My Exploring Tech Webinar for September 2021 - Apple Watch

Link to the podcast on my ISee feed follows:

https://davidwoodbr.podbean.com/e/exploring-tech-webinar-from-vision-australia-sep-2021-apple-watch/

Next Exploring Tech Webinar by David Woodbridge October 2021 - Solutions from Humanware

Register at:

https://visionaustralia.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_KAE8umV4TGKZfa6kQGnm3Q

Google Urges Users to delete/uninstall One of It’s Most Used Programs - Chrome

Due to some significant security bugs for Chrome on Windows, Google’s advise for the moment is to remove it from your system.

https://www.news.com.au/technology/online/google-has-issued-a-warning-to-its-users-after-the-latest-hack/news-story/41529dbd598b6f75c9c66272c7f85d8d

Good Maps Outdoors 

Guide Dogs NSW/aCT app is now Good Maps Outdoor, and best of all its free.

Good Maps Website

https://goodmaps.com/apps/good-maps-outdoors?mc_cid=3f500a2e38&mc_eid=eeb3dca256

Good Maps Outdoor iOS app

https://apps.apple.com/au/app/goodmaps-outdoors/id945756779?mc_cid=3f500a2e38&mc_eid=eeb3dca256

On October 14 2021 Siri will be 10 years old

Siri was first introduced in October 14 2011 with the iPhone 4s, 10 years later, I would have expected us to have moved on a bit more.

I think Alexa first, and Google second have put Siri in third place on personal assistance capabilities.

Siri No Longer Does What it Did Before

The following commands are no longer for the moment available via Siri, but Apple has said that it will return them in future updates to the Siri Server.

Do I have any voice mails,

Play my voice mail messages,

Check my call history,

Check my recent calls,

Who called me,

Send an email,

Send an email to “person”.

https://www.idownloadblog.com/2021/09/30/removed-siri-voice-commands/

Apple Watch S7 now available

Pre-order was available from October 7, and available on October 15. However, I’m still very much underwhelmed why the differences between the S6 and S7.

Speaking of S6, it’s now no longer available, current line up is mainly the S3, Se, and now the S7.

Streamlet for Apple Watch

A Very cool Apple Watch app which allows you to stream radio stations straight to the watch, and best of all, use the internal speaker of the watch, no need for BT head phones.

My positive Experience with the Amazon Fire TV 4K

Last time I tried the Amazon Fire TV stick, I couldn’t even get speech running on it as it kept saying language wasn’t supported in my country.

So now that is working on the 4k, and the experience has been very very nice, a much nicer experience than the chrome cast with Google TV.

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