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OnePlus 3, OnePlus 3T to Get Official Android Pie Very Soon!

 

In July 2018, OnePlus had announced that it will be skipping Android 8.1 Oreo on the OnePlus 3 and the OnePlus 3T and updating them to Android Pie directly by the end of the year. As 2018-end came close, CEO Pete Lau confirmed that the updates will be delayed as developers need more time to work on the Android Pie update for these phones. Now, two months into 2019, OnePlus has confirmed that the update is incoming, but it will follow the security patch update set to roll out soon.
On a forum page populated with queries regarding the OnePlus 3 and OnePlus 3TAndroid Pie timeline, OnePlus community manager David Y confirmed  that the company will first roll out a security patch based on Android Oreo, and then roll out the anticipated Android Pie update. He also posted a tongue in cheek comment stating, “Can’t you guys just go and do something more meaningful than chasing the update…(facepalm).”
There’s still no specific date or timeline for the Android Pie rollout, but once you get an Android Oreo-based security patch update for your device, the Android Pie update should arrive soon. OnePlus has been quite responsive with respect to queries regarding the delayed update from OnePlus 3 and OnePlus 3T users.

Galaxy S10 comes with a thin screen protector, others may not work

 
We’ve got our hands-on feature and saw probably the first teardown videos of the Galaxy S10 in the world. Pre-order is up for key markets. Some say they already received their units. T-Mobile’s unboxing video was too fast that we didn’t get all the details of what’s inside the box. The usual unit with charger can be expected but we just learned Samsung has also added a special screen protector. This is in response to the issue that the Galaxy S10 in-display fingerprint scanner may not allow a screen protector.
Samsung has finally implemented the on-screen fingerprint reader. It sounded attractive until we heard of the idea that the new scanner will not allow a screen protector. After the issue came, Galaxy S10 screen protectors for the ultrasonic fingerprint reader popped out.
The issue sounded legit but Samsung solved the problem by adding its own screen protector out of the box. Unfortunately, it’s been found out that the problem is real. Those super thick screen protectors for the Ultrasonic Fingerprint Sensor from other companies don’t work.
Samsung’s solution shows the OEM’s screen protector isn’t thick. The factory pre-installed screen protector is actually very thin. Samsung has installed the said protector but it’s not covered under warranty. Only the other accessories included are under the one-year warranty.
If you receive a Galaxy S10 phone, inside the box you will see the phone, a travel adapter, USB connector, a pair of AKG headset (earbuds), and the screen protector. Samsung suggests that retail partners carry Samsung screen protectors as they “cannot guarantee the experience with screen protectors made of traditional glass and polyurethane materials.” If you need to replace the screen protector, you will need to shell out $30.

Google Duo now available to make and take calls on web

 

Despite the fact that its messaging partner Allo is now more, calling app Duo seems to be thriving and Google keeps on adding more features to make it useful and easy to use. We’ve heard leaks and rumors that there will be a web version soon and now we have official confirmation: you can now make and take calls on your web browser through the Google Duo app. And unlike other Google apps where you need number authentication or QR codes for the initial set-up, this one is pretty straightforward.
Just head on over to duo.google.com to start using it. The only condition is that you need to associate your Google account on your mobile device and of course you need to be logged on to the Google account. When setting it up, you’ll just need to verify your account with a code sent to the number associated with your mobile app.

All of the contacts synced to your Google Duo app will be visible on the web version. Just tap on the person on the list or search for the contact you want to call. You can do both voice and video calls and if you do the latter, you’ll get a preview window where you can see yourself first. You can also turn on the Knock Knock feature so the person you’re calling would see a video preview of you as well.
While you can answer calls on your web browser, you can also just choose to answer it on your smartphone if you prefer that. The UI can show either regular or narrow video frames. It looks like Google has done a wide rollout so expect it to arrive at your browser if it isn’t already there.

Sony Xperia 10, Xperia 10 Plus up for pre-order on Amazon, B&H, and Best Buy

 

 Sony may not be the busiest mobile OEM in the world today but we’re glad it still introduced the Sony Xperia 10, Sony Xperia 10 Plus, and the Sony Xperia 1. The latter launched with a topnotch 21:9 CinemaWide 4K HDR OLED display. The two are mid-rangers with almost the same 21:9 screens and they’re about to roll out in the market as pre-orders are now ready on Amazon, Best Buy, and B&H Photo & Video. We only have information about Sony’s release in the United States but expect similar announcements in other key markets.

