Update (Feb 1, 2018): Two months after launching the Redmi 5A in India, Xiaomi has finally started selling the Rose Gold version of the phone in the country. Although the Rose Gold version was announced along with Dark Grey and Gold Redmi 5A, it never went on sale until today. Update (Dec 26, 2017): Xiaomi […]
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Google Assistant Go for Android (Go edition) arrives in Play Store
Google has quietly released another Android (Go edition) app in Google Play. The latest to join the list is Google Assistant Go, a lightweight version of Google’s popular digital assistant. Unlike some other Go-edition apps, Assistant Go isn’t available on non-Android (Go edition) phones. As per the official Google Play listing, Assistant Go can do most […]
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OnePlus 5 receives OxygenOS 5.0.2 update with Face Unlock support
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 update […]
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OnePlus 5T gets Android 8.0 Oreo-based OxygenOS 5.0.3 update
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 the […]
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Essential decides to skip Android 8.0 because of stability issues
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, the […]
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Amazon Alexa can now send SMS messages
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 users […]
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Google took down 700,000 bad Android apps in 2017
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 Google […]
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Asus to unveil Zenfone 5-series on Feb 27 at MWC
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): Joining […]