As a quick recap, last week we built Tasker Tasks that write our log in and log out times to a file, popped up on screen our total time spent for the day and teased further ideas for what to do with, and how to track, our accumulated data. This week we take to Tasker again, we will build two triggers, the first will be a location aware trigger, and the second will look at attaching to a specific WiFi network.

Xiaomi Each earbud features a touch-sensitive panel for playback and call control.TL;DR Xiaomi AirDots true wireless earbuds operate on Bluetooth 5.0. Individually, the earbuds weigh 4.2 grams. Availability is limited to the Chinese market for 199 yuan, or ~$30. The specs indicate that standalone battery life is four hours and that the charging case brings total playback time to 12 hours. What’s more, each earbud house a 7.2mm dynamic driver and weighs 4.

The ability to pay for things via NFC is nothing new, especially in the fitness tracker world. Most notably Jawbone’s latest flagship activity tracker, the UP4, allows for the use of NFC payments if you happen to have an American Express card. Now it looks like yet another major player is taking a big step towards bringing mobile payments to their wearables. Fitbit has just announced that it’s acquiring wearable payment assets from Coin, the financial tech company famously known for the NFC-enabled all-in-one credit card.

Android Studio 4.0 represents a rather large update for the IDE and offers a lot for devs to get stuck into. Perhaps the most exciting new feature is the “Motion Editor.” This feature is designed to help developers create more attractive, animated layouts. This can significantly improve the UI of any app, and now it’s considerably less fiddly to do! Also read: An introduction to Jetpack Compose for quick Android UI designs

Competition, competition, competition. That is something that Google Fiber has drastically improved broadband-wise across the country. Even if Google didn’t intend to have this effect, it has done so and then some. Cities went begging to Google to have their 1Gbps service installed in and around their cities. Meanwhile, current broadband providers sat clueless as their residents repeatedly told horror stories of their local monopoly broadband company providing terrible service at high prices. Seriously, as of last year, the airline industry was more liked than internet service providers.

If fitness is your New Year resolution then you can now flaunt it through RunKeeper. It is an app that keeps track of your fitness activities, cycling and running which was previously available for the iPhone but now it can be downloaded on Android devices as well. The app lets you share snaps of your work out sessions with your friends and family just at the touch of a button from your Android smartphone.

Heads up my gaming amigos, the Khronos Group has announced version 1.0 of its cross-platform Vulkan graphics API, opening up new possibilities for game developers. Not only is Vulkan supported across a wide range of operating systems, the API will also empower developers with notable performance improvements and cutting edge graphical effects for some extravagant visuals. This isn’t an extemporaneous announcement, the Khronos Group has been working with leading hardware vendors, 3D engine and platform developers for the past 18 months to develop the Vulkan 1.

When it comes to flagship smartphones, consumers certainly don’t suffer from a lack of choice, but on the flip side, with so many great options available, it is quite difficult to select which device is best suited for you. In today’s comparison, we pit two of the hottest smartphones in the market right now, and they couldn’t be more different from each other. On one hand is the Galaxy S7 Edge, with Samsung continuing to refine and improve what it started last year with its predecessors.

The Nexus 8 looks like it will be a powerful unit. The 64-bit Tegra K1 is the world’s first 64-bit ARM processor for Android, as Nvidia is happy to explain in a recent post on their company blog. “Denver” is built to provide the highest single-core CPU throughput available, which results also in industry leading dual-core performance. The new 64-bit Tegra K1 is set with 128K + 64K L1 cache, a good update from the 32K + 32K of the 32-bit Tegra K1.

David Imel / Android Authority Things are heating up in the sub-flagship space. Two big entries are the OnePlus 8T and the Samsung Galaxy S20 FE which start at $749 and $699, respectively. Which comes out on top when it comes to the cameras? Find out in our OnePlus 8T vs Samsung Galaxy S20 FE camera shootout! Be sure to cast your vote on the winner in the poll at the end.