[Update: Launches in India on July 4th] Xiaomi’s Redmi 7A should launch in India and Europe soon

Update 1 (7/01/19 @ 2:00 AM ET): A teaser on Flipkart reveals that the Redmi 7A will be launched in India on July 4th. Xiaomi’s Redmi recently upgraded its entry-level catalog with the launch of the...

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Chromebooks will soon be able to show Bluetooth battery indicators

A much-awaited feature that arrived with Android Oreo was the ability to see the battery level of the Bluetooth device you were connected to. It’s an important feature and quite surprising that it took...

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Google’s Manifest V3 will change how ad blocking Chrome extensions work: Is it to cripple them, or is it for security?

Google Chrome is the most popular cross-platform web browser available on the market right now, claiming 62.7% of the global browser usage share up until May 2019, with Apple’s Safari coming in second...

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Kiwi Browser adds text reflow support, Translator settings, external download manager support, and more

Kiwi Browser by XDA Senior Member arnaud42 has been the browser of choice for many for a long time now. With extension support, a reachability button, an AMOLED friendly dark mode and lots more, it’s...

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Magisk now supports system-as-root and the Google Pixel 3/Pixel 3a’s logical partitions on Android Q

Google released the first Android Q beta back in March, and root access via Magisk quickly became available for the Google Pixel and Google Pixel 2. The Google Pixel 3, however, could not be rooted on...

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Google’s Fast Share is an upcoming AirDrop-like file sharing tool for Android

When I discovered that Google was deprecating Android Beam in Android Q, I was surprised to see how many people were upset by the news. The file transfer service used NFC to transfer files between devices,...

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HTC U12+ gets the Android Pie update in Taiwan

The last few years have been rough for Taiwanese smartphone brand HTC. While the brand is certainly capable of designing decent smartphones, it can’t seem to keep up with the current trends of the smartphone industry. Although it isn’t giving up on smartphones, its focus has shifted away from flagships...

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OnePlus 7 Pro price cut by $100 in Canada, difference will be credited to existing buyers

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Huawei allowed to buy from US suppliers again

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Xiaomi seeks testers for POCO F1’s Android Q update and Mi 6, Redmi 6, Redmi 6A’s Android Pie update

Xiaomi recently announced that it will be shutting its Global Beta ROMs for all devices, with effect from July 1, 2019. Public beta ROMs, though are presumed to be Beta in nature, have been stable enough for a lot of users to use it as a daily driver mainly because of the rather frequent nature of updates....

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Samsung Galaxy Watch Active 2 pictures show no rotating bezel

The Samsung Galaxy Watch Active was released earlier this year along with the Galaxy S10 family. This device marked a pretty big design shift for Samsung’s watches. Gone was the chunky, industrial aesthetic...

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LCDs with in-display fingerprint scanners will bring the tech to budget phones

Smartphones are always progressing. Years ago, it was crazy to think that a budget smartphone could have a fingerprint scanner. Since then, the proliferation of the fingerprint scanner has made it so...

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[Update: Except Nokia 2] The Nokia 1 gets Android Pie, so now every HMD Global phone has the latest update

Update (6/28/19 @ 1:53 PM ET): The Nokia 2 is confirmed to be not receiving the Android Pie update. I am becoming increasingly impressed with how well HMD Global has handled Android’s software updates...

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OPPO Reno 10x Zoom Vs Huawei P30 Pro: Battle of the Camera Beasts

2019 has seen some really great smartphone cameras. The technology is getting crazy impressive and devices are doing really interesting things with it. Two devices that moved the needle earlier this year are the OPPO Reno 10x Zoom and Huawei P30 Pro. XDA TV’s Daniel Marchena put together a side-by-side...

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Checketry is a download manager that syncs progress between desktop and mobile

If you live in an area that is not blessed with very high-speed internet, downloading large resources can become a bit of a task. Even files as big/small as 1GB can take hours to download, and the issue...

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Synergy lets you use Substratum custom themes once again on Samsung’s One UI

When Samsung released its Android Pie-based software called One UI, we were big fans of its focus on one-handed ease of use and system-wide dark theme. Furthermore, unlike Android Pie builds for other...

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