Exactly after a year from launching the Galaxy Wide 2, Samsung in partnership with SK Telecom has announced the Wide 3 smartphone which like its predecessor will be exclusive to South Korea. The Galaxy Wide 3 sports a 5.5-inch HD display, and packs a 13MP rear camera. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Wide 3 with 5.5-inch HD display, 13MP front and rear cameras, Android Oreo announced”
WhatsApp is rolling out yet another beta update bringing the version number to V2.18.159. This update hints at two new features; new contact shortcut and media visibility. Continue reading “WhatsApp for Android beta gets option to show or hide media in gallery, new contact shortcut”
Google back at the I/O event unveiled the Android P; next major upgrade, and today the company in a blog post has detailed the enterprise additions to Android P. If you notice clearly, Google has been giving a lot of importance to enterprise features and in Android P the biggest change is how users interact with the work profile. Continue reading “Google details enterprise additions to Android P; Tasks gets support for account switching”
Samsung has announced the Galaxy J4 (SM-J400) in the J-series. It comes with 5.5-inches AMOLED display with good old 16:9 aspect ratio. It is powered by the Samsung’s very own Exynos 7570 Quad-Core 14nm processor with 2GB of RAM. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy J4 with 5.5-inch Super AMOLED display, Exynos 7570 14nm SoC, Android 8.0 announced”
Twitter is rolling out its own Twemoji on Android, and this will replace the native emojis previously shown from Google and Samsung. This new emoji set looks to be targeting users on Android 7.x and below. After facing numerous cases of missing emojis on older systems, the new Twitter’s own Twemoji on Android will now be a fresh breath of air. Continue reading “Twitter rolls out its own Twemoji emojis on Android”
Asus has announced the rollout of Oreo update to the Zenfone 3 Zoom bringing the version to V80.20.179.40. Since it is a server side roll out, the update might take few days and will be available in batches. The company has been actively pushing Oreo update to Zenfone smartphones since the start of this year. Continue reading “Asus Zenfone 3 Zoom Android 8.0 Oreo update starts rolling out”
Update: Samsung has resumed the roll out of Oreo update for Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge with firmware version G930FXXU2ERE8 and G935FXXU2ERE8, respectively in Portual. Other countries should get the update soon.
RED, popular for its high-end cameras back in July last year had introduced the RED HYDROGEN ONE. Though the initial launch date was Q1 2018, after delaying it for a while, the phone is finally coming to AT&T and Verizon in the USA and Telcel in Mexico in August. Pre-orders will ship about a month before the official launch date.
Continue reading “RED HYDROGEN ONE smartphone with Holographic display coming to AT&T and Verizon in August”
HTC has announced that it is planning to launch an Android phone that will come built-in with blockchain technology. The phone is named Exodus and it will feature universal wallet and a built-in secure hardware that support cryptocurrencies and decentralized applications (DApp). Continue reading “HTC Exodus native blockchain phone for secure cryptocurrency trading coming soon”
Opera has rolled out a new update to its Android app bringing the version number to 46. This update brings features like themes, night mode, private tabs notifications and more. Continue reading “Opera 46 for Android brings themes, night mode, private tabs notifications and more”
Consistent updates to the Android ecosystem have been a major setup for Google since a few years now and it looks like Google is making sure it solves the problem to a certain extent at least. The company’s Project Treble made sure that updates are easier and for the first time, the beta version of the next major OS update is made available outside of Pixel devices. Continue reading “Google requires OEMs to roll out Android security patches regularly”
Motorola might be prepping to launch the affordable Moto C2 and C2 Plus; successors to the Moto C and Moto C Plus from last year. The phones have now surfaced on the internet for the first time revealing the design, and it is now safe to assume that Motorola-owned Lenovo is following the Plus-sized model accompanying the regular variant strategy in 2018 as well. Continue reading “Motorola Moto C2 Plus with front-mounted fingerprint sensor and Moto C2 press images surface”
Motorola’s Moto Z3 Play has been in the news for quite some time now and the launch might be around the corner. In fact, we already know everything that is to know about the Moto Z3 Play and now popular leakster, Evan Blass has posted the deep indigo color variant. Continue reading “Moto Z3 Play with 6.1-inch FHD+ display, dual-rear cameras deep indigo color variant surfaces”
Samsung is prepping to launch the Galaxy J4 in the J-series, and now the live images of the phone have surfaced online including the official Galaxy J4 support pages. This new series of leaks suggest that the phone is on the verge of going official. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy J4 with 5.5-inch display, Exynos 7570 14nm SoC, Android 8.0 Oreo live images surface”
Current situation of Android allows apps to monitor your network activity even without asking for any sensitive permissions. Few of these apps don’t really listen to your calls but can sniff your incoming and outgoing calls. However, it might change soon. Continue reading “Android P will finally restrict apps from monitoring your network activity”
