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Essential has just announced on Twitter that those on the Oreo Beta on the Essential Phone can update to Android Oreo 8.1 Beta. Those of you with Android 7.1 will also be able to participate by sideloading the update. Essential is working on...

A number of HomePod owners have started noticing rings left on wooden surfaces, particularly those with oil-based finishes. The silicone in the base of the HomePod can react to oil on a molecular level, causing these marks or rings. This type of...

ZTE's Axon 7 has been pretty successful in the US, at least as far as any handset sold unlocked can claim to be. To appease owners who've been asking for an Oreo update for a while, the Chinese company announced back in December that the update...

After a long beta testing period, Samsung finally sent out the update to Android 8.0 Oreo for the Galaxy S8 and S8+ last week. Since then the new version has only managed to reach a handful of markets, such as Turkey, Norway, the UAE, India,...

iIf you're not acquainted with KGI Securities' analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, he's the one that projected that Apple is readying three new iPhones for 2018 - two OLED ones with 5.8-inch and 6.5-inch panels, and one LCD iPhone with a 6.1-inch screen. Well,...

Last week a report from Qualcomm stated that nearly 50 phone manufacturers and carriers are working with the San Diego towards commercializing 5G mobile devices by 2019. Today a step towards this direction was made with the unveiling of Snapdragon...

Yesterday, we caught our first glimpse of the Moto G6 family, which will feature 18:9 screens. Today, we get three more pieces of the puzzle: chipset, battery and price. The Moto G6 Plus, the top model, will sport a Snapdragon 630 chipset powered...

The Samsung Galaxy S9+ (SM-G9650) – the one with a Snapdragon 845 chipset – was spotted by AnTuTu in its database. Surprisingly, this version has 6GB of RAM rather than 4GB like the Exynos 9810 version we saw on Geekbench yesterday. The rest is a...

The Apple HomePod has been getting rave reviews since it launched last week. Its limitation to Apple Music has been largely criticized but its sound quality was universally praised and many called it the best-sounding smart speaker out there. But...

Earlier today Xiaomi announced the Redmi Note 5 Pro as the first Redmi Note with dual-camera setup. The phablet has a 12 MP primary sensor with f/2.2 lens and a secondary 5 MP with f/2.0 aperture for background blurring. After the event ended, we...

Samsung Mobile Korea just unleashed three teaser videos for the Samsung Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+. They are short (15 seconds each), but contain less than subtle hints about the key features of the upcoming flagships. The first video is all about...

Google keeps releasing versions of its apps taileored for smartphones with less than 1 GB of RAM. After YouTube, Gboard and Google Assistant, now Gmail also gets a Go version. The app is available on Google Play, but can be downloaded in a...

After six years at HTC, Chialin Chang - current President of Smartphone and Connected Devices Business has resigned, citing a "personal career plan". Rumor has it he plans to start an AI company. What's troubling is that HTC CEO Cher Wang...

Huawei attempted to enter the US market by partnering with US carriers but the US government pressured AT&T and Verizon to drop the deal. Now CNBC reports that US security chiefs are recommending against buying Huawei phones but also ZTE...

LG fans in the US might want to check out the deal the company is offering on T-Mobile variants of V30/V30+ (and G6) smartphones: free Minibeam projector with each purchase. The offer is valid until February 22, and will see eligible owners...

TrendForce published its predictions on the global smartphone market in 2018. According to the analysts, the growth of sales will slow down to 2.8% - manufacturers will sell 1.498 billion devices, compared to 1.458 billion in 2017. The reason behind...

Xiaomi has launched the Mi LED TV 4 in India, its first television on the Indian market. The TV will be available through Flipkart and Mi.com online and across retail partners for INR39,999 (€503/$623). The smart Mi LED TV 4 has a 55"...

Xiaomi has officially launched the new Redmi Note 5 and the Redmi Note 5 Pro. The event held in India revealed that prices start at INR9,999 (€125/$155) for the Redmi Note 5 and INR13,999 (€176/$218) for the Redmi Note 5 Pro. The Redmi...

After the international model last month, the Verizon variant of the Motorola Moto G4 Play has also started getting the Nougat update. The update arrives as version NPI26.48-38 and bumps the Android security patch to December level. Aside...

Google's Smart Reply feature might be made into an app that would provide these predictive answers in third party messaging apps. This means that other apps like WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, and WeChat would be able to offer contextually suggestive...