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HQ Trivia is coming to Android, pre-register for it now

Fans of game shows have yet another thing to be happy about this Christmas. Yesterday HQ Trivia announced that it was bringing its live trivia app to Android. Although a date doesn't seem to have been set just yet, you can pre-register to be notified when the app goes live in the Play Store.

In case you aren't in the loop, HQ Trivia is part game show and part trivia app, with sizable cash prizes and rapidly growing popularity.

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OnePlus 5 getting official Android Oreo update now, Face Unlock coming later

OnePlus 5 owners, OnePlus has a couple of holiday gifts for you.

The OnePlus 5 is now receiving its first official Android Oreo update. This update is OxygenOS 5.0 and is based on Android 8.0. It includes a number of improvements in addition to Oreo, like the December 2017 security patches and a new Camera UI design.

Here’s everything that OnePlus says is included with this update:

Updated to Android O (8.0)
Launcher

Optimizations for Shelf
Now you can upload your photo through Shot on OnePlus

Camera

New Camera UI design
Optimizations for photo quality
Added beauty effect for Portrait Mode

Gallery

Added “Places” tab for viewing photos on a map

Calculator

Added history feature

Clock

Added alarm calendar feature

System

Added Parallel Apps feature
New design for Quick Settings
New design for Lift up display
Added “Adaptive model” screen calibration
Optimizations for Wi-Fi
Optimizations for Battery Saver
Updated Android security patch to December

This is an incremental update, meaning that it’ll hit a small number of OnePlus 5 devices today and then expand to more in a few days.

OnePlus co-founder Carl Pei has some more good news for OnePlus 5 owners. Pei revealed today that the Face Unlock feature found on the OnePlus 5T will be coming to the OnePlus 5 “due to popular demand.” There’s no word on when this feature will be coming, but at least OP5 owners now know that it’s happening.

Due to popular demand, Face Unlock is coming for the OnePlus 5. Thanks for the feedback, and merry Christmas!

— Carl Pei (@getpeid) December 24, 2017

Sources: OnePlus, @getpeid

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SiriusXM quietly arrives on Android TV

SiriusXM is a satellite/internet radio company, which has offered an Android smartphone app since 2010. The company has also embraced Android's other form factors - a Google TV app is still live on the Play Store. An Android TV version is now widely available, with seemingly no announcement from the company.

The app is already up to version 1.1, and since the changelog says "Added support for more Android TV devices," it may have only been available on select smart TVs.

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Best Android games of 2017 for your new phone, tablet, or Chromebook

With Christmas only a day away, I thought it would be nice to compile the best games of the year in one of our gaming roundups so that everyone can find some quality releases to play through on their new phone, tablet, or Chromebook. I have personally hand picked every single one of these games, so there may be some included in the list that you may have never heard of, but rest assured every game is a high-quality release.

Best Android games of 2017 for your new phone, tablet, or Chromebook was written by the awesome team at Android Police.

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Tidal offering 12-day free trial starting on December 25th

Jay-Z's high-fidelity music streaming service Tidal is offering a 12-day free trial starting on December 25th. In comparison to normal trials—in which the start and end dates are determined per subscriber—the Tidal trial starts and ends for everyone on December 25th and January 5th, respectively. No credit card is required for the trial, so you can partake without worrying about an unexpected bill. The trial includes access to the premium tier, as well as the lossless Hi-Fi tier.

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Chrome Beta makes it easier to find the flags you changed

Chrome has a hidden 'flags' page, located at chrome://flags, where you can toggle various features and settings on and off. The page was redesigned not too long ago, but there's another helpful change now available in Chrome Beta, Dev, and Canary - the flags you manually enable or disable are now pushed to the top of the page.

This obviously makes it much easier to see which settings you have messed with.

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Chrome Dev and Canary have a new video player, with YouTube's double-tap media controls

The video player on Chrome for Android has always closely mirrored (or looked identical to) the desktop Chrome video player. There's a play/pause button, a timeline, and whatever other controls the site has enabled (full-screen, volume, download, etc.). A brand new video player has appeared in Chrome Dev and Canary, with the same double-tap to fast-forward/rewind that the YouTube app added earlier this year.

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The new design is obviously much different than the current layout.

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Amazon acquires Blink, a smart home surveillance company

Amazon is acquiring Blink, a brand that knows what it’s doing when it comes to connected home surveillance equipment, likely in an effort to grow in that market.

Blink, a smart home surveillance company, has officially confirmed it has been bought up by Amazon. Blink says that its surveillance cameras will continue to work for the foreseeable future, so owners shouldn’t expect their devices to just give out on them. Blink offers cameras for both indoor and outdoor use, which range in price from $99.99 to $129.99.

As it stands right now, Amazon hasn’t said what it plans on doing with the Blink teams it has acquired. It stands to reason that we’ll see even more smart home devices, especially in the surveillance segment, coming from the company soon enough.

Of course, Amazon already announced its own smart connected camera not too long ago with the Amazon Key system, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t room to grow. Acquiring companies is one way to do that.

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