The once-respected BlackBerry brand has been licensed yet again by a company hoping to use a familiar name to make a dent in the competitive Android phone market. This time, it’s a new Texas startup named OnwardMobility that’s taking the reins, promising to release a 5G BlackBerry device with Android and a physical QWERTY keyboard in 2021. This may […]
Google announced earlier this month that instead of regular Android updates, Pixel 4 devices would get a “Pixel Feature Drop” to show off splashy new features. That update has now arrived, and on top of expected changes like robocall screening and Duo call centering, there are a few welcome surprises, as spotted by XDA Developers […]
AT&T announced that it has turned on call validation displays for certain Android phones. That way, you can easily determine if you’re getting a spoofed robocall or a call from a spammer. You’ll need a Galaxy S10, Galaxy S10+ or LG V40 ThinQ to use this away from home it’s also available for digital home […]
When you buy an Android phone, you’d normally expect it to have Gmail, Google Maps, the Play Store, and the rest of Google’s software suite. That may no longer be the case in Turkey, though. Following a dispute with the country’s antitrust regulator, Google has informed its partners that it will most likely stop licensing […]
If you’ve used your Twitter or Facebook account to log in to another app on your phone, some of your personal information could have been accessed by shady developers. Twitter published a notice on its website that says that some third-party developers may have used a software development kit called oneAudience to obtain your email, […]
Google is putting a lot of effort into finding apps that are malicious or contain severe security vulnerabilities, but usually after letting them into the Store with as little vetting as possible. Experts are calling attention to a new point of attack that can even be used against some of the most popular apps. Most […]
Netflix has been spotted testing an option to offer variable playback speed to let you consume a large part of your favourite series or movie in the shortest time possible. Multiple users have reported that the new feature is making way to the Netflix app for Android devices. However, it is unclear whether the company […]
Google is close to releasing Android 10, and as spotted by 9to5Google, two Canadian mobile carriers have leaked dates saying the OS is coming to Pixel phones on September 3rd. We’d treat these dates with skepticism, but they line up with Google’s recent history of releasing finished Android versions in late summer for the Pixel […]
The OnePlus TV is set to be unveiled sometime next month, and the company is starting to dole out details regarding the product. In an interview with Gadgets360, OnePlus CEO Pete Lau outlined his vision for the TV. Throughout the interview, Samsung and Sony were frequent touchpoints for the executive, with Lau noting, “We want […]
Google has officially named the next version of Android, which is due to be released this fall: Android 10. Breaking the 10-year history of naming releases after desserts, the company is bailing on providing a codename beginning with a subsequent letter of the alphabet in this case, Q, which is the way we’ve been referring […]
Facebook is developing a dark mode version of its Android app. This is according to researcher Jane Manchun Wong (via Android Police), who dug into the app’s code and discovered some parts of the app have been reworked to have a dark background. Facebook is working on Dark Mode for mobile I wrote a […]
Following an antitrust ruling by the European Union, Google is explaining its plans to offer a choice of search providers to Android users. From 2020, a new choice screen will be displayed on all Android devices shipped in Europe. This will, eventually, let users select the default search engine, and browser, for their hardware. Google, […]
An exploit was found in the Nintendo Switch that would allow users to run outside code. While that’s of course led to some piracy, it’s also let modders and coders have some fun with the console, up to and including getting Android running on the system, with all the features and tricks that brings along […]
Researchers have found more than 1,000 Android apps that skirt around data protection restrictions that ‘protect’ consumer privacy, collecting data even when users deny permission to the app to access their information. The study’s sample contained some 88,000 apps from the Google Play store. Researchers then investigated their data transfer process after the user denied […]
Microsoft’s Your Phone app can now mirror notifications from your Android phone. The feature is now rolling out broadly to all Your Phone users, allowing you to keep your phone firmly on your desk and deal with notifications on your PC. Once you sync an Android phone with the app, you can read and reply […]