Now in its sixth year, the 2020 Material Design Award winners were announced this morning. There are just three categories this year covering the best dark theme, use of motion, and Material Theming.
It’s time once again to celebrate the product teams who used ingenuity and creativity to bring Material to life. The Material Design Award winners serve as great examples of Material Design in…
Hands-on: ‘AAWireless’ aims to give your car wireless Android Auto and, impressively, it works
December 15, 2020
The promise of Android Auto Wireless is a simple one — bringing the same useful software to a car’s display but minus the cable. Unfortunately, the vast majority of cars sold with Android Auto lack wireless functionality without an easy way to add it. That’s where the…
Google Home Max officially discontinued after going out of stock
December 15, 2020
The Home Max, and Mini, launched in 2017 as the first expansion of Google’s smart speaker lineup. After three years, Google has officially discontinued the Home Max as inventory is depleted.
Both the Chalk and Charcoal Home Max are now out of stock on the US Google…
Asus ROG Phone 3 is the Best Gaming phone of 2020, LG Wing 5G wins Trailblazer category by readers' vote
December 14, 2020
Last week we had a round of voting to determine the Best Phones of 2020 in seven different categories. While five categories continue to a final this week, two categories have their outright winners.
The Asus ROG Phone 3 ZS661KS knocked out its competition – with three quarters of votes it is our Best Gaming phone of 2020.
Asus has built a strong brand of gaming hardware that spans PC…
Oppo introduces new “slide” concept phone with three hinges
December 14, 2020
Oppo introduced the Find X 2021 rollable concept phone, which is some way off from becoming commercially available, but the company is already thinking ahead and what could the next revolution in smartphone design. Oppo collaborated with the Japanese design studio Nendo to…
Samsung Galaxy S21's ultrawide camera detailed, AF confirmed
December 14, 2020
Another day, another Galaxy S21 leak. This time is about the ultrawide camera, which until now has been vaguely mentioned in leaks. And by the looks of it, we have high hopes of the ultrawide snapper.
According to solid Samsung tipster, , all three phones from the Galaxy…
Flipkart has launched the Nokia Purebook X14 laptop in the Indian market. It’s powered by Intel’s Core i5 10210U with UHD 620 integrated graphics. The laptop features a magnesium-aluminum alloy body and weighs just 1.1 KG.
The Purebook X14 comes with a 14-inch IPS LCD with 1920 x 1080-pixel resolution and an HD IR webcam with Windows Hello facial recognition. The backlit keyboard comes with…
Kuo: Apple iPhone 13 series on schedule for September 2021 unveil
December 14, 2020
Apple will return to its regular iPhone announcement schedule in 2021, as per reputable analyst Ming-Chi Kuo.
That means we can expect the iPhone 13 family in full by the end of September 2021. In 2020, due to the ongoing pandemic, Apple pushed the launch of its new iPhones…
Sony Xperia 1 II receiving Android 11 in Taiwan
December 14, 2020
Sony has started seeding Android 11 to its Xperia 1 II smartphones and the first country to get it is Taiwan. The build number is 58.1.A.0.921 and it’s right on schedule because Sony promised the update by the end of December.
We expect the Android 11 update to hit…
Xiaomi Mi 11 tipped to launch on December 29
December 14, 2020
Xiaomi’s upcoming Mi 11 flagship has been leaking left and right in the past weeks and now we might have its actual release date. It was believed to launch in January and then December and now the latest report gives us a specific date – December 29.
This would give Xiaomi the bragging right of having the first Snapdragon 888 announced phone. It remains to be seen if the December 29 date…