🗞 RCS messaging is going live for dual SIM phones in North America
RCS represents one of the biggest breakthroughs in recent mobile history. In a race to improve human communication, Apple has taken big steps forward with its proprietary iMessage platform, which is compatible between Apple devices and Apple devices only. This has caused SMS and other messaging apps like WhatsApp and Messenger to be perceived as
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RCS represents one of the biggest breakthroughs in recent mobile history. In a race to improve human communication, Apple has taken big steps forward with its proprietary iMessage platform, which is compatible between Apple devices and Apple devices only. This has caused SMS and other messaging apps like WhatsApp and Messenger to be perceived as
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RCS messaging is going live for dual SIM phones in North America
RCS messaging is one of the biggest things to happen to Android devices in recent times, and now, it seems that dual SIM phones might be getting it too.
🗞 Google rolls out a bug patch for Android Q Beta 2
With the closure of Google+, the Android Beta team moved their community over to Reddit. So, if you’re looking for an official place to discuss the latest beta of Android from Google, be sure to check out the Android Beta subreddit. Since the team released the second beta of Android Q there seems to have
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With the closure of Google+, the Android Beta team moved their community over to Reddit. So, if you’re looking for an official place to discuss the latest beta of Android from Google, be sure to check out the Android Beta subreddit. Since the team released the second beta of Android Q there seems to have
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Google rolls out a bug patch for Android Q Beta 2
Android Q Beta 3 isn't scheduled until the early part of May, but there were some things that the team wanted to fix with Beta 2 in the meantime.
🗞 Samsung India now shows you the price of spare parts to quickly get repair estimates
For a modern flagship smartphone to be competitive in today’s market, it needs to have all the latest features. Be it dual-frequency GNSS or every feature added in Bluetooth 5, there’s a lot for manufacturers to consider. This abundance of features can make smartphones difficult to repair as the number of parts increases. More parts mean
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For a modern flagship smartphone to be competitive in today’s market, it needs to have all the latest features. Be it dual-frequency GNSS or every feature added in Bluetooth 5, there’s a lot for manufacturers to consider. This abundance of features can make smartphones difficult to repair as the number of parts increases. More parts mean
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Samsung India now shows you the price of spare parts to quickly get repair estimates
Samsung India is now listing replacement costs for key parts of its smartphones on its website. This includes everything from the Galaxy S10 to the On7.
🗞 [Update: Also for Max Pro M2] Asus rolls out Android Pie for the ZenFone Max Pro M1 and Max M2 in India
Android Pie was publicly released by Google in August 2018, and several OEMs have since then gone on to update several flagship and mid-range devices in their portfolio to the latest update by Google (with the unfortunate exception of LG). Asus revealed its Android Pie upgrade plan for its ZenFone lineup, including several popular devices
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Android Pie was publicly released by Google in August 2018, and several OEMs have since then gone on to update several flagship and mid-range devices in their portfolio to the latest update by Google (with the unfortunate exception of LG). Asus revealed its Android Pie upgrade plan for its ZenFone lineup, including several popular devices
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[Update: Also for Max Pro M2] Asus rolls out Android Pie for the ZenFone Max Pro M1 and Max M2 in India
As promised, Asus has begun rolling out the Android Pie update for the ZenFone Max Pro M1 and Max M2 in India. Read on to know more about the update!
🗞 Samsung’s 5G Galaxy S10 is off to a rough start in South Korea
Last week, Samsung proudly announced the Galaxy S10 5G in Korea as the world’s first full-fledged 5G smartphone. Many bought the promise of gigabit download speeds by paying an exorbitant price of 1,397,000 won (~$1,230). But within a week of its launch, users have been struggling with slow network speeds, limited connectivity, and the inability
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Last week, Samsung proudly announced the Galaxy S10 5G in Korea as the world’s first full-fledged 5G smartphone. Many bought the promise of gigabit download speeds by paying an exorbitant price of 1,397,000 won (~$1,230). But within a week of its launch, users have been struggling with slow network speeds, limited connectivity, and the inability
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Samsung’s 5G Galaxy S10 is off to a rough start in South Korea
Multiple new 5G users in Korea are complaining of poor 5G connectivity and continuous disconnection even on 4G with the new Samsung Galaxy S10 5G.
