Google promised an Assistant driving mode for phones would arrive in mid-2019, but that clearly didn’t happen — over a year passed without any sign of it. It appears to be ready, though. XDA-Developers has discovered (via Android Police) that Google Assistant’s driving mode is at least partially enabled for Android users. The interface has changed considerably from the I/O 2019 demo you see…
Samsung Galaxy Fit2 arrives in India
October 18, 2020
The Samsung Galaxy Fit2 announced last month has arrived in India. It’s priced at INR3,999 ($55/€45), comes in Black and Scarlet colors, and will go on sale later today through Samsung’s official website, Amazon.in, and select offline retails stores across the…
While iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro from pre-orders are expected to be delivered on Friday, customers are getting MagSafe Charger and iPhone 12 cases ahead of schedule. Users have been sharing photos and even videos of these new accessories on social networks, so we can now…
iPhone 12 Pro shipping times slip to November, select iPhone 12 models still available for day 1 delivery
October 17, 2020
The iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro officially went up for pre-order yesterday ahead of their October 23 launch day. Over the last 24 hours, supply of certain iPhone models has started to dwindle, so read on for the latest details — including those models which are still available for launch day delivery.
iPhone 12 Pro
The iPhone 12 Pro is far more supply constrained than the iPhone 12, but some…
Oppo introduced the F17 Pro in India last month and the company is set to launch a special edition of the smartphone in the country on October 19, dubbed F17 Pro Diwali Edition. Oppo hasn’t revealed the price of the special edition F17 Pro yet, but today the Indian…
This week’s top stories: Google Play Music store shuts down, Carl Pei leaves OnePlus, more
October 17, 2020
In this week’s top stories: Google officially shuts down music sales in the Play Store, Carl Pei leaves OnePlus, Google Camera 8.0 can be installed on older Pixels, and more.
Google Play Music took another large step toward being shut down this week, with the Google…
Samsung Galaxy A02 and M02 get Bluetooth certified
October 17, 2020
Last week two Samsung devices bearing model codes SM-A025F and SM-M025F – believed to be the Galaxy A02 and Galaxy M02, respectively – were spotted on NEMKO’s website. Now they have been certified by Bluetooth SIG as well, taking them a step closer to the launch.
Both models are included in the same certification document, meaning these could be the same phones arriving in…
Earlier this week, reports sparked of OnePlus co-founder Carl Pei’s apparent departure from the company. As of Friday, the news is official as per a farewell letter posted to the OnePlus forums.
Thank you. @PeteLau @oneplus https://t.co/2RD9AdyWhO
— Carl Pei (@getpeid)…
The OnePlus 8T became official this week, and we’ve already seen it subjected to ‘s trademark ‘durability test’, right on the day of the event.
But what if you wanted to go deeper? Inside the device? To see what it looks like under all that fancy…
In the process of ordering an iPhone 12, I noticed what seemed like a strange alert that I needed to change my Verizon plan to be able to use 5G. That’s despite having what I thought was the carrier’s latest unlimited plan. Follow along for how to make sure you’ve got a 5G Verizon plan and what to look out for.
TL;DR: Even if you think you have a current unlimited plan with Verizon that…
