Sony is one such brand that stays most active on their forum providing a helping hand for their developers community. The company even launched Open Devices Program earlier where developers get to play around and experiment with the custom ROMs on supported Sony phones. And, for the same supported smartphones, Sony releases AOSP device configurations directly on GitHub along with binaries. Continue reading “Sony releases AOSP Android 8.0 Oreo to Open Devices Program”
Google has started rolling out new over-the-air (OTA) update for Pixel and Nexus devices and also posted factory images as part of monthly Android Security release. Like last time, is not available for Nexus Player yet. The latest update this month fixes several critical issues, including issues in Framework, System, Media framework, several MediaTek and Qualcomm components and more. Continue reading “Google rolls out October Android security update for Pixel and Nexus devices”
Google Android 8.0 Oreo is finally out of beta and is slowly finding its way into smartphones, and with that being out of the way, it’s time for Android Wear. Google is finally taking beta registrations for the preliminary beta update for the next version of Android Wear starting today. Though it is the next version of Android wear, you will be disappointed to know that the update doesn’t bring a lot of new features and will only be termed as “technical upgrade to API 26”. Continue reading “Google announces Android Wear beta based on Android 8.0 Oreo”
Since HMD Global has mentioned that it will not provide official bootloader unlock for Nokia phones, fans and users have been requesting the company for the same, and it looks like HMD global has finally changed their mind. The company is now willing to unlock the bootloader on all Nokia phones, but it will do it one phone at a time. Continue reading “HMD Global confirms to unlock bootloader on Nokia Android smartphones one at a time”
Google is out with Android distribution numbers for the month of October. Android Oreo that was released little over a month ago, has entered the charts this month and is now present on 0.2% of all the devices. Google started rolling out Android 8.0 Nougat to Nexus and Pixel devices in late August.
Continue reading “Android Oreo is now on 0.2% of devices, Nougat adoption hits 17.8%”
Earlier this month 10.or (pronounced Tenor) made its debut in India with the 10.or E aiming at the budget segment. The 10.or E series comes in Aim Gold and Beyond Black colors, is priced at Rs. 7,999 for the 2GB RAM with 16GB storage version and the 3GB RAM with 32 GB storage variant costs Rs. 8,999. It goes on sale exclusively on Amazon.in. Let’s see how it fares among other budget segment smartphones. Continue reading “10.or E Review”
Android creator Andy Rubin introduced the Essential Phone PH-1 back in May. We have got our hands on the phone so let’s take a detailed look at design and specifications of the phone.
Continue reading “Essential Phone Hands On and Photo Gallery”
Google started rolling out Android 8.0 (Oreo) update for Pixel and Nexus devices starting from last month. HTC, Sony and Nokia already confirmed list of devices that will get the Oreo update, Moto has officially announced the list of smartphones that will get the Android 8.0 update. This includes the Moto Z series, Moto X4 and Moto G5 series. Sadly the Moto G4 series and older Moto X series are not there in the list.
Continue reading “Motorola confirms Android 8.0 Oreo update for range of smartphones”
Google has finally started rolling out new over-the-air (OTA) update for Pixel and Nexus devices and also posted factory images as part of monthly Android Security release. It is not available for Nexus Player yet. The latest update this month fixes several critical issues, including issues in Framework, Libraries, Media framework, several components and more. Continue reading “Google rolls out September Android security update for Pixel and Nexus devices”
It looks like soon you will be able to unsend a message you might have accidently sent to a person on WhatsApp. The Facebook owned messaging app is finally testing a feature that will let you recall a message after it is sent, according to WABetaInfo. Dubbed as ‘Delete for Everyone’, the feature will allow you to quickly delete messages before the receiver has had a chance to read them.
Continue reading “WhatsApp is finally testing ‘Delete for Everyone’ feature on Android and iOS”
Moto X4, the latest phone in the company’s ‘X Series’ was introduced at the IFA 2017. Now @evleaks has posted an image of a Moto phone with Android One branding on the back that looks familiar to the Moto X4. The original Moto X4 already runs on stock Android 7.1 (Nougat) and also has support for Amazon Alexa. Continue reading “Moto X4 Android One version surfaces in press image”
Along with the V9 Play, Huawei’s Honor Brand also introduced Honor Play 6, a budget smartphone with 4G VoLTE support. It is Chinese version of the Y5 2017 that was introduced earlier this year that packs a 5-inch HD display, is powered by a 1.4GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6737T processor with 2GB of RAM, runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) with EMUI 4.1, has a 8-megapixel rear camera with dual LED fash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera that also has soft LED flash. Continue reading “Honor 6 Play with 5-inch display, 4G VoLTE, 3020mAh battery announced”
After the long hibernation period, desi-handset maker, Kult came up with yet another budget segment smartphone in the Indian market named as ‘Kult Beyond‘. Does Kult with its Beyond smartphone hit the right chord? Let’s check it out. Continue reading “Kult Beyond Review”
OnePlus has started rolling out new OxygenOS open betas (Beta 14 for OnePlus 3T and Beta 23 for OnePlus 3) for the 3 and 3T phones that brings several new features including OnePlus watermark in camera, battery percentage in lift up display, improved Parallel apps, new E-warranty card, new Alarm calendar, improved location accuracy and several improvements and bug fixes. Check out the complete changelog below. Continue reading “OnePlus 3 and 3T OxygenOS beta update brings new features and improvements”
Along with CAT S31, CAT phones also announced CAT S41 at IFA 2017. It is larger than the CAT S31. We are live at the event and got our hands on the phone.
