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Poll: Who Made Your Current Phone?

Kellen December 9, 2020 129

In 2020, manufacturers sure released a bunch of good phones. OnePlus and Samsung both took their devices up a notch with S20 and 8 lines, but we also saw players like Motorola return to the flagship arena without embarrassing themselves. LG still made a couple...

Apple Music Finally Comes to Google Assistant Speakers

Kellen December 7, 2020 8

Google Assistant and Apple Music are finally becoming friends. Google announced today that Apple Music can be set as your default in Assistant as you fire off commands to play tunes throughout your Google Nest speaker system. Once live, you'll find the option...

Reminder: Dark Sky for Android Dies Tomorrow

Kellen July 31, 2020 7

Unless they have another change of heart and extend, Dark Sky for Android will shut down tomorrow, August 1. The popular weather app that Apple purchased and originally planned to kill on July 1 was given a month extension the last time we hit this end-of-life...

US Smartphone Sales Crushed in Q2 With Huge Drops for OnePlus, Motorola

Kellen July 20, 2020 9

We figured the numbers would be bad, but the chart sent to us today of US smartphone sales numbers for Q2 2020 compared to Q2 2019 is still shocking to see. The coronavirus pandemic really hammered almost every major smartphone company here, with companies...

redditor Uses Nova Launcher, KWGT to Turn Android Into iOS 14

Tim July 10, 2020 49

Some people out there are much more creative than I am. Like many others, I quite like the look of iOS 14 and its widgets. They look good! Apparently, user dontbeaboot on reddit thought they looked pretty good too and set out to recreate the look on Android....

Wednesday Poll: Do You Care if Your Next Phone Doesn’t Come With a Charger?

Tim July 8, 2020 119

It's been reported that Apple won't include a charger with your next iPhone purchase. Now the same is being said for Samsung and its 2021 smartphone lineup. It makes sense from an environmental standpoint. I'm sure many of us have plenty of unused wall...

iOS 14 Introduces Back Tap Gesture Before Android 11 Makes It Official

Kellen June 23, 2020 47

Both Android 11 and iOS 14 are currently in their first beta forms, with each company highlighting the features they think matter the most through separate online reveals. As with any new software release, it's impossible for companies to talk about each...

Apple iOS 14 Takes a Bunch of Android Features, Adds Cool Twists to Some

Kellen June 22, 2020 79

Apple held its WWDC virtual event today and unwrapped iOS 14, the latest version of its mobile operating system for iPhones. As you probably guessed, it takes a lot of ideas from Android, some of which have been on the platform since the beginning (or close to...