Episode 423 – Moving

By | December 26, 2018

Android News

  • Wrapping up 2018 with Google Play and Android
  • How Android can help you switch off and enjoy the holidays
  • Making Google Play ratings and reviews more trustworthy
  • Google is deprecating the Android Beam API used to share files with NFC

App News

  • Firefox 64 brings better browser tab management and smart recommendations.
  • Poweramp v3 finally reaches stable after 3 years in development.
  • Movies Anywhere now supports 4K on Android and has come to Xfinity.
  • Dark Sky now available on Wear OS
  • YouTube adds 1.75x playback speed on Android and the web.
  • Google Duo reaches 1 billion downloads
  • Action Launcher adds Pie Styling, more granular QuickTile settings, etc.

In Other News

  • 2018 saw people using eleven new dumb passwords, including ‘donald’.
  • Man sues feds after being detained for refusing to unlock his phone at the airport.
  • Google Home can now read events from shared G Suite calendars for some users.
  • Google Assistant now shows predicted flight delays
  • For the first time in nearly 20 years, copyrights will expire in the US.
  • TicWatch Users can now set Google Fit as their default left swipe app.

Home Automation

  • Logitech Harmony removes local API but reverses course
  • These Smart Thermostats don’t require a C wire
  • Douglas Adams was right, “Genuine People Personalities” are coming to our gadgets