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Google Assistant for MacOS? 3rd-Party Developer Makes It Happen

Tim May 19, 2017 11

Not everyone can be a part of PC Master Race, so for anyone rocking a MacBook or any other type of Mac with MacOS, this news concerns you very much. Thanks to the release of the Google Assistant SDK, a 3rd-party developer has created Google Assistant for Macs,...

Smart Reply Available in Gmail for Android and iOS

Tim May 19, 2017 9

Inbox has featured Smart Reply since late 2015, but earlier this week at Google I/O, Google announced that this same feature is rolling out to Gmail on Android and iOS devices. With Smart Reply, Gmail will skim your incoming emails, then prompt you with a...

HTC Celebrating “20 Years of Innovation” This Week

Tim May 19, 2017 46

Founded in May of 1997, HTC has been hard at it for 20 years. In a video published to YouTube this morning, the company details a timeline of its innovations, including some of the earlier touchscreen devices, 3G devices, and 4G devices. For Android users who...

Samsung’s Delayed Chromebook Pro Should be Available for Purchase May 28

Tim May 18, 2017 10

Back in early February, pre-orders went up for the Chromebook Plus, the first to launch from a pair of Samsung-made Chrome OS laptops with Android app compatibility. Both were announced during CES, but as you may have noticed, we're still waiting on the...

ROLI Publishes NOISE to Google Play for Pixel and Galaxy S8

Tim May 18, 2017 12

An early build, technically labeled as "unreleased," of the NOISE app from ROLI has been published to Google Play. Currently, only Pixel and Galaxy S8 owners can utilize this early build, but if you're familiar with the app's capabilities, then this should...

Google Updates Complications API, Intros Wear UI Library for Android Wear Developers

Tim May 18, 2017 7

Announced at Google I/O, an updated Complications API will now allow Android Wear developers to more easily implement complications into new and existing watch faces. As an example, if a developer was creating a watch face, but wasn't quite sure about...

Thursday Poll: Do You Use Multi-Window?

Tim May 18, 2017 110

We were toying around with Picture-in-Picture on the latest build of Android O yesterday, but in doing so I was reminded that I hardly ever use multi-window functionality on my Android devices. Will Picture-in-Picture be any different for me? Hard to tell....

Pioneer Intros New Lineup of NEX Units With Android Auto

Tim May 18, 2017 52

Pioneer announced a new lineup of NEX receivers this morning, five in total, with three designed to bring Android Auto straight to your vehicle at an affordable price. The latest models with Android Auto are the AVH-3300NEX, AVH-2330NEX, and AVH-2300NEX. If...