Last month, Oppo introduced the low-end A17 smartphone to the Indian market, and today we’re treated to what is essentially a variation of that model. It’s called A17k, and Oppo has quietly listed it on its Indian website for all to see.
The Oppo A17k has a 6.56-inch 720×1612 60 Hz LCD touchscreen, the MediaTek Helio G35 SoC at the helm, 3GB of RAM, 64GB of expandable storage, a…
First Oppo Flip phone will have big battery, 50MP camera
October 20, 2022
Oppo launched the Find N last year to compete with the Galaxy Fold and Mix Fold, and now it is working on a different foldable with a clamshell design. According to Digital Chat Station, the device will have a 6.8” screen on the inside and a 3.26” external screen.
Oppo…
The Google Home app is set to see a major redesign in the coming months but, ahead of that, Google is opening up a whole new world of automation. This week, some Google Home app users are noticing support for device triggers on Assistant routines.
Google Assistant routines…
Android 13 (Go edition) announced with Material You, Google Play System Updates, and more
October 20, 2022
Google announced and detailed Android 13 (Go edition) today with several sizable changes to the user experience and underlying technical functionality grouped under “reliability, usability and customization” tentpoles.
It starts with Material You and wallpaper-derived Dynamic Color generating “four corresponding color schemes to choose from” (instead of 16 on the full release). Google…
Microsoft wants to take on the Google Play Store and App Store with its own mobile game store
October 20, 2022
Both Google and Apple have come under regulatory scrutiny over the past few years due to practices with their respective mobile app stores and the lack of competition. As it turns out, Microsoft has been quietly working on its own mobile game store that would take on the…
Amid the work-from-home era, Google’s Area 120 incubator released Threadit to boost team collaboration with video messages that could be replied to at any time. This project is shutting down soon, but the Threadit team is joining Google Workspace.
Threadit wanted to do…
Google’s Material You design language has been available since Android 12, but you wouldn’t know it if you bought an entry Go Edition phone stuck with the old look. Thankfully, Google is finally bringing that aesthetic to lower-cost handset. The newly announced Android 13 Go Edition brings Material You to these basic devices for the first time, giving you color themes that reflect your…
Google's iOS 16 lock screen widgets are now available
October 20, 2022
Google’s iOS 16 lock screen widgets are officially available. As outlined in September, the widgets give you at-a-glance info and shortcuts for some of the company’s core apps. Gmail can show your new message counts, while Maps can either provide a link to…
YouTube Music playlist redesign with centralized album art now rolling out on Android
October 19, 2022
YouTube Music is almost constantly evolving and changing, and the latest such change is a complete redesign for the common playlist view on Android.
This was spotted in testing earlier in 2022, but on that occasion it was only spotted running on Android tablets rather than…
Google Assistant helping promote Breast Cancer Awareness Month
October 19, 2022
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and Google is using Assistant to help get the word out.
Assistant is used by 700 million people every month, and “How are you” and “What’s up?” are some of the most common queries. For the month of October, asking Google Assistant one of those questions returns: “It’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month and I’m learning some new facts.”
You…