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Samsung Galaxy Tab Active 3 arrives in US w/ Wireless DeX, removable battery, rugged hardware

January 19, 2021

Samsung’s tablet portfolio has included rugged options for quite some time, and today the company is launching another model. The Galaxy Tab Active 3 brings mostly mid-range specs, but some welcome additions too. On board the Galaxy Tab Active 3 you’ll find an 8-inch 1920×1200 display, Exynos 9810 chipset, 4GB of RAM and up to 128GB of storage with microSD, as well as Android 10. There’s…

Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 tweaks last year’s chips for 2021 phones; confirmed for OnePlus

January 19, 2021

Last year’s Snapdragon 865 series of flagship chips has been replaced by the Snapdragon 888, but it turns out Qualcomm isn’t done with its 800 series just yet. As an alternative to the top-end chip, the Snapdragon 870 is coming this year, and it’s already confirmed for…

Review: Samsung Galaxy Buds Pro strike nearly the perfect balance

January 19, 2021

Last year’s Galaxy Buds+ were some of the best truly wireless earbuds to date, but they still left quite a bit of room for improvement. For 2021, Samsung is launching the Galaxy Buds Pro that provide a new design, additional features, and a higher price tag. Through it…

The Google Play Store adds icons to show chart position changes

January 18, 2021

New chart position icons have now joined the Google Play Store, making it easier than ever to track the rise and fall of specific applications within category leaderboards. The option was spotted by the team over at Android Police, making it far more transparent who the real movers are within the Play Store leaderboards, as often changes are far harder to pinpoint if you sporadically view the…

Samsung Galaxy S21 teardown shows minor internal differences from S20 series

January 18, 2021

The first teardown of the Samsung Galaxy S21 series has now been shared online with some admittedly minor internal differences from last year’s Galaxy S20 model. Of course, most of the major differences are external with the early 2021 refresh, but there are a number of…

Android 11 begins rolling out for Sony Xperia 1 and Xperia 5

January 18, 2021

After announcing the Android 11 roadmap for devices including the original Xperia 1 and 5, Sony has now started the official rollout of the OS upgrade for both devices. This rollout is actually a month ahead of schedule, as the original roadmap stated “February 2021”…

Samsung SmartThings is now available on Android Auto [Update]

January 18, 2021

After announcing that a partnership with Google would bring Nest devices to SmartThings this year, Samsung is about to integrate with one of Google’s platforms. Alongside the reveal of the Galaxy S21 series, Samsung has revealed that SmartThings is coming to Android Auto. Soon, the SmartThings app for Android will feature support for Android Auto. Samsung hasn’t confirmed exactly when this…

Ongoing Android 11 issue seems to ignore game controller input

January 18, 2021

Android updates nowadays are usually pretty stable, but issues can still crop up and go some time without a patch. With Android 11, some users have noticed problems with game controller input being ignored by the system, and it’s still happening. A support thread on…

Samsung Galaxy Buds Pro get first update with left/right balance adjustment

January 18, 2021

We’ve already called Samsung’s Galaxy Buds Pro some of our favorites in recent memory, and now they’re getting a first update that delivers two enhancements and a collection of bug fixes and performance improvements. Rolling out now, Galaxy Buds Pro are getting the…

Google rolling out Winter Seasonal Savings to Nest Thermostats

January 18, 2021

Back in June, Google made its energy saving tuning program available to all Nest Thermostat owners after previously restricting to certain partner public utilities. The wider availability of Seasonal Savings is continuing this winter with Nest Thermostats starting to show the prompt. Over the past week, Google has been prompting users about Winter Seasonal Savings in the Nest app and on their…