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HelloTech Hack of the Week

The tips our founder Darcy Smead shares on 2GB’s Nights with John Stanley, written up so you can try them at home.

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Illustration of an older man humming at his kitchen table while a phone on a stand listens and shows a sound wave
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Week of 5 October 2026

Name that tune: hum a song to Google and it will find it

Got a song stuck in your head but cannot remember what it is called? Open the Google app, tap the microphone, tap Search a song and hum it. Google will show you the likely matches.

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Illustration of an older woman at her kitchen table with a phone showing beach photos found by typing beach into the search box
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Week of 28 September 2026

Find any photo in seconds by typing what is in it

Stop scrolling through thousands of photos. Your phone already knows what is in them, so you can type dog, beach or birthday and see every match straight away.

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