You can now block other users on Google Drive

Google Drive excels at many things and convenience is chef among them. Storing, sync and editing of files personally is one thing, but a lot of the platform's true power lies in its collaborative aspects, especially if you use some of Google's paid offers, like Workplace or G Suite Business. For all that power, however, Google Drive's sharing policy...

Poco X3 GT confirmed to feature 67W charging

Poco recently confirmed that the X3 GT arriving on July 28 will be powered by the Dimensity 1100 SoC. Now the company has announced that the smartphone will support 67W Turbo Charging. Poco hasn't detailed the X3 GT's specs sheet yet, but rumors claim this isn't an entirely new device but a rebranded Redmi Note 10 Pro (Chinese variant). The leaked...

Poco X2 units start receiving MIUI 12.5 update in India

Hot on the heels of the Poco X3 Pro MIUI 12.5 update, from earlier this month, its Poco X2 predecessor is now joining in on the action as well. The build number to look out for is V12.5.1.0.RGHINXM, which is labeled as "Stable Beta". For the time being, only a limited subset of users are seeing the update. But all hints point to an imminent full...

Nokia 110 4G launched in India

The Nokia 110 4G feature phone announced last month has made its way to India. It comes in Charcoal, Aqua, and Yellow colors, and you can buy one from Nokia's Indian website or Amazon.in for INR2,799 ($40/€30). The Nokia 110 4G, as the name suggests, comes with LTE connectivity and has dual-SIM and 4G VoLTE support. It's powered by the Unisoc T107...

Samsung 65W PD charger snags another certification

Samsung's ongoing work on a 65W charger has been well documented already. We first was a certificate for an EP-TA865 all the way back in September 2020, followed by some live shots of the brick in January this year. And then another certification in February. Now we have yet another official certificate for the device available, this time courtesy...

OnePlus rolls out Oxygen OS Open Beta 12 for OnePlus 8 series

A new update is now rolling out if you participate in the Oxygen OS Beta program on either the OnePlus 8 or the OnePlus 8 Pro. Although Android 11 rolled out to these devices late last year, the Beta channel lets users try new features before they arrive to the public release channel for the purpose of identifying any possible bugs. This is the 12th...

Samsung will likely not announce Galaxy S21 FE at August 11 Unpacked

Samsung will be holding the second major Unpacked event of the year next month where it will announce a couple of new foldable smartphones, the Galaxy Buds2, and two new smartwatches. While we are not expecting a new Galaxy Note21 this year, it was initially believed that a cheaper variant of the S21 series, the Galaxy S21 FE, would make an appearance...

OnePlus Nord 2 gets its first update

The OnePlus Nord 2 finally became fully official yesterday, and today the Chinese company is already issuing an update for it. This is the first ever update for the Nord 2, and in all likelihood will be waiting for you to download (285MB) and install once you take your device out of the box. The build is labeled OxygenOS 11.3 A.05, and if you're...

Nokia 1.3 is now receiving its Android 11 update

Nokia's most barebones phone, the 1.3, hasn't been forgotten update-wise, although the long-forgotten promise of Android One phones receiving new major versions of the OS in a timely fashion is still hilarious in hindsight. That's because this Android One device is only now getting updated to Android 11, a version that's almost one year old. The...

Report: Apple iPhone 13 to support 25W wired charging

The latest rumor pertaining to the iPhone 13 series is regarding the phones’ charging speeds. A report from MyDrivers cites “foreign media” who apparently learned through supply chain partners that Apple might be increasing the battery charging speeds of some iPhone 13 models to a peak current of 25W. Apple’s iPhone 12 lineup supports maximum charging...

OnePlus Nord2’s Oxygen OS is merged with Oppo's Color OS

OnePlus and Oppo recently revealed that the two smartphone brands would merge their Android skins Oxygen OS and Color OS, respectively. We already saw this happen with the OnePlus 9 series in China, which shipped with Color OS, replacing Hydrogen OS – OnePlus’ Android skin for the Chinese market. OnePlus Nord2 5G running Oxygen OS 11.3 OnePlus confirmed...

Samsung Galaxy Z Flip3 to retain paltry 15W charging speed

While the “charging wars” have been escalating in the past two years reaching ludicrous 160W speeds, Samsung has shied away, only supporting up to 25W solutions on its phones. Now, noted tipster IceUniverse is again hinting that the upcoming Galaxy Z Flip3 will not pass this threshold and will instead only support 15W charging speeds. The iPhone...

iQOO 7 5G in Monster Orange unveiled in India

While we’re patiently awaiting the debut of iQOO 8, the brand announced a new color for its iQOO 7 5G dubbed Monster Orange. The handset will go on sale from July 26 via Amazon India and the iQOO store for a retail of INR 31,990 ($430). The phone was previously only available in Ice Blue and Storm Black colors. iQOO 7 packs a 6.62-inch AMOLED with...

