Today is the first Monday of the month, so you know what that means, right? It’s time for Google’s monthly update to go out to Pixel smartphones left and right.
This time around, the new software comes with “further improvements” for auto-brightness response in certain lighting conditions for the Pixel 4a, 4a 5G, and 5, and “further improvements for auto-rotation…
Ericsson’s CEO petitions Swedish Minister of Foreign Trade to overturn Huawei and ZTE ban in Sweden
January 5, 2021
Over the weekend, a report surfaced that Ericsson CEO Borje Ekholm attempted to persuade the Swedish Minister of Foreign Trade to reverse a ban that was imposed. The ban would require telecom companies in Sweden to phase out any Huawei or ZTE 5G equipment by the beginning of…
Oppo Find X3 sets new AnTuTu record
January 5, 2021
Oppo is expected to bring the Find X3 series in the first quarter of 2021, and one of the phones from the lineup has appeared on AnTuTu. The Snapdragon 888-powered phone reached a score of 771,491, which is a new record.
Qualcomm’s official numbers are a bit north of…
Samsung may be removing the bundled charger and earphones with its Galaxy S21 lineup and it seems that won’t be the only omission. Two weeks ago we got a detailed spec leak on the Galaxy S21 and S21+ which claimed neither device will come with a microSD card slot and now is confirming these speculations.
Disclaimer #2: This is for Europe. Do not have any info on other regions.
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ZTE introduced the Axon20 5G in September claiming the tile of the world’s first commercially available smartphone with a front-facing camera under the display. Later on it followed it up with an Extreme edition in China and it’s now delivering that in global…
Samsung Galaxy Buds Pro appear in hands-on video
January 5, 2021
The latest addition to Samsung’s TWS lineup is yet to be announced but that isn’t stopping YouTuber Jeff Schick (aka Digital Slang) to post an unboxing and first impressions video of the Galaxy Buds Pro on his channel. This is the first time we’re seeing the earphones…
OnePlus has been slowly adding must-have flagship features to its phones over the years and last year it finally ticked off wireless charging with the OnePlus 8 Pro.
The company will take things up another notch in 2021 by giving both the OnePlus 9 and 9 Pro wireless charging, with the 9 Pro pushing the speed all the way up to 45W.
Last year’s OnePlus 8 Pro could do 30W, which was already…
With the release of the iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Pro Max, Apple added a new LiDAR scanner to the back camera array for depth-sensing features. Now, a new supply chain report from Digitimes says that Apple will expand the LiDAR sensor beyond the ‘Pro’ models with this…
iPhone and iPad: How to hide Photos widget pics
January 5, 2021
The home screen widgets that arrived with iOS 14 have been super popular. Among those is the first-party Photos widget to surface a fresh set of memories each day. But you probably don’t want all your photos to possibly show up on your iPhone or iPad home screen. Let’s…
Made by Google is kicking off the new year with a new device passing through the FCC. This filing suggests a new Nest Hub Smart Display.
A4R-GUIK2 is classified as an “Interactive Device,” with Google previously using the “interactive” designation for Smart Displays and speakers. For example:
Nest Hub (H1A): Google Interactive
Nest Hub Max (H2A): Interactive Video Streaming Device
Nest…
