According to 9to5Google, owners of the first-generation Nest Hub can soon update their system to Fuchsia. The update will not change the functionality or the user experience of the Nest Hub device. The Fuchsia update reportedly is rolling out over the coming months before becoming available to all Nest Hub device owners. Right now, the Google Nest Hub uses the Cast OS, which is Google’s Linux-based operating system. Fuchsia, Google’s open-source operating system, has been in the works since 2016....

The service lets you experiment with products via your phone and the magic of AR. Google is starting with makeup, with an emphasis on foundation products. The company teamed up with beauty brands to create a photo library with 148 models representing a “diverse spectrum of skin tones, ages, genders, face shapes, ethnicities, and skin types.” All you have to do is scroll through the models, find one that matches your skin tone, and apply various foundations and other beauty products to approximate how they would look on you....

Find Apps Quickly How do you find a particular app you installed on your iPad when you have lots, and some collected under groups? Don’t waste time flipping through the screens; instead, use the iPad’s Spotlight search, which can be accessed by swiping down on the screen. Once you get used to searching the iPad, you won’t know how you had the patience to do it any other way. You can also use this method to search through your contacts or even your email....

Overall Findings Both optical cables and HDMI cables are capable of transmitting multi-channel, high quality audio, with major advantages over more traditional analog audio connectors. However, HDMI supports newer, higher resolution audio standards, like Dolby TrueHD, and DTS HD Master Audio. Optical cables do not. HDMI is also able to transmit video too, and when combined with ARC and eARC technologies, is able to be a singular cable solution for connecting your video and audio sources to a TV and external A/V system, where optical cables can function only as audio transmission cables....

This article will help you understand how HDR10+ works and how it differs from other HDR standards. What Is HDR10+? Before getting into HDR10+, it’s essential to understand what HDR is. High-dynamic-range (HDR) is a video technology used in the high-definition television industry to produce video and still images with improved brightness, contrast, and color accuracy. Any HDR-capable TV is compatible with one or more HDR formats. HDR10 is the most widely adopted format and is an open, royalty-free standard that uses static metadata to deliver brightness, contrast, and color to your TV....

What Is a Layer 3 Switch? A Layer 3 switch is a specialized hardware device used in network routing. Layer 3 switches technically have a lot in common with typical routers, and not only in physical appearance. Both can support the same routing protocols, inspect incoming packets, and make dynamic routing decisions based on the source and destination addresses inside. One of the main advantages of a Layer 3 switch over a router is in the way routing decisions are performed....

Toshniwal is the co-founder and CEO of Y Media Labs (YML), a Silicon Valley-based design and technology agency that builds digital products for both large companies and fledgling startups. “Our mission is to help companies become tech-enabled so they can serve their customers well,” Toshniwal told Lifewire in a phone interview. “We want to export the Silicon Valley mindset to the world.” Toshniwal launched YML in March 2009, just months after the Apple App Store launched in 2008....

It’s a simple concept, but how does it work in reality? What’s the business model, and what’s the relationship between customers and employees? Let’s find out. What Is Turo? Turo is a sort of car rental service where, instead of one company operating a fleet of vehicles, people who own their own cars join the service and let people rent their personal vehicle as needed. Some commercial renting operations also use the platform....

How Long Should an EV Battery Last? There’s one thing all rechargeable smartwatches, smartphones, tablets, and laptops have in common: battery life. It almost feels as if manufacturers make them only to last about 3 years, coinciding with the same time the latest must-have device is released. Many think of electric vehicle batteries in the same light and assume there is the same type of short lifespan, which couldn’t be further from reality....

Why Bandwidth Matters High Definition video consumes a great deal of data. The video is a stream of images in high quality that brush past your eyes on the screen at a rate of at least 30 images (technically called frames) per second. There is normally some (or a lot of) compression taking place, which decreases the data consumption and prevents lagging, but if you want high definition video, compression backs out....

