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In an attempt to conquer a fair share of smartphone market in India, the recently launched Spice Devices announced its flagship V801 aimed at mid-range segment.
Continue reading “Spice V801 first impressions: Perfect blend of style and performance”
OnePlus has released new Oreo-based open betas (Beta 19 for OnePlus 3T and Beta 28 for OnePlus 3) that brings several new features including support for aptX/aptX HD, better shortcut menu, photo map in Gallery to view photos by location, emergency information (ICE) in Contacts to add your personal information and more along with several optimizations and bug fixes.
Micromax today has launched the Bharat 5 smartphone just as it had promised. It is the latest budget segment device in the Bharat series, it sports a 5.2-inches HD display, 1GB RAM, and a massive 5000mAh battery. Continue reading “Micromax Bharat 5 with 5.2-inch HD display, 5000mAh battery launched for Rs. 5555”
HTC has started rolling out Android 8.0 Oreo update for the US unlocked U11 Life as confirmed by the company’s Mo Versi, VP, Product Management on Twitter. While the international U11 Life which is powered by Android-One already runs on Stock Android 8.0, the U11 Life US model was launched last month running Android 7.1.1 Nougat with Sense U.I. Continue reading “HTC U11 Life Android 8.0 Oreo update starts rolling out”
Back in October, Microsoft released the beta preview of the Edge browser for Android and iOS and today the company has launched the browser that is available for both iOS and Android. The app was under testing period the last month and after collecting feedback from testers, Microsoft today has made it public. Continue reading “Microsoft Edge browser launched for Android and iOS”
Many users have reported about the random reboots of Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL and had to wait for Google to identify the root cause of the issue before it pushes out an update. The company has finally identified a fix for the issue, though specifics weren’t discussed. Continue reading “Google identifies fix for Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL random reboots, to roll in coming weeks”
Just as it promised, Sony is now rolling out Android 8.0 Oreo update to Xperia X Performance two days after it pushed the update for Xperia XZ and Xperia XZs. The new update comes with a build number 41.3.A.0.401, and the update is live on both the single SIM (F8131) and dual-SIM (F8132) versions. Continue reading “Sony Xperia X Performance Android 8.0 Oreo update starts rolling out”
Gboard after bringing 40 additional languages support in the previous update is now receiving yet another update with version number v6.8. The new update brings features like handwriting keyboards; planning Motion Stills integration and more. Continue reading “Gboard v6.8 brings handwriting keyboard, to get Motion Stills for GIF creation and more”
Google released first Android 8.1 (Oreo) Developer Preview for Pixel and Nexus devices last month . Today it has released the final Android 8.1 Developer Preview 2 for the devices. The first update brought a set of targeted enhancements including optimizations for Android Go and new Neural Networks API to accelerate on-device machine intelligence, the latest one includes official APIs (API level 27), the latest optimizations and bug fixes, and the November 2017 security patch updates. Continue reading “Google releases final Android 8.1 Developer Preview 2 for Pixel and Nexus devices”
Samsung has filed multiple smartphone patents to house the Antenna bands on the frame of both full-screen display and traditional units. The company has filed the patents at the Korean Intellectual Property Rights Information Service. Continue reading “Samsung files multiple patents for smartphones with full-screen display”
Sony today has started rolling out Android 8.0 Oreo update for Xperia XZ and XZs. The new update comes with a build number 41.3.A.0.401, and the update with same build number is expected to hit Xperia X Performance shortly. Sony just as it promised, is rolling out the update to its flagship smartphones before the end of the year.
Continue reading “Sony Xperia XZ and Xperia XZs Android 8.0 Oreo update starts rolling out”
HMD Global started rolling out Android 8.0 Oreo beta update for the Nokia 8 smartphone last month. As promised, it has started rolling out the final Android Oreo update for the phone today. The company already promised to offer Oreo update for all its Android smartphones. Continue reading “Nokia 8 Android 8.0 Oreo update starts rolling out”
People either love MIUI or hate it, there is nothing in between, people who love MIUI usually complaint about the MIUI notification panel because it did not support basic stock Android features like Quick reply and had painful two finger swipe down gesture to expand notifications. At MIUI 9 launch, Xiaomi announced the New Notification Panel to address these issues, and now with MIUI 9 Global Beta 7.11.23 update users can enjoy Quick reply and Bundled notification features on their Xiaomi devices. Continue reading “MIUI 9 brings new Notification Shade with Bundled Notifications and Quick Replies”
Google’s Product Manager, Michelle today has announced that the company has started rolling out more accurate battery life estimates which some of the users have started noticing in the past few days. This wasn’t the case earlier where it used to show simple (mostly inaccurate) battery estimates. Continue reading “Google rolls out more accurate Pixel battery life estimates with personalised on-device model”
Just last week, Xiaomi started rolling out Android Nougat based MIUI 9 Beta ROM to its budget oriented device Redmi 4A which was launched back in March 2017 with MIUI 8 based on Android 6.0.1 (Marshmallow). Now some Redmi 4A users are reporting that they have received a new android Nougat 7.1.2 based OTA update as Nightly build on their devices. Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi 4A MIUI 8 Global Stable ROM based on Android 7.1.2 Nougat starts rolling out”
