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Nubia Red Magic Mars is reportedly coming to India followed by a Snapdragon 855 refresh of the dual screen Nubia X

Nubia Red Magic Mars is reportedly coming to India followed by a Snapdragon 855 refresh of the dual screen Nubia X

February 27, 2019
Nubia is a former subsidiary of Chinese electronics brand ZTE. It is now considered to be an independent associate company after ZTE reduced its stake in Nubia to 49.9% in 2017. In 2018, while ZTE launched the ZTE Axon 9 Pro, Nubia experimented with dual displays in the form of the Nubia X. The Nubia...
Pixel Experience for the Xiaomi POCO F1 and Redmi Note 5 Pro gets rebased on CAF

Pixel Experience for the Xiaomi POCO F1 and Redmi Note 5 Pro gets rebased on CAF

February 27, 2019
The Pixel Experience custom ROM is rather new compared to other ROMs within the developer community, but it has grown in popularity quite rapidly thanks to the desire of users to mimic the software experience of the Google Pixel. Since its inception, the custom ROM starts with an AOSP base but the developers have now...
Xiaomi Mi 9’s first update adds a OnePlus 6T-style waterdrop notch overlay

Xiaomi Mi 9’s first update adds a OnePlus 6T-style waterdrop notch overlay

February 27, 2019
The Xiaomi Mi 9 was released just a week ago in China, right before MWC. It's one of the first devices coming with the 7-nanometer Qualcomm Snapdragon 855, at least 6GB of RAM, 128GB UFS 2.1 internal storage, a 3,300 mAh battery, a 6.39-inch FHD+ OLED display, in-display fingerprint scanner, and Android 9 Pie-based MIUI 10.2....
Xiaomi Mi Mix 3 and Redmi Note 6 Pro get official TWRP support

Xiaomi Mi Mix 3 and Redmi Note 6 Pro get official TWRP support

February 26, 2019
The Xiaomi Mi Mix 3 was one of the most unique smartphones of 2018. It is the first Android smartphone to feature a slider design, which gave it the ability to maximize the screen-to-body ratio at 93.4%. The Xiaomi Redmi Note 6 Pro, on the other hand, was not so unique. The Redmi Note 6...
Telegram 5.4 adds autoplaying videos and automatic download settings

Telegram 5.4 adds autoplaying videos and automatic download settings

February 26, 2019
We're always on the lookout for a new Telegram update and today version 5.4 has started rolling out. The update includes a number of features, including autoplaying videos, automatic download settings, and logout alternatives. Autoplaying videos work the same as you've seen on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. As you scroll through a chat, videos will play automatically...
OnePlus’ “5G Apps of Tomorrow” program challenges developers to create apps that need 5G

OnePlus’ “5G Apps of Tomorrow” program challenges developers to create apps that need 5G

February 26, 2019
We're only two months into 2019 and you may already be sick of hearing about 5G. There's no doubt this is going to be a big trend this year. All the major players are throwing their hats into the ring. The Samsung Galaxy S10 5G and Xiaomi Mi Mix 3 5G are just a couple...
Reddit for Android version 3.21 adds interactive post previews in Chat

Reddit for Android version 3.21 adds interactive post previews in Chat

February 26, 2019
There are a number of popular Reddit applications available for Android in the Google Play Store. This was originally a necessity as the social media company had not released their own official app for many years, but that changed about three years ago with the release of the official app on iOS and Android. Since...
Google Duo for the web is now available

Google Duo for the web is now available

February 26, 2019
Google Duo is one of the few communication apps offered by Google that people immediately took to liking. It was originally released in 2016 alongside Allo, an artificial intelligence-powered messaging application, which failed to take off. But, Duo has shown promising results even during its first days of release. Because of that, the development team...
Spotify goes live in India with Premium pricing on par with Apple Music

Spotify goes live in India with Premium pricing on par with Apple Music

February 26, 2019
Spotify is one of the most popular music streaming services available and the company continues to grow. One of their strategies is bringing their service to new markets and India has been on their radar for a while now. Late last year we got word from a report that they had laid down the tracks...
Google launches Flutter 1.2 and Dart DevTools, a web-based suite of programming tools

Google launches Flutter 1.2 and Dart DevTools, a web-based suite of programming tools

February 26, 2019
Flutter is one of the newest additions to the arsenal for app developers. It's a UI framework for building beautiful, fluid, and interactive cross-platform native apps on iOS and Android using the Dart language. The first stable release of the cross-platform development toolkit was released just three months ago. Today, Google announced the first feature updated...
The OnePlus 7 won’t have wireless charging

The OnePlus 7 won’t have wireless charging

February 26, 2019
The "Never Settle" motto keeps haunting OnePlus, years after the release of the OnePlus One. The company was criticized for not including NFC in their earlier smartphones, sticking with 1080p rather than 1440p displays, and they even are their own words from the OnePlus 6 launch when they ended up removing the 3.5mm headphone port...
Samsung Galaxy S10 may not be able to use custom themes from Swift Installer or Substratum

Samsung Galaxy S10 may not be able to use custom themes from Swift Installer or Substratum

February 26, 2019
Samsung's latest flagship, the Samsung Galaxy S10, puts together the best of what the company has achieved in consumer-ready hardware and software into a smartphone that will give competitors some sleepless nights. The Galaxy S10 offers the best Samsung experience yet, made possible by 10 years worth of effort in this segment. Despite all of its...