The unlocked Sony Xperia 10 64GB phone with a 6.0-inch 21:9 Wide Display is listed at $349.99 on Amazon. You can choose from either black or silver. The Xperia 10 Plus costs $429.99 also on Amazon. It comes equipped with a 6.5-inch 21:9 Wide Display, 64GB onboard storage, and dual rear cameras.
The Sony Xperia 10 comes equipped with a 13MP and 5MP dual camera system, Corning Gorilla Glass 5, High-Res Audio and DSEE HX, Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, and a 2870mAh. The bigger variant, the Sony Xperia 10 Plus also features a 12MP and 5MP dual camera system with 2X optical zoom, same High-Res Audio and DSEE HX tech, and a 3000mAh capacity.
On B&H Photo & Video, the Sony Xperia 10 I3123 64GB Smartphone (Unlocked, Silver) is listed with the same $349 price tag. The Sony Xperia 10 Plus I3223 64GB Smartphone (Unlocked, Black) also costs $429.99.
Best Buy also offers the same prices–$349.99 and $429.99–but you can get the two phones under installment plans. The Sony Xperia 10 with 64GB Memory Cell Phone (Unlocked) – Black can be had for $58.34 per month for six months. The Sony Xperia 10 Plus with 64GB Memory Cell Phone (Unlocked) – Black can be availed for $35.84/month for 12 months.


Old Huawei foldable phone prototype looked a lot like Samsung’s

 


 The foldable phone category has been set. Thanks to Samsung and Huawei for going big with their announcements and actually making the foldable smartphones real. Well, they haven’t reached the market yet but we know the Samsung Galaxy Fold and the Huawei Mate X are already working. The two are bring compared this early even if people only know information on the surface level. Samsung wowed the audience for being the first big OEM to come forward with a foldable phone.
Huawei soon followed but also wowed the market because of the foldable phone’s 5G connectivity. For this device, Huawei combined two new major things: the foldable-flexible design and 5G support.
Huawei’s and Samsung’s differ in many ways but the most obvious is the folding direction. Samsung folds like a book while Huawei goes the other direction. OPPO was supposed to unveil its own foldable phone but decided not to because it looked very similar to Huawei’s.

Huawei should understand that feeling because after all, it used to have a design similar to the Samsung Galaxy Fold. We don’t think there was a leak that happened but Huawei said the first foldable phone was just bad they decided to make a new one instead. Several solutions were made but Huawei decided on using one flexible display that can be folded to show a continuous display.
To be honest, we like the Huawei foldable phone better. The 5G is just a bonus although it doesn’t really matter because there aren’t many 5G networks yet. We like the idea of a display the extends or stretches into a bigger one instead of a device that looks like hi-tech book.

Nokia 9 PureView Goes on Sale on March 3 with a $100 Discount

 
Nokia 9 PureView is an amazing device with it’s insane penta-camera setup. The collaboration with German photography company Zeiss continues. There are three 12-megapixel monochrome cameras, two 12-megapixel RGB cameras, a time of flight sensor for depth mapping and a standard flash. Nokia is touting the Nokia 9 PureView’s HDR mode,and claims that the 12-megapixel photo which is essentially fused together with the data from the five cameras, can reproduce better dynamic range than most other HDR phones.
All of this is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 processor, with 6GB RAM, a 5.99-inch pOLED display and a 3,320mAh battery. Exact India pricing isn’t confirmed yet, but HMD Global says the Nokia 9 PureView “will retail for a global average retail price of $699.” This goes into a tough battle against the likes of the Samsung Galaxy S10 series, the Google Pixel 3 series and the Huawei Mate 20 Pro, all of which have very robust photography capabilities and optical hardware.
Starting this Sunday, March 3rd, the Nokia 9 PureView will arrive in the US for a retail price of $699 a $100 discount. That’s very aggressive pricing for the first 5-camera flagship, especially at a time when the market leaders are trying to push north of $1,000. The Nokia 9 PureView will be available from retailers including Amazon, Best Buy, and B&H.

Productive habits & daily goals tracker

 
 Everyday our lives are governed by habit. These habits are the little routines and small ways of doing things. Most people are unaware or are only slightly aware that they’re doing them.
Some habits, like smoking, can have harmful effects on your health; others like procrastination can affect your work and career.
Therefore it’s important to take back control. This can be extremely hard, some habits after all are so ingrained that we do them without thinking. Luckily there are many habits tracking apps available especially designed to help you to set goals, keep track of your habits and tackle your bad habits for free.