🗞 WhatsApp beta 2.19.101 continues testing “Vacation Mode” that allows ignoring archived chats
WhatsApp is one of the most popular instant messaging services in the world. For a lot of people, especially in several developing nations, WhatsApp has become the primary medium of communication, easily replacing the trusty text messages thanks to the host of functionality advantages over traditional SMS. Regular users will find themselves part of several
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WhatsApp is one of the most popular instant messaging services in the world. For a lot of people, especially in several developing nations, WhatsApp has become the primary medium of communication, easily replacing the trusty text messages thanks to the host of functionality advantages over traditional SMS. Regular users will find themselves part of several
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WhatsApp beta 2.19.101 continues testing “Vacation Mode” that allows ignoring archived chats
The latest WhatsApp Beta for Android has resumed work on the "Vacation Mode" feature that will let users ignore archived chats even if they get messages.
🗞 The Huawei P30, P30 Pro, and Honor View20 are the latest YouTube Signature devices
Every smartphone maker claims that their smartphones offer the best video-watching experience. But Google offers you an easy way to verify which devices are best equipped to let you enjoy videos on YouTube. Last year, it launched a website listing all the YouTube Signature smartphones and listed a score of leading devices from brands like
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Every smartphone maker claims that their smartphones offer the best video-watching experience. But Google offers you an easy way to verify which devices are best equipped to let you enjoy videos on YouTube. Last year, it launched a website listing all the YouTube Signature smartphones and listed a score of leading devices from brands like
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The Huawei P30, P30 Pro, and Honor View20 are the latest YouTube Signature devices
YouTube has added Huawei P30, P30 Pro, and the Honor View20 into its list of YouTube Signature devices which offer the best video viewing experience.
🗞 Huawei Y5 2019 appears on the Play Console with the MediaTek Helio A22
The Google Play Developer Console’s Device Catalog is a list of devices that app developers can use to whitelist or blacklist certain devices from installing their apps. The list is maintained by Google, and is based on the information that device makers themselves submit to Google, making it a very good spot to look out
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The Google Play Developer Console’s Device Catalog is a list of devices that app developers can use to whitelist or blacklist certain devices from installing their apps. The list is maintained by Google, and is based on the information that device makers themselves submit to Google, making it a very good spot to look out
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Huawei Y5 2019 appears on the Play Console with the MediaTek Helio A22
The Huawei Y5 2019 has been spotted on the Google Play Console's Device Listing, sporting a MediaTek Helio A22 SoC. Read on to know more!
🗞 The Realme 3 Pro will launch in India on April 22 as a competitor to the Redmi Note 7 Pro
Realme, the company which emerged from OPPO almost a year ago, has seen a significant amount of success in India. With its competitive pricing, Realme has been able to sway users away from other brands and is expected to continue doing so with its seventh smartphone in India. Staying true to the commitment it made
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Realme, the company which emerged from OPPO almost a year ago, has seen a significant amount of success in India. With its competitive pricing, Realme has been able to sway users away from other brands and is expected to continue doing so with its seventh smartphone in India. Staying true to the commitment it made
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The Realme 3 Pro will launch in India on April 22 as a competitor to the Redmi Note 7 Pro
Realme 3 Pro has been confirmed to launch in India on April 22 as a successor to the Realme 2 Pro and a direct comeptitor to Redmi Note 7 Pro.
🗞 [Video] Gaming Performance on the Xiaomi Mi 9
Xiaomi’s latest flagship, Mi 9, is a high-performance device by all means. And in spite of it being a flagship, the Chinese giant extends its high value for money philosophy to this smartphone as well. Powered by a Snapdragon 855 SoC and up to 8GB of RAM (the Explorer Edition supports up to 12GB), the
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Xiaomi’s latest flagship, Mi 9, is a high-performance device by all means. And in spite of it being a flagship, the Chinese giant extends its high value for money philosophy to this smartphone as well. Powered by a Snapdragon 855 SoC and up to 8GB of RAM (the Explorer Edition supports up to 12GB), the
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[Video] Gaming Performance on the Xiaomi Mi 9
Xiaomi Mi 9 with a Snapdragon 855, 8GB RAM is a performance-oriented flagship. So how does it perform while gaming? See this to know more.
