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OxygenOS Open Beta 8 is now rolling out for the OnePlus 8 and 8 Pro with a huge array of fixes for common software problems, some new features, and the all-important March 2021 security patch. As far as updates go, this is the biggest for the OnePlus 8 and 8 Pro since the stable rollout of Android 11. It was officially confirmed as heading out over on the Official OnePlus Forums, and many…

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 device Samsung has updated to Android 11 so far. This article will be continuously updated with new devices as rollouts…

Last year Spotify brought a redesigned UI to its iOS and Android app home screens. Building on that design, today Spotify announced new features including a section highlighting, personalized recommendations, “Recently Played,” and new and unfinished podcasts. Spotify detailed the latest redesign to its iOS and Android home screens in a blog post today. Through this latest update, we’ll…

For the past several Android releases, Google has been working on local discovery technologies that apps can take advantage of to find nearby objects and users. Its latest contribution is the Google Play release of a “WifiNanScan App” for developers to experiment with Wi-Fi Aware. Wi-Fi Aware — also known as Neighbor Awareness Networking (NAN) — allows Android 8.0+ devices to “discover…