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WhatsApp beta for Android extends ‘delete for everyone’ duration to more than an hour

WhatsApp beta for Android with V2.18.69 has extended ‘delete for everyone’ duration from 7 minutes or 420 seconds to 4096 seconds which is about 68 minutes and 16 seconds or 1 hour, 8 minutes and 16 seconds. Along with this, WhatsApp has rolled out two more new beta updates to Android the V2.18.70 that brings fixes to GIF crashes and 2.18.71 adds changes to voice note sending icon in a chat window. Continue reading “WhatsApp beta for Android extends ‘delete for everyone’ duration to more than an hour”

Xiaomi Mi 5 Android 8.0 Oreo MIUI Global Beta ROM released

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Earlier this week, Xiaomi started rolling out Oreo Based MIUI Stable update to its 2017 flagship Mi 6, and with today’s weekly MIUI Beta update company is updating its 2016 flagship Mi 5 to Android Oreo. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi 5 Android 8.0 Oreo MIUI Global Beta ROM released”

Microsoft to roll out Intel’s Spectre macrocode fixes in upcoming Windows update

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Microsoft today announced that it is rolling out Windows security update for additional devices against Spectre and Meltdown and distribute the available Intel firmware, and progress driving anti-virus compatibility. Microsoft says that windows devices need both software and firmware updates against these new vulnerabilities. Continue reading “Microsoft to roll out Intel’s Spectre macrocode fixes in upcoming Windows update”

Android P said to have native support for Iris Scanner

Iris Scanner

Iris Scanner which first debuted on the most controversial Galaxy Note7 though failed to create an impact has opened up to a new biometric authentication. With Apple implementing the Face Unlock feature, Android OEMs have developed their own version of the facial unlocking system and made it a mainstream feature. Continue reading “Android P said to have native support for Iris Scanner”

Xiaomi Mi 6 Android 8.0 Oreo MIUI 9.2 Global Stable update starts rolling out

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Xiaomi announced Oreo based MIUI Global Beta program for Mi 6 back in December 2017 and Oreo based MIUI Global Beta ROM for the device was released in January. Now the company has released MIUI 9.2 Global Stable ROM for the smartphone which is based on Android 8.0 (Oreo), this is the first smartphone from Xiaomi receiving Oreo based MIUI Stable update. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi 6 Android 8.0 Oreo MIUI 9.2 Global Stable update starts rolling out”

KaiOS 2.5 will run on feature phones with Qualcomm, Spreadtrum chipsets with just 256MB RAM

At the MWC event, KaiOS Technologies announced that it is partnering with Unigroup Spreadtrum & RDA, Airfind, Facebook, Google, Twitter, Doro, HMD Global, Micromax, NXP, Qualcomm to integrate with newest chipsets and offer advanced functionality on lite phones. Furthermore, KaiOS is already supported on high-performance LTE chipset platform Spreadtrum’s SC9820A which is now running on JioPhone.

Continue reading “KaiOS 2.5 will run on feature phones with Qualcomm, Spreadtrum chipsets with just 256MB RAM”

Nokia 3 Android 8.0 Oreo beta update starts rolling out

After roll out stable Android Oreo update for Nokia 5 and Nokia 6 last month, HMD global has started rolling out Oreo beta update for the Nokia 3 (TA-1020 and TA-1032), as it had promised. The company’s Chief product officer; Juho Sarvikas has announced the same on Twitter. Continue reading “Nokia 3 Android 8.0 Oreo beta update starts rolling out”

HTC 10 Android 8.0 Oreo update with Jio VoLTE support starts rolling out in India

HTC confirmed Android 8.0 (Oreo) update for some of its devices back in August last year. The HTC U11 was the first phone to get the Oreo update in November starting from Taiwan, later the U11 Life got the update, after a delay the HTC 10 got the update recently. Now the company has finally started rolling out Oreo update for Indian users that also brings VoLTE support for Reliance Jio users. Continue reading “HTC 10 Android 8.0 Oreo update with Jio VoLTE support starts rolling out in India”

Xiaomi Redmi 4A MIUI 9.2 Android 7.1.2 Nougat update starts rolling out [Update: Now available for all]

[Update: Xiaomi has announced that the stable build is now available for all the Redmi 4A users] Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi 4A MIUI 9.2 Android 7.1.2 Nougat update starts rolling out [Update: Now available for all]”

Google said to introduce ARCore 1.0 officially at MWC 2018, but the update is already rolling out [Update: Now available for 13 smartphones]

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Update: Google is officially rolling out ARCore 1.0, which is now available for 13 smartphones – Google Pixel, Pixel XL, Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL, Samsung Galaxy S8, S8+, Note8, S7 and S7 edge, LG V30 and V30+ (Android O only), ASUS Zenfone AR and OnePlus 5. It will be available in upcoming devices from Samsung, Huawei, LGE, Motorola, ASUS, Xiaomi, HMD/Nokia, ZTE, Sony Mobile, and Vivo later this year. Google said that ARCore is designed to work on a wide variety of qualified Android phones running Android 7.0 (Nougat) and later.

Google said that ARCore 1.0 has improved environmental understanding that enables users to place virtual assets on textured surfaces like posters, furniture, toy boxes, books, cans and more. Continue reading “Google said to introduce ARCore 1.0 officially at MWC 2018, but the update is already rolling out [Update: Now available for 13 smartphones]”

Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro MIUI 9.2.4 update brings Face Unlock

Xiaomi launched the Redmi Note 5 Pro in India last week, which went on sale today for the first time on Flipkart as well as Mi.com and was sold out within minutes. At the launch Xiaomi promised to bring Face unlock that will be available via OTA update by the end of March, but today as a surprise the company rolled out the Face unlock feature for the phone via an OTA update. This is the first Xiaomi smartphone in India to get the feature. Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro MIUI 9.2.4 update brings Face Unlock”

Chrome 64 for Android automatically cleans messy URLs when you share them

Chrome 64 for Android was rolled out last month with features like the white navigation bar, blocks auto redirect pop-ups and more and an ad blocker. Today the company is adding one more new feature that automatically shortens URLs and converts them and removes the unnecessary strings at the end of URLs. Continue reading “Chrome 64 for Android automatically cleans messy URLs when you share them”

Swype Keyboard for Android discontinued

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Nuance Communications, the makers of Swype Keyboard today announced that they are discontinuing the Keyboard for Android and iOS. According to a Reddit user who reached out to Nuance with a crashing issue has received a reply saying that they are ending the development. Continue reading “Swype Keyboard for Android discontinued”

Age of Empires: Definitive Edition with 4K visuals released for Windows 10 PCs

Age of Empires Definitive Edition

After 20 years of the launch on PC, Microsoft at the E3 last year announced that will be bringing the real-time strategy game – Age of Empires: Definitive Edition exclusively to Windows 10. It was supposed to release last year, but it was delayed. The company said it took time to add features like attack-move and the improved minimap exactly right, and even added things like an in-game tech tree. Today it has finally released the game for Windows 10 users. Continue reading “Age of Empires: Definitive Edition with 4K visuals released for Windows 10 PCs”

LastPass finally gets Android Oreo autofill support

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LastPass password manager for Android has finally received Android Oreo autofill support. Accessibility option is still available for Older apps and Chrome that don’t support the new implementation. LastPass v4.4.1749 brings you an option to turn on Oreo autofill by going to Settings > Autofill. Continue reading “LastPass finally gets Android Oreo autofill support”