This comes from the company’s CEO, Lei Jun. Xiaomi announced its Xiaomi 12 and 12 Pro flagships yesterday, during the event in China. That is where Lei Jun stated the company’s plans. Xiaomi has big plans, it wants to become world’s number 1 smartphone OEM by 2024 This actually goes hand-in-hand with Lu Weibing’s statement from November. Lu Weibing is the Senior VP of Xiaomi Group China, and GM of Redmi....

OnePlus has a pretty close friendship with T-Mobile. Thus, most of OnePlus’s phones are exclusive to T-Mobile. This is an issue to people who don’t want to be locked into a two or three-year contract. But you can get the OnePlus Nord N20 5G unlocked So what does this phone have to offer? This is the kind of phone to get if you’re looking for more bang for your buck....

How do you pre-register for Farmville 3? If you really want to play Farmville 3, you’re going to have to wait until early next month, but you can pre-register for it today. Pre-registering means that you will be notified when the game becomes available to download. For both the Google Play Store and the Apple Store, you can set the game to automatically download when it launches. To pre-register, all you have to do is go to the app and tap the pre-register button that pops up....

You can pick up the Galaxy S21 for $749, down from $799. There’s also the Galaxy S21+ for just $899, down from $999. Or the Galaxy S21 Ultra for $1,049 down from $1,199. As you’ll see the S21 and Ultra are both on sale for $50 off, while the S21+ is just $100 off. It’s bit surprising to see that these are really only about $100 off of their regular prices, over a year after they launched....

This won’t be for all Best Buy stores, but the number is expected to rise Best Buy stores will be doing the repairs through certified Geek Squad specialists. This service is something that’s going to be rolling out gradually, it seems. According to the report, over 100 Best Buy stores will be able to do repairs starting in November. 100 obviously doesn’t account for every Best Buy store, so the repairs most likely target stores that either get the most traffic or the most Samsung-specific traffic....

What Google doesn’t say, obviously, is how many software updates it’s going to be cramming in between now and then. It’s likely that there will be at least one more major OS update for the watch within three years. And potentially more. Considering the Pixel Watch is supposed to be a big turning point for Wear OS. But unfortunately even if Google is thinking that far ahead, it’s not letting on....

YouTube Music album view on Android tablets now features a centered album art. It is larger than before and appears against a blurred background. Above it is the name of the artist, the type of media (album), and the release year, while you will find the title in a bolder text below the album art. The album description follows, with the recently redesigned row of control buttons under it. The row features five buttons — download, add to playlist, play, share, and more (three-dot menu)....

Not too long ago, YouTube changed the icon for the Smart Downloads button. It also added an Explore section on the home screen. These are all small tweaks that keep the software looking fresh. While those aren’t exactly too useful, the latest redesign does have some use. The new ‘Listen Again’ grid design helps you find music easier Previously, when you’d open YouTube Music, you’d see a shelf of the albums and playlists you listened to recently....

Simply put, “Listening controls” offer a set of controls right below the video while removing everything else. This is designed to improve usability for audio-only content. However, it can be used for practically any video on YouTube, provided you have the Premium subscription. Strangely, YouTube doesn’t highlight this perk while marketing YouTube Premium. So this feature’s inclusion may come as a surprise to some customers. Playing a YouTube video on your Android or iOS device shows a pill-shaped button called “Listening Controls....

True is a social media network that comes in form of an app for both major platforms True is a social media network that is pitching itself directly as a Facebook alternative. So, it’s not an alternative to Twitter, or anything of the sort. This platform comes in the form of an app for both Android and iOS, and it does remind me of Facebook, to a degree. Before we get into it, here’s a bit of a back story....

The Xiaomi Pad 6 series expected to launch in Q2 2023 In addition to the launch timeframe, he also added that Redmi is working on a tablet as well. He did not release any additional information about that, however. We’ll talk more about the Pad 6 series in a second, let’s first talk about the timeline for the series, shall we? The Xiaomi Pad 5 series arrived back in August 2021....

One of the bigger upgrades was battery life this year. That’s not because Samsung added a larger battery – it remained the same 4400mAh capacity battery as the original. But because of the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1. That processor has netted some incredible battery life on just about every phone we’ve used. And it was definitely needed on the Galaxy Z Fold 4. Another big upgrade that Samsung made this year, is on the main display....

The big, vibrant display Typically, the displays on these smart displays just aren’t that good. They are bright, but you can typically see the pixels, as these are low-resolution displays. But that is not the case on the Echo Show 15. It’s very vibrant, and I’ve had a tough time trying to see individual pixels, which is a really good thing. While this is a smart display, and used for things like interacting with Alexa, I watched a lot of video on this display too....

Google, Apple, Meta, NVIDIA, and Lyft are some tech companies that have frozen their hiring and laid off many employees due to economic challenges. Even Twitter, under Elon Musk, started to lay off employees on Friday morning. Some employees are now suing the company for violating labor law.

Any device currently running a Beta or Developer Preview build of Android 12 should get the update. The changelog (via XDA) reveals that the update fixes an issue causing some devices to be stuck in a boot loop after a restart. This was listed under Issue #193789343. Further, the update fixes a bug that would sometimes cause the System UI to crash. Google has fixed another issue wherein the Android low memory killer daemon or lmkd would kill processes excessively....

We are in the Christmas season, and it seems like the Finnish company, HMD Global is giving a treat for its Nokia X20 smartphone users with this new Android 12 update. This update also means that we could see more Nokia phones getting updated with Android 12 in the coming weeks. Moreover, this Android 12 update makes the Nokia X20 the first smartphone from HMD Global to receive it. Nokia is rolling out the Android 12 update for the Nokia X20 in stages and is already live for users in several regions....

Users who are enrolled in the Android 12 QPR3 program, can expect the Beta 3 update to arrive for seven handsets. Those are the Google Pixel 4, Pixel 4XL, Pixel 4a, Pixel 5, Pixel 5a, Pixel 6, and Pixel 6 Pro. What’s in Android 12 Quarterly Pixel Update Beta number 3? Now, this third iteration of the Android 12 Quarterly Beta doesn’t deliver any new user-facing features. Instead, it focuses on fixing known issues....

It works through the Camera2 API, leveraging Jetpack to backport the feature. As Android Police notes, this would also allow older devices to utilize advanced camera features like HDR video, provided they have the necessary hardware. Google said the feature would have some prerequisites, such as HLG10. Furthermore, Android 13 is gaining support for features like preview stabilization and jitter reduction. This is to improve the performance of the camera viewfinder on third-party apps....

Android Automotive is very exciting, especially for those that are Android users. Imagine having your car running the same operating system as your smartphone and tablet. Now that is pretty cool. And Google is slowly getting car makers on-board with using it in their vehicles. Like with Android Auto, it’s going to take time to make it widespread. What is Android Automotive? Android Automotive is essentially the operating system that will run your car’s infotainment system....

Notably, it is another December 2021 update for the Galaxy S21. This update is aimed at resolving the issues users faced after the installation of the Android 12 One UI 4.0 update on their Galaxy S21 units. Apparently, this update is a sort of hotfix update, which fixes these issues. Do note that the December patch was already rolled out for the Galaxy S21 devices earlier this month. So, this new update doesn’t bring a new security patch....