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Weekly poll results: ROG Phone II, Xperia 5 and Nokia 7.2 voted best at IFA2019

IFA saw a pretty diverse and colorful set of phone announcement this year. Everyone seems to be working on a mostly separate agenda, or at leas different enough to make for some really stand-out devices. In this week’s poll we asked you to pick favourites and its official, as far as flagships go the Asus ROG Phone II proved to be an over-achiever in yet another category – fan love. One…
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LG might be getting back into tablets with the G Pad 5

Straight off the bat, this is clearly an extremely odd leak. Not only has LG been out of the tablet game for over two years now, but the Snapdragon 821 chipset just seems too old to even be available at this point. That being said, references to the G Pad 5, as well as…
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Google Assistant testing denser suggestions UI on Android

As we’ve seen in recent Pixel 4 leaks, Google has a number of design changes in mind in the near future for the Google Assistant on Pixel phones. For those of us who won’t be getting the “next-generation” Assistant right away, Google is also testing out a new UI for its proactive suggestions on Android. As it stands today, when you invoke the Google Assistant on Android, you’re…
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Verizon's LG V30 starts receiving Android Pie update

LG rolled out the Android Pie update for the V30 in Europe back in July, and now, Verizon’s V30 is also getting a taste of Android Pie. There’s no official announcement about the rollout yet, but some V30 users on Verizon have already received the update, which…
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Android’s Fast Share feature gets revamped settings and share sheet ahead of launch

Earlier this year we showed you Google’s AirDrop competitor, Fast Share. Now, as we still wait for the feature to actually launch, new screenshots are showing off Google’s progress as it builds out the feature with a revamped settings menu and new share sheet. Google’s Fast Share feature works a lot like Apple’s AirDrop, but is enabled through Google Play Services. It uses Bluetooth to let…
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Realme 5 gets Digital Wellbeing and camera improvements with latest update

The Realme 5 received its first software update last week which came with August 2019 security patch and camera improvements. Now, the smartphone is receiving its second update which comes with Digital Wellbeing. Additionally, the new firmware also optimizes the multi-finger touch experience for some third-party apps while improving the clarity in HDR mode and the preview effect in portrait mode…
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