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Huawei’s HarmonyOS is coming to smartphones

September 10, 2020
Huawei has announced the second version of its HarmonyOS operating system and detailed plans to bring it to a wider range of devices, including smartphones. Consumer business CEO Richard Yu made the announcement today at Huawei’s developer conference in Shenzhen, China. Huawei will make a beta version of the HarmonyOS 2.0 SDK available to developers today, though it’ll initially only support…
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Huawei’s homegrown Android rival is coming to phones

September 10, 2020
This morning, at Huawei’s developer conference, CEO Richard Yu announced that we’ll see the first phones running HarmonyOS in 2021. Android Authority quotes Yu, saying that the developer beta of HarmonyOS 2.0 will be available today, although the mobile-compatible beta…
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New Motorola Razr adds 5G, tweaks hardware, and doubles down on outer display

September 10, 2020
Motorola today announced the Razr 5G as their second take on making an Android Foldable after the last generation did not make too much of an impact. This Android Foldable features all the specs expected of a 2020 smartphone, while being slightly more affordable. The Razr 5G loses the sharp lines of the original device for something that’s more rounded and — in theory — more comfortable to…
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Apple releases iOS 14 beta 8 to developers, more

September 9, 2020
Apple has released iOS 14 beta 8 and iPadOS 14 beta 8 to developers today. The update comes just under one week after the release of the seventh beta to developers and public beta testers. iOS 14 beta 8 is available to developers via an over-the-air update in the Settings…
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You may soon be able to adjust Google Assistant’s volume independently on Android

September 9, 2020
When it comes to volume, the ability to set granular controls are pretty useful. On Android, you can adjust the volume for notifications, media, and calls individually, but another may soon be added — the ability to adjust Google Assistant volume. Following yesterday’s launch of Android 11, the new update’s debut in AOSP has revealed a neat new feature that’s in development (via…
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Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2 review: an extravagant success

September 9, 2020
It’s a weird sort of relief to be reviewing the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2. Depending on how you count, it’s either the second, third, or even fourth iteration of Samsung’s folding phone design. The first was pulled from the market days before release because it was too…
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How Microsoft built its folding Android phone

September 9, 2020
Microsoft is returning to making phones this week, as part of an ambitious project to usher in a new era of dual-screen and folding devices. The company has spent around six years developing Surface Duo, its Android-powered device that folds out to be a phone or a miniature tablet. It’s taken Microsoft years to get the hardware and software right, but the company firmly believes now is the ideal…
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