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Nokia 2.4 hands-on

November 26, 2020

Nokia 2.4 is one of the company’s latest Android smartphones. As with most of HMD Global’s releases, this one is a budget smartphone sitting just one step above some the most affordable models in the company’s lineup. The Nokia 2.4 launched in India today, and will compete against the Redmi 9 Prime and the Realme C15, both of which are priced similarly around INR 10,000. The Nokia 2.4 has a…

Xiaomi unveils new Redmi Note 9 trio: Pro has a 108MP cam, 120 Hz screen

November 26, 2020

The Redmi Note 9 series wasn’t available in China until now, but the series arrives with a bang. The new Pro model costs the same as last year, CNY 1,600, but the difference in hardware is massive. While that’s a very affordable price, Xiaomi also unveiled the Redmi Note…

Google Doodle honors London’s first black fireman Frank Bailey

November 26, 2020

Today’s Google Doodle in the UK is honoring yet another of Britain’s trailblazers Frank Bailey on what would have been his 95th birthday. Born in Guyana, on this day in 1925, Frank Arthur Bailey worked on a German trade ship in the late 1940s and early 1950s. His work…

YouTube for Android TV v2.12.08 brings limited 8K streaming support

November 26, 2020

While there are a number of 8K TVs with Android TV support, standard Android TV boxes were capped at 4K when streaming YouTube content — even if higher resolution videos are available on the platform. 8K video streaming support is now rolling out in a limited fashion for Android TV with YouTube for Android TV version 2.12.08 according to guys over at Android Police. As we have said, this is a…

How to enable split-screen multitasking in Android 11 [Video]

November 26, 2020

If you have a large display on your smartphone, did you know you can enter split-screen for most of your apps and even some games? The split-screen process changed with Android Pie and has remained the same through to Android 11 now that gestures are the main UI input…

Google celebrates Thanksgiving 2020 with adorable social distancing Doodle

November 26, 2020

Thanksgiving Day has arrived and for 2020, it’s going to be a very different experience for most people. To celebrate the day, though, Google has posted a new homepage Doodle to celebrate Thanksgiving 2020 and the history of the Thanksgiving holiday. Live now on…

Google TV app no longer shows content available on Netflix

November 26, 2020

The arrival of Google TV put heavy emphasis on the ability for users to manage all of their favorite shows and movies in one place, regardless of how many services they subscribe to. A hiccup in that plan first occurred earlier this week on Chromecast, but now things seem all the more serious as the Google TV app has lost access to the Netflix catalog entirely. Rewinding back a bit, Google Play…

Galaxy S21 will reportedly trust Bixby’s voice recognition enough to let it unlock the phone

November 26, 2020

Fingerprint sensors and face unlock have made it way easier to unlock a phone compared to PINs and passwords. For its next major release, the Galaxy S21, it appears that Samsung is planning to add voice unlock to the mix, powered by Bixby. According to SamMobile, the…

Google advertising Pixel 5 in the UK with free movies from a ‘Mobile Cinema’

November 26, 2020

Like every other phone this year, a key part of the Pixel 4a 5G and Pixel 5 are 5G speeds. In the UK, Google is running a Map-based “Mobile Cinema” game where you can find free movies as part of a Pixel 5 advertisement. While we’re all a bit less mobile than usual…

Classic Hangouts now uses Google Meet for group video calling

November 26, 2020

Back in October, Google announced that Chat was going free next year as part of the eventual deprecation of classic Hangouts. The company detailed several transitions related to this, including a change to group video calling that brings Meet into the existing Hangouts app. At that time, Google confirmed to us that group video calling in classic Hangouts is going away in favor of Meet. A link is…