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These are the 65 new emoji coming to Android Q later this year

Google is adding 65 new emoji to its upcoming Android Q keyboard, the company revealed on Wednesday. Acknowledging World Emoji Day, Google teased that…

App of the Week: Chat Journal is a beautiful diary, mood log and social media alternative

In our series App of the Week, we showcase our favourite organised lines of code from the world of mobile and desktop computing. This…

Google expands Android security key feature to iOS

Google on Wednesday announced that it has expanded its Android security key two-factor authentication feature to iOS as well. This means Android users can…

You can now control Waze using Google Assistant

Google on Monday continued to blur the lines between Waze and Google Maps. The company announced that those using Waze can now control it…

US gives Huawei a 90 day breather to buy hardware, update software

The US government will give Chinese tech giant Huawei a breather, after it was placed on a trade ban late last week, and stripped…

Trump, Android and Apple? Twitter weighs in on Huawei’s trade war woes

Huawei was last week banned from trading in the United States, causing a ripple effect over the company’s ties with Google and Android. It…

Huawei to continue ‘security updates’ globally after Google pulls Android support

In light on Sunday’s report on Google’s withdrawal of support for Huawei regarding Android updates and Google services, the Chinese tech giant has finally…

You can now ‘follow’ your favourite places on Google Maps

Forget following people and hashtags, Google Maps will let you follow your favourite locations. When you select a place or business, a follow button…

Bye bye Reply: Google is burying yet another promising app

When Google isn’t launching phones with enormous notches, or leaking internal memos of its struggles with censorship, it’s killing promising apps and services that…

3 Twitter apps for Android that use less data

Now that the glorious days of MTN’s Free Twitter are over, and we’re done mourning, you’re probably intent on saving all the data you…

Google’s killing its Inbox app in 2019

Google’s graveyard is about to get bigger by one more service. Following in the vein of Reader, Wave and Picasa, Google’s Inbox email app…

Google’s ‘Art Selfie’ is now available in South Africa

Good news, everyone. You can now find your art doppelganger online thanks to Google’s Arts & Culture app’s latest update. The update activates the…

3 Android apps I use to battle procrastination

If you’re more of a visual thinker like me, or simply just extra forgetful, then writing down to-dos, making lists and putting up sticky…

YouTube Go now officially launches in South Africa

It took Google nearly two years, but finally Android’s YouTube Go app has been formally launched in South Africa. (The app has been available…

9 simple ways to reduce mobile data usage on your phone

Despite our best efforts, our protestations through the #DataMustFall movement, and government’s promise to cheapen the cost of data, those megabytes remain as expensive…

What Android SMS app should you be using?

For those still tied to contracts, sending an SMS is part and parcel of daily life. I mean, you can’t let those 500 SMSes…

5 extremely useful Android apps you didn’t know you needed

There are new apps appearing on the Google Play Store every day. Some are useful, some are just a waste of bits. But what…

Here are the coolest new emoji coming to Android Pie

With Google’s recent launch of Android 9 comes Emoji 11.0 and a bunch of new, expressive and politically correct, emojis for users. Though the…

Google Play Store bans cryptocurrency mining, ‘repetitive’ apps

It’s taken a while, but Google has finally updated its dated Play Store developers’ policy, governing what app makers can upload and sell on…

Google’s Gboard lets you type messages in Morse code

Did you know that you can type in Morse code through Android’s Gboard keyboard? The feature was this week added to the iOS version,…

Netflix introduces ‘Smart Download’ feature to Android

Netflix’s Smart Downloads is now available on Android, and it may save you from forgetting to download your favourite shows. Smart Downloads is pretty…

Hands on: Facebook Local’s the best travel app you’ll won’t want to download

Facebook Local is the social network’s latest app feeding from its plethora of information. However, instead of allowing you to publish pictures of babies…

9 Android apps I simply can’t live without

Throughout my relatively brief stint as a smartphone reviewer, I’ve noted a bit of a pattern in my own workflow. Whenever I get a…

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