Google Photos may have been the first with the smart album in the cloud, but Photos on iOS won’t let Apple’s foes across the bay beat it.Albums for geographical, time-based events — otherwise known as “Trips” — get compiled with not only all the pictures of the event, but interface sections for who was there and where it was happening. HTC might not be too happy with Memories’s ability ...
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You’ve heard about HTC’s new hardware, you’ve heard about the EYE Experience software, and now we’ve got one more bit of HTC news to share from today’s “double exposure” event, as the company takes its Zoe software out of beta and launches Zoe 1.0.The heavy social focus on sharing and remixing content with your friends continues, and ...
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Even before HTC built the “first Android”, the G1 for T-Mobile, the company was well known for making hardware that really stood out. Its phones were built really well and stood out from the competition. That trend has continued through to today: HTC makes really good looking hardware! But you and I know that hardware is only half of the equation. Now that HTC is starting to release some of its most desired software to the public, how will HTC stand out from its ...
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Updated with links to the high-quality version of the podcast below! Thanks for joining us for the live show, everyone, and enjoy the HQ downloads in the Links section.One of the nice things about a mobilized mob of fanatics is … well, nothing. For the purposes of intelligent discourse and civility, there’s nothing cool or helpful about a bunch of heated fanboys rabidly denigrating a new product because it happens to threaten their preferred smartphone. We’ve talked about
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It’s official: HTC Zoe is now available to many Android handsets running version 4.4 or higher, HTC name stamp or no. This is HTC’s first step in bringing the Zoe experience to devices outside its branded offerings, and it also marks the app’s transition into more of a social network than a mere enhanced gallery – so we decided to put it under the lens in a quick HTC Zoe walkthrough video.Keep in mind that the app available now is an open beta; HTC acknowledges that it’s not perfect, but is ...
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Back in March, when HTC first launched the One M8, we got some surprising news about HTC-exclusive software: the company’s Zoe app wasn’t just going to be released as a stand-alone app in the Play Store for HTC users, letting them more easily snag updates, but would also be available for installation on non-HTC hardware. That sounded like it had the potential to be big news, letting HTC reach more users than ever before and give them a taste of what the company’s software could deliver.
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When a smartphone manufacturer release a “mini” version of one of its flagship models, we fully expect some features to fall by the wayside. Sure, it would be nice if the only things that changed were handset dimensions and screen size, but this is the reality of the market. With the HTC One M8 mini (or One mini 2, depending on how it launches), we’ve already been anticipating some places where it might fail to mirror its big brother: it seems we’re not getting ...
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Last week we reported that HTC is planning on releasing BlinkFeed and Zoe to the Google Play Store — and available for installation on non-HTC devices. Pause for a moment and let that sink it. It’s a huge deal. Sure, they’re just apps, so there’s no reason that they couldn’t be distributed through the Play Store, they simply haven’t been in the past. There are many reasons why an OEM might choose to keep their apps exclusive to their devices. On the other side of that coin, there are many ...
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The new HTC One is here, and not just the phone’s hardware itself, but also its new software. The One arrives running Sense 6.0, which will soon be going out to existing HTC models. In our review of the smartphone, we went into some depth looking at the full extent of the software HTC’s bundled in, including things like the BlinkFeed content aggregator and Zoe for creating effortless ...
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