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Motorola confirms Android 9.0 Pie update for range of smartphones

Google released Android 9.0 (Pie) last week for its Pixel devices and also said that it is working with several OEMs to roll out the update. After HTC, Motorola has confirmed Pie update for its smartphones, including the Moto X4 that was introduced running Android 7.1 (Nougat). The latest Moto Z3 series, Z2 series and the Moto G6 series are getting the update, but the Moto Z, G5 and G5S series are being left out. Even this year’s Moto E5 series are not getting the update. Continue reading “Motorola confirms Android 9.0 Pie update for range of smartphones”

PUBG Mobile Lite beta with smaller map, 40 players released for devices with low RAM

PUBG Mobile Lite

Tencent has silently launched the PUBG lite version of its battle royale shooter in the Philippines. PUBG is company’s most popular battle royale game across the globe. The LITE version is based on Unreal Engine 4, and it’s optimized for devices with low RAM. Continue reading “PUBG Mobile Lite beta with smaller map, 40 players released for devices with low RAM”

HTC confirms Android 9.0 (Pie) update for some of its devices

Google released Android 9.0 (Pie) earlier this week for its Pixel devices and also said that it is working with several OEMs to roll out the update. Now HTC has confirmed Pie update for its flagship smartphones, including the HTC U11 that was introduced running Android 7.1 (Nougat). It is also the first company to confirm the update for several devices. Continue reading “HTC confirms Android 9.0 (Pie) update for some of its devices”

LG G6 Android Oreo update finally starts rolling out in India, brings ThinQ branding

After V30+, LG has finally started rolling out Android 8.0 (Oreo) update for the LG G6 smartphone in India. This will turn the phone into LG G6 ThinQ and also brings out several new features, including new camera app layout, but it doesn’t bring AI Cam like the V30+. After updating, the start screen of the device will now show LG G6 ThinQ branding instead of LG G6. Continue reading “LG G6 Android Oreo update finally starts rolling out in India, brings ThinQ branding”

Xiaomi teases its new POCO sub-brand and POCOPHONE smartphone ahead of India launch

Xiaomi has finally started teasing its sub-brand POCO in India ahead of the launch of POCOPHONE F1 in the country. Jai Mani, lead product manager, Xiaomi India tweeted that he has been working on the project. Even though the phone it teased as POCOPHONE by Xiaomi for global markets, it is teased as POCO by Xiaomi in India, which rhymes like OPPO who launched the Realme sub-brand recently to take on Xiaomi’s Redmi.

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Google confirms Android 9.0 ‘P’ as Pie; Stable update released for Pixel smartphones, Essential Phone

Google has finally confirmed that Android 9.0 ‘P’ will be called Pie, couple of week before the rumored date. It has also released final stable update for Pixel smartphones that can be downloaded from Android developer website here and also started rolling out OTA update (OTA images) for those who have signed up for beta program. It is also pushing sources to Android Open Source Project (AOSP).

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Asus Zenfone 5Z update adds RAW support, Panorama, camera improvements and more

ASUS launched its flagship Zenfone 5Z smartphone in India last month at a competitive price tag of Rs. 29,999. Today the company has started rolling out a new update that brings several new camera features, including option to save images in RAW format, shoot Panorama pictures, turn EIS on or off, several camera improvements, WiFi stability improvements and bug fixes. Check out the complete changelog below.

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Is Xiaomi messing up with Notification Panel again? [Update: Swipe to expand notifications back in recent MIUI 10 Beta update]

Update: Option to expand notifications by swiping down is now back with MIUI 10 Global Beta ROM 8.8.2, so chances are high for Xiaomi to bring back this feature to stable update in future.

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YouTube experimenting new swipe-based gesture navigation on its app

YouTube is said to be experimenting with new swipe-based gesture navigation and this would make the navigating between videos in the YouTube app a whole lot easier. You can slide with your finger to swipe between videos. Continue reading “YouTube experimenting new swipe-based gesture navigation on its app”

Google expected to launch Android 9.0 ‘P’ officially, reveal its name on August 20

Google released final Android P Beta 4 (DP5) for Pixel smartphones last month. It already said that the final stable Android P 9.0 release for the Pixel smartphones is expected sometime Q3. Now @evleaks has tweeted that the launch date is set for August 20, which coincides with the Android O launch on August 21 last year on the day of solar eclipse.

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OnePlus confirms Android P update for OnePlus 3 and 3T, will skip Android 8.1

OnePlus recently announced its software maintenance schedule for its smartphones starting from the OnePlus 3, and said that OnePlus 3 / 3T will get Android platform updates till November 2018 and guaranteed Android security updates till November 2019. Even though last year it confirmed that the last major Android version update for the OnePlus 3 and 3T will be Android Oreo, last month it hinted at more exciting news about Android version updates for these smartphones will be announced soon. Continue reading “OnePlus confirms Android P update for OnePlus 3 and 3T, will skip Android 8.1”

Moto G5 Plus Android 8.1 Oreo soak test with July security patch starts rolling out in India and Brazil

Motorola confirmed Android 8.0 update for a range of smartphones including Moto G5 series back in September last year. Now the company has started rolling out Android 8.1 (Oreo) soak test for the Moto G5 Plus users in India and Brazil. Continue reading “Moto G5 Plus Android 8.1 Oreo soak test with July security patch starts rolling out in India and Brazil”

Asus Zenfone 3 Max (ZC553KL) Android 8.1 Oreo update starts rolling out

Asus today announced that it is rolling out the Android 8.1 Oreo to Zenfone 3 Max ZC553KL just as it had promised. This update brings Zen U.I 5.0 and brings the version number to V15.0200.1807.406. Continue reading “Asus Zenfone 3 Max (ZC553KL) Android 8.1 Oreo update starts rolling out”

Gmail update for Android hints at email scheduling

Gmail

Google is finally working on bringing native e-mail scheduling of its own without making users go through with any workarounds to schedule emails. Since Google is working on e-mail scheduling for mobile, it should be coming to the web as well. Continue reading “Gmail update for Android hints at email scheduling”

Google releases final Android P Beta 4 (DP5), stable release coming soon

Google released Android ‘P’ Beta 3 (DP4) for the Pixel smartphones earlier this month, now it has released final Beta 4 (DP5) for the phones, before the stable version releases. This has official Android P APIs (API level 28), available since Beta 2. It also comes with July 2018 Android security patch.

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