Chase Bank Finally Supports Android Pay

After months of waiting, Chase has finally started supporting Android Pay.  The support makes Chase one of the last major banks in the United States to support the tap-to-pay app and frankly put it behind smaller, regional banks in supporting the service.  Why the delay is unclear as the bank has been supporting Apple Pay and Samsung Pay for some time.  It was just a matter of them getting around to supporting Android Pay.

If you are a Chase banking customer and have a device that supports the service, you can now add your debit or credit cards to the app to be used at touch terminals for payment.

Today’s Deal – Wide Range of SanDisk Storage Options On Sale at Amazon

Today’s Deal over at Amazon is great for those who need to pick up some extra storage for their devices.  The entire lineup of MicroSD cards from SanDisk are on sale today with the top-end 200GB MicroSD card down to just $60.  That is the lowest it has been all summer and if you have a phone or tablet that can accept that size storage card, it is a good time to pick one up.  Here is the rundown of all the card sizes and prices today:

  • 8GB MicroSD Card – $16.49
  • 32GB MicroSD Card – $10.59 (yep, it is cheaper than the 8GB!)
  • 64GB MicroSD Card – $19.69
  • 128GB MicroSD Card – $39.99
  • 200GB MicroSD Card – $59.99

There are, however, other deals from SanDisk today if you need something beyond a MicroSD card.

Small Tweaks Come To The Google OnHub App

The Google OnHub app was updated last week and while the official release notes indicated it was primarily around performance fixes and adding support for Phillips Hue lighting, there was another small but important change made to the app.  The OnHub app has always been able to do some network testing and when I initially reviewed the router and app, this was one area that was really in need of improvement.  That improvement has come over the course of the past few updates (I have no hesitation in recommending it now) but the change made to the app last week brings some clarity to those network tests.

To begin, the testing of your Internet connection speed and your Wi-Fi speed are now two separate tests.  You can run both of them or just one of them where as before, they were all lumped in together.  To be clear however, you have to run the Internet test first, every time, to get to the stand alone Wi-Fi test.  Hopefully this will change in the future but for now, it is what it is.

Huawei Honor 8 Now Available on Amazon

If you have been wanting to get your hands on one of the better devices to hit the Android market in 2016, you can do so now through Amazon.  The new Huawei Honor 8 is now available at the online retailer starting at $397 in white and $399 in black.  The 5.2″ device was release on the Huawei website last week but has made it to Amazon, Best Buy and Newegg online now.  The device is receiving high praise already and has a powerful set of specs for a phone in this price range.

The Honor 8 is powered by the Kirin 950 processor which has four Cortex A72 cores running at 2.3GHz and four Cortex A53 cores running at 1.85GHz.  It has 4GB of RAM and 32GB of storage built-in but can be expanded an additional 128GB thanks to the MicroSD slot.  The 5.2″ LTPS display renders at 1920 x 1080 which gives you ~423PPI.

Android Security Patches for September 2016 Released

The September 2016 Android security patches have been released for both Android Marshmallow and Nougat today.  This month there are three different patches available, an increase from the two that we have seen over the past few months.  Google has been working to spur on manufactures to get the security updates out quicker and by further subdividing the patches, it is further eliminating reasons on why they aren’t released.

According to the Security Bulletin released by the Android team, the patch 2016-09-01 will primarily deal with remote code execution and elevation of privileges within the Android platform.  This patch contains two critical updates and five high priority updates.

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