Some Google Home owners report speaker randomly stops playing music

 

The Google Home connected speaker has been available for over a month now, but a few owners have since reported that the device just randomly stops playing music in the middle of playing a song. So far, there’s no explanation for why this might be happening

Google’s support forums have a number of posts from owners on this issue, including one who says it occurs while using voice commands to play a song or when Google Home is casting from a phone or PC. Many of the owners have tried to reboot the speaker, but the problem keeps popping up.
Some users have speculated that a bad Internet or WiFi connection may be to blame, but others have stated their connection seems to be fine when it is in use to stream content to other devices.  A Google rep posted on the forums on Nov. 19 stating the company is going to do some “further research on this matter”. However, that’s the last time that a team member has posted on the issue in those forums. In the meantime, more and more owners of Google Home have been reporting the same random music interruptions.
If you own a Google Home speaker, have you experienced these same kinds of problems? If so, let us know your impressions in the comments.

Here’s the one smartphone design trend we would like to go away in 2017

 

Looking back at 2016, we’ve seen many smartphone trends either get started or become extended over the past 12 months. They include the usual improvements like faster processors, more RAM and larger displays, but we have also seen a few new things pop up, such as dual lenses on smartphone cameras and the ditching of the 3.5mm headphone jack.
However, there is one smartphone trend that we think should come to a halt, and for a couple of very good reasons. That trend? Thin smartphones.
Companies have been trying for the last few years to make their flagship smartphones as thin as they can. At the moment, the current record holder is the China-made Vivo X5 Max. Even though it was released two years ago, it remains the thinnest smartphone in the world at just 4.75mm. The Samsung Galaxy S7 is 7.9mm thick and the iPhone 7 from Apple is 7.1mm, for comparison. That means there’s just a few millimeters different between the current flagship smartphones and the one that currently holds the record.
Yet, there is this continued rush to make smartphones thinner. The problem is that we may be running into some real reasons why this move is a bad one overall, for both smartphone makers as well as consumers.

Battery space


Perhaps the biggest problem with the move toward thinner smartphones concerns the amount of space that’s needed inside for batteries. While we have seen advances in faster charging times in the last few years, that has not really extended to overall battery life. Regular use of smartphones means that battery life ends after a day, or even less.
While smartphone makers are certainly doing research into extending battery life, those efforts might not reach consumers for a few years. In the meantime we will likely be stuck with devices that will be as thin as can be, but will still offer the same amount of charge. If smartphones were slightly thicker, that would mean more space for a larger battery. This could, in theory offer buyers a phone that will last longer on a single charge, at the expense of just a few extra millimeters.
Aside from battery life, there’s another reason why thinner smartphones might be a bad trend. According to a third-party teardown of the recalled Samsung Galaxy Note 7, which had a thickness of 7.9mm, the design might have been too small for its 3,500mAh battery. It might have caused too much pressure on said battery, and it could possibly be one of the reasons why some Note 7 phones caught fire and exploded (Samsung has yet to publicly report its findings on why the Note 7 failed).
Those two factors – battery life and overall safety – should be looked upon by smartphone makers the next time they try to design a phone that’s really, really thin.

Other factors


Aside from potential battery issues, there are a couple of other smaller reasons why smartphones might want to be a bit thicker. As is the case for Lenovo’s Moto Z and Apple’s iPhone 7, smartphone companies might find it necessary to remove the 3.5mm headphone jack from their smartphones in order to make them thinner. While some smartphone makers may pat themselves on the back because they think getting rid of this feature is needed, many consumers don’t want to fool with buying more expensive Bluetooth or USB Type-C headphones. Or adapters for their wired headphones. Many people just want to use their old-fashioned, and cheap, wired headphones.
Hardware companies should design devices that work well, rather than concentrate just on making them thinner
Another smaller reason for not wanting thinner phone is simple handling. Quite frankly, the thinner a phone is, the harder it sometimes is to hold it in your hand. Unless you’re using your phone as a completely hands-free device, which is not likely for most of you, holding a really thin phone can be a problem for some folks. Perhaps hardware companies should design devices that work well, rather than concentrate just on making them thinner.

