Articles by Nicholas Sutrich

If you’ve picked up a Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3, you’ve probably opened up that big beautiful screen only to find out that some of the best Android apps don’t quite fit onto Samsung’s most unique foldable phone. That’s because the inside screen is a very different aspect ratio from a normal phone and acts a lot more like a tablet. Thankfully, it’s pretty simple to make apps like Instagram full screen on the Galaxy Z Fold 3, but you have to know where to look.

How to make apps full screen on the Z Fold 3

While we could argue over how much easier Samsung could have made it to adjust app sizes, there’s no question that the setting shouldn’t be as buried as it is. To get to it, you’ll need to navigate to the Samsung Labs feature and toggle each broken app individually. Here’s how to do that:

Open up system settings by selecting settings in your app list or pulling down the notification shade and clicking the settings icon. It looks like a gear.
Scroll down to advanced features.
Select …

Galaxy Watch 4 owners only, please.

What you need to know

YouTube Music is now available on the Galaxy Watch 4 and Galaxy Watch 4 Classic.
The app can be used to download music to your watch and listen offline with a pair of Bluetooth headphones.
Streaming music is not currently supported.

Are you one of the fortunate folks to have already received your Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 or Watch 4 Classic? Great news then, as YouTube Music is now available on Wear OS Powered by Samsung — that’s the specific version of Wear OS 3 that runs on the Galaxy Watch 4 series — marking the first time YouTube Music has been available on a smartwatch that isn’t made by Apple.

Yes, you read that right. For almost the past year now, the only YouTube Music smartwatch app has been available on the Apple Watch — an unfortunate trend among the latest and greatest Google apps — and now is only available on the latest Samsung smartwatches. We’ve reached out to Google to find out if it plans to grace …

It’s back in stock and better than ever — all for the same price.

What you need to know

The new Oculus Quest 2 128GB model is now available at major retailers and Oculus.com for $299.
The 128GB model replaces the 64GB model without increasing the price.
A new silicone face cover is now included with each Quest 2 because of a recall on the original foam face pads.

It was only one month ago when Facebook pulled the Oculus Quest 2 from store shelves due to an issue with the foam face pad that shipped with the VR headset. While this wasn’t a traditional recall since it didn’t require customers to send the product in for replacement, Oculus offered a free silicone cover to help folks who were having issues with the foam pad.

Meanwhile, all Quest 2’s were pulled from shelves so that the same silicone pad could be placed inside, and now the Quest 2 is back on shelves with that new pad in the box. In addition to that, Facebook has retired the 64GB model, replacing it with a 128GB mod…

Motorola went all-out for the launch of its newest premium mid-range phone, going so far as to hold the small event at a big venue: Yankee Stadium. The New Motorola Edge, as the company referred to it during the presentation, fills out its spec list quite nicely. It’s clearly derived from the Motorola Edge 20 Pro that was just announced a few weeks ago, but this time is slated only for the U.S.

But while Motorola threw quite the pitch with its list of premium-grade features, the real catch is that this phone only sells at a mid-range price for a short time. At launch, Motorola is cutting $200 off the phone’s regular price, creating a real draw for what could very well be one of the better surprise devices of the year. It also promises to fix many of the things that we didn’t care for on the first Motorola Edge.

I got the chance to spend a bit of time with the New Motorola Edge (2021) and came away with a few thoughts on the company’s latest for the U.S. In short, it’s certainly loo…

Some visual tweaks and the all-important platform stability milestone have been achieved.

Android 12 Beta 4 is now available for all supported Pixel phones, as well as some additional phones that you can install Android 12 beta on. The previous three beta releases have been chock-full of new features and massive visual changes that make Android 12 the biggest update in a while, but beta 4 is a bit of a muted release compared with those.

In a nutshell, Android 12 beta 4 can be considered the platform stability update first and foremost, but that doesn’t mean stability is the only thing Google has been working on for the past month. A surprising number of visual tweaks can be found around common parts of the OS, and features like Game Dashboard are making their first full appearance. This release should mark the last few big changes to the OS, which will be coming to the best Android phones in the coming months.

Stability and speed

As previously mentioned, Android 12 beta 4 l…

And they don’t work at all with an iPhone.

