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LineageOS 19 is now available for the Moto G7 Play, Sony Xperia 1 II, Xiaomi Mi 5, and Mi 5s Plus
The LineageOS team has extended LineageOS 19 support to the Moto G7 Play, Sony Xperia 1 II, Xiaomi Mi 5, and Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus.
Earlier this month, the LineageOS team added five new devices to the LineageOS 19 build roster -- the Motorola Edge 30, Edge 20 Pro, Xiaomi Mi 8 Pro, Mi 8 Explorer Edition, and Mi Mix 2S. The team has now extended support to four more devices, including the Moto G7 Play, Sony Xperia 1 II, Xiaomi Mi 5, and Mi 5s Plus. If you own one of these devices, you can now install the Android 12-based custom ROM by following the links below.
Official TWRP builds out for Galaxy A70, Mi 10i, Moto G7, Moto One Fusion+ and more
Official TWRP builds have just been released for the Galaxy A70, Mi 10i / Mi 10T Lite, Moto G7 Play, Moto One Fusion+, and Moto Edge.
TWRP is the lifeblood of the Android modding community, making it possible to boot custom ROMs, kernels, and mods and opening new avenues of device customizations. Last month we saw the Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL receiving official TWRP support. Now, five new smartphones have just joined the list: the Samsung Galaxy A70, Motorola Moto One Fusion+, Moto G7 Play, Motorola Edge, and Mi 10i / Mi 10T Lite / Redmi Note 9 Pro 5G.
LineageOS 17.1 adds support for the Google Pixel 2, Pixel 3a, Pixel 4, Moto G7 Power/Play, and Huawei P20 Lite/P Smart
The team behind the popular LineageOS custom ROM has added official LineageOS 17.1 support for the Google Pixel 3a, Google Pixel 4, and more.
The team behind the popular LineageOS custom ROM has been adding LineageOS 17.1 support for new devices ever since the latest version of the ROM made its debut earlier this year in April. Over the last couple of months, the team has added support for devices like the ASUS ROG Phone II, Google Pixel 3 series, Samsung Galaxy A7 2016, Xiaomi Mi A1, Samsung Galaxy J7 2015, OnePlus One, Sony Xperia XZ2, and many more. Since our previous coverage, the team has added support for eight more devices.
Xiaomi Mi 10 Lite 5G/Mi 10 Youth Edition 5G, Realme X50 Pro Player Edition, and Moto G7 Play Android 10 kernel sources are now available
Kernel sources for the Android 10 builds of Xiaomi Mi 10 Lite 5G/Mi 10 Youth Edition 5G, Realme X50 Player Edition, and the Moto G7 Play are now available.
Alongside the flagship Mi 10 and Mi 10 Pro smartphones, Xiaomi also offers a more affordable variant of the lineup called the Mi 10 Lite 5G. The Snapdragon 765G-powered device runs MIUI 11 on top of Android 10 out of the box, while its MIUI 12 update is now gradually rolling out in Europe. The company also sells the Mi 10 Youth Edition 5G in their home country with similar specifications, albeit the rear camera setup of the Chinese variant is slightly different. In case you have brought either of these phones and want to start building TWRP or port an AOSP-based ROM, then you will be happy to know that Xiaomi has released the kernel source code for the Linux kernel binaries that ship with each phone’s respective Android 10 releases.
Motorola starts rolling out the Android 10 stable update for the Moto G7 Play
After conducting a brief soak beta testing, Motorola is now rolling out the stable Android 10 update for the Moto G7 Play in Brazil. Read on to know more!
Motorola reserves the "Play" moniker for the lower-range and budget segments, which means software updates are slightly delayed on these particular variants. For example, the OEM excluded Moto G7 Play users to date from getting the taste of Android 10, while the regular Moto G7, as well as its "Plus" and "Power" variants, already received the Android 10 update. The wait is now over, as Motorola has finally started rolling out the Android 10 OTA to the Moto G7 Play via stable channel.
T-Mobile's REVVLRY and REVVLRY+ are a rebranded Moto G7 Play and Moto G7 Plus with added bloatware
REVVLRY and REVVLRY+ were launched on July 19th. They share the exact same specs as the Moto G7 Play and G7 Plus, but T-Mobile doesn't mention Motorola.
Carrier-exclusive phones tend to not be very popular in the Android enthusiast community. They can sometimes remove core features of Android in favor of their own heavily branded options. Another negative is it's often complicated or impossible to unlock the bootloader on carrier-exclusive phones. That means no root, no custom ROMs or kernels, and no mods, which makes the bloatware harder to remove. Now, T-Mobile is going the extra mile with new REVVLRY and REVVLRY+ phones, which are just rebranded Moto G7 Play and Moto G7 Plus, respectively.
Google ARCore 1.7 adds an Augmented Faces API and support for the Honor View 20, Moto G7, OPPO R17 Pro, and more
Google's ARCore SDK for augmented reality Android apps reaches version 1.7 with new APIs and support for the Honor View 20, Moto G7, OPPO R17 Pro, and more.
Google's augmented reality SDK, ARCore, is getting a big update to version 1.7. In a blog post, Google states that version 1.7 focuses on "creative elements" like augmented reality selfies, animating characters in Sceneform AR apps, integrating ARCore Elements, and adding Shared Camera access. Furthermore, the official list of supported devices has expanded to include devices like the Honor View 20, Moto G7 series, OPPO R17 Pro, and more devices.
Moto Camera update adds Live Filters, new manual mode features, and Leveler UI
Latest Moto Camera update brings new Google Lens-based AR Stickers, Live Filters, Manual Mode tweaks, more for Moto Z3 Play and other Motorola devices.
Motorola might not be the first in line to bring the latest tricks to its official Camera app, but it has been committed to bringing these features well in time. The company recently updated the Moto Camera app with quirks like selfie portrait, spot color isolation, and watermarks. Now, it has a new update which brings Playmoji-style AR stickers through Google Lens integration, a leveler UI, live filters, and more.
Forums for the Moto G7, Moto G7 Play, Moto G7 Plus, and Moto G7 Power are now open
Motorola's latest Moto G7 line-up, including the Moto G7 Play, Moto G7 Plus, and Moto G7 Power, now have dedicated forums for them on XDA!
Motorola's Moto G range of smartphones may not be as dominant in the budget segment as they once were, but for the most part, they're still great options if you live in North America or South America. At an event in Brazil, one of Motorola's strongest markets, the company unveiled its latest lineup of budget Moto G devices, the Moto G7 line. Said lineup is comprised, this time around, of 4 different devices: the regular Moto G7, the Moto G7 Play, the Moto G7 Plus, and the Moto G7 Power, all of which improve on the Moto G6 series in a number of ways.
Motorola launches the Moto G7, Moto G7 Play, Moto G7 Power, and Moto G7 Plus
At an event in Brazil, Motorola has launched the next generation of the Moto G-series: Moto G7, Moto G7 Play, Moto G7 Power and Moto G7 Plus. Read on!
Motorola's G-series redefined what consumers expected out of budget devices back when the original Moto G was launched in 2013. Now, six years later, we are down to the 7th generation of Motorola's budget lineup as Motorola struggles to retain its market share from the onslaught of budget offerings from Chinese OEMs like Xiaomi, Oppo, and others. At an event in Brazil, Motorola has introduced to us the new Moto G7 series, consisting of the Moto G7, Moto G7 Play, Moto G7 Power, and the Moto G7 Plus.