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RIP, Swype. (Updated)

Kellen February 19, 2018 75

Swype, one of the original apps we ever covered on this site, has apparently been put to rest by its owners. Nuance, the company that bought Swype in 2011 for $100M, told a redditor today that they are no longer developing for the Swype keyboard and that they...

Chrome OS Gets Split Screen Android App Action

Kellen February 19, 2018 4

Chrome OS and convertible Chromebooks with touch screens or those that fully detach are the future of Android tablets. With fewer Android tablet options available each year and Google baking in feature after feature into Chrome OS to make it even better than...

Google is Adding Features to the Screenshot Tool, But Only in the Google App for Now

Kellen February 19, 2018 15

A couple of weeks ago, I asked Google to build screenshot scrolling into Android, since almost every other phone maker on the planet has done so except them. Over the weekend, they actually began rolling out a screenshot-related update, it's just that it's...

Chrome Canary on Android Gets New Chrome Duplex Experience

Kellen February 15, 2018 10

Chrome on Android's love-it-or-hate-it bottom bar situation, known as Chrome Home, may no longer be a part of the app's future even though it made its way up to Chrome Beta. In its place, there's a chance we'll get something called "Chrome Duplex" that was...

Now Official: YouTube TV Picks Up Turner Networks, But Sign-Up Soon to Avoid Price Increase

Kellen February 14, 2018 55

After an embargo breaking article yesterday told us that YouTube TV had big plans to announce this morning, we wanted to update you now that the details are official. As expected, YouTube TV is indeed adding Turner's family of networks (plus more), will expand...

Alto’s Odyssey Launches Feb. 22 for iOS, Probably Much Later for Android

Tim February 13, 2018 4

What I'm about to talk about reminds me very much of how Android never got a Tiny Wings launch. For that, I will always resent my loyalty to Google's mobile OS, though, I'm still grateful to use what I think is the best mobile operating system available....

VLC 3.0 is Here and It Brings All the New Features

Kellen February 9, 2018 5

VLC received a big update today to v3.0 "Vetinari," bringing with it stable Chromecast support, voice actions in Android Auto, availability on all Android TV devices (Chromebooks and DeX too), and support for Android's picture-in-picture. Some of this stuff...

Big Essential Phone Camera Update Adds Auto-HDR, New HDR Algorithm

Kellen February 8, 2018 21

The Essential Phone, even with its below-average performance, touch responsiveness, and camera, still has me holding out hope for update magic that'll eliminate its flaws and allow the phone's software to stop embarrassing its incredible build and design. It'...