by dbadmin | Nov 29, 2024 | Google, Google Assistant, Google Pixel, Google Pixel 9, Guides, News
Credit: C. Scott Brown / Android Authority A bug in Google Assistant’s Quick Phrases feature is causing a persistent toast notification on Pixel phones. The notification makes it difficult to see the caller ID and renders the notification area unresponsive. Disabling...
by dbadmin | Nov 28, 2024 | Google Home, Guides, Matter, News, Philips Hue, smart bulb, Smart Home
Credit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Philips Hue light owners are reporting that their lights frequently appear as offline in Google Home and Apple HomeKit. Removing the Philips Hue integration and re-adding the lights as generic Matter devices may resolve the...
by dbadmin | Nov 27, 2024 | Google, google messages, Guides, News
Credit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Google Messages now lets you control who sees your profile picture and name through the Profile discovery feature. Users can choose from three privacy settings: everyone they message, only contacts, or no one. You can also...
by dbadmin | Nov 26, 2024 | Guides, Verizon
Credit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority You may be under the impression prepaid carriers always have dramatically slower speeds due to poor priority levels over the big carriers. This can certainly be true, but Verizon offers its highest priority levels to a...
by dbadmin | Nov 26, 2024 | Guides
Credit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority The Lifeline assistance program began its life back in 1985 as a way to bring affordable phone service into more American homes. Today the program still can be applied to home phones but the birth of the internet and the rise...
by dbadmin | Nov 25, 2024 | Guides, Mediatek
Credit: Hadlee Simons / Android Authority Taiwan-based MediaTek used to play second fiddle to silicon rival Qualcomm, but the company is now the number one chipmaker globally. And some of the Taiwenese company’s chips even feature on our list of the best mobile...
