Gaurav Shukla is a journalist with over 12 years of experience covering the consumer technology space. He started his career with a self-published Android blog and has since worked with Microsoft's MSN.com, XDA Developers, How-to Geek, and NDTV Gadgets 360.
Advertisements Update (Jan 31): Chinese smartphone maker OnePlus has released the OxygenOS 5.0.2 update for OnePlus 5 smartphone. The update is available over-the-air (OTA) and will reach all OnePlus 5 owners over the next few days. OnePlus 5 is the second phone after OnePlus 5T to get the OxygenOS 5.02 update. According to OnePlus, the new […]
Advertisements Update (Feb 5): OnePlus has started releasing OxygenOS 5.0.3 update. It removes the MKey APK font resource that was added in OxygenOS 5.0.2. Update (Jan 31): One month after the public beta, OnePlus has started rolling out the stable Android 8.0 Oreo update for the OnePlus 5T smartphone. The new operating system will reach […]
Advertisements Essential Products has announced that it will not be releasing the Android 8.0 update for its Essential Phone, instead the company is now focussing on the Android 8.1 update. Essential started the public beta testing of the Android 8.0 Oreo update for the Essential Phone in November and over the course of this testing, […]
Advertisements Amazon has added a nifty new feature to Alexa voice assistant, which allows the Echo smart speaker users to send SMS messages. The feature is available only to the US users right now, but I am expecting a broader roll-out in the coming months. As you can expect, the SMS integration only works for […]
Advertisements Google wants to pat itself on the back by announcing that it removed over 700,000 malicious apps from Google Play in 2017. Even though this sounds like a great achievement, the bad apps and developers continue to fall through the cracks and are only removed when a third-party security firm identifies them and lets […]
Advertisements Update (Jan 31): Asus has released a teaser on social media with Zenfone branding, which further confirms that the company is indeed planning to announce the Zenfone 5-series at MWC 2018. Asus has also revealed that the event will be streamed live and you can check it out on the company website. Earlier (Jan 30): […]
Advertisements Update (Jan 30, 2018): HTC U11 Android Oreo update is now live in India. It is 1.4GB in size. You can manually check for the update by going to Settings > About > Software updates. Update (Jan 29, 2018): HTC India is finally ready to release the Android 8.0 Oreo update for U11 smartphone. […]
Advertisements Indian telecom operator Reliance Jio is working on an Android Oreo (Go edition)-powered smartphone. This unnamed smartphone will make its debut sometime this quarter in the country. Jio is collaborating with chip maker MediaTek to build this smartphone, revealed TL Lee, Business Unit Head, Wireless Communication Product, MediaTek, at the press event earlier today. […]