It’s finally happening, folks. OnePlus is adopting wireless charging. It only took three years after everyone else, but the OnePlus 8 Pro will feature support for Qi charging. That’s great! But personally, I think OnePlus has missed the point entirely — here’s why.
OnePlus’ excuse for not using Qi wireless charging for the past few years has been the same over, and over, and over, and…
In the Android world, two different types of “foldables” have been on the rise — those that have a foldable display like the Galaxy Z Flip and those that have two separate displays like the LG V60 ThinQ and Microsoft Surface Duo. It looks like Google Chrome for Android…
The Google Pixel 3a still remains one the best affordable Android phones you can buy, simply because it offers the best bits of the Pixel series with only a few compromises.
While the 3a is by no means the first affordable Android phone that gives you an experience that…
Google wants ‘A/B’ partitions mandatory w/ Android 11, pushing Seamless Updates on holdouts
April 8, 2020
Google has made a lot of quality-of-life changes to Android over the years, but not all of them have been mandatory. Now, though, Google is making Android’s useful “A/B partitions” mandatory for future smartphones, essentially making Seamless Updates a standard feature at the same time.
A commit to AOSP Gerrit titled “Require Virtual A/B on R launches” updates the Vendor Test Suite —…
YouTube TV for Android adds long overdue dark mode
April 8, 2020
Last month, Google’s cord cutting television service was mired in contract disputes and lost Fox Region Sport Networks in some parts of the country. YouTube TV for Android is now rolling out a dark mode.
Compared to the primary app and Music — where it’s the default…
One persistent YouTube trend sees the apps and web client adopting larger video previews. The latest example of this is an A/B test that sees full-width YouTube thumbnails in search results.
Instead of thumbnails that take up half the screen’s width, YouTube search on…
Oppo Reno Ace 2 official renders surface online
April 8, 2020
The Oppo Reno Ace 2 is expected to arrive on April 13 and we already have a pretty solid idea of what to expect thanks to a TENAA listing. It will adopt the 65W Super VOOC 2.0 fast charging from the Reno Ace, but this time it will have mind-blowing 40W wireless fast-charging capabilities.
The phone is now listed at JD.com, and the Chinese retailer uploaded the official renders of the phone…
Steam is still one of the better ways for developers to make money from their games. But with thousands of new releases hitting Valve Software’s PC gaming store each year, it can seem like that opportunity is dwindling. But that’s not the case for most games, according…
Facebook Gaming is launching tournaments for esports amateurs today in early access across the globe. In the era of social distancing, Facebook believes that games can bring us together.
While the tournament feature was in the works for a while, Facebook decided to release…
MixMode has closed a $4 million round of venture capital as it continues work on artificial intelligence to help companies combat cyberattacks, many of which are increasingly automated.
Entrada Ventures led the round of funding, which included participation from Keshif Ventures and Blu Venture Investors. After spending the past two years fine-tuning the system, MixMode will use the money for…
