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Verizon's LG V60 ThinQ 5G UW is now receiving the Android 11 update

February 27, 2021
There are companies who are very good at timely Android updates, there are companies who are quite bad at that, and then there’s LG. The Korean firm has only sent out an update to Android 11 to the Velvet so far, but even for that model the new software only rolled out in South Korea. Today marks the start of LG’s second ever Android 11 rollout, this time for Verizon’s V60 ThinQ…
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Huawei announces P40 4G with Kirin 990 chipset

February 27, 2021
Nearly a year after its initial release, Huawei’s P40 has been released in a 4G-only variant. The Huawei P40 4G is powered by the Kirin 990 chipset which is the only difference from the regular 5G model. The rest of the spec sheet is identical. You get a 6.1-inch OLED…
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Huawei wants to make electric cars later this year

February 27, 2021
Huawei has been suffering a lot from the US government’s various bans, and as a consequence we’ve seen the company diversify its product portfolio quite a bit, with a lot more focus placed on wearables and audio accessories in recent months, for example. Now a…
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Bill Gates explains why he still prefers Android over iPhone during interview on Clubhouse

February 27, 2021
During a recent interview on the invite-only audio conversation app Clubhouse, Bill Gates revealed why he still prefers to use an Android phone over the iPhone. What it boils down to, Gates explained, is that Android manufacturers are “more flexible” with software integration. As our colleagues over at 9to5Google reported, Gates joined Andrew Ross Sorkin for an interview in the Clubhouse app…
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Google Recorder 2.2 rolling out with Pixel audio backups, online access and sharing

February 27, 2021
Earlier this week, we spotted recorder.google.com go live for playing, searching, and sharing audio online. The required update to Google Recorder — version 2.2 — for Android is now beginning to roll out on Pixel devices to enable backups and web access.  Upon updating to Google Recorder 2.2 (from version 2.1), you’re greeted with a “Back up your recordings?” sheet that explains…
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Don’t get too excited about Android 12 for Google TV — there’s not much new

February 27, 2021
Every year, a new version of Android arrives, and with it, usually a bunch of new features and behind-the-scenes changes. This year, with the launch of the first Android 12 Developer Preview, we also saw the first time the release was accompanied by previews for Android TV and Google TV. That’s cause for excitement in itself, but the updates themselves don’t really have that much to…
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