While YouTube Music has seen a steady series of updates in recent months, Google Play Music has stagnated ahead of its eventual replacement. In April, Google removed a direct portal for smaller artists to upload songs, and is now removing the ability to gift Play Music subscriptions.
For the past year or so, Google has rolled out only minor Play Music updates, with version 8.21 for Android…
Android Studio 3.5 includes eight months of fixes and improvements, Chrome OS support
August 20, 2019
Android Studio is the main gateway to Android app development, for better or worse, but it’s not known for being particularly fast, or for necessarily working well on lower-end computers. For Android Studio 3.5, Google dedicated eight months to working almost exclusively…
You can trust Marvels superheroes to protect the Earth as well as your phone – Samsung will release Marvel-themed smart covers for the Galaxy Note10. The smart feature here is pretty basic, the covers have an NFC chip that lets your phone automatically switch to a…
iPhone owners with a mind toward security have a new option for protecting their online accounts. On Tuesday, security key manufacturer Yubico announced the $70 YubiKey 5Ci, which the company says is the world’s first Lightning port-compatible security key.
At launch, the 5Ci supports a variety of popular password managers, including 1Password, Dashlane, LastPass and Bitwarden. It’s also…
Xiaomi reports 60 million shipped phones in H1 2019
August 20, 2019
Xiaomi just released its financial report for the first half of 2019 and the numbers are good. Revenues stood at CNY 95.71 billion ($13.56 billion), a 20% improvement compared to the first half of last year. Adjusted net profits came out to CNY 5.72 billion ($810.36 million)…
OnePlus TV goes official in Sept. w/ India launch, North America, China, Europe later
August 20, 2019
With recent leaks and rumors floating around, OnePlus has today confirmed some details about its coming TV. The OnePlus TV is going to debut in September, and it’s launching in a few major markets, too.
In a forum post today, Pete Lau…
Canvas is a big-ass speaker stand for LG OLED TVs
August 20, 2019
If you’ve picked up an OLED TV, you’re left with two choices for high quality sound: A soundbar, or large speakers for a home theater setup. Canvas, a new project from a group of audio veterans, is something in between. It’s a huge speaker that serves as a stand for LG’s OLED TVs, giving you sound quality comparable to bigger Hi-Fi offerings, in a form factor that’s still relatively…
It’s common for graphics card drivers to provide optimizations for games, but the improvements aren’t often this conspicuous. NVIDIA has released a Gamescom Game Ready Driver that offers significant speedups for multiple games, most notably Apex Legends. If you’re…
Leaked Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 ad shows off NFC
August 20, 2019
Xiaomi is busy shooting promo videos for the Redmi Note 8 and that carries a risk of leaks. We saw the Redmi Note 8 Pro starring in an ad yesterday, now a clip has surfaced on TikTok showing the Redmi Note 8 using its NFC.
Yes, NFC. Its not the most exciting feature, but…
Samsung is pushing out a new firmware for its Galaxy A50 which brings an improved battery charging algorithm paired with refined fingerprint reader performance and the usual stability tweaks. The new firmware bearing the A505FDDU2ASH3 name weighs in at 320MB and also brings the August security patch.
In a surprising twist, Samsung also appears to be pre-installing Snapchat as part of this update.
