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 convertibles, navigation starts with a thin line in the shelf. Swiping up from the bottom of the screen when in an app will…

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…

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 —…

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…