YouTube limits experimental features to paid Premium subscribers

If you’ve used YouTube recently, you know that it really, really wants you to sign up for a paid Premium subscription. Now, Google is providing another incentive by allowing Premium users to try out experimental features still under development (via...

WhatsApp lets you add new contacts with QR codes

WhatsApp is rolling out a handful of new features over the next few weeks. To make it easier to add new contacts, WhatsApp is introducing a new QR code capability. You’ll soon be able to scan another user’s QR code to add them to your contacts, no mo...

Logitech’s Powered 3-in-1 Dock makes a case for premium wireless chargers

If you’re like me, you’ve probably balked at elaborate, multi-device wireless chargers like Logitech’s Powered 3-in-1 Dock. You’d typically be paying $100 or more (in this case $130) to tidy your setup and avoid plugging in cables, and that’s on top...

GoPro Labs gives users access to experimental features

Beginning today, GoPro “superusers” can tinker with new, experimental features through the official GoPro Labs. The sandbox gives users access to tricks GoPro is testing behind the scenes. Users will be able to, for instance, add ReelSteady’s stabili...

Oppo’s Find X2 Pro is a huge, high-spec phone to rival the Galaxy S20 Ultra

Even though Oppo isn't as well-known in the US, chances are you might have come across one of its recent tech demos. This is the brand that brought us the pop-up camera wedge, periscope-based 10x hybrid zoom, under-screen camera, waterfall screen...

VSCO buys 360 camera company Rylo to create mobile editing tools

VSCO, the popular photo editing app and inspiration for the VSCO girl meme, just acquired Rylo, a video camera and editing company. With the deal, VSCO is doubling down on its commitment to video and plans to "accelerate the delivery of innovative vi...

Pixel 4 will automatically screen robocalls and center your Duo videos

To keep its phones from steadily getting worse over time, Google plans to roll out bigger updates, called feature drops, to its Pixel devices. The first feature drop, rolling out this month, will bring the latest Call Screen features and improved Duo...