Roku already offers its own soundbars and speakers. But the company wants devices from other brands to also work seamlessly with its TVs. This is where the Roku TV Ready program comes into play. Launched in January 2020, it is a certification program that lets third parties develop products that quickly link up with Roku TVs. The functionality is similar to Google’s Fast Pair feature for Bluetooth devices such as TWS earbuds, which enables an Android smartphone to discover compatible devices nearby and lets users quickly connect to them with a single tap....

According to XDA (via Phone Arena), the Android 12 update for the Moto G100 is currently available in Brazil. It is a limited rollout at the moment, so customers in other regions may have to wait a while to get Android 12. Oddly, this software update includes the March 2022 security patch and not from April 2022. Motorola uses a relatively stock Android experience with its custom UI known as My UX Motorola uses a relatively stock Android experience with its custom UI known as My UX...

Epic says that it’s making this change because it’s going to be focusing on support for Epic Online Services with its unified friends system. All of the games losing online play don’t use this system. And Epic finds it easier to simply shut the services down for these games than support different systems. And that makes sense. This shift means less work and it can start to have one system for all its titles....

January is a month of celebrations! We’ve already had People’s Choice Awards, Critics’ Choice Awards, the Golden Globes just yesterday, and still the SAG Awards at the end of the month… Um, wow, that’s a-whole-lotta-freakin’ awards! It totally got me thinkin’ about what I would do if we had a “Kiirsten’s Choice Awards.” I can just see it now… my favorite choice dinner, my favorite people invited to attend, my favorite person to win, “The Best Husband Award”… Hmmm, why not?...

This survey looks to find how Google could improve the search experience on Android with the latest version. It asks questions on the usefulness of the new homescreen widget for Search and how it helps in day-to-day usage of the device. Google first asks you to confirm that you have a Pixel device enrolled in the Android 13 beta program. You will also have to specify the software build number your device is currently running....