Alongside the new Mi 8 flagship smartphones and other Mi products, Xiaomi unveiled the next version of its Android launcher – the MIUI 10. The Android ROM’s UI is now fully optimised for smartphones with high screen-to-body ratios and minimal bezels (fullscreen experience). Xiaomi confirms the MIUI 10 is powered by Artificial Intelligence (AI). Some […]
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Android P Beta Now Available On Pixel and 7 Other Smartphones
Coinciding with the tenth year anniversary of Android; Google unveiled the beta version of Android P, its next major Android release at the I/O 2018 in Mountain View, California. With this new release, Google is focusing on three key categories: Smarts (Intelligence), Simplicity and Digital Wellbeing. Android P Beta combines hardware with machine learning to […]
Fitbit OS 2.0: Whats New and Different?
Alongside the new Fitbit Versa Smartwatch, Fitbit introduced the second major edition of its proprietary smartwatch operating system – the Fitbit OS 2.0. It comes pre-loaded on all Versa devices and will start rolling out this month (March) in phases to Ionic devices. The Fitbit OS 2.0 update promises headline feature – Fitbit Today and […]
Official: Android Wear Rebrands as Wear OS By Google
Following days of speculation, Google has officially rebranded its smartwatch operating system from Android Wear to Wear OS by Google. Henceforth, all Android Wear smartwatches have gotten or will eventually get the new OS, and also upcoming ones will come pre-loaded with it. According to Google, Wear OS By Google is a wearable operating system […]
Google announce Android Oreo (Go Edition) Alongside Android 8.1
Google has introduced Android Oreo (Go Edition) as part of the release of Android 8.1 Oreo. The Android Go platform was announced earlier this year at Google I/O to provide a streamlined user experience for entry-level devices with 1GB of memory or less in emerging regions such as India, Southeast Asia and Africa. Android Oreo […]
Google unveils Android 8.0 Oreo
Google took advantage of the total Solar Eclipse in the U.S to launch the next major version of Android OS via a live stream in New York (19:50 BST). The eight release of the popular mobile OS – previously known as Android ‘O’ – will ‘from now on’ go by the name Android 8.0 Oreo […]
Xiaomi Unveils MIUI 9 With New Smart Assistant, Improved Performance
Along with the Xiaomi Mi 5X and MI AI smart speaker, the Chinese company also unveiled its long awaited MIUI user ROM based on Android 7.0 Nougat OS – the MIUI 9. As expected, it brings a number of features and improvements over the MIUI 8 such as image search, virual smart assistant and smart […]
Official: Windows 10 China Government Edition Announced
At its latest hardware event in Shanghai, China which saw the launch of the new Surface Pro (Surface Pro 2017) and a host of existing products, Microsoft also announced a new version of the Windows 10 OS for the People’s Republic of China, rightly known as the Windows 10 China Government Edition. China is […]
Google announces Android Go Tailored for Entry-Level Devices
Google is taking another shot at powering inexpensive entry-level devices in developing markets with the launch of Android Go, a lightweight version of Android O (and beyond) designed to run on devices with low memory (from 512MB – 1GB RAM). This strategy bears a semblance to Google’s not-so successful Android One platform which was launched […]
Google announce Project Treble To Deliver Faster Android Updates
One of the known issues associated with Android smartphones (excluding Google Branded devices) is the delay in the arrival of updates to the latest OS version. Ahead of the Google I/O 2017 next week, the search giant has announced the launch of Project Treble to put an to this lingering problem. Already live on Google […]