The OnePlus 8T is set to debut on October 14th with some revised specs and hardware, but also a new trick up its sleeve in the software department. The OnePlus 8T will ship with Android 11 pre-installed.
In a forum post, OnePlus confirmed that its 8T smartphone will be one of the first smartphones to ship with Android 11. Of course, the Pixel 5 and 4a 5G being announced later today are expected…
More inclusive emoji will come to iPhones in iOS 14.2
September 30, 2020
The latest iOS betas nearly always reveal a glimpse into what to expect when the rest of us update our iPhones. If you’re into emoji, then iOS 14.2 might be a treat. The new additions, detailed by Emojipedia, should be only a few weeks away, include transgender flags and…
Android Pie update now rolling out for the Xiaomi Mi Box 3
September 30, 2020
As we await the release of Google’s first Android TV-powered Chromecast device, it’s still worth noting that there are plenty of great quality, affordable options out there. One such affordable option — the Xiaomi Mi Box 3 — is now finally getting an update to…
Xiaomi has now quietly launched the Mi Smart Smart Speaker in India — its first-ever Google Assistant-powered smart speaker.
The Chinese firm has released a number of smart home add-ons that all play relatively nicely with the Google Assistant ecosystem but this proves to be a long-overdue addition to their product lineup. The Mi Smart Speaker has taken a number of design cues from other…
Voice tweets coming to more iOS Twitter users; transcription later
September 30, 2020
Voice tweets – the ability to record and tweet an audio message – are coming to more iOS Twitter users, while Android and web users will need to wait until some time next year. The company first began testing the feature on iOS back in June.
Twitter is also working to…
Twitter’s voice tweets are rolling out to more iOS users, and transcriptions are on the way
September 30, 2020
Twitter has just expanded its voice tweets feature, which lets you record a snippet of audio to include with a tweet, to more users on iOS. But perhaps more significantly, Twitter is now saying it plans to add transcriptions to voice tweets to improve accessibility, which…
DuckDuckGo slams Google’s Android search engine auction as ‘fundamentally flawed’ after losing to Bing
September 30, 2020
Microsoft’s Bing search engine has beaten out competitor DuckDuckGo and will now be offered as an option for Android users during setup in select European countries, according to the results of Google’s most recent default search engine auction. DuckDuckGo, previously the most frequently offered alternative, was not pleased, and the company slammed Google’s auction process as…
iOS 14.2 beta removes mention of included earbuds in iPhone box ahead of iPhone 12
September 30, 2020
Multiple rumors have been claiming that Apple will not include the charger or EarPods in the iPhone 12 box, which seems even more likely after the company removed the power adapter from the Apple Watch box this year. With iOS 14.2 beta 2, which was released today for…
Google Stadia continues to improve on Android TV, but it’s nowhere near ready for launch
September 30, 2020
We’ve been tracking the progress of Google Stadia on Android TV for months at this point, and to date, there has been quite a bit of progress. However, on the eve of the debut of Google’s widely leaked Chromecast, the latest update just doesn’t deliver the performance…
iOS 14.2 beta 2 adds new emoji including bubble tea, a transgender flag, ninjas, and more
September 30, 2020
iOS 14.2 beta 2 is now available to developers, and the update includes a handful of new emoji characters for users. As first reported by Emojipedia, the new emoji options in iOS 14.2 beta 2 include bubble tea, a transgender flag, seal, feather, and more.
These emoji were approved earlier this year as part of the Emoji 13.0 release by the Unicode Consortium. Apple first previewed its custom…
