Articles tagged "Mobile software"

Smartphone UIs have been getting increasing darker over the past couple of years, culminating with the arrival of a system-wide dark mode with Android 10 and iOS 13. A lot of the major apps had the option for a dark theme before that, but even...

Google Duo is the one messaging app from the search giant that you probably don't think about a lot, but ironically it's the only one that actually seems to have succeeded, among myriad other failed efforts (remember Allo? Thought so). Duo is now...

The ongoing Huawei ban saga has become a large scale game of chess with carefully calculated moves from both sides of the board. Arguably the biggest issue for Huawei right now is the lack of popular third-party apps in its App Gallery but...

So, you got the shiny new One UI 2.0 and Android 10 update on your Samsung device, but it was a bitter-sweet victory since you have been living without that custom one-handed operation scheme your muscles are used to? We feel your pain....

As HMD is preparing to announce at least 3 new phones at MWC 2020 later this month, the company has filed a patent for a new embedded SIM card (eSIM) solution with the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO). The tech is called SIMLEY...

Android 10 killed Android Beam, but makers don’t seem happy with Google’s proposed replacement. Samsung is expected to unveil its own alternative, Quick Share, at the Unpacked event for the Galaxy S20 and Z Flip phones. This feature is similar to...

Back in October, Microsoft unveiled a pair of dual screen concept devices that grabbed plenty of headlines. The Surface Duo which is the brand’s first dual-screen smartphone running on Android and the Surface Neo which is essentially a larger tablet...

Today, Google’s announced a new update arriving to Chromebooks for Education – like the Enterprise update that came out last year. It also announced that new Chromebooks that Google promises will receive Chrome OS updates until 2028. And now,...

Samsung’s Good Lock lets you customize the look and feel of your phone’s UI. The service has been around since 2016 and has since received regular updates, providing even more customization and tweak options. Each new Android OS update...

After warding-off its fair share of ridicule and snarky comments, Google's Digital Wellbeing is still very-much alive and doing perfectly well. It even now occupies, what seems to be, a permanent spot within AOSP and has been steadily trickling down...

Right off the bat, it is definitely worth noting that GeekBench device hardware data is simply reported on an OS level to the app and is relatively easy to manipulate and spoof. So, this should definitely be taken with a pinch of salt. Even so,...

Back in February 2018, the MIUI Themes app was shut down for all 28 countries in the European Union. There was, naturally, little in terms of heads up and no official stance on exactly what transpired behind the scenes. Still, the mentioned "changes...

Android’s core apps suite has the benefit of receiving regular updates which are independent of major OS updates. In some cases, though features are being taken down without any heads up and this is true for the Play Store’s removed notifications...

Thanks to a new APK teardown we got an insight that Google’s own Phone dialer app could soon come with a built-in call recording feature. The discovery was found in the source code of the latest version of the Phone app for the Pixel 4. More...

While Google bundles its own Assistant on most Android phones globally, Chinese manufacturers still ship their own offerings in their home markets where Google services are blocked. The Breeno assistant has been found on Oppo devices dating back to...

Starting with (and including) the Mi 9T Pro, all Xiaomi smartphones that launch internationally are shipping with Google's Phone and Messages apps. This change has finally been acknowledged by Xiaomi on its official forums today, and it's definitely...

Huawei’s New Year’s resolution for 2020 is to build out HMS, the Huawei Mobile Services. They aim to replace the functionality of Google Mobile Services as well as add new features, which will allow Huawei and app developers to be less dependent on...

In the wake of soured relations between Huawei and the US, life has been anything but easy for the Chinese tech giant. However, that doesn’t mean that acceptance or desperation have settled in. Quite the contrary, Huawei and its subsidiaries and...

Ookla, makers of the original Speedtest.net website and the subsequent mobile and desktop applications for testing bandwidth, has now introduced a VPN service. Called Speedtest VPN, the service is currently in beta and being offered as part of the...

PlayGalaxy Link, Samsung remote play service that lets you enjoy PC games on a supported phone on the go has now expanded to support more phones It originally launched in beta back in September, supporting only the Galaxy Note10 and Note10+. ...