Today is the first Monday of the month, so you know what that means, right? It’s time for Google’s monthly update to go out to Pixel smartphones left and right.
This time around, the new software comes with “further improvements” for auto-brightness response in certain lighting conditions for the Pixel 4a, 4a 5G, and 5, and “further improvements for auto-rotation…
Ericsson’s CEO petitions Swedish Minister of Foreign Trade to overturn Huawei and ZTE ban in Sweden
January 5, 2021
Over the weekend, a report surfaced that Ericsson CEO Borje Ekholm attempted to persuade the Swedish Minister of Foreign Trade to reverse a ban that was imposed. The ban would require telecom companies in Sweden to phase out any Huawei or ZTE 5G equipment by the beginning of…
Oppo Find X3 sets new AnTuTu record
January 5, 2021
Oppo is expected to bring the Find X3 series in the first quarter of 2021, and one of the phones from the lineup has appeared on AnTuTu. The Snapdragon 888-powered phone reached a score of 771,491, which is a new record.
Qualcomm’s official numbers are a bit north of…
Samsung may be removing the bundled charger and earphones with its Galaxy S21 lineup and it seems that won’t be the only omission. Two weeks ago we got a detailed spec leak on the Galaxy S21 and S21+ which claimed neither device will come with a microSD card slot and now is confirming these speculations.
Disclaimer #2: This is for Europe. Do not have any info on other regions.
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ZTE introduced the Axon20 5G in September claiming the tile of the world’s first commercially available smartphone with a front-facing camera under the display. Later on it followed it up with an Extreme edition in China and it’s now delivering that in global…
Samsung Galaxy Buds Pro appear in hands-on video
January 5, 2021
The latest addition to Samsung’s TWS lineup is yet to be announced but that isn’t stopping YouTuber Jeff Schick (aka Digital Slang) to post an unboxing and first impressions video of the Galaxy Buds Pro on his channel. This is the first time we’re seeing the earphones…
OnePlus has been slowly adding must-have flagship features to its phones over the years and last year it finally ticked off wireless charging with the OnePlus 8 Pro.
The company will take things up another notch in 2021 by giving both the OnePlus 9 and 9 Pro wireless charging, with the 9 Pro pushing the speed all the way up to 45W.
Last year’s OnePlus 8 Pro could do 30W, which was already…
World’s largest auto supplier Bosch takes bold (and dumb) stance against electric cars
January 5, 2021
Bosch, the world’s largest automotive supplier, has decided to take a bold, and arguably dumb, stance against electric cars based on new comments from its chairman.
Bosch and Electric Cars
Some people often forget that the transition to electric vehicles not only…
Quick Charge Podcast: January 4, 2021
January 5, 2021
Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players.
New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on…
Here’s why Wisconsin is rapidly switching from coal to solar
January 5, 2021
Wisconsin, a state that currently gets most of its electricity (42%) from coal, is quickly moving to adopt solar. The state currently has 20 solar farms under active development that will generate more than 2.2 gigawatts of power.
Wisconsin’s solar future
Michael Vickerman, policy director for nonprofit green energy promoter RENEW Wisconsin, says that’s enough capacity to account for roughly…
