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Most automakers moved surprisingly fast to adopt Android Auto (and CarPlay) over the last couple years. That’s in spite of the fact that Android Auto makes it harder to sell spendy navigation-enabled infotainment upgrades. Still, it’s taken some longer than others to come around. Toyota is expected to roll out Android Auto next year, and […]

Update 1: 2018/09/26 5:45pm PDT Not long after the first Open Beta, OnePlus is pushing out Android 9 Pie to its latest flagship on the stable channel. This means that it gets the latest UI changes, battery improvements, as well as some other OxygenOS stuff like accent color customization and Gaming Mode 3.0. This is exciting […]

Password managers are becoming more and more of a hot topic nowadays. We live a lot of our lives online and that requires a growing number of accounts and identities; yet with multiplying security risks and hacks popping up left and right, it’s crucial to use a password manager to stay on top of your login […]

The Play Games app went through a major visual refresh just a little less than a year ago, but an update from today is taking that work and refining it further through almost every corner of the app. A teardown also reveals some interesting new things are coming, including achievement rarities, notations for the rarity […]

Amazon’s latest streaming media player, the Borg Cube Fire TV Cube, went on sale a few months ago. It has already dropped below MSRP a few times, but now it’s on sale for $79.99. That’s the lowest price we’ve seen yet, and $10 cheaper than it was on Prime Day. The 4K and HDR-capable streaming […]

As the name might suggest, Sphero’s claim to fame is its sphere-shaped toy robots. These include the original Sphero, Sphero 2.0, Sphero Mini, BB-8, and BB-9E. The company has also been marketing some of its products towards education as STEM learning tools, particularly with the SPRK+. Sphero’s latest product is another educational robot – the […]

Since the advent of virtual reality hardware, there’s been a drive toward wireless. But the dream of an exceptional VR headset that doesn’t tangle isn’t quite there yet — the performance and graphics quality can’t compare to wired systems. Facebook’s Oculus seems to believe it has cracked the code, though. At Oculus Connect 5 (OC5), […]

The last time we covered LineageOS, the most popular custom ROM in the Android community, Oreo builds for the Nextbit Robin and Asus Zenfone Max Pro M1 became available. In the month since that post, even more phones have been added to the Oreo roster, including a long-time community favorite – the ZTE Axon 7. […]