🗞 Future Android version may support “Smart Forwarding” to forward calls between SIMs
The open source nature of Android is arguably the biggest advantage the OS has to offer when compared to its competitors. AOSP allows third-parties to modify Android for their own devices, and also makes it so their code is easily contributable. Lurking in the AOSP Gerrit, we stumble upon a few interesting things every now
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The open source nature of Android is arguably the biggest advantage the OS has to offer when compared to its competitors. AOSP allows third-parties to modify Android for their own devices, and also makes it so their code is easily contributable. Lurking in the AOSP Gerrit, we stumble upon a few interesting things every now
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"Smart Forwarding" may be coming to a future version of Android
A future version of Android will allow calls to be automatically forwarded to a working SIM when the current number is unreachable.
🗞 Google is considering adding Call Recording APIs in a future Android version
Considering how long we spend doing activities like browsing the web, sending emails, watching videos, listening to music, etc. on our smartphones, we may as well start calling these devices portable PCs and not smartphones. For many users, however, placing regular old phone calls is still a very important feature, especially when it relates to
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Considering how long we spend doing activities like browsing the web, sending emails, watching videos, listening to music, etc. on our smartphones, we may as well start calling these devices portable PCs and not smartphones. For many users, however, placing regular old phone calls is still a very important feature, especially when it relates to
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Google is considering adding Call Recording APIs in a future Android version
In Android Pie, Google blocked the only way to record phone calls. Now, the company is evaluating adding an official call recording API in a future release.
🗞 The Samsung Galaxy Fold foldable smartphone will be available in US stores on April 26th
The Samsung Galaxy Fold was finally unveiled and Unpacked 2019 in February. Since then, we haven’t heard much about the device. Samsung has been putting all of its attention on the launch of the Galaxy S10 series. It’s finally time for the foldable phone to make its official debut in stores across the US. Starting
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The Samsung Galaxy Fold was finally unveiled and Unpacked 2019 in February. Since then, we haven’t heard much about the device. Samsung has been putting all of its attention on the launch of the Galaxy S10 series. It’s finally time for the foldable phone to make its official debut in stores across the US. Starting
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The Samsung Galaxy Fold foldable smartphone will be available in US stores on April 26th
Samsung has been putting all of its attention on the Galaxy S10 series. It's finally time for the Galaxy Fold to make its official debut in stores.
🗞 Android Pie with One UI rolls out to the Samsung Galaxy Tab S4 and Galaxy J6
The year 2019 has signified a gigantic shift of direction for Samsung’s mobile division. While their 2018 flagships received some criticism for looking eerily similar to their predecessors, Samsung lost the fear to innovate with their 2019 smartphones: the Galaxy S10 line uses Infinity-O punch-hole displays as an alternative to notches and their new Galaxy
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The year 2019 has signified a gigantic shift of direction for Samsung’s mobile division. While their 2018 flagships received some criticism for looking eerily similar to their predecessors, Samsung lost the fear to innovate with their 2019 smartphones: the Galaxy S10 line uses Infinity-O punch-hole displays as an alternative to notches and their new Galaxy
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Android Pie with One UI rolls out to the Samsung Galaxy Tab S4 and Galaxy J6
One UI (Android Pie) is now branching out to other devices. This includes Samsung's flagship tablet, the Galaxy Tab S4, as well as the Galaxy J6.
🗞 Google Home speakers can now put your Android phone into Do Not Disturb mode
One of the handiest and lesser-known features of Google Home devices is the integration with phones. Can’t find your phone in your house? Just ask Google Home to ring it for you. Another cool feature that was supposed to roll out late last year is the ability to silence devices from Google Home speakers. It
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One of the handiest and lesser-known features of Google Home devices is the integration with phones. Can’t find your phone in your house? Just ask Google Home to ring it for you. Another cool feature that was supposed to roll out late last year is the ability to silence devices from Google Home speakers. It
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Google Home speakers can now put your Android phone into Do Not Disturb mode
Google Home speakers can now silence your phone by remoting putting the device into Do Not Disturb mode. It can also work from phones for speakers.
