In a recent development, Google is updating its Gboard keyboard with AI-powered offline dictation on its Pixel phones. This means no more network latency or spottiness — the new recogniser is always available, even when you are offline. Continue reading “Google updates Gboard with faster on-device speech recognition”
Last year, Microsoft launched the “Your Phone” feature in an attempt to help further tie Android or iOS smartphone to your PC. Right now, the Redmond giant is running a beta of a new screen mirroring feature that allows Android apps to be run on a Windows 10 PC. Continue reading “Microsoft Windows 10 latest Insider Preview Build lets you mirror your Android apps on PC”
Google is slowly but steadily revamping all its apps to suit the new Material Theme. In the recent development, the search engine giant is working a new look and feel on Google Drive for iOS and Android, making it easier to communicate and collaborate across files in Drive on mobile devices. Google Drive for the web got the feature back in May last year. Continue reading “Google Drive Material redesign arrives for iOS and Android to match its look on the web”
Loading a webpage during over poor connection can be frustrating, regardless of the situation. In this regard, Google is offering Data Saver feature that lets Chrome reduce data usage by up to 90 percent and load pages two times faster in HTTPS pages, in addition to HTTP. Continue reading “Google rolls out Chrome Lite Data Saver to speed up HTTPS web pages on slow connections”
HTC was the first company to confirm Android Pie update for its smartphones – HTC U12+, U11+, U11, and U11 life. The company rolled out Android Pie update for its U11 life Android One smartphone back in November last year. 7 month after confirmation of Android Pie update for its flagship HTC U12+, U11+, U11 smartphones, HTC today confirmed that it will roll out the update for the phones starting from Q2 2019, which is between April and June. Continue reading “HTC will roll out Android 9.0 (Pie) update for U11, U11+ and U12+ in Q2 2019”
HUAWEI’S HONOR brand has announced that it will be rolling out the Android Pie (EMUI 9.0) update for the HONOR 8X smartphone in India starting from March 18. It rolled out the update for HONOR 10, HONOR Play and HONOR View 10 earlier this year. Continue reading “HONOR 8X EMUI 9.0 Android Pie to roll out in India starting from March 18”
Smart Compose is a neat addition to Gmail which based on your email writing patterns and commonly used phrases, tries to predict what you will say next and surfaces it as a suggestion that you can simply accept. The feature was initially available as an experimental feature on the desktop and then was added to G Suite accounts. Then it later was available as an exclusive to the Pixel 3 which is changing finally. Continue reading “Gmail Smart Compose now available to all Android phones”
HMD Global has finally released Android Oreo update for the Nokia 2 smartphone, as it had promised. Nokia 2 was launched in 2017 running Android 7.1.1 (Nougat) OS, later the company said that the phone will get Android 8.1 Oreo update directly skipping 8.0 update, but it cannot be moved to Android Oreo (Go Edition) program since it was launched with Android.
Continue reading “Nokia 2 Android Oreo update finally released – Here’s how to get it”
After rolling out Android 9.0 (Pie) beta update for the Zenfone Max Pro M2 recently, the company has now started Android Pie beta testing for the Zenfone Max Pro M1. It already confirmed Continue reading “ASUS Zenfone Max Pro M1 Android 9.0 (Pie) beta update starts rolling out”
Razer confirmed that it will be rolling out the Android 9.0 Pie update to the Razer Phone 2 this week. Keeping its word, the company has now started rolling out the Pie update. Since this is a staged rollout, it might not be available for everyone right away. Continue reading “Razer Phone 2 Android Pie update starts rolling out”
Asus rolled out Android 9.0 Pie update for the ZenFone 5Z and started beta testing for the ZenFone Max Pro M2 recently. it is yet to push the update to last year’s ZenFone Max Pro M1. However, the company has announced the list of the Asus phones which will be getting the Pie update eventually later this year. Continue reading “ASUS confirms range of ZenFone models that will receive Android 9.0 Pie update”
Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 was amongst the best selling devices launched in 2017 in India, despite launching in 2017 it was launched with Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) and was updated to Android 7.0 (Nougat) in August 2017. Redmi Note 4 is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 mobile platform, the same processor that powers Mi A1 which received Android 9.0 (Pie) update along with Dual 4G VoLTE support couple of months ago. Xiaomi has already announced the list of smartphones eligible for Android Oreo/Pie update, but Xiaomi’s best seller from 2017 is not included in the list and now we can assume that Redmi Note 4 will not receive any Android update.
Continue reading “Get Android 9.0 Pie on Redmi Note 4 with OxygenOS 9.0 port”
After releasing Android 9.0 (Pie) beta update for the 2.1 and Nokia 6 last week, HMD Global has released Pie update for its Nokia 3.1, which comes after a month of delay even though it had promised it in January. The phone was released back in October last year running Android 8.1 (Oreo). Continue reading “Nokia 3.1 Plus Android Pie update starts rolling out”
HMD global unveiled Nokia 4.2 smartphone at an event in MWC 2019 yesterday. Notably, this device comes under the Android One initiative and mid-range segment. It measures 8.39mm in thickness and weighs just around 161 grams. Continue reading “Nokia 4.2 Hands On and Photo Gallery”
At the MWC 2019, HMD Global introduced a slew of Nokia smartphones catering to various segments, be it Nokia 210 or Nokia 9 Pureview. In an attempt to get its moves right in the mid-range segment, the company has launched Nokia 3.2 successor of the last year’s Nokia 3.1. Continue reading “Nokia 3.2 Hands On and Photo Gallery”
