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Intex has launched Aqua Secure, the company’s first smartphone with a fingerprint sensor. It also has 4G LTE support with VoLTE. It has a 4.5-inch FWVGA display, is powered by a MediaTek MT6735M SoC and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop). It has a 5-megapixel rear camera with dual LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. It also has a USB Type-C port and comes with dual SIM support. Continue reading “Intex Aqua Secure with fingerprint sensor, 4G VoLTE launched for Rs. 6499”
New information about design of iPhone model for next year has surfaced. According to a new report from Nikkei, Apple plans to go with glass design for at least one iPhone model in 2017.
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LG already promised that it will launch its G5 smartphone with a modular design along with Friends companion devices in India in Q2 2016. Today the company has announced that it will start pre-booking for the smartphone in the country from tomorrow, May 21, 2016 till May 30, 2016, exclusively on Flipkart. LG also announced that all the customers who pre-book the phone will get a free LG Cam Plus companion device.
Continue reading “LG G5 pre-booking begins May 21 in India exclusively on Flipkart”
Coolpad has launched Coolpad Max, the company’s flagship smartphone in India, as it had promised. It has a 5.2-inch 1080p IPS 2.5D Curved display with Corning Gorilla Glass 4 protection, is powered by an Octa-Core Snapdragon 617 processor and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop) with Cool UI 8.0 on top. It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with phase-detection auto-focus (PDAF) for quick focus and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Coolpad Max with 5.5-inch 1080p display, 4GB RAM, metal body launched for Rs. 24999”
Current Nexus devices will not support the new seamless update feature from Android N. Seamless update downloads the files in background and also install it.
Continue reading “Android N’s seamless update feature will not hit current Nexus devices”
Google already confirmed that Google Play Store and Android apps will be coming to Chromebooks. Now it has announced that the Google Play Store that will let you download and use Android apps that run on phones and tablets can run on select Chromebooks from June. Continue reading “Google Play Store and Android apps coming to Chromebooks starting mid-June”
LeEco on Thursday announced that it has sold 5 lakh Superphones in its first 100 days in India, since first sale from February 2nd, 2016. Continue reading “LeEco India sold 5 lakh smartphones in first 100 days”
Google at I/O 2016 announced that it is bringing some of the Android N features to Android TVs, along with the release of OS later this year. Continue reading “Android N features set coming to Android TV and Chromecast: Google I/O 2016”
Qualcomm at I/O 2016 announced that it is working with Google on an initiative bringing the power of Android OS embedded directly into the car. Continue reading “Google and Qualcomm developing futuristic Android-based In-car infotainment platform”
Google at the I/O 2016 announced that Google Play now has over 1 billion monthly active users and Play users installed apps 65 billion times last year. It also announced improvements to beta tests and app discovery on Google Play and also released two new apps – Playbook and Play Developer console for developers.
David Burke, VP of Engineering, Android announced at the I/O developer conference yesterday that it is garnering suggestions from users before finalizing a name for Android N.
HTC has become the first smartphone OEM to confirm upcoming Android N update for some of their smartphones. During the Google I/O, HTC has tweeted that it will roll out Android N update for HTC 10, One A9 and One M9 smartphones, which will be the first set of devices to get the update. Continue reading “HTC confirms Android N for HTC 10, One A9 and One M9”
Google announced Android Wear 2.0 with a slew of new features, design tweaks and more at the I/O developer conference yesterday. The Android Wear platform has received a significant update since its launch two years back.
Continue reading “Android Wear 2.0 gets revamped UI, standalone apps, gesture keyboard and more”
Xiaomi has announced Mi Box, its new 4K box powered by Android TV. Xiaomi is also one of Google’s first Android partners for making Daydream-ready devices, Google VP Clay Bavor announced at the Google I/O conference keynote few hours back. It also comes bundled with Bluetooth voice remote that supports voice search and commands and has optional Mi Game Controller that also connects to other Android devices other than the Mi Box. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi Box 4K Android TV box announced, coming soon to the US”
Google has released developer preview 3 images for Android ‘N’, the next major Android for compatible Nexus devices, a month after the release of developer preview 2. This update brings several new features, including seamless updates that lets Android devices built on N install system updates in the background, similar to Chromebooks.
Continue reading “Android N Developer Preview 3 with automatic background updates, VR Mode released”
