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IKEA’s Inexpensive Smart Bulbs Now Support Alexa and HomeKit

Tim November 1, 2017 15

IKEA launched the TRÅDFRI smart lighting system back in March of this year, allowing many to get into the LED home lighting game with its affordable pricing. Today, TRÅDFRI now supports Amazon Alexa and Apple's HomeKit, with Google Home support still to come....

Google: Pixel Visual Core to be Enabled in Android 8.1 Developer Preview 2

Tim November 1, 2017 20

As most Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL owners should know, inside your phone is a special image processor, known as the Pixel Visual Core. As of now, this special processor is not enabled, but Google has provided specific details about when we'll be able to utilize it...

LG V30 Review

Tim October 31, 2017 72

Since the V10, we have referred to LG's V series as the "stuff and things" lineup. The reason for this is LG's inclusion of pretty much everything you can pack into a smartphone. There were secondary displays, dual selfie cameras, high-end DACs to please the...

Schlage Adds Amazon Alexa Support for Sense Smart Deadbolts

Tim October 31, 2017 7

Schlage, makers of the Sense Smart Deadbolt, are announcing support for Amazon Alexa this week. With this integration, owners can get info on the current state of their door's deadbolt and control it all from within the Alexa app on their phone. To make this...

Essential Phone Update Includes Improved Touch Scrolling, Fingerprint Gesture, and More

Tim October 30, 2017 36

A new update is rolling out to Essential Phone owners, labeled as build NMJ20D. The update includes a patch for the KRACK vulnerability (October, 2017 Android security patch), improved touch scrolling when navigating around the device's UI, plus the enabling...

YouTube TV App for Android TV Now Official, Rolling Out This Week to Select Devices

Tim October 30, 2017 38

We just posted a piece that detailed NVIDIA's teasing of a YouTube TV app for Android TV, but now, YouTube has gone and made it official. The native YouTube TV app will start rolling out this week to select Android TV devices, such as the NVIDIA SHIELD TV,...

Weekly Recap: 2018 Pixel Codenames, Displaygate Part 2, and Much More

Tim October 27, 2017 2

With so much going in Pixel 2 XL display drama-land, Essential dropping the price of its phone, and even us posting the codenames for the 2018 Google Pixels, this week was packed. Earlier in the week, we even found time post up our Pixel 2 & Pixel 2 XL...

HTC Teases U11 Plus Frontside With Minimal Bezel

Tim October 27, 2017 73

HTC has been teasing the U11 Plus on Twitter recently, today posting up a small and angled look at the rumored phone's frontside. From the image, we can gather that the U11 Plus has a display with minimal amounts of bezel. Considering this is the trend for...