Category: Android

Google releases new 360-degree Spotlight Story ‘On Ice’ on YouTube for Android

Google 360-degree Spotlight Story On Ice

Google released Spotlight Stories 360-degree experience on YouTube for Android back in December last year. Now it has released a new original short film made by Shannon Tindle in collaboration with Evil Eye Pictures, viewable on the YouTube app on several Android devices. “On Ice” tells the story of an over-the-top, sci-fi themed ice show and its star, who suddenly finds he has competition for the spotlight from an unlikely rival. Continue reading “Google releases new 360-degree Spotlight Story ‘On Ice’ on YouTube for Android”

Mozilla updates Firefox Browser for Android, discontinues few features for the Web version

Mozilla has updated Firefox browser for Android with new features and improvements. The company has also updated its browser on the web and discontinued some of the features.

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Samsung Galaxy J1 (2016) with 4.5-inch Super AMOLED display, 4G and Galaxy J1 mini announced

Samsung Galaxy J1 2016

Samsung has introduced Galaxy J1 (2016) (SM-J120), it’s latest budget 4G smartphone in Russia and also Galaxy J1 mini (SM-J105), a budget 3G smartphone in Philippines and Russia (Via). The Galaxy J1 was first shown off in Dubai, while the Galaxy J1 mini surfaced in benchmarks last year. Both these phones come with dual SIM support. The Galaxy J1 (2016) also comes in 3G variant in some market.

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LeEco Le 2 images and specs surface in new leak

LeEco Le 2, a possible successor of the popular Le 1s has surfaced in a new leak that shows images and specs of the phone. MyDrivers got a hold of these images that were leaked on Weibo. These images offer a glimpse of the phone from all angles.

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Android Lollipop adoption hits 36.1%, Marshmallow continues to crawl at 2.3%

Google is back with the monthly numbers for Android distribution. The numbers for the month of March reveals that Lollipop adoption has reached 36.1% making it the most widely used version of Android.

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Huawei P9 launch event scheduled for April 6 in London

Huawei P9 launch invite

Huawei has sent out press invites for the launch of its upcoming flagship P9 smartphone at an event in London on April 6th, as rumored earlier. Even though the invite doesn’t mention that it will unveil the P9, the two circles reveal dual rear cameras on the smartphone. It also has a tagline – Change the way you see the world, which again hints at the phone’s camera that is said to come with Leica lenses after its recent partnership. Continue reading “Huawei P9 launch event scheduled for April 6 in London”

Yahoo Mail for Android gets new themes and other personalized features

Yahoo Mail for Android is getting a fresh look with new customized options. The update that bumps the app to version 5.3 is getting a new set of custom color themes

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Opera Mini 15 for Android brings Video Boost to compress videos

Opera Mini 15 for Android Video Boost

Opera has updated its Opera Mini app for Android to version 15 that brings a new video boost feature that offers smoother video viewing using Opera’s video boost technology that reduces the size of video data, to lessen video loading time and combat buffering delays and also extend save data. The update also adds option to save files to the SD card in compatible phones, “Wi-Fi data savings” in the high data-savings settings for users on poor Wi-Fi connection and more.

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Truecaller for Android gets Smart Call History, new dialer to make calls and more

Truecaller for Android Smart Call History and Dialer

Truecaller has updated its Android app that brings integrated features such as Smart Call History, Availability and a new added dialer to make calls. “In 2014, we launched Truedialer to bring similar improvements to the dialer, which had not evolved since the introduction of the smartphone. Truecaller is now bringing many of the great features from Truedialer and integrating them into Truecaller, giving you full control your entire calling experience with just one app,” said the company. Continue reading “Truecaller for Android gets Smart Call History, new dialer to make calls and more”

Samsung Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge launched in India for Rs. 48900 and Rs. 56900

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Samsung just launched its flagship Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge smartphones in India, as it had promised last week. Both these were announced at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona last week, pack a 5.1-inch Quad HD and 5.5-inch Quad HD Super AMOLED always-on displays, respectively. These are powered by an Octa-Core Exynos 8 Octa 8890 SoC, run Android 6.0 (Marshmallow), come with a 12-megapixel Dual pixel rear camera with LED flash, OIS and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge launched in India for Rs. 48900 and Rs. 56900”

Facebook Messenger for Android gets Material Design makeover

Facebook is finally releasing a Material Design update for Messenger on Android. The latest update revamps the app with Material Design elements like bold colors, cleaner and more colorful UI.

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LG Stylus 2 launched in Korea, pricing revealed

LG Stylus 2

LG unveiled the Stylus 2, successor of last year’s G4 Stylus, ahead of the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2016 in Barcelona last month. Now the company has released the smartphone in Korea, as it had promised. It packs a 5.7-inch HD in-cell touch display, is powered by a 1.2GHz quad-core processor, runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow), has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 8-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “LG Stylus 2 launched in Korea, pricing revealed”

Google rolls out March Android security update for Nexus devices

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Google has started rolling out new over-the-air (OTA) update for Nexus devices and also posted factory images as part of monthly Android Security release. The Android version is still at Android 6.0.1, but the latest update fixes several critical issues, including issues in Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in Mediaserver and libvpx, Elevation of Privilege in Conscrypt, Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability in the Qualcomm Performance Component, MediaTek Wi-Fi Driver and in Keyring Component. Continue reading “Google rolls out March Android security update for Nexus devices”

Intex Aqua Twist with rotating camera now available for Rs. 4999, Cloud Force coming soon

Intex Aqua Twist

Intex Aqua Twist, the company’s latest smartphone with a 5-megapixel rotating camera is now available from HomeShop18. Another budget smartphone, Cloud Force has been listed on the official website. Both the phones pack a 5-inch FWVGA screen, are powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core SoC, pack 1GB of RAM, run on Android 5.1 (Lollipop), have dual SIM support and 3G connectivity. Continue reading “Intex Aqua Twist with rotating camera now available for Rs. 4999, Cloud Force coming soon”

Sony starts rolling out Android Marshmallow 6.0 update for global Xperia Z5 series, Z3 Plus and Z4 tablet

Sony has started rolling out Android Marshmallow 6.0 update for a couple of devices. First up, the update is coming to the Japanese variants of the entire Xperia Z5 lineup which includes the Xperia Z5, Z5 Compact and the Z5 Premium. The update will soon follow the global variants in the coming weeks.

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