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One UI and Android Pie beta is now available for download on all Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus devices in South Korea, and soon in the US and Germany
The solution for all current bugs in your iPhone Xs and iPhone Xs Max is here with the software update of iOS 12.0.1 that's now available
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Google's Pixel phones will get a first crack at this feature, extending Smart Reply to the text field with auto-complete suggestions.
No reason has been given for the delay and it's not clear what troubles lie for those who have already received the OTA. But it's all news to users.
With just a restart, the phone now has an extra word attached to its name and one less point of difference between it and the V30S ThinQ.
It was last summer when Samsung announced that PayPal would become a funding source on its mobile payments platform. Boy, does an announcement echo far.
Amazing to think that an unlocked phone gets its update free from carrier interference, but it comes after the carriers get that update, huh?
App developers will need to drop off the watchOS 1 SDK and move onto at least watchOS 2. Instagram, for some reason, will not do that, thus the end of the applet.
There's plenty of fun to be had with GIFs, but they also can spice up the idle moments when your S8 and Note 8 are sleeping.
Basically, this move could obviate the need for a Google Home speaker, unless users actually want decent speakers. Also, more flexibility for more features.
A Bixby Services update has finally taken off any function for when users press the Bixby Button and it's disabled on their phone.
The latest iOS, watchOS, macOS and tvOS updates fix up the Wi-Fi KRACK vulnerability. Apple Watch Series 3 Cellular users can now stream music.
Neural network support will be the big background update for this iteration. Other annoyances will get smoothed out by December.
That's the word out of Japan and NTT docomo and it looks like the kick-starter to all the Android Oreo updates for currently supported Xperias.
The issue was with Google Play Services and it's been tanking battery performance to a heat sink. But the Mate 10 Pro is reported to have a fix in.
The Lenovo K8 will actually get it in June. The K8 Note and K8 Plus will get the later update. Android Oreo will take its time, unlike at Moto.
Apple's software platforms are being patched for the recent Wi-Fi WPA2 security standard exploit. You can engage in the beta.
If you've always wanted to come back to a tweet, but didn't want to have to sort through your feed or likes or DMs, relief is in sight.
The iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus had some key early issues tamped down with minor software updates. Now, it's the Apple Watch Series 3's turn.
It's the second maintenance update for iOS 11 in just as many weeks and it's certainly helping a few iPhone 8 users today.
OnePlus has been mum about Android Oroe on the OnePlus 5 and has made it clear that it will be the last major update for the OnePlus 3 devices.
HMD Global is committed to supporting its Nokia phones for the full measures they deserve and that will include next year's Android OS update.
But Apple says that the iPhones don't have that chip and there's no FM radio to be had. Still, Ajit Pai will ask for his cake.
