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My wife’s Google Pixel 7a phone suddenly discharged way too quickly. It would go from 100% to 30% in a matter of hours, even without any major use of the device. This was quite puzzling. First, because this was a relative new occurrence. Second, because settings and use of the phone were in stark contrast…
Amazon Fire TV devices may show fullscreen video ads now when started. These advertise Amazon Prime Video content. Good news is that users may turn these off on their devices. The trailers play before users have had any interaction with the device, apart from turning it on. Amazon introduced the change on all current Fire…
Temporary Cloud Backup is a new service by Samsung. It is rolling out to Samsung Galaxy smartphones and tablets with One UI 6 or later. The backup solution looks like many other cloud-based backup services on first glance. Samsung users may use it to back up data on cloud servers. What makes this different is…
Google Android 14 is now available. This article looks at the main changes of the mobile operating system. The new version is in distribution already; Google Pixel owners are the first to receive the update. Other device manufacturers will release updates for supported devices starting later this year. Android 14: security improvements One of the…