Samsung is preparing to introduce the Galaxy M12, which appeared in CAD renders last month revealing its design. The company hasn’t announced the M12’s launch date yet, but the smartphone just bagged Bluetooth certification, meaning it shouldn’t be too long before the M12 is made official.
The listing on the certifying authority’s website includes five different models of…
Xiaomi pushed its stable Android 11 beta update for the Mi 10 and Mi 10 Pro in China last month and now the latest Android version with MIUI 12 on top has made its way to European units.
The new firmware bears the MIUI 12.2.1.0 RJBEUXM build number and also brings the…
Realme ventured into the TWS headphones market a year ago but it has already built a solid portfolio of such products. The latest FCC and Indonesia Telecom certification filings reveal that it’s about to add two more TWS sets in the very near future, updating its…
Honor V40's YORK codename and MediaTek chipset confirmed
December 4, 2020
As you know the Honor V40 is just around the corner and will become the first smartphone by the company after Huawei sold the brand. Now a trustworthy Chinese tipster confirmed its codename and shared some more details about its chipset.
He revealed the handset’s code name is YORK and its model designation is YOK-AN10. The post on Weibo also says that due to Kirin shortages, the device…
Android gets auto-narrated audiobooks and expanded Voice Access
December 4, 2020
Google is rolling out another pack of Android features, and one of the most notable might be one you can only hear. The company is teaming with US and UK publishers to introduce auto-narrated audiobooks in the Play Store — you won’t have to hope for a professional…
Following official certification and leaked renders of the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S series, the latest evidence of the Galaxy S21 comes from a Geekbench entry, run by the unreleased smartphone.
The phone carries a model number SM-G991U and is the chipset listed is…
Amazon now lets you interact with Alexa via text on iOS
December 4, 2020
Alexa can now respond to commands via text on iOS. Amazon appears to have quietly added the capability in the last few days, though the company officially confirmed the feature to The Verge.
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With the change, users can opt to text commands to Alexa rather than speaking them. According to Amazon, the feature is still a “public preview,” so it could have some bugs and may change…
Quick Charge Podcast: December 3, 2020
December 4, 2020
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…
Opel ‘surprised’ as Mokka-e sells out before launch. When will manufacturers learn EVs are popular?
December 4, 2020
It’s happened yet again: Another EV sold out before it launched. This time, it’s the upcoming Opel Mokka-e that is sold out in Europe, even though the car won’t hit the road until next March. Opel says they were “totally surprised” by the demand and were expecting…
A comparison of a Tesla Model 3 with a heat pump to one without shows impressive results
December 4, 2020
We compare one of the very first Tesla Model 3s without a heat pump to a newer model with one. The latter shows impressive initial results with what appears to be about twice the efficiency when running the heater.
With the launch of the Model Y earlier this year, Tesla introduced its own heat pump design.
It moved away from the resistive heater, which uses a heating element that converts…
