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For your Google Pixel phone with Android 13, today is a huge day: we've reached the platform stability stage of the development cycle. The third beta of Android 13 is now available, and things are looking fantastic. All app-facing behaviors and APIs are final in this Beta 3 build, which is available on the Pixel
The launch of Samsung's One UI in 2018 was undeniably a watershed moment for phone user interfaces. While the initial iPhone had shortcomings, it was clear that it had won the hearts and minds of the globe when everyone from OnePlus to Google copied much of its design. We've been fans since the beginning, but
Realme is still providing the security patch for its handful of smartphones, but it’s not the latest one. The May 2022 security patch is rolling out for Realme Q5 Pro, Realme Q2, and Realme V5 5G in China. The latest update for Realme Q5 Pro, Q2, and V5 seeding with build numbers C.07, C.17, and C.17, respectively.
May 19, 2022: OnePlus has released a new system update for the OnePlus 9 series (via XDA Developers). It has version C.60 and is over 1.5GB in size. The most recent OTA update improves multitasking and adds some connection and gaming features. The May security patch, however, is still unavailable for the phones. The complete
The first beta build of the Paranoid Android Sapphire ROM for the OnePlus 9 and OnePlus 9 Pro has just been released by the Paranoid Android team. For quite some time, an Alpha version of the Android 12 based ROM has been available for both phones. The new beta version, on the other hand, offers
Samsung, Xiaomi, Oppo, OnePlus, and Motorola, among others, have already revealed their Android 12 rollout plans, with Samsung in particular updating its massive smartphone array across geographies at a breakneck speed. Sony has entered the party with their own schedule (if you can call it that), albeit without any precise device timelines. Regardless, the stable
The 2 XL's update end-of-life date was in December of last year, just a few months after Google introduced Android 11. Even though they're getting on in years, these phones are still adequate for basic day-to-day use. If you have a Pixel 2 XL and want to try Android 12 out, you can do so
LineageOS is a free, community built, aftermarket firmware distribution of Android 11, which is designed to increase performance and reliability over stock Android for your device. LineageOS is based on the Android Open Source Project with extra contributions from many people within the Android community. It can be used without any need to have any
Lineage OS is the premier custom Android ROM, and one of its best features is that it is constantly evolving. The distributed team has added sixteen new phones and tablets from a few vendors in the last few weeks. Here are the phones that have been added to the list, or jumped from Lineage 17.1
As Full-Screen Display becomes popular, Samsung must release a product to compete with other companies. As a result, they launched the A80 with a Pop-Up camera. The A80 was released with Android Pie 9.0 and later upgraded to Android 10. Samsung has already released One UI 3.0, which is based on Android 11. In certain
Samsung offers 2 years of software support for their smartphones, which includes two big Android OS updates. The Samsung Galaxy S8, S8 Plus, and Note 8 have been on the market for well over two years and will never see Android 10. The same is true for the Galaxy S9 and Note 9 series, which
So, you have an Android smartphone, and the same old UI has begun to bore you. So, it's time to dive into the world of custom ROMs. Installing Custom ROMs is one of the easiest ways to deal with overdue OEM updates and introduce a plethora of new features to your Android smartphone. Let's take
Android 12 DP2 just picked up its second bug-fixing update, bumping things numerically to DP2.2. This latest release includes a lot more fixes than DP2.1 did, including a fix for video encoding issues that I ran into, a crash tied to the Bluetooth section of Settings, disappearing widgets, and a failure to save Wi-Fi passwords,
People are eagerly waiting for the Android 12 update especially since the release of a plethora of promising rumors and leaks. Most of what we know has been leaked but some of the information is gathered from the public source code which appeared before the Developer Preview. In light of the upcoming release, we have
While Google's latest Pixel devices are typically the first to be launched with Android's latest flavor, Chinese OEM Vivo hit Google with its Vivo V20 last year. The device was the first new smartphone to launch Android 11 out of the box, hitting the new Pixel 5 and Pixel 4a 5G by just a few
MIUI, one of the world's most common mobile operating systems, is Xiaomi's favorite. Although the news about MIUI 13 has recently been published, MIUI 12 has not been forgotten. Xiaomi is creating MIUI 12.5 pursuant to the announcement made today. This update contains big developments and optimizations and prepares MIUI 13 for Xiaomi users. (adsbygoogle
EMUI 11 to be released Recently, one of Huawei ‘s officials confirmed in an interview that the company is planning for the EMUI 11 user interface to become the last in the firmware sequence of the manufacturer's firmware before transitioning to its own operating system. So, it's interesting to see which devices from Huawei are
Realme1 is a legendary device which disrupted the market with its performance to price ratio back in 2018. Today also this old gun can compete any budget device in terms of performance. Since the official support has ended months ago I wanted you guys to be aware of the Custom ROM developments going on. So
Kali NetHunter Rom The Kali NetHunter is an Android ROM overlay that provides a robust Mobile Penetration Testing Framework. A custom kernel, a Kali Linux chroot, and an associated Android application are included in the overlay, making it easier to communicate with different security tools and attacks. 802.11 Wireless Injection and AP mode support with multiple supported USB
As you might well be aware by now, Android 11 ‘s stable version has now been released to the public. Google's Pixel phone series and a handful of Xiaomi devices have entered the upgrade train so far, while official beta builds are available for the OnePlus 8 lineup, the Samsung Galaxy S20 series, and many