Researchers in Switzerland have developed a special coating to prevent moisture condensation on lenses. The scientists say in a new paper that their approach could also be used on car windshields. It’s one of a growing number of technologies that aim to solve the mundane but persistent problem of fogged glass. “Most approaches basically rely on altering the surface wettability,” Iwan Haechler, one of the researchers on the Swiss team, told Lifewire in an email interview....

Tech startup Nimble Beauty recently introduced Nimble, a device that utilizes machine vision, high-resolution micro-cameras, and 3D image processing to do your nails quickly and efficiently. Omri Moran, the creator of Nimble, said the device brings more automated beauty routines one step closer to reality. “In your day-to-day life, anything that you know the result of, I think can and will be automated [in the future],” Moran told Lifewire over a video call....

T-Mobile partners with other wireless carriers in areas where T-Mobile does not offer service. When you use your phone in one of those areas, you are roaming. There are no roaming charges for calls or data usage in these areas, but the plan has a roaming limit. How Domestic Data Roaming Works If you subscribe to the basic T-Mobile plan, you have 50 GB of allotted data, but your roaming limit is 200 MB of domestic data per month....

Here’s what you need to know about Xbox Network on the Switch. What Is the Xbox Network? Xbox Network is an online service owned and run by Microsoft. It first launched on the original Xbox console in 2002 and was subsequently brought to the Xbox 360 and Xbox One. Here are some of the popular features that Xbox Network powers: Online multiplayer games Xbox Achievements The Xbox friends list and messaging service Online voice chat Cloud saves...

Set Up a Yahoo Account in iPhone Mail If you don’t have one, you can create a free Yahoo Mail account by visiting Yahoo and completing a simple application. To set up your Yahoo email account in the iPhone Mail app: Access Yahoo Mail in iPhone Mail Now that you have set up your account on the iPhone, you can check your Yahoo email at any time. To do this: Optionally, also toggle the switches next to Contacts, Calendars, Reminders, and Notes to the On position....

How to Configure Your Gmail Account For Thunderbird to integrate properly with Gmail, the first step is to enable IMAP on your Gmail account. IMAP is on by default on newer Gmail accounts, so check this only if you have an older Gmail account. How to Set Up an IMAP Account for Your Email Client After IMAP is enabled in Gmail, if necessary, set up a new IMAP account in your email client of choice....

The People App in Outlook.com The People app in Outlook.com keeps track of your contacts and their information in a convenient and easy-to-manage address book. How to Add a Sender to Your Outlook.com Contacts Follow these steps to add an email sender to your People contacts from Outlook Mail. Accessing Your Saved Contacts in the People App Click the App Launcher button in the upper left corner of Outlook.com. Click People to open the app....

Scroll down to the bottom of the download page and select Download Free ISO Burner (SoftSea Mirror). If prompted, choose to Save or Save As or Download the program—don’t just run or open it from here. While that would probably be fine, sometimes it just complicates things. Free ISO Burner supports all standard types of CD, DVD, and BD discs. However, you should use an appropriate size of empty disc per your ISO image....

How to Cancel a Stadia Pro Subscription From Your Web Browser If you’ve decided to unsubscribe from Google Stadia, the process is pretty straightforward once you know where to look. Here’s how to cancel a Stadia Pro subscription from your browser. How to Cancel a Stadia Pro Subscription From the Stadia App If you want to cancel your Google Stadia subscription via the Stadia app, the process is similar. Here’s how to cancel a Stadia subscription via your phone....

How to Cancel Your iCloud Storage Plan Steps to cancel your iCloud storage plan aren’t challenging. However, the instructions are different on an iOS or iPadOS device, a Mac, or a Windows computer. Cancel Your iCloud Storage Plan from an iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch To cancel your iCloud storage plan from an iOS or iPadOS device, these are the steps you should take. Cancel Your iCloud Storage Plan from a Mac The steps for canceling your iCloud storage plan from a Mac are only slightly different from canceling a storage plan on an iOS device....