Fitbit’s first true smartwatch, the Versa ($149 at Amazon), does more than just count your steps or track your sleep. Fitbit’s Versa rivals the Apple Watch, with its own mobile app store, a variety of watch faces to choose from and even mobile payments. Most recently, Fitbit OS 3.0 was released for the Versa, adding an improved …
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Get a new Pixel ($695 at Amazon) phone for the holidays? Sweet! Even if it’s an older model, and not a Pixel 3 ($250 at Amazon) or Pixel 3 XL ($400 at Walmart), you still have a fully capable phone that over time will gain most of the same software features as the latest Pixel phones. Now playing: Watch this: …
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Apple’s iPhone ($899 at Amazon) hasn’t changed much over the years, so there’s a level of familiarity for those who have previously used an iPhone. However, this year no phone in the entire iPhone lineup has a home button, replacing navigation with a series of swipes. Touch ID is no longer used either. Now, your face is the key to …
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One of the benefits of using an Android device with a Fitbit is the ability to reply to text messages directly from your wrist. Quick Reply is easy to use, but you should take a takes a few minutes to get everything the way you want. Now playing: Watch this: Unboxing the Fitbit Versa 2:24 Compatibility Currently, the ability to …
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On Friday, Facebook disclosed a bug that exposed photos that were uploaded but not posted, affecting 6.8 million people and 1,500 apps connected to Facebook. The bug was present for just under two weeks, dating from Sept. 13 to Sept. 25. As part of publicly disclosing the bug, Facebook has also created a page users can visit to see whether their …
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Apple first released WatchOS 5 and iOS 12 back in September, adding a new walkie-talkie mode, improved notifications, the Podcasts app and other welcome tweaks to the Apple Watch. Last week, Apple released WatchOS 5.1.2. This update includes a critical feature for Apple Watch Series 4 owners — the ECG app. The app enables the Watch to act as an …
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When Apple released WatchOS 5 and the new Walkie-Talkie app, the company also made it possible for your Walkie-Talkie contacts to randomly — and without warning — start talking to you through your watch’s speaker. If you’re in a meeting, class, or even on a date, having someone randomly start talking to you through the Walkie Talkie app can be …
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There’s something nostalgic about pressing a button, talking, and then hearing another voice come through a speaker a few seconds later. With WatchOS 5, Apple Watch ($70 at Amazon) owners will gain a feature that mimics this old-school form of communication. It’s incredibly fun to use. Now playing: Watch this: WatchOS 5 updates the Apple Watch with Walkie-Talkie… 1:40 The …
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The iPhone XR ($499 at Amazon) doesn’t have 3D Touch, a feature that adds a pressure sensitive screen to recent iPhones ($899 at Amazon). Users could press on a display to do things like preview links, trigger app shortcuts or view a list of actions to take on an email. Now playing: Watch this: iPhone XR: It’s the iPhone you …
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Pixel’s Call Screen feature makes it all too easy to monitor incoming calls from unknown numbers. When the call comes in, you can let Google answer the call for you and view a live transcript of the caller’s responses. However when the feature first launched, as soon as the call ended the transcript of the call disappeared. This made it …
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