Chinese car giant Geely has purchased a majority stake in the now-small smartphone maker Meizu. Bloomberg reports that Meizu will be run as an independent company under Xingli Technology, another tech brand under Geely’s umbrella. That said, the pair are expected to work together on new products, and Xingli has already expressed plans to make a big splash in the AR/VR space.
If you’ve been…
After launching a series of crypto phones, HTC has entered the tablet market once again with the A101 getting quietly unveiled.
Update: Corrected information to note that the new tablet is the HTC A101 and not the aforementioned A100 – which was released in September…
Not long after formally being announced, the Paranoid Android Sapphire beta which is based upon Android 12 is now available for a swatch of OnePlus 7 and 7T series handsets.
The third-party ROM project has managed to withstand some funding and development issues to…
The “gaming smartphone” has become a race between a handful of brands, but it’s hard to say anyone really pulls it off better than Asus with its ROG lineup. Today, Asus has unveiled the ROG Phone 6 series, with some big spec upgrades.
The Asus ROG (Republic of Gamers) Phone 6 series consists of two different models. There’s the “base” ROG Phone 6, as well as the upgrade ROG Phone 6…
Google is rolling out a new update for Android Auto with the version number 7.9, just in time for the previous update to finally be rolling out more widely.
Android Auto 7.9: Rolling out now, but what’s new?
Over the past few days, Google has started pushing Android Auto…
If you use Microsoft Outlook for your email needs, Microsoft is about to release a new “Lite” app on Android to keep the app running as fast as possible.
Mentioned on the Office 365 roadmap, Microsoft says that it will be releasing “Outlook Lite” sometime in July…
Apple drops trade-in value for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Watch ahead of new releases in the fall
July 5, 2022
A couple of months after lowering the estimated price for most of its products, Apple is dropping once again trade-in value for the iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch. This time, iPhone models are also seeing their trade-in value going down, which means you’ll get less when trading in them for a new product by the company.
These new trade-in values have been updated two months before Apple announces…
Twitter Blue subscribers on Android can now edit the navigation bar, remove Spaces button
July 5, 2022
Twitter Blue brings a handful of additional features and perks to users of the social network for a monthly fee, but several of the features took some time to arrive on Android. Now, Twitter Blue is bringing its customizable navigation bar to Android.
Announced last week on…
As announced a week ago, Google is now in the process of shutting down classic Hangouts for free consumers. Many users are finding that they can no longer access Hangouts for Android and iOS today.
The first stage of this shutdown impacts the old Hangouts mobile apps that…
Google officially announced its first smartwatch at I/O 2022 in May, but only provided a “first look” ahead of the full reveal this fall alongside the Pixel 7 and 7 Pro. 9to5Google has revealed a number of new details since then, and here’s everything we know about the Pixel Watch.
Design, display, and materials
The Pixel Watch consists of three distinct layers, starting with a domed top…
