The Huawei Mate 9 was announced as the first non-Amazon device to have Amazon Alexa back at CES. However, it wasn’t included when the phone shipped in the …Read More
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Google Duo is finally getting an audio-only call option, rolling out first in Brazil
July 29th, 2018 
Marty Figgs At Google’s event in Brazil today, the search giant made several announcements related to some of its products. One of those was that Duo is getting an audio-only call …Read More
Qualcomm Snapdragon 835: The first benchmark results – comparisons to Pixel, OnePlus 3T, Galaxy S7, and more
July 28th, 2018 Marty Figgs Last week, I had the privilege of visiting Qualcomm’s San Diego campus to check out the new Snapdragon 835 chip and run some benchmarks using Qualcomm’s reference platform for the …Read More
Android O feature spotlight: Expandable quick settings only work when tapping the text, not the icon
July 27th, 2018 Marty Figgs In Android 7.0, there are a number of expandable quick settings for things like WiFi and Bluetooth. Those toggles still exist in Android O, but the way you interact …Read More
Android O feature spotlight: Notification Channels give more controls over notifications to users
July 26th, 2018 Marty Figgs Android has allowed blocking notifications from selected apps for a while now, but it was all-or-nothing. Android O aims to give users more control over what notifications they want …Read More
