Likewise, you could access, manage and tweak the settings of all these devices right under one roof, using the Geeni app. However, inspite of all the goodies involved, it isn’t free from its fair share of issues either. As of now, various users have voiced their concern that their Geeni device not working with Google Home. As a result of which, they aren’t able to initiate any voice command to control their device....

In this regard, one of its most beneficial features has to be the integration of Google’s Virtual Assistant. Just with a single tap of a button, you could issue the desired voice commands and the same would be typed onto your screen. However, as of late, this feature seems to be going through a rough patch. Many users have voiced their concern that they are unable to use the Voice Assistant Gboard....

Right after installing the Safari 16.0 update, many users reported that Google Maps was no longer working along the expected lines in macOS 12.6. The UI will be completely blacked out, with just a few colored lines condensed in the center. Even the likes of Apple Maps and Maps Quest were also getting bugged with a similar issue. So all fingers pointed to the latest Safari update rather than Google Maps....

And we can’t blame them either. It’s no hidden secret the plethora of issues that the last iteration of pixel devices was bugged with. What was even more concerning to note was the fact that even the official OTA updates were doing more harm than good. Then the Android 13 update rolled out, and for May, that proved to be the final nail in the coffin. However, this time around, there is an aura of optimism surrounding these devices due to an improved second-generation Tensor chipset....

Due to this dependency of numerous apps, Play Service has to be constantly running in the background. And it goes along the obvious lines that an app that is running 24×7 is bound to be one of the biggest culprits for battery drainage. Moroever, the fact that you cannot disable it or implement strict battery restrictions on it [as it might have a negative impact on other apps] only makes the matter worse....

And most of the issues are currently being reported by the Exynos variant. In this regard, various users [over 400 at the time of writing!] have voiced their concerns that the GPS is not working on their Galaxy S22 Ultra. All the apps that use GPS are either losing signal at regular intervals or displaying the “searching for GPS” message (which goes on forever). While this is indeed quite a concerning issue, there do exist quite a few workarounds that seem to have spelled out success for the users....

Most people are on a tight daily mobile data limit and zoom meetings exhaust their data quickly. It leaves a lot of people wondering how much data does a zoom meeting use? In this article, we will try to understand how much data does a zoom a meeting use and some methods to reduce the data usage. Also, Read: Top 5 Best Zoom Alternatives for Video Calling How Much Data Does a Zoom Meeting Use?...

Add Currency Symbol to Mac Method 1 – Use Apple’s built-in Emoji and Symbols Apple has an updated list of emojis and symbols on every device and you can access most currency symbols on your Mac with a shortcut. While you on any text editor, press CMD+CTRL+SPACE to bring up the Character window. Click the Search bar and start typing the currency symbol name. For instance, I wanted to use the rupee symbol therefore I chose that, you can find most currency symbols here....

What Are Story Highlights on Instagram Story Highlights appear under your bio in your profile in a separate section. Basically, Highlights are nothing but Stories that you want to feature or appear on your Instagram profile forever. Stories disappear within 24 hours after they go live. However, for one reason or another, you may want a particular story to have a longer shelf life. That’s where highlights come in. Unlike Stories, you can’t view a list of viewers in Highlights....

How to Change Device Language on Chromebook To change the language for Chromebook settings and menu, follow these steps: On your Chromebook, click on the time at the bottom and press the Settings icon. Expand the Advanced option and click on Languages and input. Click on Languages. Click on the Change button next to the Device language. Search for the language that you want to use. Then, select it and press the Confirm and restart button....

Copy-Paste Snippets of Text on Sites That Won’t Let You We will cover extensions for Chrome and Firefox but note that any extension that works on Chrome would also work on other Chromium browsers like Brave and Edge. Download and install Absolute Enable Right Click & Copy on Chrome or Firefox browser. Once installed, open the webpage that’s not allowing you to copy and paste the text. Click the extension icon in the top right corner next to the Settings icon....

The benefits of this recovery stand aplenty. For example, you could easily flash ZIP and IMG files, create and restore Nandroid backups, mount external devices, and carry out other advanced functionalities. While some of these functionalities could be carried out without TWRP Recovery as well, but that requires way too much effort. Hence getting hold of the TWRP Recovery for your device is the top-most requirement, However, this recovery isn’t yet available for every Android device....

You can always use the Screen Time function on iPhone and Android to apply some breaks to social media addiction on a small screen. But it’s not an effective solution. It’s too easy to bypass the set limit for the day on apps like Instagram and Snapchat. Deactivate Your Instagram Account The ideal and permanent solution would be to deactivate your Instagram account. No more ads, no more constant feeding from other influencers’ lavish lives and you can have productive time on your hands to get things done....

Delete Your YouTube Channel First, there are two types of YouTube channels. regular YouTube channels and branded YouTube channels. You can create branded YouTube channels with the same Google account. The process of deleting, however, is different for both types of YouTube channels. How to Delete Your YouTube Channel Deleting your YouTube Channel will not delete your Google account. So your account on other Google services like Gmail, Google Drive, etc will remain intact....

And even in the places where it is enabled, the person on the other end of the call will be notified that you have started a call recording. This is a feature by design and you don’t have any granular controls over the same, well, not at least the native way. But there does exist a nifty workaround through which you could easily disable the call recording announcements on your Android device....

And now, there has been another entry to this list, but this time the users are having a divided opinion. For the unaware, when you delete a message thread in iOS 16, then you would now get an additional Delete and Report Junk option, apart from the usual Delete Message and Cancel options. So if you are getting messages from an unknown contact, then reporting them is now just a tap away....

While it’s good for the majority of users as this is a good way to compensate for accidental deletion, but there are times when it can leave you embarrassed. So, I for one disabled the recycle bin feature as soon as I figured it out. Doing so will delete photos directly without moving them to the bin first. How to Permanently Delete Photos From Samsung Phones In order to set up images to be directly deleted, we need to turn off the Recycle bin....

Rather than typing in the entire app name you just need to enter their shorter alternate name, thereby saving your time and effort. However, in some instances, an app’s alias might still be long or complicated enough and you might need to trim it. Likewise, in some instances, two instances of an app might have the same aliases. For example, recently the Paint app was updated on my PC, however, its older version was installed as well....

However, if your workflow involves Google services like Drive, Docs, etc., there’s not a direct way to get dark mode. With some tricks, you can easily enable Google Drive Dark Mode and Dark Mode across many other Google services on your computer. In this article, I am going to show you how to enable Google Drive Dark Mode on your computer. How to Enable Google Drive Dark Mode Using Chrome Flags Chrome Flags are some experimental features that Google likes the users to test....

if we talk about its software side, then it beholds a near about stock OS experience with a few nifty features. However, many users have voiced their concern that they are unable to enable the one-handed mode on their Nothing Phone 1 as the option is altogether missing from the system. The one-handed mode isn’t a luxury feature of any sort and has been incorporated into lower-end devices for way long....