Google had launched standalone SMS app Messenger for Android in 2014. Now, the company is rebranding the app as Android Messages. The renamed app can be seen in Play Store. Google has not revealed the reason behind the rebranding. Continue reading “Google Messenger renamed as Android Messages”
Asus has announced ZenFone Live (ZB501KL), which the company claims is the world’s first smartphone that offers real-time beautification with live-streaming beautification app. It lets you see your skin smoothed and blemishes removed in real time, says Asus. It also says that BeautyLive integrates seamlessly with Facebook, YouTube, and many other popular streaming apps. The front-facing 5-megapixel camera has large 1.4µm pixel size and a soft light LED selfie flash.
Continue reading “Asus ZenFone Live with real-time beautification technology, metal body announced”
Gaana music streaming app has received Android Auto support that will allow users to stream music via Android Auto compatible phones, vehicles and aftermarket radios. Gaana says that it is the first Indian music streaming app to get Android Auto support. Continue reading “Gaana music streaming app gets Android Auto support”
LG announced X300 smartphone in Korea last month, which is the K8 that was unveiled ahead of CES 2017. Now it has introduced X400 smartphone, which is the K10 for the Korean market. All the specifications are same as the K10 but the Korean version has HD DMB for mobile TV experience. Continue reading “LG X400 with 5.3-inch display, Android 7.0, fingerprint sensor announced”
After testing out WhatsApp Status back in November last year and rolling out the feature for beta users last week, WhatsApp today officially announced that it will start rolling the Status feature that lets you add photos, videos and emojis to status messages from today. This is similar to Snapchat and Instagram Stories. Continue reading “WhatsApp Status starts rolling out for Android and iOS, takes on Snapchat and Instagram Stories”
After almost a year of launching its ‘Email’ app on iOS, EasilyDo has launched the app for Android. It has a in-built intelligent assistant to keep your shopping, expenses, and travel organized. It also has several features to unsubscribe from junk, snooze messages, undo sent mail, and more. This is mostly like Inbox by Google. Continue reading “Email by EasilyDo with Intelligent Assistant arrives for Android”
Supercell, the company behind games such as Clash Royale and Clash of Clans had generated a revenue of 2.3 Billion US$ during the year 2016. However, we didn’t get a breakdown of the amount generated from each game during the said period until now.
Continue reading “Supercell’s Clash Royale mints 1 Billion Dollars in its first year”
Today, Xiaomi has started rolling out latest version of MIUI 8.2 Global Stable ROM for select smartphones. It doesn’t have smart assistant available for MIUI 8.2 China ROM. Continue reading “Xiaomi rolls out MIUI 8.2 Global Stable ROM with improved notification shade toggles, new ringtones and more”
You can now book an Uber ride directly from wrist if you have a Android Wear 2.0 powered smartwatch. The standalone app lets you request a ride without a smartphone and works completely on its own.
Continue reading “Uber gets a standalone app for Android Wear 2.0”
Meizu just announced M5s, an upgraded version of last year’s m3s smartphone an event in China, as it had promised. It packs a 5.2-inch HD 2.5D curved glass display, is powered by a 1.3GHz octa-core 64-bit MediaTek MT6753 processor and runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) with FlyMe OS 6.0 on the top. It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with dual-tone LED flash, phase-detection auto-focus (PDAF) that lets you focus in just 0.2 seconds and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Meizu M5s with 5.2-inch HD display, 3GB RAM, metal body, fingerprint sensor, 4G VoLTE announced”
Vernee, a Chinese company introduced its flagship Apollo smartphone last year, now it is gearing up to introduce its successor Apollo 2 at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2017 in Barcelona later this month. It has released a teaser of the smartphone that looks similar to the OnePlus 3 from the front. It also said that this will be the world’s first Helio X30 powered smartphone. Continue reading “Vernee Apollo 2 world’s first Helio X30 powered phone with 8GB RAM to be announced at MWC 2017”
Those who signed up for the Google app Beta channel previously are now getting the “alpha” release of the Google app v6.13 update, which as per the users has lots of bugs. Continue reading “Google App Alpha update with Google Assistant for non-Pixel phones pops up online”
Google rolling out a new Android feature to Pixel and Nexus devices. Dubbed as Instant Tethering, the feature lets you share a cellular data connection between certain Pixel and Nexus devices via Wi-Fi when they’re signed in to the same Google Account. Continue reading “Android’s Instant Tethering feature is rolling out to Pixel and Nexus devices”
Huawei’s Honor brand has finally started rolling out EMUI 5.0 based on Android 7.0 (Nougat) update for the Honor 8 (FRD-L04) smartphone in the U.S. In addition to Android Nougat, the EMUI 5.0 also brings a range of UI changes including changes to Home-screen Interface, Notification Shade, App Drawer, Recent Apps and more.
Continue reading “Honor 8 EMUI 5.0 Android 7.0 Nougat update starts rolling out in the US”
The advent of self-portraits or “selfies” as they are commonly known and the ever-increasing popularity of social media has resulted in the rise of smartphones that are specifically designed to cater to this particular demographic. The primary emphasis as a result becomes the front facing camera which ironically has always been refered to as the secondary camera. Now, it may seem as if terms such as “primary” and “secondary” depend on the smartphone itself and what it tries to achieve. The issue with such smartphones usually lies with the fact that manufacturers often concentrate too much on the “selfie” aspect and ignore the rest. The Vivo V5 Plus is the latest amongst the big lineup of selfie centric smartphones in India. In this review, we shall take a look at the smartphone in detail to see whether it’s just about the front facing camera or whether they’ve managed to focus on all aspects of the smartphone as well.
