Posts From Kishan Vyas

Kishan Vyas
Kishan Vyas 219 posts

A loyal Android user since Android 2.1 Eclair. Direct inquiries to [email protected]

Google Duo on the Galaxy S20 supports 1080p video calls over 5G

Google Duo on the Galaxy S20 supports 1080p video calls over 5G

February 11, 2020
Google Duo has become the choice for video calling friends and family for many Android users. The app is simple, intuitive, and best of all comes preinstalled on every modern Android phone as part of Google Mobile Services. It has most of the bells and whistles you would expect from video calling apps, and it...
Vivo plans to open 600 stores in 400 cities across India by the end of 2020

Vivo plans to open 600 stores in 400 cities across India by the end of 2020

February 10, 2020
After a successful 2019, Vivo is planning to double down on its offline retail strategy in India. The company recently announced that it plans to launch 250 new exclusive brand stores in 2020 across the country. The announcement comes alongside the launch of Vivo’s experiential flagship store in Thane, Maharashtra. This new experiential center will...
Live images and screenshots purportedly show the OPPO Find X2’s QHD+ 120Hz display

Live images and screenshots purportedly show the OPPO Find X2’s QHD+ 120Hz display

February 7, 2020
Oppo is all set to unveil its latest flagship, Oppo Find X2, at MWC this month. We first learned about the Oppo Find X2 at Oppo’s Innovation Day event late last year where the Chinese company confirmed that it would be bringing the Find series back in Q1 of 2020. The device recently got certified...
Bliss OS, a custom Android build for x86 PCs, gets updated with more fixes for Android 10

Bliss OS, a custom Android build for x86 PCs, gets updated with more fixes for Android 10

February 6, 2020
After releasing their first experimental Android 10 build in November, Team Bliss has now released a new Android 10 beta of Bliss OS for x86 PCs. This new build, called Yantra, is a separate version of Bliss OS. Unlike the standard Bliss OS builds, which are strictly based on AOSP with a touch of Pixel...
Amazon listing leaks the Motorola Moto G8 Power

Amazon listing leaks the Motorola Moto G8 Power

February 6, 2020
Last year, Motorola launched the Moto G8 Plus, the first phone in the Moto G8 series. However, the company has yet to launch its siblings: the Moto G8 and Moto G8 Power. That’s soon going to change though. We have been hearing about both devices for a while now and it appears the release may...
Xiaomi releases the kernel sources for the Redmi K30 4G/POCO X2

Xiaomi releases the kernel sources for the Redmi K30 4G/POCO X2

February 5, 2020
After a year and half long waiting period, POCO finally expanded its portfolio with the launch of POCO X2 in India. While not a direct successor to the POCO F1, the POCO X2 is filled with all the right ingredients necessary to make its own name. With a smooth 120Hz display, a bigger battery, improved...
Motorola releases kernel sources for the One Power and One Hyper’s Android 10 release

Motorola releases kernel sources for the One Power and One Hyper’s Android 10 release

February 3, 2020
Motorola recently expanded its Moto One lineup with the launch of the Moto One Hyper. The new mid-range smartphone from the Lenovo-owned company offers impressive specifications at an affordable price point. Although admittedly a little late to the trend, it also marks the first phone from Motorola to feature a pop-up selfie camera. The device...
ASUS rolls out an Android 10 beta to the ZenFone Max Pro M2

ASUS rolls out an Android 10 beta to the ZenFone Max Pro M2

January 31, 2020
Earlier today ASUS rolled out an Android 10 beta to the ZenFone Max Pro M1 and it looks like the company is giving the same treatment to its successor as well. The Android 10 Global Beta is now available for the ASUS ZenFone Max Pro M2 for early testing. The update carries build number 17.2018.1912.409 and...
ASUS rolls out an Android 10 beta update to the ZenFone Max Pro M1

ASUS rolls out an Android 10 beta update to the ZenFone Max Pro M1

January 31, 2020
Asus is updating its nearly two-year old budget phone to Android 10. The Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1, which launched in April 2018, is now receiving an Android 10 Beta in India and France. For a budget phone that's not part of the Android One program, getting two Android platform updates is indeed great news....
[Update: Moto G Stylus] Leaked render reveals Motorola is working on a new phone with a stylus

[Update: Moto G Stylus] Leaked render reveals Motorola is working on a new phone with a stylus

January 29, 2020
Once a driving force in the Android smartphone space, Motorola’s market share has steadily declined over the past couple of years in both the mid-range and premium smartphone segments. The Lenovo-owned company so far has failed to thwart the rise of Chinese smartphone makers such as Huawei and Xiaomi on a global scale. One thing...
Unofficial LineageOS 17.1 brings Android 10 to the Samsung Galaxy S8 and Note 8

Unofficial LineageOS 17.1 brings Android 10 to the Samsung Galaxy S8 and Note 8

January 29, 2020
Samsung has been busy rolling out Android 10 updates to its flagship devices for the past few months now. The Galaxy 10 series was the first to receive the One UI 2.0 beta based on Android 10 in November last year while the Galaxy S9/ S9+ received their stable Android 10 update just yesterday. As...
[Update 2: US Models] Samsung Galaxy Note 9 receives stable Android 10 with One UI 2.0

[Update 2: US Models] Samsung Galaxy Note 9 receives stable Android 10 with One UI 2.0

January 28, 2020
As 2019 nears its grand finale, Samsung has something special in store for the Galaxy Note 9 owners: the sweet treat of Android 10. Samsung has begun rolling out stable Android 10 update to Galaxy Note 9 users in India, as per multiple user reports on our forums. At the time being, the update is...