Xiaomi has launched several new products at an event today, including an Android TV-powered portable streaming device called the Mi TV Stick…
Since it’s powered by Android TV, the device is capable of running apps like Netflix on its own and can give you access to a lot of other applications available on Google Play.
Let’s take a look at some of the best file explorer apps for your Android device…
Which file manager app should you use? Google’s Files comes as part of stock Android, many manufacturers add their own file manager apps, and there are a ton of third-party options.
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Google’s Duo added more features than we can count over the past few months, and upped the group call limit from 8 to 12 in March. That capacity has now been increased again to 32…
The change has been teased since April, then in May we learned from Google that the new limit would be 32. In June, the 32-person capacity showed up on Duo on the web, and now it’s finally live in the Android app as well.
Google video chatroom app Meet has notched its 100-millionth download after 3 years on the market, doubling its install count in just 50 days…
It hit the 50-million mark by the middle of the month and has only rocketed since then…
A Top Paid Android App – Scanner Radio Pro Fire and Police Scanner
Listen to live audio from over 7,000 fire and police scanners, weather radios, amateur radio repeaters, air traffic and marine radios from around the world. Turn on notifications to receive alerts anytime a scanner has more than 2000 listeners (find out about major events as they’re breaking).
Source: Google Play – Scanner Radio Pro Fire and Police Scanner
Here are the best parental control apps for Android and some other methods in case you need further control…
Parental controls on phones evolved a lot over the years. Back in the day, devices had kid modes that turned off the UI basically entirely, trapping the child in a specific app. Unfortunately, kid mode is easy to work around and it doesn’t work really well. There are better alternatives out there anyway.
A new Chrome for Android experiment, first spotted by Android Police, will add a tab strip to the bottom of the Chrome window…
The tab strip is faster, easier, and closer to your fingers than the old window-switcher button. The favicons provide context about what tabs are open and what tabs are easy to close, and the growing line of tabs encourages you to actually close unwanted tabs.
Perform a data connection speedtest on your phone using Speedtest by Ookla…
Discover your download, upload and ping/ Stay private and secure with our free Speedtest VPN; Real-time graphs show connection consistency; The only internet connection test capable of accurately measuring 5G; Mobile carrier coverage maps; Test with a single connection to simulate downloading a file or multiple connections to understand max speed; Troubleshoot or verify the speed you were promised; Track past tests with detailed reporting; Easily share your results
Source: Google Play – Speedtest by Ookla
