You can already use most smartphones as glorified pedometers thanks to apps that can use the motion sensors to track your movement. If you have a Google Pixel smartphone soon you’ll be able to use the phone’s hardware to track even more health stats. Google says in March it will bring the ability to measure […]
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Lilbits 363: Tired of Pixel 3a leaks yet?
Rumor has it that Google will officially launch the Google Pixel 3a and Pixel 3a XL on May 7th, the first day of this year’s Google I/O developer conference. They’re expected to be cheaper than the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3XL, while offering the same stellar cameras as their higher-priced counterparts. And honestly, there’s not […]
Lilbits 330: ZTE is back
The United States lifted restrictions that had prevented US companies from selling goods to Chinese company ZTE last month, and it looks like ZTE is ready to get back into the smartphone business. The company revealed this week that it would be bringing something new to the IFA trade show in Berlin the week of […]
Lilbits (8-07-2014): Google Fit is coming
Google wants to make it easier for fitness-related Android apps to talk to one another, so the company is introducing a new series of APIs for developers. The platform is called Google Fit, and it’ll be available to the public when Android L is released this fall. But developers don’t have to wait until then […]
Google Fit lets Android apps share your fitness data
Google is launching a new series of APIs that let app developers create apps that can share your fitness data. It’ll be an opt-in feature for users, but when you do opt in then all of your apps will be able to access a central repository of your data so that your pedometer stats, for […]
Lilbits (6-13-2014): You can’t always get what you want (on Amazon Prime Music)
Amazon Prime Music launched this week, giving subscribers access to a million songs as part of their regular Amazon Prime membership. While the catalog isn’t as big as that of rivals Spotify or Rdio, it probably doesn’t have to be:Â Prime Music is more of a perk for existing subscribers than a full-fledged, standalone music service. […]