[ ANDROID owners should check their phones after Google announced that the popular Chrome app will stop working properly on some handsets very soon. The tech giant is dropping support on older devices. 1 Move affects any device using Android NougatCredit: Getty Although the app won’t stop working completely, lack of support means there will … Read more
[ A SMARTPHONE app will be able to tell if you’re too drunk to drive by listening to your voice. Sensors in the smart devices could help determine a person’s level of alcohol intoxication based on changes in their voice, say scientists. 2 It’s hoped the tool will prevent people from drink drivingCredit: Getty Participants … Read more
[ WHATSAPP is developing a new way to make your most private chats even more secret. The change will mean selected conversations will be completely invisible to everyone. 1 New setting will make your chats more secure than everCredit: WABetaInfo So the chats won’t even be listed among other conversations to arose suspicion from any … Read more
[ GOOGLE is cracking down on its second-rate apps, which means Android users will soon be awash with only the best platforms. The tech giant is changing its Play Store rules to force developers to test their apps on at least 20 people for two weeks before its release. 1 Next year, Google Play will … Read more
[ Beeper, a YCombinator-backed startup, initially came up with an expensive and inherently insecure method to make a beta version of its app work. This method sent every message through a relay server before arriving at the recipient’s messaging client. Then, late this summer, the company landed on a breakthrough technique, originally drafted as a … Read more
[ WHATSAPP users have been warned that they’ll no longer get free unlimited backup storage for their chats starting from next month. Millions of users on Android have been able to store WhatsApp data on Google Drive without having to worry about space limitations. 1 The move could cost users moneyCredit: Alamy But starting from … Read more
[ A RUMOURED change to Amazon’s biggest devices appear to have started sooner than anyone expected. And users are worried it could spell the end for their favourite apps. 1 The change has already been spotted on the latest Echo Show 5 Earlier this week it was reported that the tech giant was working on … Read more
[ NOTHING Chats, the app that gave Android owners the opportunity to camouflage themselves as iPhone users, has been pulled from the Google Play Store. The company behind the app, Nothing, pulled the plug on the beta-version of the new messenger over privacy concerns – just one day after it first launched. 1 The launch … Read more
[ GOOGLE has put a lot of love into its native Messages app this year. So much so that Android users may say “goodbye” to rivals like WhatsApp. 2 Google Messages is the Android version of Apple’s iMessageCredit: Alamy 2 The noise cancellation button is just the latest update to the Messages appCredit: TheSpAndroid / … Read more
[ You can still swap between your Focused and Other inboxes with a tap, and you can still quickly jump between the various components of the app when you need to. Sadly the calendar part of the Outlook app hasn’t yet been optimized in the same way, but it’ll still expand to fill the available … Read more
