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
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