Mobile

A new bill in the North Dakota Senate could force Apple to allow iPhone owners to sideload applications and use alternative payment systems in-app. The wide-reaching bill would bar companies like Apple and Google from mandating that developers only use their app stores and payments systems. As explained by The Bismarck Tribune (via The Verge), the bill lays out three restrictions for so-called…

For over two years now, we’ve known that Google was planning to kill off their classic Hangouts app in favor of opening Google Chat to those without Google Workspace. With the migration set to take place in the first half of 2021, Google Chat is preparing a beta test to open the app for Hangouts users to preview. About APK Insight: In this “APK Insight” post, we’ve decompiled the latest…

Motorola has begun seeding the Android 10 firmware to the Moto G8 Play in Brazil. The firmware, QMD30.47-19, is the same Android 10 that Motorola pushed to the One Macro in India a few weeks ago and is about 1.46GB in size. Android 10 brings along a number of improvements. It enables gesture navigation, dark theme, improved navigation panel and, in this case, the December 2020 security patch. We…

An inside source revealed to some key details about Samsung’s upcoming foldable phones – likely named Z Flip2, and the Galaxy Z Fold3. The report mentions the handsets’ model numbers – SM-F926 for the Z Fold3 and SM-F711 which is attached to the Z Flip’s successor. Both devices are said to run One UI 3.5 out of the box suggesting that the release dates are…