Mobile

Today is a big day for Honor, as the company introduced the X6 to the British market, and launched a new product in China – the Play 40 Plus 5G. This new phone comes with a Dimensity 700 chipset, 50MP dual cameras and a huge battery. The Play 40 Plus has a 6.74” LCD with 720p resolution and 90Hz refresh rate. The screen has a small waterdrop notch on top for the 5MP selfie camera. The…

In addition to introducing a handful of Messages features, Google is rolling out new icons for the SMS/RCS app, as well as Phone and Contacts. These three icons continue to share the same style to convey that they’re part of the same app family responsible for communication. Overlapping message bubbles is the key motif here to represent how texting (and calling) involves at least two…

Android 12 is finally available for Chromecast with Google TV (4K) and available out of the box on the HD model too. But it’s an update that doesn’t bring a ton of user-facing features. One addition in Android 12 for Chromecast with Google TV is frame rate matching, but in its current state, it’s not all that useful. As mentioned, there’s not a whole lot new in Android 12 for Google TV…

Google has detailed the new, recent and upcoming changes to its Messages app in an effort to advocate for the more widespread adoption of the RCS messaging protocol. Apple chief Tim Cook recently made clear that the company has no plans to fix the ‘green bubbles’ texting experience anytime soon, but Google’s feature additions improve messaging interoperability between iOS and…