Icons

Kellen October 6, 2020 11

Prepare yourselves, the icon set for all of your most used Google apps will soon change to a much more colorful design. There's actually a lot more to this story, but for most of you, that's the takeaway. The rest of the story is that Google has renamed G...

Google WiFi is Back and Now Starts at $99

Kellen October 6, 2020 17

Google WiFi returned this morning with a new $99 price for a single unit, or $199 for a 3-pack. No, it's not here to replace your Nest WiFi, but it could be an option for those who want mesh WiFi without the smart assistant stuff and at a reasonable price....

Galaxy Note 8 Drops Down to Quarterly Update Schedule

Kellen October 5, 2020 11

Like they did with the Galaxy S8 a few short months ago, Samsung has dropped the Galaxy Note 8 down from receiving monthly security patches to a quarterly schedule. As is the case with any of Samsung's flagship phones after they reach the 3-year-old mark,...

Android 11’s First Update Fixes a Bunch of Pixel Bugs

Kellen October 5, 2020 35

The big update to Android 11 in September not only brought with it the latest version of Android to Pixel phones, as a first stable build there were also a bunch of bugs. In the first update for Android 11 as the October Android security patch, Google is...

October 2020 Android Security Update Now Available for Pixel Devices

Kellen October 5, 2020 26

The October 2020 Android security update has arrived and we're looking at new updates for the Pixel 4a, Pixel 4, Pixel 3a, Pixel 3, and Pixel 2 lines. The Pixel 5 may be official (and Pixel 4a 5G), but since it's not currently available, it is not yet...

Fossil Gen 5E is Here, Not the Fossil Gen 6 We Hoped For

Kellen October 5, 2020 8

Fossil announced a new Wear OS watch line-up today, and no, it's not the Fossil Gen 6 we want with Snapdragon Wear 4100. Instead, Fossil has released the Fossil Gen 5E, which as far as I can tell is simply a Fossil Gen 5 in a couple of new case sizes. The...