Apple Makes Me Talk to Two Assistants. Google Put One in Maps.
These days I use Grok Bot more than any other assistant, but I still like having Gemini around. Going through Siri to get to ChatGPT is a pain. The button in Google Maps is faster.
Apple Makes Me Talk to Two Assistants. Google Put One in Maps.
These days I use Grok Bot more than any other assistant, but I still like having Gemini around. Going through Siri to get to ChatGPT is a pain. The button in Google Maps is faster.
I Turned Off My Jeep. My iPhone Is Still Talking to It.
My 2023 Wrangler keeps its USB ports powered for about an hour after I shut it off, so my wireless CarPlay adapter stays awake and my iPhone keeps using the Jeep’s microphone from inside the house. There’s no setting to fix it. Here’s what does.
YouTube TV Used to Autoplay Perfectly on My TCL Roku TV. Then Google Quietly Took It Away.
YouTube TV used to autoplay perfectly on my TCL Roku TV. Then it stopped, the toggle stayed on, and Google quietly took the feature away from hardware that used to have it. The only fix they offer is to buy another box.
Paprika 4 Is the Recipe App We Use Every Single Day
It’s on our kitchen touch-screen all-in-one and on our phones, it syncs, and the Version 4 upgrade didn’t take away what we’d already paid for. I think the new yearly fee is a bit high, but this is still a great program.
NVIDIA, You Had One Job: Install the Driver
The NVIDIA app recommended a new Game Ready Driver, gave me a big green Install button, then told me the driver isn’t compatible with my Windows and can’t find my graphics hardware. Installing a driver shouldn’t be this hard.
Connecticut Promised Me Apple Wallet in 2021. I Got Another App.
Five years after Connecticut said it would be one of the first states with driver’s licenses in Apple Wallet, its Mobile ID launches as a separate app instead, with Wallet support pushed to 2027. Here’s how that ends.
Apple Built a $299 Kitchen Screen. It Can’t Run YouTube or My Recipe App.
Apple’s new HomeView is built for the kitchen, but it has no App Store, no YouTube app, and no way to run a recipe manager like Paprika. Watching YouTube in Safari on a 7-inch square screen is not a plan.
Everyone Loves the Apple TV. Then a Kid Picks Up the Remote.
Tech media loves the Apple TV, but its touchy Siri Remote is a disaster with kids. I swapped it for a $38 button remote, and at $299 versus $149.99, the Roku Ultra makes a lot more sense, home-screen ads and all.
I Can Tell Siri to Send a Facebook Messenger Message in CarPlay. It Just Won’t Read Me the Reply.
Messenger syncs across every device I own and lets Siri send messages from my car. But unlike WhatsApp and Apple Messages, it won’t read me the replies.
ChargePoint Has a Great Notification System. It Just Won’t Tell You About Your Money.
A 25-cent service fee, a $50 card hold and a $7 parking fee on $3 of electricity, and the one alert that mattered showed up an hour late.
