Category: Android

Samsung Galaxy A9 with 6-inch 1080p display, Snapdragon 652, fingerprint sensor announced

Samsung Galaxy A9

Samsung just announced the Galaxy A9, the company’s latest top-end smartphone in the ‘Galaxy A’ series at an event in China. It packs a 6-inch 1080p Super AMOLED display with 2.5D curved glass and 2.74mm narrow frame, is powered by an Octa-Core Snapdragon 652 (Previously 620) processor and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop). It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with optical image stabilization (OIS), LED flash and a 8-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy A9 with 6-inch 1080p display, Snapdragon 652, fingerprint sensor announced”

Android 6.0 Marshmallow update rolling out to unlocked HTC One M9 today

HTC One M9 users are getting an early Christmas present. As promised earlier this month, Android 6.0 Marshmallow update is rolling out to HTC One M9 (unlocked) today.

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HTC One A9 Benchmarks

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HTC launched the One A9 smartphone in India earlier this month for Rs. 29990. Here we have the benchmarks of the smartphone. Even though CPU-Z shows it as Snapdragon 615, the One A9 is actually powered by an Octa-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 64-bit processor that has four ARM Cortex A53 cores clocked at 1.52 GHz per core and other four Cortex A53 cores clocked at 1.21 GHz per core, faster than the Snapdragon 615. It has Adreno 405 GPU. It has a 3GB of RAM, 5-inch 1080p AMOLED display and runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) with HTC Sense UI. Check out the synthetic benchmark scores below. Continue reading “HTC One A9 Benchmarks”

Google adds more Chromecast-enabled games for Android and iOS

Angry Birds Friends Chromecast

Google introduced Chromecast-enabled games last year, so that Chromecast users can use the phone or a tablet as the controller and the TV screen like a game or score board to play games like Wheel of Fortune or other classics on a big screen. Continue reading “Google adds more Chromecast-enabled games for Android and iOS”

Instagram updates Boomerang app with new features

Earlier in October, Instagram had launched Boomerang app that creates GIF like looping videos. Now, the popular photo sharing app is bringing a bunch of new features to the app that is available on Android and iOS.

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Viber rolls out Viber Wink ephemeral messaging app for Android and iOS

Viber is taking a leaf from Snapchat to launch an ephemeral messaging app called as Viber Wink. The standalone app allows users to send photo & video messages that disappear after they have been viewed.

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Google Spotlight Stories arrive on YouTube, Android gets interactive 360-degree version

Google Spotlight Stories YouTube

Google Spotlight Stories 360-degree experience has arrived on YouTube with Special Delivery, an original short film made by Academy Award-winning animation studio Aardman Animations, viewable on the YouTube app on several Android devices. Google Spotlight Stories was originally developed by Motorola Mobility’s Advanced Technology And Products (ATAP). It was released by Google for several Android devices back in May and it arrived on iPhone in July. Continue reading “Google Spotlight Stories arrive on YouTube, Android gets interactive 360-degree version”

Microsoft kills ‘Hey Cortana’ feature on Android

Earlier this month Microsoft officially launched Cortana for Android and iOS. Today, the company is taking down one of the important feature of the digital assistant on Android.

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Gionee M5 Enjoy with 5.5-inch HD display, 3GB RAM, 5000mAh battery announced

Gionee M5 Enjoy

Gionee today introduced M5 Enjoy version, along with the M5 Plus at an event in China. It packs a 5000mAh battery and also has a fingerprint sensor embedded into the home button that promises recognition time of 0.5 seconds. It has a 5.5-inch HD IPS display, is powered by a Quad-Core MediaTek MT6735 processor and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop) with Amigo OS 3.1. It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Gionee M5 Enjoy with 5.5-inch HD display, 3GB RAM, 5000mAh battery announced”

Gionee M5 Plus with 6-inch 1080p AMOLED display, fingerprint sensor, 5020mAh battery announced

Gionee M5 Plus

Gionee has announced the M5 Plus smartphone at an event in China, as it promised. It packs a 6-inch 1080p AMOLED display with a screen-to-body ratio of 77.5% and 2.5D arc glass. It packs a 5020mAh battery with dual charging chips that offers up to 1 day of usage with just 1 hour of charging. It has a fingerprint sensor embedded into the home button that promises response time of 0.1 seconds and recognition time of 0.38 seconds. It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash phase-detection auto-focus (PDAF) that can focus in just 0.1 seconds and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Gionee M5 Plus with 6-inch 1080p AMOLED display, fingerprint sensor, 5020mAh battery announced”

CyanogenMod releases CM13 nightlies for Samsung Galaxy S3, LG G3 S, G3 Beat and more

CyanogenMod

CyanogenMod announced official CM13 nightly builds based on Android 6.0 Marshmallow for several devices, including the OnePlus One (bacon), LG G4 (h815) and Motorola Moto X 2014 (victara) last month, and started rolling it out soon after. Now it has released CM13 nightly builds for the Galaxy S3 (i9300), LG G3 S, G3 Beat , LG Optimus L70, LG Optimus L90 and more. Continue reading “CyanogenMod releases CM13 nightlies for Samsung Galaxy S3, LG G3 S, G3 Beat and more”

Flipkart Big App Shopping Days: Best deals on smartphones, tablets and accessories

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Flipkart is back with its Big App Shopping Days sale. As a part of the sale it is offering some great deals on smartphones, mobile accessories, tablets and more that include, Nexus 6P, Moto X Style Moto X Play, Mi Pad and more. All these offers are available only through the Flipkart app. Continue reading “Flipkart Big App Shopping Days: Best deals on smartphones, tablets and accessories”

Weekly Roundup: Google’s Big Plan for India, YU YUTOPIA, Redmi Note Prime, Lumia 550 and more

Sundar Pichai Google for India

This week started with Google’s big event in New Delhi. Company’s CEO Sundar Pichai along with its various top officials addressed India about their plans for the country in 2016 and more. Continue reading “Weekly Roundup: Google’s Big Plan for India, YU YUTOPIA, Redmi Note Prime, Lumia 550 and more”