Entries by Nicole Batac (11985)

Thursday
May242018

Nest lets you Sightline video history scrub in landscape

Nest is improving how easy it is to scrub through your home security camera’s video timeline with its latest update. The app now supports timeline video scrubbing in landscape. Previously you can go through Sightline (the app’s name for your video history) in portrait mode with the video at the top of the screen and the timeline below it. It will let you swipe up and down through your saved footage. Now, this feature also works in landscape. The video will take up the entire screen and you can access the timeline off to the right edge of the screen. This will only appear if you swipe up or down.

Source: Android Police

Thursday
May242018

Facebook will let you enable two-factor authentication without SMS

Enabling two-factor authentication is an essential feature you should be enabling. Now, you can protect your Facebook account without handing over your phone number. You can use authentication apps like Google Authenticator, TypingDNA, and Authy. You can enable this by heading to Settings > Security and Login and then head over to Two-factor authentication. You can check this link to see what you need to do. Or you can check under the cut:

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Thursday
May242018

Samsung releases ‘Incredibles 2’ AR Emojis

With Samsung’s partnership with Disney, it’s not surprising that the Incredibles 2 are getting the AR Emoji treatment. All five members of the superhero family as well as Frozone are available for you to play around with. AR Emoji has been likened to Apple’s Animojis. These emojis use your facial expressions to animate the characters you see on the screen. This latest pack is already available in the camera’s AR Emoji mode. Just a reminder that only the Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus have access to this feature.

Source: Android Authority

Thursday
May242018

Samsung might be using Wear OS for upcoming smartwatches

Is Samsung ditching Tizen for Wear OS?

The Samsung Galaxy Gear and Gear Live were the last Android Wear-powered smartwatches Samsung released before shifting to its own Tizen operating system. That might change soon, though. According to Evan Blass (a.k.a. @evleaks), Samsung employees have been spotted wearing Gear watches that were Wear OS-powered instead of Tizen-powered.

It has been rumoured that Samsung was planning to rebrand its Gear smartwatches. The company has even applied for trademarks on the names Galaxy Watch and Galaxy Fit. But with these new rumors, it looks like they might even be thinking of dropping its own operating system in favor of the rebranded Wear OS platform. Samsung hasn't released a smartphone in a while, so it should be interesting to see what they plan to do with this.

Source: Android Central