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Image Source : FILE WhatsApp set to roll out 3rd-party chat support WhatsApp, a Meta-owned instant messaging platform has reportedly preparing to allow third-party messaging apps on its platform, ahead of the European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) which will come into force by March. Dick Brouwer, an engineering director at WhatsApp, told Wired that the…

YouTube Music is a platform that works great on smartphones and tablets. However, those aren’t the only devices that people use to listen to music. This is why YouTube Music is planning on opening up to more third-party platforms (via 9To5Google). If you use YouTube Music on the web, then there’s some good news coming for you. YouTube Music is currently in the process of revamping the homepage of its website. This will make it look more like the regular YouTube page with a side panel. We’re not sure when this revamp is…

One of the main reasons to use the Google Nest Hub is the tight integration with Google Assistant. You’re able to call upon it whenever you need to have something done. Third-party developers were able to develop products for the Nest Hub that use the assistant. However, those are going away, according to 9To5Google. It’s great when Google Assistant can utilize first-party Google services, but third-party developers were also able to use the powerful voice assistant. They were able to create different books and…

Reddit is arguably the biggest discussion forum on the web. According to Similarweb, it ranks 20th in the most visited websites in the world. Part of the reason for Reddit's popularity is its cohesive ecosystem that is maintained by users, moderators, third-party app developers, and Reddit administrators (the corporate team behind the platform) all working together. So, it was not really a surprise that after Reddit announced its new API policy and its pricing system, the entire ecosystem has been thrown into chaos due…

Things are getting more expensive for consumers nowadays, but it doesn’t mean that companies are getting off easy either. The companies providing products and services for you are also facing more costs to keep running. According to a new report, Reddit will charge companies millions of dollars to have access to its API. If this sounds familiar, then you know about the issue with Twitter. Not too long ago, Twitter started charging an exorbitant amount of money for companies to use its API. This was a play by Elon Musk…

Google Assistant is a huge part of Android’s culture, and it’s extremely useful with third-party smart displays. While it’s been available to use on displays from the likes of Lenovo, LG, and more, that time has come to an end. Google is killing support for Assistant on a handful of third-party displays.This is disappointing news, but it’s not all too unexpected. Google extended Assistant’s reach to several third-party displays in 2018 with an announcement at CES. The company announced that the LG ThinQ WK9, Lenovo Smart…

Image Source : SAMSUNG Samsung may bring its streaming app to 3rd-party TVs Samsung will reportedly bring its streaming application, TV Plus, to other manufacturers' TVs. ALSO READ: Instagram launches 'Quiet Mode' to help users overcome distractions According to the tech reporter Janko Roettgers, the tech giant is likely to bring its streaming app to TCL TVs, reports…

Do not attempt to download a 3rd-party app on Android smartphones before you know how to open APK files the right way. One of the many cool things that even a mid-range Android smartphone can do and the latest iPhone 14 cannot do is downloading and installing apps from third-party marketplaces. Also known as sideloading, the process involves installing an application package in APK format. And this can be very useful. There are many apps which are not really available on Google Play Store for various reasons but you…

Image Source : SAMSUNG Samsung Samsung on Monday announced a partnership with leading international original development manufacturers (ODMs) to enable non-Samsung smart TV models to use its Tizen operating system (OS) for the first time. New TVs from Bauhn, Linsar, Sunny, Vispera and other brands1 will be available in Australia, Italy, New Zealand, Spain, Turkey and…

Last updated: July 29th, 2022 at 17:56 UTC+02:00 It turns out that Samsung’s flagship phones, like the Galaxy S22, offer better support for third-party camera app developers than Google does with its own Pixel phones. Even though Google encourages camera app developers to use the CameraX Jetpack library, smartphones from Google and other Android OEMs don’t offer support for this standard. This bit of puzzling information was highlighted recently in the CameraXInfo app by @Wander1236. The app has revealed that Google’s…