South Korean smartphone maker LG may have released the Oreo update for its V30 smartphone in select countries, but the company’s other phones, including the flagship LG G6, haven’t been so lucky. Now, LG Italy is saying that the Oreo update for the G6 smartphone will arrive in the second quarter of this year. “[Translated […]
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WhatsApp Business app arrives on Android, now available in India
Update (Jan 23): WhatsApp Business is now available in India. Originally the company had launched the app in only five countries, but it quietly expanded the availability earlier today. Earlier (Jan 19): Four months after initially revealing the plans to bring business accounts to its messaging app, Facebook-owned WhatsApp on Thursday announced the launch of […]
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Android 8.1 will now display Wi-Fi speeds before connecting
Google is slowly adding new features to Android Oreo. The company on Monday announced that the users with devices running Android 8.1 will now be able to see a speed label for public Wifi networks before connecting. This will help you in avoiding poor public networks as well as in deciding between multiple public Wifi […]
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Get Android Go edition benefits on any Android 8.1 custom ROM
If you have one of the older Android phones and you are running an Android 8.1-based custom ROM on the device, you can now get the Android Go benefits. Android Go is Google’s attempt to create a lightweight version of the Android for devices with low RAM and internal storage. The first Go-enabled Android version […]
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Samsung Galaxy J7 (2018) SM-J720 specifications leaked
Samsung Galaxy J7 (2018) has been revealed in the sightings on two benchmark websites GFXBench and Geekbench. The listings on two websites have spilled the key specifications of this upcoming smartphone. Although there is no word on exactly when the J7 (2018) is going to make its debut, these sighting do suggest that actual launch […]
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MIUI 9.2 update is now rolling out to select Xiaomi phones
Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi has announced that it has started rolling out a new stable version of the MIUI 9 operating system to a number of its smartphones. The phones currently getting the update are Redmi Note 5A, Redmi Y1, Redmi Y1 Lite, Redmi Note 5A Prime, Mi MIX 2, Redmi 5, Redmi 5 Plus, […]
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Opera Browser for Android adds cryptocurrency miner protection
With massive increase in the prices of the cryptocurrencies over the last couple of months, websites hosting cryptocurrency miners are increasingly becoming a major problem for the smartphone owners. These miners not only slow down the phones, but also impact the battery life of the device. By default, the Android devices have no protection against […]
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HTC One M9 to get Oreo update in late-Feb or early-March: Optus
Looks like HTC 10, U Ultra, U11 and U11 Life (Sense version) aren’t the only HTC phones getting Android 8.0 Oreo updates. If Australian telecom operator Optus is to be believe, the Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC is already working on the Oreo update for its One M9 phone. Optus notes on its website that the […]