Conclusion


There’s no doubt that smartphone hardware designers will keep trying to squeeze as much performance and battery life in their upcoming products. We just hope they think twice about making smartphones so thin that they’re actually less convenient for the end user. Overall, many of us at Android Authority think adding a few millimeters to a smartphone makes little to no difference in looks, but can add a ton of features and functionality that might otherwise not be available.
With that said, we want to hear from you about this issue of smartphones getting thinner and thinner. Is this a trend you want to see continue, and if so why? Or would you gladly add on a few millimeters of thickness in exchange for a bigger battery and headphone jack? Be sure to let us know your thoughts in the comments!

Samsung Galaxy J7 2017 leaks in renders and 360 video

 


The upcoming Samsung Galaxy J7 (2017) has been leaked in new renders and a 360-degree video. In the endless sea of Samsung’s mid-range devices, the Galaxy J7 model has proven to be particularly popular due to its combination of premium metallic design with affordable mid-range specs.

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The Galaxy J7 (2016) arrived in March with an April launch this year, so there’s every likelihood we’ll see next year’s model revealed at MWC 2017 with an April release date too. The leaked device is reported to feature a 5.5-inch Full HD AMOLED display which offers a resolution increase from its predecessor, although the display diagonal remains the same.
The leak comes from @OnLeaks (in collaboration with 91 Mobiles) so we only have visuals to go on, as these renders come from factory CAD specifications. However, they do reveal the presence of a micro USB port and 3.5 mm headphone port, indicating Samsung is still appealing to the mass market with its next mid-ranger.
The physical home button is also on board and we again see that side-mounted speaker above the power button. On the back, there’s a detail accent across the top, highlighting the camera and flash area and adding a little flair to an otherwise nondescript device.


The Galaxy J7 (2017), with model number SM-J727V, received its Bluetooth certification from the Bluetooth SIG today and has already received its Wi-Fi certification. The same model number also appeared recently on Indian import tracking site Zauba, with a price that converts to just over $200 (Rs. 13,686).
Other rumored Galaxy J7 (2017) specs include an octa-core Exynos chipset, 3 GB of RAM, 16 GB storage with microSD expansion, 13 MP primary camera, 5 MP front-facing camera, 3,000 mAh battery and Android 7.0 Nougat out of the box. The device reportedly measures 151.34 x 76.20 x 8 mm.
What do you think of the Galaxy J7 (2017)? A step in the right direction?

Google Pixel / Pixel XL Unboxing!

 

Your Google Pixel and Pixel XL orders will be arriving by the end of the week, since October 20 is launch day, so let’s go ahead and start getting you prepared for the big day. As you can probably tell by the wave of Pixel content that just hit our front page, we have been lucky enough to test a Pixel XL for the past several days and already have all sorts of fun stuff to share.
First, though, we have to get this Pixel unboxing out of the way. Traditions are traditions, right? 
In this clip, like all unboxings, we’ll take you around the packaging of the phone, share some initial thoughts on the in-hand feel, cruise through a tour of the exterior, and recap the specs again. We’ll also talk quite a bit about the included goodies from Google, because they are tossing in more than just a new USB Type-C power brick.






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    Big NVIDIA Shield Android TV update rolling out, brings Plex Media Server support and more

     

    A few weeks ago we got word that a big update would be heading to NVIDIA’s Shield Android TV. Today that update has arrived.
    The biggest news with the version 3.2 update is that it will allow you to run the entire PlexMedia Server directly on your Shield Android TV. In the past, Plex users have been able to stream their media libraries from either a local or remote computer running Plex Media Server. Now this functionality is built right into the set-top box, eliminating the need to use a separate computer to run the server.
    Not interested in the Plex news? Don’t worry, there’s plenty more. Shield Android TV owners will also now be able to watch YouTube videos in 4K at 60fps, as well as stream Netflix in HDR and VUDU in 4K. The set-top box is also getting Dolby Atmos surround sound pass-through in VUDU, MX Player, SPMC, and Shield’s preinstalled Photos & Videos app.
    There are a few new advanced features present in this update too. You can now access Shield folders from a network PC or Mac, use drag-and-drop file sharing, automatically turn off your TV when your Shield sleeps, and even mount a network attached storage device (NAS) to the Shield to access your complete media collection. And of course, there are a bevy of bug fixes and performance improvements in this update.
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