The Huawei Mate 20 is coming soon, with the company confirming today when we should expect to see the official unveiling.
Huawei had plenty to talk about at this year’s IFA, including unveiling its newest processor for smartphones and teasing the launch date for its newest flagship handset. The...
Motorola One and One Power now official
The last time we saw the Motorola One was back in June, and now the smartphone manufacturer has made the handset official.
Motorola is actually unveiling a pair of handsets this week, the first being the Motorola One. As the name suggests, this is Motorola’s Android One effort, offering up a mid-range...
Top 10 Android app updates this week: GIPHY, Kahoot!
Welcome back to our weekly Top 10 Android App Updates column, where we take a look at the most frequently upgraded apps for the week. We’ve found that one of the best ways to discover useful apps is to find the ones that are actually being updated by the developers rather than selecting...
43 temporarily free and 41 on-sale apps and games to start Labor Day weekend
Welcome to the final day of August. Autumn is right around the corner, which means schools are back in session (or close enough). Seemingly in celebration of this, a lot of apps went on sale today, or maybe because IFA is also still going on. Anyway, take a look through what we have today to see if...
New leak of Huawei Mate 20 and Mate 20 Pro rears surfaces
We’ve already seen glimpses of the Huawei Mate 20 Pro showing off its triple rear camera setup, but the standard Huawei Mate 20 has not been seen.
The latest leak shows off the back of both devices. While they share a lot of features, the camera setup is slightly different. The Mate 20 Pro...
Eletrolux announces Google Assistant support for smart ovens early next year
What’s the point of a smart home if Google Assistant support isn’t available? Is a product truly “smart” if you can’t tell your Google Home to control it?
Existentialism aside, Electrolux announced that future smart ovens will feature Google Assistant support. While the smart-ifying of common...
People are getting the Galaxy-exclusive Fortnite skin using demo devices
Fortnite is absolutely huge right now, but it still caught us by surprise that people are going to great lengths to obtain the Galaxy-exclusive Fortnite character skin.
One of the perks to getting a Samsung Galaxy Note 9 or Galaxy Tab S4 is that you get an exclusive character skin for the battle...
Firefox will block tracking scripts by default, starting in 2019
Mozilla has always been a strong advocate for internet privacy. More recently, Mozilla has been working on Firefox Focus, a simplified browser that blocks all trackers/cookies and erases browsing data after you close the app. Now the company wants to take privacy a step further, by blocking all tracking...
Google Pixel 3 images finally leak out
At this point we’ve seen the upcoming Google Pixel 3 XL more than a few different times. The upcoming flagship smartphone with its Super Selfies is expected to be announced in early October, along with the smaller Pixel 3.
And yet, while the Pixel 3 XL has leaked out several different times, the Pixel...
Xiaomi teases Mi Mix 3 with a pop-out camera for October launch
Earlier this year, Xiaomi unveiled the Mi Mix 2S, which features plenty of high-end specs for anyone interested in the handset. But the company isn’t quite finished launching new devices in 2018, apparently.
Xiaomi’s Director of Product Marketing and global spokesperson, Donovan Sung, has taken to...
[Bonus Round] BIOK, ColorFold, Aqua Moto Racing 2, Wheely World, Thunderbirds Are Go: International Rescue, Hungry Dragon, and Star Trek Trexels II
Welcome to the latest entry in our Bonus Round series, wherein we tell you all about the new Android games of the day that we couldn't get to during our regular news rounds. Consider this a quick update for the dedicated gamers who can't wait for our weekly roundups, and don't want to wade through...
Google Assistant adds bilingual support to its resume
IFA is going on right now, the trade show where companies like Google take a bit of time to announce new things that might not warrant a full-blown event of their own. Though some might say that adding bilingual support to Google Assistant could certainly use some time on stage.
On Thursday, Google...
BlackBerry KEY2 LE now official with Snapdragon 636 and 4GB of RAM
Back in June, BlackBerry and TCL officially announced the new KEY2, bringing another Android-based handset with a full physical keyboard underneath a touchscreen display. That handset was priced at $649 when it arrived, and now it looks like BlackBerry is ready to cut back on some specs to drop the...
Google’s Titan Security Key is now on sale for $50
Over one month ago, Google announced its Titan Security key, adding another layer of security so folks could feel a bit safer logging in across websites.
Google is now selling the Titan Security key in a bundle of two. The first is the primary key, the one that uses USB to connect to a computer of...
MyNBA2K19 companion app is out ahead of NBA 2K19 release
Another year, another 2K companion app slash collectible NBA themed card game. That's right, the console and PC release of NBA 2K19 is just around the corner, so in preparation for the release, 2K has published the MyNBA2K19 companion app on the Play Store. The thing is, it's not just a companion...
Sony Xperia XZ3 now official with smaller bezels and 6-inch display
We saw an unofficial peek at the Sony Xperia XZ3 not too long ago, and now the company has gone ahead and made the new flagship smartphone officially official.
The Xperia XZ3 finally adopts the idea of minimizing bezels, even if Sony isn’t going as far as some companies in this endeavor just yet. Still,...
Snapchat 10.40 beta adds an adaptive icon and starts implementing notification channels [APK Download]
Not to be outdone by its closest competitor, Instagram, Snapchat has rolled out an update to its app on the beta channel that adds two important Android Oreo features: adaptive icons and notification channels.
If you install the latest v10.40 beta of Snapchat, you'll find that the icon is now adaptive...
Essential Phone finally gets pinch-to-zoom in YouTube app
Notch support is still an issue, because most apps don’t know what to do with a notch. Usually apps just cut off below the notch and leave a black bar. Some people don’t want a notch in the way of their apps, while others want to use the entire screen as it was meant to be used.
YouTube is one of the...
HTC announces mid-range U12 Life
HTC‘s “Life” series of devices are mid-range versions of their flagship. The company has announced the new U12 Life, which is a cheaper U12 Plus.
The device features a 6-inch 18:9 1080p display, a Snapdragon 636 processor, 4GB of RAM and 64GB of storage (or 6GB and 128GB if you upgrade), dual 16MP/5MP...
Top 10 New Android Games This Week: Kahuna, Cookie Wars
Welcome back to Android Gaming Weekly, our weekly recap of new game releases. We still plan to cover upcoming releases and games we’re playing, but this column is dedicated to new games that you can start playing right now. Check out our top picks and let us know in the comments section if...
