Facebook’s Android app seems to be rolling out a new bottom bar interface for its users that improves one-handed use considerably.
In the latest update for the official Facebook app on Android — with a server-side change that’s not available to all users yet — Facebook is more widely testing this bottom bar interface. highlighted this interface earlier today and we were able to confirm…
Android-like gesture navigation, touch-friendly tab strip coming to Chromebook tablet mode
April 8, 2020
With Chrome 81, Google is introducing Android 10-like gesture navigation for the Chrome OS tablet mode. It’s also introducing other tweaks to optimize the touch experience, starting on the Lenovo Chromebook Duet.
Available for Chromebook tablets and the more common 2-in-1…
iPads pretty much rule the tablet market nowadays, but Samsung’s Android tablets are often decent options for a lot of people too. According to a new report, Samsung might have plans for bigger Android tablets with its next generation.
The Samsung Galaxy Tab S4 and Tab S6…
Foldable phones are really expensive, and Samsung’s Galaxy Fold made that clear with a whopping $1,980 price tag. For its second generation, though, it appears Samsung is planning to lower the price of the Galaxy Fold 2, and there may also be plans to introduce a new Galaxy Z Flip variant with 5G.
Galaxy Fold 2 price might be lower
reports that, in an effort to cut the cost, Samsung is…
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…
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 doesn’t appear to match the entry price, it’s one of the few smartphones in recent years that, in some ways, is easier to…
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…
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 Android is testing full-sized previews. This change matches how videos appear in the Home, new Explore, and Subscriptions…