🗞 New “Dragonblood” vulnerability affects the Wi-Fi WPA3 standard
It’s less than a year old, but the WPA3 security standard for Wi-Fi has already had a host of flaws made public by two researchers. Released back in June of 2018, WPA3 was a necessary upgrade after WPA2 was split wide open by the KRACK exploit. WPA3 offers a host of features that make it
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It’s less than a year old, but the WPA3 security standard for Wi-Fi has already had a host of flaws made public by two researchers. Released back in June of 2018, WPA3 was a necessary upgrade after WPA2 was split wide open by the KRACK exploit. WPA3 offers a host of features that make it
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New “Dragonblood” vulnerability affects the Wi-Fi WPA3 standard
Researchers Mathy Vanhoef and Eyal Ronen have revealed five Wi-Fi WPA3 exploits that they are collectively referring to as "Dragonblood."
🗞 This Android app lets you long press the volume buttons to skip songs while the screen is off – WITHOUT Root!
If you’ve ever installed a custom ROM before, then there’s a good chance you’ve seen a feature that lets you remap a long press of the volume button to control media playback. With this option enabled, you can long press the volume up button to skip to the next track or long press the volume
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If you’ve ever installed a custom ROM before, then there’s a good chance you’ve seen a feature that lets you remap a long press of the volume button to control media playback. With this option enabled, you can long press the volume up button to skip to the next track or long press the volume
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This Android app lets you long press the volume buttons to skip songs while the screen is off – WITHOUT Root!
Most custom ROMs have an option to long press the volume keys when the screen is off to control music. This Android app does it on any Android 8.0+ device!
🗞 Hidden Google Play Store developer setting enables Internal App Sharing
The Google Play Store acts as the central gateway to Google’s Android experience. It’s used by millions of users everyday, consciously and unconsciously, as apps gets downloaded, installed, and updated on a frequent basis. But in addition to serving the needs of the users, the Play Store also serves the needs of the developers of
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The Google Play Store acts as the central gateway to Google’s Android experience. It’s used by millions of users everyday, consciously and unconsciously, as apps gets downloaded, installed, and updated on a frequent basis. But in addition to serving the needs of the users, the Play Store also serves the needs of the developers of
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Hidden Google Play Store developer setting enables Internal App Sharing
A hidden developer setting within the Google Play Store app enables Internal App Sharing options for testing out apps. Read on to know more!
🗞 Samsung may actually update the Galaxy S7 with One UI based on Android Pie
The Samsung Galaxy S7 was launched all the way back in February of 2016. While that might not seem like a long time ago, in a phone’s life cycle it is. Most Android OEM’s promise only two years of software updates and they usually take forever to receive them towards the end of that period.
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The Samsung Galaxy S7 was launched all the way back in February of 2016. While that might not seem like a long time ago, in a phone’s life cycle it is. Most Android OEM’s promise only two years of software updates and they usually take forever to receive them towards the end of that period.
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[Update: Probably not] Samsung may actually update the Galaxy S7 with One UI based on Android Pie
Samsung may be following in Google's footsteps and giving the Samsung Galaxy S7 an extra year of updates with Android Pie and One UI.
🗞 Google and Huawei may pay up to $400 to owners of bootlooping Nexus 6P
Some of you may remember an unfortunate page in the history of Android back in 2015-2016. Faulty chipsets caused a few devices to experience never-ending bootloops, or as we call it in the community, a “hard brick.” To this day, we still don’t know all the details on the exact issue with the devices. One
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Some of you may remember an unfortunate page in the history of Android back in 2015-2016. Faulty chipsets caused a few devices to experience never-ending bootloops, or as we call it in the community, a “hard brick.” To this day, we still don’t know all the details on the exact issue with the devices. One
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[Update 4: Checks Sent] Google and Huawei may pay up to $400 to owners of bootlooping Nexus 6P
The proposed settlement gives Google/Huawei liability to pay up to $400 to each Nexus 6P user who expirienced the bootloop issue.