Google has begun testing a useful feature that will come to smartphones by default with the launch of Android 14. Many users of Pixel smartphones running Android 14 DP2 have noticed separate volume controls for notifications and ringtones on their phones after the update. Similar functionality is available in some...
Qualcomm has made its aptX and aptX HD audio codecs free. That is, now mobile device manufacturers can implement support for these codecs without paying licensing fees to Qualcomm. Previously, according to some sources, manufacturers had to pay $6,000 as a one-time fee and then pay $1 for each item...
Last week, Microsoft released the traditional monthly “updates on Tuesdays” (Patch Tuesday) for its operating system. According to feedback from users who installed the update on their PCs, the Windows 11 update was not without problems. As users began to complain on social networks and on forums, the update can...
The Redmi Note 12S will soon expand its range outside of China with the new Redmi Note 12S, according to source Mukul Sharma, this model has already been put into production at enterprises in Europe and Eurasia. An insider is waiting for the official premiere of the phone in the...
Xiaomi continues to release the final versions of the MIUI 14 interface for its smartphones. Global Xiaomi 11T Pro and Xiaomi Pad 5 received the latest firmware this week, as well as Redmi K30 Pro (aka Poco F2 Pro outside of China) and Redmi K30S Ultra (Xiaomi Mi 10T Pro)...
India plans to force smartphone manufacturers, including Apple, to allow removal of pre-installed apps and mandatory checking for OS updates under proposed new security rules. According to two sources and a government document seen by Reuters, smartphone manufacturers will have to enable the ability to uninstall pre-installed apps, and new...
Last year, Asus Zenfone 9 became the most compact of Android flagships, but its successor will no longer be: according to data published by Pricebaba, Zenfone 10 (catalog number – AI2302) will receive a screen with a diagonal of 6.3 inches (instead of 5.9 inches for the current model). Zenfone...
The developers of the popular AnTuTu benchmark named the most productive Android smartphones sold worldwide in February 2023. The gaming Nubia Red Magic 8 Pro+ based on the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 single-chip system was named the most productive smartphone among the flagships. Vivo X90 Pro+ and iQOO 11 based...
Apple dominates the Japanese smartphone market, with about half of it occupied by the iPhone, according to the latest data from market research firm IDC. Apple’s iPhone remained the top seller in the Japanese market in the fourth quarter and throughout calendar year 2022, outperforming all competitors by a huge...
In China, sales of one of the most compact smartphones running Android OS have started. Dimensions Duoqin Qin3 Ultra are 126.8 x 61.85 x 8.7 mm, weight – only 118 grams. The device has an ISP screen with a diagonal of 5.02 inches and a resolution of 1520 x 720...
Redmi 9C and Redmi 9C NFC debuted with MIUI 12 interface based on Android 10 out of the box. After that, MIUI 12.5 was released for them based on Android 11, but, interestingly, this update was not available in some countries (for example, it was not released in Turkey and...
Introduced in China last year, the Xiaomi Duokan Pro II e-book went on sale outside of China. The characteristics of the device have not changed, but the price has increased significantly: if in the home market they ask for $ 190 for the device, then the global version is priced...
Apple has released a white paper that outlines important changes to the App Store pricing process. First, Apple has increased the number of price points by almost an order of magnitude – now there are 900 of them. Thanks to this, developers will be able to set integer values and,...
The Samsung Galaxy A51, Galaxy A52, and Galaxy A53 phones have already received One UI 5.1 based on Android 13, and the Galaxy A71 and Galaxy A71 5G models have arrived. The update with the latest version of the One UI interface is reportedly released for the Galaxy A71 in...
Google announced the date of Google I / O – this year it will take place on May 10th. As part of the event, the company traditionally presents a new version of the Android OS and its mobile devices. The latter this year may be more than usual. At Google...
Elon Musk promised that the end-to-end data encryption function on Twitter will appear at the end of this month. Image by Bryce Durbin/TechCrunchThe current head of the company spoke about the need to implement encryption even initially when he took office, but, of course, it took time to implement the...
