HMD Global introduced the Nokia 6 smartphone exclusively for China a few days back. At the announcement, the company said that the phone will go on sale in China sometime in early 2017. Today jd.com has started taking pre-orders for the smartphone for the sale on January 19th. Continue reading “Nokia 6 will go on sale in China on January 19”
Google is out with its monthly Android distribution chart which is also the first one of 2017. Android Nougat 7.0 is still crawling at 0.5%, up just 1% from last month. However, Android Nougat 7.1 has made its debut in the chart at 0.2%. This means the Google’s latest Android OS is currently available only on 0.7% of all Android devices. Continue reading “Android Nougat now on 0.7% of Android devices, Froyo finally bids adieu”
WhatsApp has finally added GIF search support for Android beta. The Facebook owned messaging service first added an option to send videos as GIF in August following which it allowed sending of GIFs that are saved on your device. Now, you can will be able to search different types of GIFs right within the app itself. WhatsApp for iOS already has this feature since November last year.
Continue reading “WhatsApp for Android beta gets GIF search, media sharing limit raised to 30”
HMD Global just announced Nokia 6, the first Nokia smartphone after it was granted exclusive global license to sell Nokia phones. It packs a 5.5-inch 1080p 2.5D curved glass display, is powered by an Octa-Core Snapdragon 430 processor and runs on Android 7.0 (Nougat). It has a 16-megapixel rear camera with phase-detection auto-focus (PDAF), 1.0um sensor, dual-tone LED flash and an 8-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Nokia 6 with 5.5-inch 1080p display, 4GB RAM, Android 7.0, fingerprint sensor announced”
Google has finally released Android 7.1.1 (Nougat) update for the Nexus 6 smartphone, as expected. The update was released for several Nexus devices and Pixel devices last month. Continue reading “Google Nexus 6 finally gets Android 7.1.1 Nougat update, OTA and factory images available”
Huawei’s Honor has announced Android 7.0 Nougat beta test program for Honor 5C in India. The beta test program that will take place in 2 batches will offer participants to experience, collaborate, and help identify bugs in the Preview versions of Honor’s EMUI Software. Continue reading “Android 7.0 Nougat beta test program for Honor 5C starts in India”
Huawei Honor brand introduced its mid-range Honor 6X smartphone and the successor of the Honor 5X smartphone in China back in October last year. Today the smartphone was introduced for the global markets at an event at the CES 2017. We unboxed the phone recently, here is our first impressions of the phone.
Sony had released Nougat based concept build for Xperia X in November last year. Now the company has released Android 7.1.1 Nougat for Xperia X making it the first device besides Google Pixel and Nexus phones to run latest Android OS. Continue reading “Sony Xperia X concept gets Android 7.1.1 Nougat”
Samsung has officially announced Galaxy A series 2017, as expected. The company has unveiled Galaxy A3 (2017), Galaxy A5 (2017) and Galaxy A7 (2017) smartphones.
The New Year has already started with a bang for OnePlus 3 and OnePls 3T owners. OnePlus has rolled out official Android Nougat 7.0 based OxygenOS 4.0 for OnePlus 3 and 3T users. The company had already promised to roll out stable Android Nougat update for both the phones by the end of this year.
Continue reading “Android 7.0 Nougat based OxygenOS 4.0 update starts rolling out for OnePlus 3, 3T”
In an attempt to push digital payment throughout the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched an app named as ‘BHIM (Bharat Interface for Money)’ on Google Play Store, that aims to enable faster, easier and secure online payment through a smartphone. Developed by National Payment Corporation of India (NPCI), BHIM app has overtook all other popular apps including Whatsapp, Facebook, MyJio and topped Google Play Store. Continue reading “BHIM app for UPI-based payments ranked top on the Google Play Store”
Nintendo released Super Mario Run for iPhone and iPad on December 15th, and it promised to bring the game to Android in 2017. The iOS app clocked record 40 million downloads in 4 days of its release. Today it has started pre-registrations for the Android version on Google Play so you will be notified when the game releases. Continue reading “Super Mario Run for Android pre-registration begins on Google Play”
OnePlus has started rolling out One Beta 10 over-the-air (OTA) update for the OnePlus 3 smartphone that brings a new Data Saver option along with several optimizations and bug fixes. This is the third beta build for the smartphone based on Android Nougat. Continue reading “OnePlus 3 OxygenOS Open Beta 10 update brings Data Saver, several optimizations and fixes”
After several soak tests since October, Moto has started rolling out Android 7.0 (Nougat) update for the Moto G4 and Moto G4 Plus smartphones in India officially. This brings a new Moto action that lets you swipe to shrink the screen, and a new setting to disable and enable locking the screen when the screen is on and you touch the fingerprint sensor (for Moto G4 Plus). To access this setting, you need to go to Security, then tap on the screen lock gear icon. Continue reading “Moto G4, Moto G4 Plus Android 7.0 Nougat update starts rolling out in India”
Software update for Nexus 5 has been stopped with Android Marshmallow as the device reached its end of life. When Google released the Alpha version of Android Nougat, the Nexus 5 wasn’t included in the list itself. Continue reading “How to get Android 7.1 Nougat on Nexus 5”
