Apple’s iOS is a real walled garden. With the exception of those brave enough to “jailbreak” their phones, Apple controls which apps get into its App Store, and which don’t. Related stories ZDNet: Amazon’s app store puts millions of Android devices at risk On Android, it’s not so simple. Google similarly vets its own Play …

Now playing: Watch this: Google Photos gets smarter with suggested sharing 2:22 Ever wished you could hide photos or videos from the main photo album in your Google Photos app? Now you can with a new Archive feature. As reported by 9to5Google, the feature is currently rolling out to Android users. An app update isn’t required for the feature to …

Now playing: Watch this: Get to know your Google Assistant on iOS 2:11 Google on Wednesday released a stand-alone Google Assistant app for the iPhone. It’s the first time Google’s assistant has been made available outside Google’s Android and Google Home platforms. You can’t fully replace Siri with Google Assistant, but with a little patience you can use Google Assistant …

Now playing: Watch this: Samsung’s new Chromebook Pro hybrid can run a universe… 1:44 With Android Nougat adding full support for a Night Light mode, it was only a matter of time before Google added the feature to Chrome OS. Night Light, also commonly referred to as night mode, limits the amount of blue light your display uses, which, in …

Now playing: Watch this: Samsung DeX puts your Galaxy S8 phone on your desktop 2:34 Samsung‘s DeX platform makes it a breeze to convert your phone into a full-fledged desktop computer with the addition of a few key accessories. But once you have it set up and running, what do you do next? Follow along as we point out some …

Now playing: Watch this: Make GIFs easily on the Galaxy S8 1:28 Phones are essentially computers, and, like computers, get stuck or freeze once in a while. It’s frustrating, especially if you don’t know how to soft reset — or restart — your phone. To soft reset a frozen Galaxy S8 or S8 Plus you need to hold the power …

Now playing: Watch this: Samsung DeX puts your Galaxy S8 phone on your desktop 2:34 Along with the Galaxy S8 ($180 at eBay), Samsung announced a few new accessories for its smartphone. Perhaps the most notable of which is DeX. Primarily a docking station for your phone, when an S8 is placed into a DeX dock ($94 at Amazon), it …

Now playing: Watch this: Deep dive: Subaru Impreza gets Apple CarPlay, Android… 1:50 I’ve used Android Auto, Google’s software for connecting your phone to your car, for over a year now. And I can’t believe I didn’t find the option to change the default text reply that shows up when a message is displayed. The standard message is, “I’m driving …

Now playing: Watch this: Make GIFs easily on the Galaxy S8 1:28 Samsung brought back expandable storage on the new Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge, and continued the optional storage on the Galaxy S8 line. The Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus come with 64GB of internal storage, some of which is used up by the OS and default applications installed …

Now playing: Watch this: Apple could unveil an Amazon Echo competitor at WWDC 1:05 Siri can do more than set reminders or read emails to you, such as identifying which planes are currently flying above you. When we first covered this tip way back in 2011, you had to use a specific phrase involving Wolfram Alpha, the service that Apple …