Shazam has rolled out an update to their app for Android that has an interesting tie to Google Play Music. With this update, when you are having the app listen to the music that is playing around you, it will provide you a link to purchase that song from within Google Play Music. This complements the ability the app already has to buy music through Amazon Music and other services but it appears now that Google is the path they want you to go.
Good news for those of you have a Samsung Galaxy S7 or Galaxy S7 Edge on the T-Mobile network. The March security update for Android is coming your way starting today via an OTA update. The update is small, sub-50MB, so it won’t take you long to download it although a restart is required of your phone during the update process. Once it is completed, you will be on the latest-and-greatest Marshmallow build. The versions you are looking for is G930TUVS2APB8 for both devices and T-Mobile is saying everyone will have it between now and March 25th.
March 16th marked the six month anniversary of my move from AT&T to Project Fi as my main carrier service. It is a move that I admit I approached with some trepidation. I had been with AT&T since 1998 (seriously) and the thought of moving from the albeit expensive known to the inexpensive unknown was a concern. It was a big change and one I hoped would work out. It has, in spades.
For those interesting, you can read my original review of the service here on the site.
Not only have I seen a massive reduction in my mobile bill each month, I have also found that Project Fi works well in just about every area I have traveled here in the United States and abroad. I regularly find that I have a solid, fast data connection when I need it but with Wi-Fi assistant on my side getting me connected up to fast, secure wireless networks, I have found my data consumption has dramatically gone down with no real changes in my usage behavior. It’s not perfect this Project Fi thing but it is improving constantly and clearly Google feels confident in it given they just eliminated the invite system to get started on it. I’ve put together some thoughts around the service to help those of you who are considering it.
For those of you who are running the Android N Technical Preview, the first of what is likely to be many OTA updates is starting to roll out. Users of the Nexus 6, Nexus 6P and Nexus 5X are all seeing a small, 30MB update come to their phones as we speak and you should see the update hit your device soon if you haven’t already. Google has also updated the factory images that includes these updates and you can flash directly to them if you want to do so (although it is easier to just do the OTA through the Android N Beta Program). The new builds are as follows:
Google has released an update to the OnHub app for Android that brings you historical data on your network connection testing. The update you are looking for is version jetstream-BV10057_RC0007 for those keeping score at home & who like Google Version Naming Bingo and it is available now in the Google Play Store. The OTA is also rolling out so you should have the update soon if not already.
If you read my review of OnHub, you know that you can do some testing of your network connectivity within the app to give you an idea of what your download and uploads speeds are through your ISP. The idea is to see how close you are getting to what you are paying for through your provider. This particular part of the app I was critical of in my review because the results were wildly inaccurate. That, it seems, has been resolved in this update as well.