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”
Nexus 6 owners will have a pretty good start in the new year. The Morotola Nexus 6 is all set to get Android Nougat 7.1.1 update in early January, according to Google. The update will bring Nexus 6 in line with the Nexus 6P, 5X and latest Pixel smartphones.
Continue reading “Android Nougat 7.1.1 to hit Nexus 6 in early January 2017”
Nokia is making a comeback next year with two new Android phones. We have already seen renders of the Nokia D1C smartphone earlier this month and now we have a blurry live image of the phone. Along with D1C, Nokia E1 Android smartphone has also surfaced in live images.
Earlier this month we saw renders of Samsung Galaxy A3 (2017). Now, press renders of Galaxy A5 (2017) have surfaced along with specification details.
Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017) press renders and specs surface”
Gionee just announced M2017, the company’s latest smartphone in the ‘M series’ in China, as it had promised. The main highlight of the smartphone is the 7000mAh polymer lithium-ion battery with its own intelligent power management system and low power consumption display, which promises up to 25 hours of continuous video playback and 915.42 hours of standby. It has support for 24W Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0 and dual fast charging chip. Continue reading “Gionee M2017 with 5.7-inch Quad HD display, Snapdragon 653, 6GB RAM, 7000mAh battery announced”
After confirming that Android 7.0 (Nougat) OTA update for Moto Z and Moto Z Force globally starting in the last week of November, Moto has started rolling out over-the-air (OTA) update for the Moto Z smartphone in India. The update brings DayDream support that are currently present only on the Pixel and Pixel XL smartphones. Check out the complete changelog below. Continue reading “Moto Z gets Android 7.0 Nougat update with Daydream support in India”
After Cyanogen Inc. announced that it will be shutting down all its services, including Cyanogen-supported nightly builds by the end of the month, CyanogenMod that relied on Cyanogen for monetary support and the shared source base, announced that CyanogenMod will also shutdown, but there is a fork in the road. “Community of developers, designers, device maintainers and translators have taken the steps necessary to produce a fork of the CM source code and pending patches,” said the company. Continue reading “CyanogenMod is also dead, fork of CM source code will live on as LineageOS”
Following the path of Nexus smartphones, the recently launched OnePlus 3 has set of community developer support working on its own custom ROM. Continue reading “How to install custom ROM on OnePlus 3 based on Android Nougat”
