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Xiaomi Mi TV 4C/4A/4 Pro are 32″, 49″, and 55″ Android TVs coming to India

Xiaomi Mi TV 4C/4A/4 Pro are 32″, 49″, and 55″ Android TVs coming to India

September 28, 2018
Xiaomi is the world's fifth largest smartphone vendor. The company also has a broad hardware and software ecosystem. Xiaomi sells phone accessories, tablets, laptops, routers, wearables, and much, much more. At the ecosystem event yesterday, the company launched many products, including the Mi Band 3 fitness tracker, Mi Air Purifier 2S, Mi Luggage (20/24), Mi...
Download Pixel Launcher with Assistant on search bar (as seen on Pixel 3)

Download Pixel Launcher with Assistant on search bar (as seen on Pixel 3)

September 28, 2018
Shortly after the release of Android Pie for the Google Pixel series, we discovered that Google was testing a newer version of the Pixel Launcher on an unexpected device: the Android Studio emulator. While the Pixel Launcher found in Android P DP5 and the subsequent Android Pie releases lack a voice search shortcut in the...
Xiaomi Redmi Note 6 Pro announced with 6.3-inch notched display and Snapdragon 636

Xiaomi Redmi Note 6 Pro announced with 6.3-inch notched display and Snapdragon 636

September 28, 2018
Similarly to the Moto G being the series of devices that Motorola sells in the millions, Xiaomi's Redmi and Redmi Note series are incredibly popular around the world. Each release usually involves multiple variants, with each one trying to target a specific market or price point. We first reported on the Redmi Note 6 Pro...
Download MIUI 10 Global Stable for the Xiaomi Redmi 6A

Download MIUI 10 Global Stable for the Xiaomi Redmi 6A

September 28, 2018
MIUI 10 is the latest version of Xiaomi's MIUI custom user interface. It comes in two versions: China Stable and Global Stable. The Global Stable ROM is the better fit for international users. This is because the Global nomenclature means that it comes with Google Play services pre-installed. It also has many more languages available...
SwiftKey for Android gets instant translations via Microsoft Translator

SwiftKey for Android gets instant translations via Microsoft Translator

September 27, 2018
SwiftKey has been one of the most popular keyboard choices for millions of users for many years. According to the Play Store statistics, it has over 100 million downloads. A pretty big number for a keyboard application. Its theming and other customization abilities made many users fall in love with it. After Microsoft's acquisition of...
How to Remove Direct Share from the Share Menu

How to Remove Direct Share from the Share Menu

September 27, 2018
Direct Share is one of those features that seems useful on the surface but actually ends up being annoying. It shows up whenever you open the share menu and places shortcuts to your contacts in other applications at the top. I'm sure many would agree that they don't usually end up selecting one of their...
Win an UleFone Armor 3 with a 10300mAh Battery

Win an UleFone Armor 3 with a 10300mAh Battery

September 27, 2018
UleFone is giving XDA users a chance to win one of their ultra rugged phones- the Armor 3. This phone features a Helio P23 processor, a 5.7" display, 6GB of RAM, a dual lens 21+5MP camera and a 10300mAh battery. Fill out the form below for your chance to win one of these great phones. Win a...
Here are the carriers that might sell the Huawei Mate 20

Here are the carriers that might sell the Huawei Mate 20

September 27, 2018
Next month, nearly a dozen new smartphones will be announced. One hotly anticipated smartphone lineup is the refresh of the Huawei flagship Mate series. The Huawei Mate 20 and Huawei Mate 20 Pro will be the first smartphones with the HiSilicon Kirin 980 system-on-chip, but they'll also introduce a bunch of new features in EMUI...
Google Play Games is getting a Dark Theme

Google Play Games is getting a Dark Theme

September 27, 2018
Dark themes are all the rage these days. YouTube has one. Android Messages has one. The Google Phone app will soon have one. Even Facebook Messenger is getting a dark theme. The next app in Google's portfolio to get the dark theme treatment looks to be Google Play Games. This dark theme was first discovered by XDA...
Google Phone app will be the next to get a Dark Theme

Google Phone app will be the next to get a Dark Theme

September 27, 2018
Dark Mode is all the rage these days when it comes to smartphone applications. I can't say that I blame the people who want it either. Not only are they beneficial to those who use an application in dark environments, but it also saves battery life on devices with an OLED screen. Google took a...
OPPO Find X with 10GB RAM certified as world’s first 10GB RAM phone

OPPO Find X with 10GB RAM certified as world’s first 10GB RAM phone

September 27, 2018
Over the past couple of years, some Android device manufacturers decided that 4GB of RAM is not enough on a smartphone, so they pushed the envelope by bumping the RAM to 6GB and even 8GB. Until today, 8GB was considered the biggest memory capacity in a mobile phone. But, Chinese manufacturer OPPO decided that even...
Facebook Messenger redesign with Dark Mode rolls out for some users

Facebook Messenger redesign with Dark Mode rolls out for some users

September 27, 2018
Since Facebook's inception, it has expanded into many markets to enhance its core features. Over 2.5 billion people use at least one application owned by Facebook, with Messenger being one of the most popular. Messenger currently has 1.3 billion monthly active users. Back in May of this year, at the company's F8 developer convention, the...