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If you’ve been holding out on a new Apple Watch, waiting for an always-on display, a new Fossil smartwatch available for pre-order today might make for an interesting alternative.
Fossil claims the watch can make it through a full day in this mode. Alternatively, you can…
HMD global is now seeding the Android Q beta 5 to the Nokia 8.1.
The fifth beta lets you invoke the Google Assistant with a swipe gesture from either of the bottom corners. Other changes include a bit more polish on the gesture navigation as a whole and the latest Android…
The Samsung Galaxy Watch Active2 drops the physical rotating bezel in favor of a digital one. The revamped OneUI now uses a virtual bezel on the Super AMOLED display, a design that maximizes the screen real estate on your wrist. For comparison, the 44mm version has a larger screen than the 46mm Galaxy Watch.
The Watch Active2 comes in two sizes 40mm and 44mm and two styles. You can have a…
Samsung has been making some of the best wearables on the market for a while, and today it’s introducing another new option. The Galaxy Watch Active2 arrives with a compact design, multiple sizes, and more. Here’s what you need to know.
The Samsung…
Galaxy Watch Active 2 hands-on: Samsung’s balancing act
August 5, 2019
Samsung released the Galaxy Watch Active less than six months ago, but that doesn’t mean it’s too soon to move on to bigger and better things. Case in point: The Galaxy Watch Active 2, which the company is unveiling today. It’s a slightly more premium…
US LG V35 ThinQ now receiving Android Pie update
August 5, 2019
LG still isn’t doing so good with software updates but with that said, if you’re a US-based LG V35 ThinQ owner, you’ll be pleased to hear that the Android Pie update is now rolling out.
The LG V35 ThinQ was originally exclusive to Google Fi and AT&T subscribers — although it has subsequently been pulled from the Google Fi store. Despite that, nearly a year after the release of…
Last month we heard that the Nokia 6.2 and 7.2 will hit the market sometime in August and it looks like that HMD Global is right on schedule. Certification listings suggest that two Nokia devices have obtained Indonesian certification and are ready to be announced.
One of…
The Asus Zenfone 6 with its flippy camera and jacked spec sheet is now available for pre order in the US for a pretty enticing $499 price tag.
B&HPhoto has the unlocked Asus Zenfone 6 available for preorder, with devices set to ship hopefully pretty soon. The phone…
Oxygen OS 9.5.8 is now heading out for the OnePlus 7, with the update highlights including the August 2019 patch and optimizations for the display adaptive brightness mode.
The update was announced over on the official OnePlus forums by Manu J, who confirmed that the incremental rollout of Oxygen OS 9.5.8 has now started. This follows the most recent update for the OnePlus 7 Pro which also…
