In October 2018, Microsoft brought a new piece of software to Windows 10 OS. It was called Your Phone and it allowed a few unimpressive functions to the PC, namely allowing the user to read texts and watch pictures from their phone on their stationary. Soon, Your Phone will get a third function, one that might make the whole application a bit more interesting: namely, it will allow us to reproduce the display of our smartphone on our computer. This in turn will allow us to not only see what is happening on our phone at the moment but also have a partial remote control over its apps, and ...
Oh man, Samsung Galaxy S10 can be unlocked with a picture of your face
YouTuber known as Unbox Therapy has recently released a video. In that video, he shows how easy it is to get around Galaxy S10’s smartphone face unlock. All you need to do is pick up another device with the Galaxy S10 owner’s face on it and put it before the face recognition screen; a picture of owner’s face is enough to unlock that device. Nice. Thankfully, Samsung notices that issue and promises a fix. In the meantime, it may be a good idea to use a password or fingerprint scanner instead of face ...
Sony Xperia 4, specifications
Xperia 4, the upcoming Sony smartphone, will be a mid-ranger. Its mid-ranger-ish specs will be as such:– 5.7′ display, Full HD+,– Qualcomm Snapdragon 710 CPU, 8 cores,– 4GB RAM, 64GB storage,– Wi-Fi 802.11ac, Bluetooth 5.0, GPS/GLONASS, LTE modem,– USB C connectivity,– 2800 mAh battery,– black, red, silver and violet colour variants,– Android 9 Pie OS.Xperia 4 will come out some time in summer. Tweet Vote on HN ...
Price & release date of LG Q8 ThinQ
The device will first be availble in South Korea, where it will be up for pre-orders between March 12th and 22nd: after that last date it will reach the stores. It’s Korean price is 897,6 thousand won, which roughly translates into 790 USD. This would make it the cheapest LG flagship in the last few years. Pre-ordered units will receive such bonuses as a free case and year long display warranty. Tweet Vote on HN ...
Unlocked US Samsung Galaxy Note 9 gets updated to Android 9 Pie
Better late than never: unlocked units of Galaxy Note 9 sold in the US will soon receive an update to Android 9 Pie operating system. The update will take place sometime after March 12th, which is also the date of closing the One UI Beta Program for the Galaxy Note 9. Those who participated in the beta will have to download the full version of the OS when it comes out along with everyone else. Tweet Vote on HN ...
Huawei advertises the P30 smartphone
Huawei has just released a series of ad-posters showing off their upcoming P30 smartphone. a href=”https://img.android.com.pl/images/user-images/2019/03/plakat-huawei-p30-pro-premiera-zapowiedz-9.jpg”>These posters concentrate on pointing towards the phone’s most interesting feature, namely the 10x zoom camera made with periscope lens. Speaing of camera, P30 is supposed to have a 3x set, while P30 Plus will come out with a 4x one; the difference between the two may be the additional ToF camera for P30 Plus. There will be a few more differences between these two models, ...
Samsung Galaxy Wearable app received the One UI redesign
A new update is currently available for Samsung’s Galaxy Wearable app. Version 2.2.23.19021251 of Galaxy Wearable has updated the app with One UI redesign, which does not add any new functions to the app but has significantly changed the interface – for the better, as far as I can judge. You can download the update from here. Play Store does not yet have this update available but it should get there soon. Tweet Vote on HN ...
German 5G connectivity program will include Huawei after all
Some countries around the world, USA the first of them, have already cut their co-operation with Huawei or plan to do so. Germany, though, is not one of them: their Minister of Economy and Energy, one Peter Altmaier, has just announced that Germany will indeed work on their 5G program along with the Chinese company. It is unknown whether they really do not believe in Huawei being guilty of espionage or if they simply want their 5G hard enough that they do not care about it. German government will, though, change its laws so that Huawei’s actions will be under heavier surveillance than ...
Metal Slug Infinity, smartphone remake of classic series
Metal Slug is a pretty popular arcade shooter series that started its life as an arcade coin game back in the ancient times of 1996. Ever since then, numerous sequels & variants of the game have been released on many different gaming platforms. The newest game in the series, Metal Slug Infinity, will be a smartphone production. Made by one Ekkorr studio (Endless Frontier), MS Infinity will be an idle RPG. Idle video games, made with people who are tired, absent-minded or brain dead, are games where the majority of events in-game take place automatically; player’s role is limited ...
”Repeat” button returns to mobile Spotify
A few weeks ago Spotify has removed the Repeat function from its mobile app. The reason given was so that it could make room needed for the sharing options. This may have been a good choice for many, but many other people enjoy listening to the same song over and over again; those people were less thrilled about the change. Well, thankfully for them Spotify has decided to bring the Repeat button back to its former location. Spotify promises to keep working on this particular ...