Android Q Beta 5 just dropped this afternoon. While the update will be heading out over traditional updates to those enrolled in the beta program, here’s how to skip the wait by sideloading the Android Q Beta 5 OTA on a Pixel 3, Pixel 3a, Pixel 2, or Pixel device.
To get started, you’ll first need to download the beta OTA file from the Android Q developer…
HTC U12+ receives Android 9.0 Pie in Europe
August 7, 2019
Just over a month ago, the first HTC U12+ units started receiving Android 9.0 Pie. Today, almost a year after the release of Android Pie, European owners are finally getting the latest publicly available version of Android.
The changelog, however, isn’t very…
LG V35 ThinQ Smartphone hits a new low at $499, you can pick up Google WiFi with a new OnHub deal, and the UE Wonderboom speaker hits one of its best prices of the year. All that and more in the latest 9to5Toys Lunch Break.
Amazon has the LG V35 ThinQ Android Smartphone…
Apple releasing iOS 13 developer beta 6 today
August 7, 2019
Apple is releasing the sixth developer beta version of iOS 13 and iPadOS 13 (possibly alongside new seeds of watchOS 6, tvOS 13, and macOS Catalina) today. Apple’s public beta builds should follow at a later date after the latest developer beta has been tested in the wild.
Apple’s new software version won’t be complete until around September, however, so testers should still expect…
Xiaomi is planning a phone with a 108-megapixel camera
August 7, 2019
Suddenly, Samsung’s 64-megapixel phone camera sensor seems antiquated. Xiaomi has revealed that it will not only use the 64MP sensor in an upcoming Redmi phone, but that a future phone will pack a 108MP (oddly billed as 100MP) “ultra-clear” Samsung ISOCELL…
Google today released the final preview of Android Q before it starts rolling out to consumer Pixel devices later this quarter. Android Q Beta 6 is the “release candidate for final testing” and makes more gesture tweaks.
Beta 6 follows changes to gesture navigation…
Apple today has released four new Shot on iPhone videos, this time highlighting both the camera and microphone quality of the iPhone. The videos are part of a new series from Apple called “Apple ASMR.”
Each of the new videos focuses on a specific sound for ultimate autonomous sensory meridian response. One highlights “a calm rain at camp,” while another…
Almost two months ago, Felix “PewDiePie” Kjellberg did something his fans have wanted for years: he made a Minecraft video, and he’s continued to make them ever since. The result was Kjellberg’s most successful month in years, pulling in more than 570 million views…
The three major video game console manufacturers — Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo —have committed to requiring all publishers of games on their respective platforms to disclose the odds of receiving types of in-game items from loot boxes in future titles on Wednesday.
The…
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