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Motorola Moto Z3 Play receives closed Android P beta in China

Motorola Moto Z3 Play receives closed Android P beta in China

June 28, 2018
Android P was announced by Google back in March. Since then, we have seen the release of Android P DP2 (which was the first Android P beta), followed by the release of Android P DP3 (also known as Android P Beta 2). This year, Google is following a new system of development. In previous year,...
Xiaomi Mi Box 4’s remote may have dedicated buttons for Google Assistant & Netflix

Xiaomi Mi Box 4’s remote may have dedicated buttons for Google Assistant & Netflix

June 28, 2018
According to new FCC filings discovered by Variety, Xiaomi could be releasing the Xiaomi Mi Box 4 in the coming months in the United States. The model number of the device is MDZ-22-AB and it is yet again based on Android TV. Xiaomi's history with Android TV devices has been spotty, with the company only...
Niantic is opening up the AR platform behind Pokémon GO & Ingress to third-party developers

Niantic is opening up the AR platform behind Pokémon GO & Ingress to third-party developers

June 28, 2018
Whether you love it or hate it, you have to agree that Alphabet's Niantic Inc. (formerly known as Niantic Labs under Google) managed to hit gold with its ideas of exploration and real-world social interaction using our mobile smartphones to deliver Augmented Reality experiences. These AR experiences gave the average Joe another reason to go...
Renders of the Motorola One, another Moto Android One device, leak online

Renders of the Motorola One, another Moto Android One device, leak online

June 28, 2018
Renders of the Motorola One have leaked online courtesy of AndroidHeadlines. This is not to be confused with the Motorola One Power, which we've covered already. This is another Android One device to be released by the company sometime in the future with some very small differences. As we already know, the Motorola One Power is...
OnePlus still working on bringing phones to the US and a 5G phone for 2019

OnePlus still working on bringing phones to the US and a 5G phone for 2019

June 28, 2018
OnePlus has carved its own space within the Android community by offering what most enthusiasts want in a smartphone. Many feel they have replaced the niche left behind by Google's Nexus program as they offer high-end hardware with premium design at a price that's less than the competition. Marketing for the enthusiast crowd is difficult...
Google and Tencent become $500,000/year Platinum Level members of the Linux Foundation

Google and Tencent become $500,000/year Platinum Level members of the Linux Foundation

June 28, 2018
The Linux Foundation is the world's largest non-profit organization that is dedicated to the promotion of open source projects to help accelerate technological development, as well as commercial and industry adoption. It serves as the home of Linux creator Linus Torvalds and lead maintainer Greg Kroah-Hartman, and serves to provide a neutral home where the...
Sony Xperia XZ2 Premium forums are now open

Sony Xperia XZ2 Premium forums are now open

June 28, 2018
The Sony Xperia XZ2 Premium finally has an official price and release date. The company announced that it will be available for pre-order on July 9th from Amazon and Best Buy with devices shipping on the 30th. Sony devices always have a great history of development, with most of their flagships often getting added to...
SD Cards with 128TB storage, ~1GB/s transfer speeds are coming in the future

SD Cards with 128TB storage, ~1GB/s transfer speeds are coming in the future

June 28, 2018
The SD Association is a non-profit organization made up of around 900 companies which set out the standards for SD memory cards. They've announced the latest iteration of SD cards, SD express, which aims to provide 985MB/s transfer speeds. Even better, the maximum storage size has grown from 2TB to a huge 128TB. This comes...
Honor 10 Mini-Review: Two Months Later

Honor 10 Mini-Review: Two Months Later

June 28, 2018
When Honor launched the Honor 10, they promised a phone that would provide a new AI experience. Bringing the AI technology from the Honor View 10, and the build quality and performance of the Honor 9, we got a polished and complete version of Honor's vision for their smartphones. Honor 10 Specs Chipset Kirin 970 Display 1080x2280 RAM 4/6GB Storage 64/128GB Camera 18+24MP/24MP AI Camera Battery 3400mAh Display The first thing...
OnePlus announces 2 years of software updates, 3 years of security patches for all phones

OnePlus announces 2 years of software updates, 3 years of security patches for all phones

June 28, 2018
Most would say that OnePlus is one of the few smartphone OEMs that stay on top of updates for their current batch of devices. Granted, they did drop the ball on the OnePlus 2 and the OnePlus X, but since the introduction of the OnePlus 3, it's fair to say that the company has been...
Samsung Messages bug is causing devices to send photos without user consent

Samsung Messages bug is causing devices to send photos without user consent

June 28, 2018
Most of us keep very personal things on our smartphones these days. This is a device that is usually always within arm's reach for most of the day and something that many go to great lengths to keep secure. Android itself is built in a way that prevents the sharing of data from one application...
[Update: Confirmed] Popular Android Video Player, MX Player, Reportedly Bought by Indian Media Giant for $200 Million

[Update: Confirmed] Popular Android Video Player, MX Player, Reportedly Bought by Indian Media Giant for $200 Million

June 28, 2018
Media players are big business, these days -- it's not uncommon to hear about video-playing apps receiving investments from venture capital firms or being flat-out purchased in multimillion-dollar acquisitions. One of the most popular video players on Android is MX Player, and this week, it was reportedly acquired by Indian media giant Times Internet Limited (TIL) for...