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Sygic becomes first third-party Android Auto navigation app alternative

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Shortly after the announcement of Android Auto opening its doors for third-party apps, first one of them has landed on the platform. The Sygic GPS navigation app can be downloaded by anyone without the requirement of beta access restrictions earlier in place. Apparently, Sygic is one of the most downloaded offline navigation app on the … Read more

Android Auto compatible third-party apps coming to Play Store

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Google opened up its floodgates for third-party Android Auto apps in the Play Store in the form of a beta testing program. Most of these third-party apps were messaging or media apps. Maybe due to Google’s concern about safe driving experience, Android Auto didn’t see many third-party apps beyond this. Google initiated the process by … Read more

Huawei opens up wearables OS to third-party app developers

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Despite the problems that they faced with the previous U.S administration, Huawei is still doing pretty well in other spaces aside from its smartphone and wireless business. Its wearables for instance are doing pretty well and might even do better as they have now announced that their smartwatch OS, LiteOS, will now be opening up … Read more

Stadia’s Tandem Mode adds support for third-party controllers

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To play Google Stadia games with Chromecast or similar setups, one needed the wireless Stadia controller. Now Google is giving users an option to have more freedom with its Tandem Mode. This new functionality allows gamers to connect compatible third-party gamepads and enjoy their gaming sessions in cooperative mode. Although you might find this workaround … Read more

Android 12 users will be able to use third-party app stores easily: Google

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Developer feedback, Google says, is integral to help the company deliver delightful Android experience and improve the Play Store functioning. It has now shared improvements being made to the Google Play and Android based on the inputs received from developers. In the various changes proposed, the biggest alteration will be making it easier for people … Read more

Apple set to let users receive coronavirus exposure notifications without a third-party app

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Apple iOS 13.7 set to let users receive coronavirus exposure notifications WITHOUT downloading a third-party contact tracing app Apple’s is set to let users easily turn on coronavirus exposure notifications Developers spotted the update in the upcoming iOS 13.7 in ‘Settings’ This would allows users to use contact tracing without downloading an app  By Stacy Liberatore … Read more