This week, the Plan Picks spotlight is featuring temporary savings on Flex Leases from Sprint.
There are several eyebrow-raising savings to consider, including a Galaxy Note 9 for just $25 per month. The perks don’t stop there either.
But, why lease a Note 9 when I can buy? You may not have given it a moment’s thought before, but it makes a lot of sense.
You don’t own the handset with the Sprint Flex Lease system, but you also only pay a fraction of the retail price.
While Josh is out, for the third (and potentially final) time, to acquire Snapchat Spectacles, the rest of the gang gets together to talk about the week’s Android news. This episode, we have Jonathan Feist, Joe Hindy, and David Imel to talk about the potential of Google Assistant coming to the Nexus devices, the arrival of even MORE Pokemon in Pokemon Go, and the woes of Cyanogen and their recent dramas.
Pi Zero is the latest product from this British company, and despite its diminutive size, it can do quite a bit of heavy lifting. The $5 computer is actually faster than the original Raspberry Pi, which cost $25. Apart from being the most inexpensive computer out there, the Pi Zero is also the company’s most compact computer ever, at exactly half the size of the Model A+. For those who seek its exact dimensions, the Pi Zero measures 65mm x 30mm, i.
Snapchat is making it a little bit easier to find filters. The app is now using a new object recognition system to identify what’s in a picture and serve users relevant filters. If a dog is pictured, Snapchat will offer up a filter that says “it’s a pawty”. Pictures of food might return one that says “what diet?”
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Android 13 includes a handy Pixel cross-device app streaming feature. It allows you to stream all apps from your phone to your Windows PC or Chromebook. The feature works by projecting a virtual screen from your Pixel phone to your PC. Google is already working on a way to mirror Android chat apps to Chromebooks. The feature will allow users to access any chat app from their phones on their Chromebooks without the need to install it again.
Android TV was formally announced earlier today and is several months off from actually being available, but that’s not stopping Google from pushing out the Android TV Remote Control app to the Play Store!
The Android TV app makes it easy to control your future Android TV device from your phone or tablet by providing you with a virtual d-pad of sorts, and a microphone button for using voice commands. There’s also a virtual touch-pad, if that’s more your thing.
Allo has become a great communication alternative thanks to Assistant support, smart replies, fun sticker packs, whisper/shout options and plenty of other great features. Google is far from being done with this project, though. They continue improving Allo and have been known to leave evidence of upcoming features in the code… which we certainly enjoy.
Google Allo 9.0 recently hit the Google Play Store, and with it came an APK teardown from the guys over at 9to5Google.
It’s a mess, right? Some Android phones have the back button on the left, some on the right. Manufacturers just seem to be doing whatever the heck they want with these, so it’s nice to see some phones have the option to re-arrange them. Of course, the Samsung Galaxy Note 8 navigation buttons can be customized, so let’s get right down to business and show you exactly how this is done.
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We’ve all been there. Where is that exactly? You really want to get the right angle for this selfie, but no selfie sticks are available. Your only option is to resort to awkwardly propping your smartphone up in a corner like some kind of Amish person.
Rovio Entertainment has announced today that it will be gradually rolling out a new feature called Accounts across its lineup of games.
The Rovio Accounts feature will eliminate the frustration of having to play any of Rovio’s games from start to finish for a second time after getting a new device or even reinstalling a game. In short, Rovio’s new Accounts feature will allow you to save your game on one device and continue playing it on another.