Samsung has announced Galaxy C5 Pro, the company’s latest mid-range smartphone in the “Galaxy C Series”. It packs a 5.2-inch 1080p Super AMOLED display, is powered by an Octa-Core Snapdragon 626 SoC, runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow), has a 16-megapixel rear camera with dual-tone LED flash and a 16-megapixel front-facing camera, both with f/1.9 aperture. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy C5 Pro with 5.2-inch 1080p display, Snapdragon 626, 16MP front and rear cameras announced”
ZTE launched the Blade A2 Plus smartphone last month for Rs. 11,999. The phone comes with a massive 5000mAh battery. Is the 5000mAh battery enough reason to buy this phone? Let us see if this budget smartphone is worth the price tag in this detailed review. Continue reading “ZTE Blade A2 Plus Review”
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. The latest update this month fixes several critical issues, including issues in Remote code execution vulnerability in Mediaserver and recovery verifier, and Remote code execution vulnerability in OpenSSL & BoringSSL and more. Continue reading “Google rolls out March Android security update for Pixel and Nexus devices”
Last week, Google confirmed that Pixel 2 will continue to be a premium device. Meanwhile, a separate report in January this year said Google is working on a budget phone code-named as Pixel 2B. Now a tipster has told 9to5Google that Google is indeed working on a budget smartphone but it will not have the Pixel branding. Continue reading “Google said to be working on a budget smartphone without Pixel branding”
Google has added support for Exchange Tasks on Gmail for Android. The update that bumps the app to version 7.2 will allow users to view, create, or edit tasks in their Exchange account. Continue reading “Gmail for Android gets support for Exchange Tasks and new app shortcuts”
As promised last week, Google has started rolling out the Google Assistant to more Android smartphones after a certain period of exclusivity to the Google Pixel smartphones. It is now available for select smartphones running Android 7.0 (Nougat) and Android 6.0 (Marshmallow). Continue reading “Google Assistant starts rolling out to eligible Marshmallow and Nougat devices, here are the requirements”
LG introduced Watch Style Android Wear 2.0 smartwatch last month. The watch was on display at MWC 2017 and we have got a chance to take a detailed look at it. Continue reading “LG Watch Style Hands On and Photo Gallery”
Specifications of BlackBerry’s mid-range budget smartphone codenamed BBC100-1 surfaced earlier this year. Now a pre-order listing on a popular Indonesian website has revealed the name of the phone as BlackBerry Aurora along with the image of the phone without any capacitive touch buttons on the front and the price of the phone.
Yesterday, we saw a press image of the Samsung Galaxy S8. Now, live images of the upcoming flagship from Samsung has surfaced that shows the phone from all angles. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S8 surfaces in live images”
General Mobile has announced GM 6, its latest budget 4G smartphone in the ‘Android One’ lineup in partnership with Google at the Mobile world congress in Barcelona. It runs on Android 7.0 (Nougat), has a 5-inch HD display and a 13-megapixel rear camera with dual LED flash, similar to the GM 5 that was introduced a few months back, but this is powered by a MediaTek MT6737T processor instead of Snapdragon 410 SoC, and has an 8-megapixel front-facing camera that also has LED flash. Continue reading “General Mobile GM 6 Android One phone with 5-inch display, Android 7.0, 4G LTE, Fingerprint sensor announced”
Google has announced new games for Android and Daydream VR at the GDC (Game Developers Conference) in San Francisco. The company has also announced few important updates to Play Store as well. Continue reading “Google announces new games for Android and Daydream VR, updates Play Store”
Nokia is officially making a comeback into the smartphone market. The Finish company at its Mobile World Congress press event in Barcelona revealed its newest mid-range smartphone.
The Nokia 5 sports a 5.2-inch HD sculpted Corning Gorilla Glass display and as expected, the form fact of the smartphone resembles that of the old Lumia phones. Nokia claims that the device has a perfect 3D shape back, which is made up of single piece aluminium, which according to the company gives the phone added durability.
Continue reading “Nokia 5 is official, runs Android and costs 189 Euros”
Huawei has announced second-generation smartwatches – Watch 2 and Watch 2 Classic at MWC 2017, as expected. Both the smartwatches run Android Wear 2.0. Continue reading “Huawei Watch 2 and Watch 2 Classic with Android Wear 2.0 announced”
Just yesterday, Google rebranded Messenger as Android Messages. Now, the company has officially announced that it is making RCS messaging universally available to users across the world with 27 carriers and device manufacturers launching RCS to Android users with Google. Continue reading “Google expands RCS with Android Messages to 27 carriers and OEMs worldwide”
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”
