The Android 12 Developer Preview 3 is set to be the last “full” developer build of the latest OS, and we’ve unearthed a treasure trove of new user-facing features.
We’re already starting to see Google make plenty of interface-related changes to Android 12, and Developer Preview 3 is enabling a number of those that we have actually had a glimpse of, thanks to teardowns and tinkering.
But…
On Sunday, the European Super League was announced by some of the largest soccer/football clubs in England, Italy, and Spain. A mere three days later, it’s on the verge of collapse after intense criticism. Google UK today sent a very cheeky tweet about the situation in the…
Samsung SmartThings now lets you use an old Galaxy phone as a sensor for home automation
April 21, 2021
Early this year, Samsung teased a new program that would give old Galaxy smartphones a new life by repurposing them for smart home functions. This week, the first of those functions is rolling out with Samsung SmartThings using older phones as sensors.
Starting today in…
It appears as though the OxygenOS Open Beta 3 and Beta 9 updates are now rolling out for the OnePlus 8T and 8 series respectively.
We say “appears” as there has been no official confirmation from OnePlus as yet, but users over on the OnePlus Forums have managed to grab the update for the 8T, 8, and 8 Pro (via XDA). It’s quite a sizeable patch but as with the recent stable update for the…
Samsung has updated these phones to Android 11
April 21, 2021
It usually takes Android OEMs a fair bit to get the latest version of the OS on older devices, but Samsung has been getting better and better at this every year. For Android 11, the official update schedule kicked off in early December and continues to expand. Here’s every…
After pulling the plug on its Shopping app on Android earlier this month to replace it with the web app, Google is bringing one of the app’s useful features to Chrome. Soon, Chrome for Android will have a price-tracking feature.
Live now in the latest Chrome for Android…
OnePlus Watch gets its first update with improved step tracking, app icons for notifications
April 21, 2021
The OnePlus Watch is a mess, but a lot of its flaws can be addressed through software updates. Today, OnePlus is releasing the first post-launch update for the OnePlus Watch, with better step tracking, notification improvements, and more.
Detailed on the OnePlus forums, software version B.40 for the OnePlus Watch is rolling out now in the US and Canada and will expand to other regions soon. The…
Verizon's Samsung Galaxy S10 gets April patch and new camera features with the latest update
April 21, 2021
The Samsung Galaxy S10 locked to Verizon’s network is receiving a new software update, which bumps up the Android security patch level on the smartphone to April 2021 and brings a couple of new camera features.
Here’s the small changelog of the new update:
Pro…
Weekly poll results: the new Nokias fail to excite, but a couple show a glimmer of potential
April 21, 2021
Last week’s poll shows that the six new Nokia models didn’t cause excitement – and maybe they weren’t supposed to, sometimes boring is good. The X-series have a chance chance to position themselves as phones that “just work” for three years, which is exactly what…
Weekly poll: Sony Xperia Mark III tries something different, but is it worth the price of admission?
April 21, 2021
When it comes to phones, Sony follows the beat of a different drummer – months after the first Snapdragon 888 flagships hit the market, the Japanese tech giant announced that it will release its own flagships in early summer.
You can’t rush perfection, they say, and Sony has given up on trying to dominate the smartphone market, anyway. Unlike LG, Sony managed to eke out a small profit off its…
