OxygenOS 11.0.9.9 is now rolling out for selected OnePlus 8T units in North American and Europe with some software tweaks to resolve some “known issues” and improve camera performance.
The update was confirmed as rolling out over on the Official OnePlus Forums, but it’s not entirely clear why Indian variants of the 8T have been left out of this particular OTA run. However, the original…
It looks like Android 12 won’t bring back font, icon customization because of Material You
July 23, 2021
Android has always been famous for its customization options, but in Android 10 Google pushed that a step further with the ability to easily adjust system accent colors and fonts. In Android 12, though, it seems the ability to swap fonts and icons is being removed in favor…
Tesla Model S buyers are complaining that they can’t take delivery of their new electric vehicles as they are told that deliveries are on hold.
At this point, it’s unclear why.
After months of delays, Tesla finally started delivering the new version of the Model S last…
For those who shoot with antique lenses but are missing Waterhouse stops, photographer Markus Hofstätter has put together a tutorial that shows a couple of ways that shooters can create their own.
Older vintage lenses, such as Petzval ones, that don’t have an iris diaphragm instead use a set of what are called Waterhouse stops instead. Named after 19th-century astronomer and photographer John…
Given the scale that its services operate at, Google is a big user of phased rollouts to catch issues. It also operates beta tests for key apps, and Google is now officially operating a program for Android Auto.
Members of this beta program will get “early access to new…
After facing quite a bit of backlash, OnePlus has just confirmed that in Android 12, it will add an option to disable its controversial CPU throttling on newer smartphones from the brand.
Earlier this month, it was revealed that OnePlus has quietly been throttling certain…
At the start of this year, Google introduced an “About this result” panel to learn about the sites that appear in Search. That feature will now tell you why you’re seeing a specific result.
In addition to information about the “Source” publication — namely a Wikipedia description, you will soon see a “Your search & this result” card at the bottom of “About this result”…
Early this month, OnePlus revealed what many expected for a while, that OnePlus and Oppo would merge their respective Android skins. Now, we’re seeing the first fruits of that merger, with the OnePlus Nord 2 explicitly being the first device where OxygenOS is no more than…
Over the past few years, some malicious actors have leveraged Google Drive sharing to target people with spam-filled documents. Google now has a solution to that form of spam with user blocking in Drive.
Update 7/22: After being announced in May, Google is now officially…
Apple Music Spatial and Lossless Audio, automatic crossfade now widely rolled out on Android
July 23, 2021
Alongside WWDC 2021, Apple rolled out a bunch of features for its Music streaming service. The Lossless and Spatial Audio update, as well as other enhancements, are now available for Apple Music on Android.
Update 7/22: Version 3.6 of Apple Music with spatial listening, lossless audio, automatic crossfade, and library search enhancements is now rolling out via the Play Store to all existing and…