What you need to know

The Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 comes with a new 3-in-1 sensor to measure several health statistics.
Data from this sensor can only be read by the Samsung Health Monitor app on a Samsung Galaxy smartphone.
The Galaxy Watch 4 and Galaxy Watch 4 Classic won’t work with iOS devices at all.

Samsung just announced a pair of amazing new watches, but both new Galaxy Watch 4 models have one big downside that’s going to limit their market share a bit: all those fancy new health-tracking features only work when you pair your Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 with a Samsung Galaxy smartphone. Samsung also confirmed to Android Central that the Galaxy Watch 4 and Galaxy Watch 4 Classic will not work with iOS devices at all. In other words, iPhone owners won’t be able to use the first Wear OS 3 watch.

Samsung Galaxy smartphone users will need the Samsung Health Monitor app installed on their phone to track data from the new 3-in-1 health senso…

When the little guy gets taken advantage of, who is supposed to step in and help?

Have you ever had an idea so good you had to stop everything you were doing just to work on it? That’s the boat Cix Liv found himself in a few years back when he realized VR headsets could be used as a way to track calories burned while playing games. After all, VR games are notoriously active games that often require you to move around quite a bit. Even accessories like the best face covers target better sweat resistance and often work to keep lenses from getting fogged from all the heat.

Liv went through all the motions you would expect to achieve his dreams. He co-founded a company of like-minded individuals named YUR, Inc. to begin the arduous journey of developing algorithms that would accurately track calories burned, no matter what game you played. He even changed his legal name to Cix Liv — a name derived from his seasoned World of Warcraft persona and one of the two companies he founded, LI…

Do you find the elastic band that ships with the Oculus Quest 2 uncomfortable? Have you had your Quest 2 Elite Strap break? Many Quest 2 owners have found Oculus’s official straps either unreliable or uncomfortable. Thankfully, third-party accessory makers have stepped in to offer better alternatives. So whether you’re looking for more support, better weight distribution, better cushioning, or other improvements, these are the best Quest 2 straps we’ve found.

Best overall: Frankenquest Deluxe Audio Strap

The Frankenquest, as the name might imply, is an amalgam of two different and unrelated products combined into one magnificent outcome. Taking the HTC Vive Deluxe Audio Strap — arguably one of the best VR accessories ever thanks to its all-in-one design — and a 3D printed accessory that helps it snap to the Quest 2, the Frankenquest head strap is the single best solution you’ll find anywhere. Just make sure you get both the Deluxe Audio Strap and the Frankenquest adapter belo…

Anecdotal evidence that Apple won’t easily give up its societal dominance.

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According to an upcoming book, NBA coach Jason Kidd was a “hard-nosed coach” who punished the whole team for a single player’s mistakes.
One “mistake” included a lone Android user among his team, causing green bubbles to appear in the team’s iMessage group chat.
Most of the unique features in Apple’s iMessage app require all users in a group chat to use an iPhone.

It’s a story as old as time — or, as old as modern smartphones, anyway; A group of friends with iPhones start a group chat, only to find that one of their friends’ chat bubbles don’t show up in the right color. What was originally designed as a way to easily identify when all chat features would be available in iMessage quickly became a societal stigma. According to a report by Insider, the Android-shaming stigma made it all the way to the NBA, where the at-the-time Milwaukee Bucks coach Jason Kidd punished the whole team…

Not only are the best smart LED light bulbs more energy-efficient than traditional incandescent bulbs, but you’ll feel like Tony Stark walking through your home, controlling the lighting with just your voice. Google Home is one of the tentpole home assistant platforms, and all of the bulbs listed here pair perfectly with all of the best Google Home compatible devices available. All you need to ask yourself as a consumer is how many bulbs you need for your home and how much are you willing to spend?

Full-feature smart lights

To experience the best that smart LED lights can offer, you’ll want to start with ones that are entirely customizable with the full spectrum of colors available. Because these bulbs are way more expensive than any light bulb you’ve probably bought in your life, you’re going to want to choose a brand that can satisfy all your smart lighting needs or piece together your house plan with bulbs that don’t need a hub.

Light your home with color

Philips Hue Color Sma…