Computer Act!ve - UK (2022-01-19)

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BESTNEWAPPS Whatyoushouldinstallthisfortnight

DreambyWombo

Free

Androidwww.snipca.com/40504

iOSwww.snipca.com/40506

DreamusesAIto create stunningdigit al

artwork fromany ideayou suggest.Type

in aprompt(examples

include‘fieldof

flowers’and ‘flaming

potato’ )chooseanart

style such as Etching,

Pastel or Vibrant, and

tapCreate. The app

will then generate

theartwork foryou

to share,download

or setasyourphone

wallpaper.

Uniter:SmartUnit Converter

Free*

iOSwww.snipca.com/40507

Need to quickly conv ertkilograms to

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type,copyand pasteori mportthe relevant

figures. The appcan be integr ated with Safari

to convertasyou browse, andisoptimised to

provide UK unitsof measurement.

CreativeCloudExpress

Free*

Androidwww.snipca.com/404 97

iOSwww.snipca.com/40498

FormerlycalledSpark Post,thisAdobe

appletsyou cr eate professional-looki ng

posters, flyers, logos, so cial-mediaposts

andother design

projects.Simply

chooseatemplate

and‘remix’ it to

customi se thelayout

andcolou rs,add

text andphotos, and

downloadorshare

theresult. Some

features re quir ean

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ANDROID &iOS

PreviewWhatsAppvoice

messagesbeforesending

Sendingsomeoneavoice

messageinWhatsAppsavesyou

havingtotypeanything,butcancause

youembarrassmentifyougarbleyour

words.AlthoughWhatsAppletsyou

deletemessagesyou’vesent,youmight

notdosoquicklyenoughtostopthe

otherpersonlisteningtoyourmumbled

message.Sowe’repleasedthatWhatsApp

nowletsyoupreviewvoicemessages

beforeyousendthem,toensureyouget

yourwordsrightfirsttime.

Tousethisnewfeature,pressthe

microphoneiconinthebottom-right

cornerofachatandslideituptolock

hands-freerecording.Speakyour

message,thentapthePlaybutton(see

screenshotbelow)tohearitback–be

carefulnottotaptheSendbutton,which

looksverysimilar.Ifyou’reunhappy

withthemessage,tapthebiniconto

deleteitandtryagain.Otherwise,just

tapSend.Usefully,youcanskipto

specificpartsofalongvoicemessageby

draggingthebluedotonthetimelineto

therelevantpoint.

ANDROID

Findoutifyou’rebeing

trackedbyAirTags

Apple’sAirTagsaretiny,button-

shapedtrackingdevicesthatyou

canattachtoyourkeys,bagsandother

personalitemstohelpyoufindthem

shouldtheygoastray.However,they

canalsobeusedby

criminalsand

stalkerstotrack

yourwhereabouts,

whichiswhyyour

iPhonewilltell

youifyou’re

unwittingly

travellingwithan

AirTagthatdoesn’t

belongtoyou.

Applehasnow

broughtthesame

privacyprotectiontoAndroidphonesby

launchingafreeappcalledTracker

Detect.Availabletoinstallfromthe

GooglePlayStore(www.snipca.

com/4 0499 ),whichisunusualforan

Appleapp,thisusesBluetoothtoscanfor

trackersthathavebeenseparatedfrom

theirownersformorethan15minutes.

ShoulditdetectanAirTagthat’sbeen

nearyoufor 1 0minutes,theappcan

makeitplayasound,soyoucanlocate

thetrackerandremoveitfromyour

belongings,vehicleorperson.Tracker

Detectalsotellsyouhowtodisable

anAirTagandlookupinformation

aboutitonline

Frustratingly,youneedtoscanfor

trackersmanually(seescreenshot

belowleft),whereasiPhonesfindthem

automatically,butApplemayfixthisina

futureupdate.

ANDROID &iOS

Makevoiceandvideo

callsinGmail

It’s difficulttokeepupwith

Google’s chatapps,which

includeHangouts,Duo,MeetandChat,

andit’s nowaddedtheabilitytomake

andreceivefreevoiceandvideocalls

directlyfromGmail.Thisnewfeature

usestheGoogleChatservice,butis

currentlylimitedtoone-to-one

conversations-forgroupcalls,you’ll

needtoswitchtoGoogleMeet.

Thankfully,thefeatureitselfisn’t as

confusing:simplyopentheGmail

apponyourAndroidphoneoriPhone,

taptheChatbuttonintherowofoptions

alongthebottomandselect‘Newchat’.

Enterandselecttheemailaddressofthe

personyouwanttotalkto(theyalsoneed

tobeusingGmail)toopenachatscreen,

thentapeitherthephoneiconinthe

top-rightcornertostartavoicecallor

thecameraiconforavideocall(see

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