When Clubhouse made its debut as an audio-only social app for joining or listening into group conversations, it was an invite-only, iOS-only app released at a time when millions of people were stuck at home and perhaps craving social contact. It was a hit even before the app expanded to Android. And then signups started […]
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KDE Connect now supports Windows as well as Linux and macOS (link your phone to your PC)
3 Comments on KDE Connect now supports Windows as well as Linux and macOS (link your phone to your PC)KDE Connect is a free tool that lets you pair a smartphone with a PC to do things like share links and files between devices, view phone notifications on your PC, use your phone as a remote control for presentations or to control media playback on your computer (or use your PC to control media […]
Amazon Appstore will support Android App Bundles (but they’ll be optional for developers)
2 Comments on Amazon Appstore will support Android App Bundles (but they’ll be optional for developers)The process of installing apps on Android devices hasn’t changed all that much since the operating system first debuted well over a decade ago. Whether you’re installing an app from the Google Play Store or from another source, what you’re basically doing is downloading and installing an APK (Android Package) file. But a few years […]
How to sideload apps on Amazon Fire tablets (install apps that aren’t in the Amazon Appstore)
3 Comments on How to sideload apps on Amazon Fire tablets (install apps that aren’t in the Amazon Appstore)Amazon’s Fire and Fire HD tablets ship with a fork of Google’s Android operating system called Fire OS. For the most part that means they have a custom user interface that’s designed to highlight Amazon apps and services. But it also means that instead of the Google Play Store, they ship with the Amazon Appstore […]
S2 Music Player is an Android app from the maker of Shuttle (with the best incentive for upgrading
6 Comments on S2 Music Player is an Android app from the maker of Shuttle (with the best incentive for upgradingS2 Music Player is a new Android app that not only presents a simple, clean user interface for listening to music and managing songs stored on your phone, but also for streaming music from a home server using Jellyfin, Emby, or Plex (although Plex support isn’t available yet). Developed by the maker of the popular […]
Android 12 Beta 3 brings scrolling screenshots, faster auto-rotation, gaming improvements and mroe
Google plans to release Android 12 this fall, when it will begin rolling out to phones from Google and other companies. But the company has been making beta versions available for the past few months to allow developers (and early adopters) to test new features and changes. The latest is Android 12 Beta 3, and […]
OnePlus is merging OxygenOS and ColorOS, promises up to 4 years of security updates
Chinese phone makers OnePlus and Oppo share a parent company and there have always been similarities between the hardware produced by the two companies. Soon there will be more similarities between the software as well. Last month the companies announced that they’d be integrating more of their operations with one another. Now we know at […]
Sideloading some Android apps could get more complicated as Google pushes Android App Bundles
6 Comments on Sideloading some Android apps could get more complicated as Google pushes Android App BundlesOne of the things that’s long set Android apart from iOS is that while both Google and Apple maintain app stores, Google makes it fairly easy for users to install apps downloaded from sources other than the Google Play Store. It’s a process commonly known as sideloading. But starting later this summer, sideloading some apps could […]
Opera wants you to install its web browser on Chromebooks
The Opera web browser is available for a range of operating systems including Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, and iOS. Now the makers of the browser want you to install it on Chromebooks as well. Technically that’s something you’ve been able to do for a while by enabling support for Android or Linux apps on a […]
Samsung promises up to 5 years of security updates for Enterprise Edition phones
For years Android phones have lagged behind iPhones when it comes to OS updates. But recently we’ve seen a growing number of Android device makers commit to delivering major OS updates for at least 2-3 years and sometimes promise security updates for even longer. Earlier this year Samsung said it would deliver at least 4 […]
Windows 11 will support Android apps, available through the Windows Store via Amazon Appstore
7 Comments on Windows 11 will support Android apps, available through the Windows Store via Amazon AppstoreThe lines between desktop and mobile devices continues to blur. These days you can run iOS apps on a Mac (but not vice versa). And soon you’ll be able to run Android apps on a Windows PC, no emulator or virtual machine required. It’s one of many new features coming to Windows 11, which is […]
Lilbits: Shopping lists, cloud gaming, and making art with AI
Out of Milk is a popular shopping list app available for Android, iOS, and the web. It’s been around for years, and I must have used it once upon a time, because this week I got an email letting me know that the app had been sold and that the new owner as implementing some […]