Wednesday
Oct302019

YouTube Music gets Siri support, dedicated desktop web app

YouTube Music gets two important features: Siri support as well as a dedicated desktop web app. With the launch of iOS 13, Apple has opened Siri integration to third-party apps. YouTube Music isn't the first music streaming service to get support, though. Spotify was the first to get the feature last month.

On top of this, YouTube Music gets a new desktop web app that won't require you to be on a browser to use the service. The functionality between the app and browser will be the same. The app hasn't fully rolled out yet, so you'll have to wait a bit if it hasn't made its way to you yet.

Source: The Verge

Tuesday
Oct292019

Google Pixel 4's software white balance 'fix' seems to be causing problems

The white balance camera software fix on the Google Pixel 4 seems to be causing more issues than it should. But it doesn't look like it's affecting all users. Reddit user nalrodriguez discovered the problem when taking a photo while his Philips Hue light blubs were set to red. When he snapped a picture with the Pixel 4, the camera tried to auto-correct the room's white balance. But instead of getting a more natural-looking image, it turned the photo from red to yellow. Android Police reported a similar issue where a deep red theatre curtain turned pale pink.

Aside from not affecting all users, the issue doesn't seem to affect past Pixel devices, as well. The same Reddit user shared that he took photos with the Pixel 3 and it didn't have the same issue. Hopefully, Google finds a fix to this software bug soon.

Source: Android Authority

Tuesday
Oct292019

Samsung's 'Space Selfie' crash lands back on Earth

It was supposed to be sent out into space, but somehow it ends right back on Earth—on a farm in Michigan, to be exact. What are we talking about? We're talking about the "SpaceSelfie" PR stunt Samsung pulled, which was supposed to send a selfie of Cara Delevingne taken on a Galaxy S10 Plus off into space as the "world's first selfie sent to space." Somehow it ended right back on Earth, outside of Nancy Mumby-Welke's farmland home in Gratiot County, Michigan. She posed on Facebook, "Unbelievably look what just fell out of the sky and 911 is baffled, and it's caught up in our tree."

She told NBC News that they realized it fell from the sky, and the contraption looked like a satellite. The device had both a Samsung logo and high-altitude balloon manufacturer Raven Industries, who came to collect the apparatus. Thankfully, no one was injured. Samsung claims the landing was "planned," and it occurred in a "selected rural area."

Source: The Verge

Tuesday
Oct292019

Apple launches $329 premium AirPods Pro

 

The Apple AirPods gets a premium version in the form of the $329 AirPods Pro. It brings with it features like noise-cancelling and water-resistance. It also gets a new look as well with an in-ear Bluetooth design that comes with three tips in the box.

The noise cancellation in the AirPods Pro uses the built-in microphones to monitor ambient sound and cancel those out. At the same time, these in-ears offer a new Transparency mode that lets you hear what's happening around you even with the earbuds in.

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