Microsoft’s Your Phone app, which links Android phones with Windows PCs, has recently undergone a huge revamp. The app will now be renamed “Phone Link” and will have a new style that matches the Windows 11 interface. Continue reading “Microsoft’s ‘Your Phone’ PC app for Android revamped as ‘Phone Link’”
Xiaomi launched Mi 11X series back in April 2021 in India. The Mi 11X series devices run Android 11 with the company’s proprietary skin – MIUI 12 on top. The Mi 11X and Mi 11X Pro are rebranded Redmi K40 and Redmi K40 Pro+, which launched back in February 2021 in China. These smartphones are available as POCO F3 and Mi 11i respectively in Global markets.
Google has released the second developer preview of Android 13, after the first one was released last month. This brings Notification permission requests, Improved Japanese text wrapping, Improved line heights for non-latin scripts, Text Conversion APIs, Color vector fonts, Bluetooth LE Audio support, MIDI 2.0 and more. Continue reading “Android 13 DP2 brings notification permission requests, Bluetooth LE Audio support and more”
The latest report from 9to5 Google suggests that Google may introduce the option to transfer photos from iCloud to Drive by introducing a proprietary app named “Switch to Android”. The report comes as a result of decompiling the latest version of the Data Transfer Tool app, which is available on the Play Store for transferring data from Android to Android devices. Continue reading “Google’s ‘Switch to Android’ iOS app might bring iCloud to Google Photos transfer”
ASUS has finally started rolling out Android 12 update for its ROG Phone 5 and 5s models globally, as it had promised. This comes after the company rolled out Android 12 update for its Zenfone 8 series in December last year. Both the phones were launched on Android 11. Continue reading “ASUS ROG Phone 5 and ROG Phone 5s Android 12 update starts rolling out”
After releasing developer preview and beta versions of Android 12L, Google has officially released the Android 12L for the Pixel phones. This brings features that will make tablets and foldables simpler and easier to use, said the company. Google has also uploaded Android 12L to AOSP. Continue reading “Android 12L released for Pixel phones; coming soon to tablets, foldables from Samsung, Lenovo and Microsoft”
Last month Google released their Android 13 Developer Preview, giving us a sneak peak into what Google has in the works for the next version of Android. Among the many new features in Android 13, Google is reportedly testing the ability to control the brightness of the device’s rear flashlight.
Continue reading “Android 13 may add support for flashlight brightness control”
Colour is an important component when it comes to UI and design, and it plays a large role in Google’s latest Material You design language that is present in Android 12. The company is now open sourcing their Material Color Utilities code library to help developers make better looking apps, and also introduced a new HCT colour system that is designed to be “perceptually accurate”.
Continue reading “Google introduces new HCT colour system for Android’s Material design language”
Last month, OnwardMobility, a US-based company that aimed to resurrect the BlackBerry smartphone after failed attempts, said that it would be bringing the 5G enterprise smartphone soon. Continue reading “OnwardMobility’s plan to launch BlackBerry 5G phone reportedly dead”
Google has released the Android 13 (codename Tiramisu) Developer Preview, months before the Google I/O and the official release later this year. The release is designed to help developers test out their apps and code for the upcoming version of Android with all its new features and specifications. This Developer Preview will be compatible to run on the Pixel 4/4 XL, Pixel 4a/4a 5G, Pixel 5, Pixel 6 and the Pixel 6 Pro. Continue reading “Android 13 Developer Preview with Themed app icons, Photo Picker and more released”
After reports, Samsung at its Galaxy Unpacked event confirmed that it will offer 4 generations of Android OS updates, up from 3 generations of upgrades that was announced in 2020. This includes select Galaxy S series, Z series smartphones, A Series, and tablets. Continue reading “Samsung confirms 4 generations of Android updates, 5 years of security updates for range of new and upcoming smartphones, tablets”
Apple has announced a new finance-focused feature on the iPhone called Tap to Pay that is designed for merchants in the US. It will enable small businesses to large retailers to use their iPhone to complete transactions using Apple Pay, contactless credit and debit cards, and other digital wallets with a simple tap.
Continue reading “Apple unveils Tap to Pay on iPhone for merchants in the US”
Samsung promised 3 generations of OS upgrades for major S series, latest Foldables and select A series smartphones in 2022. According to a leaked Galaxy Tab S8 series press release from @evleaks, Samsung is planning to increase this to 4 years for its latest flagships. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S21, S22, Tab S8 series, latest foldables could get 4 generations of Android OS updates”
At present, WhatsApp provides the support to back up your data on the cloud on both Android and iOS platforms. For Android users, Google offered unlimited Google Drive storage for WhatsApp backups. Now, Google is planning to make some changes, which could limit storage allocation in the future. Continue reading “Google could limit WhatsApp unlimited storage for backups”
To date, numerous new features have been tested on Google Chrome on the Android platform. One such feature that showed up recently is the “Close all tabs” function. However, there are reports that many are accidentally tapping on the option. Continue reading “Google Chrome for Android to get ‘Close all tabs’ warning”
