Apple’s operating systems are receiving what will likely be their last updates ahead of the holiday season, as the company is currently pushing out point releases for iOS, iPadOS, and tvOS, plus smaller point-point releases for macOS and watchOS. While the iPhone and iPad updates include one major addition for parents, the Apple TV, Apple Watch, and Mac releases appear to be focused…
Pixel’s improved memory management may expand to other phones w/ future Android versions
December 10, 2019
Google’s Pixel smartphones usually feel faster and smoother than a lot of other Android phones, but they’re not all that great at memory management. Whether that’s a hardware or software flaw, Google plans to improve memory management on Pixel with a coming update, and…
Portrait mode for Google Duo begins rolling out on Android
December 10, 2019
Yesterday, Google unveiled its first proper “feature drop” for Pixel phones, bringing a variety of new Pixel-specific features to apps like Google Duo. Another new feature has begun to become available for Google Duo, regardless of if you use a Pixel phone, in the form…
Google built its own tiny HDMI 2.1 box to jump-start ‘the next generation of Android TV’
December 10, 2019
Today, Google is announcing that Android 10 is arriving on Android TV, and it’s about as bland of an update as they come. Primarily, it’s just the performance and security benefits of Android 10, without a single new user-facing feature. But at the bottom of Google’s blog post, the company hints at why: Google’s busy prepping for the “next-generation of Android TV,” starting with the…
Samsung has been pushing the Android 10-based update of its One UI 2 to Galaxy S10 and Galaxy S10+ devices all across the globe, but one member of the family was missing until now. Starting today, Samsung Galaxy S10e users will also receive the stable variant of the…
Since it doesn’t have the same features, Android TV’s major system updates usually lag a fair bit behind smartphones. Today, though, Google is announcing the Android 10 update for its TV platform alongside some new hardware for…
Realme X2 coming to India on December 17
December 10, 2019
Realme has been teasing a Snapdragon 730G-powered phone coming to India for a while now and according to speculations, it was supposed to be the Realme XT 730G. Now, a tweet from Realme India CEO Madhav Sheth confirms that the device will actually arrive as the Realme X2. Another teaser also shows theres also going to be a limited edition Star Wards version of the device but there’s no info on…
Oppo's under-screen camera hands-on
December 10, 2019
Under-screen cameras are almost upon us as a couple of manufacturers have already revealed that they are working on perfecting the technology so it’s ready for the end-user. Today at Oppo’s Inno Day 2019, the Chinese manufacturer showcased one of its prototypes that…
Matching an iPhone payment option that has proved popular with cellular carriers, Apple today added a new feature to its Apple Card credit card: Monthly Installments, a 24-month, 0% interest way to purchase any of the current iPhone models. The program seeks to bring more…
Direct photo import, advanced export now rolling out in Lightroom for iOS and iPadOS
December 10, 2019
Last month, Adobe previewed a highly-requested feature coming to Lightroom on iOS and iPadOS: direct photo import. Beginning today, the update is rolling out to customers along with several other new features in Adobe’s December Photography Releases.
Direct Import works exactly as you’d expect. Connect an SD card reader or camera to your device running iOS or iPadOS 13.2…