Honor teases its V7 Pro tablet, to run on Dimensity 1300T

In an official Weibo post, Honor shared a teaser video of its upcoming V7 Pro tablet, which may join the Magic3 series on stage on August 12. Following that the prolific Weibo tipster Digital Chat Station revealed that the tablet will run on a yet-to-be-announced Dimensity 1300T chipset. We don't know anything about a Dimensity 1300T, but we guess...

Realme is launching the Watch 2 and 2 Pro, headphones in India next week

Realme announced it is bringing a number of its accessories to India – two smartwatches, two neckband headphones and a TWS headset. None of these are new, we’ve seen them in other regions, but they weren’t available in the country until now. That will change on Monday when all but one of the five accessories will become available. The Realme Watch...

Motorola Edge 20 appears in renders with punch hole display and triple camera

Motorola is working on the Edge 20 lineup, which reportedly includes the Edge 20, Edge 20 Pro, and Edge 20 Lite. The first two were spotted on TENAA's website earlier this month with their pictures and a few specs. And today, renders of the Motorola Edge 20's global variant have surfaced, giving us our best look at the smartphone yet. The international...

Huawei shares a P50 Pro camera sample

After Huawei officially confirmed the July 29 announcement of the P50 series, teasers started flowing in. The latest one is once again about the camera and comes in the form of a sample. Huawei's official Weibo account posted a single, low-light photo of two people fencing. The image, of course, has been compressed when uploaded to Weibo so pixel-peeping...

Gorilla Glass with DX and DX+ will protect the camera lenses of your next flagship

Corning announced a couple of new lens protective glass composites dubbed Gorilla Glass DX and DX+. These are technically not new as they have been covering smartwatch displays since 2018 but the transition to camera lenses required plenty of tweaking to durability and light transmittance. Corning states that its Gorilla Glass with DX and DX+ offers...

Samsung Galaxy A22 5G arrives in India with Dimensity 700 chipset, 2 years of OS updates

Three weeks after the 4G version of the Galaxy A22 arrived in India, the 5G model follows. It is available in two versions, one with 6GB of RAM and one with 8GB, both have 128 GB storage and a microSD slot. The former model sells for INR 20,000, the latter for INR 22,000. For comparison, the 6/128 GB 4G model is currently INR 18,500 on Amazon. The...

Poco F3 GT announced with Dimensity 1200, maglev triggers and 67W charging

Poco just announced its F3 GT smartphone which shares plenty of ques with Xiaomi’s Redmi K40 Gaming Edition. The two gamer enhanced devices share identical bodies down to the weight and size. There’s a 6.67-inch 10-bit AMOLED display with a 120Hz refresh rate and FHD+ resolution upfront. The selfie cam sits in a centered punch-hole cutout up top....

Samsung Galaxy F42 5G's key specs revealed by Geekbench

The Samsung Galaxy F42 5G that got Wi-Fi certified in May and bagged Bluetooth certification last month has now passed through Geekbench, revealing key specs in the process. The Galaxy F42 5G, bearing model code SM-E426B, is powered by the Dimensity 700 SoC. It runs Android 11 and has 6GB RAM onboard, but there could be more RAM options to choose...

Panasonic announces 2-in-1 Toughbook G2 with 18.5h battery life and modular accessories

Panasonic just unveiled its newest 2-in-1 Toughbook G2. This is a Windows 10-powered detachable PC with three modular expansion slots called x-PAK’s. The expansions offer extra functions like serial interface, thermal camera, barcode scanner, or a quick-release SSD. The new ToughBook G2 will be backwards compatible with “most Toughbook 20 and G1...

OnePlus will add ‘optimized mode’ toggle in Oxygen OS 12 to address throttling

Following a performance vs optimization controversy this month, OnePlus has confirmed that it plans to address the debacle in the way that it should have done from the very beginning. A OnePlus employee confirmed through a OnePlus Forum thread that the Android skin will gain a toggle to enable/disable OnePlus’ performance optimization with an early...

Google clarifies which watches will get the Wear OS 3 update and when

On August 11 Samsung will unveil the first two watches running the new unified Wear platform which was developed by the Korean company in collaboration with Google. Today the search giant thankfully made some important clarifications about the platform, starting with its name: it will be called Wear OS 3, and not just "Wear" as Google hinted back...

Moto G100 launches in the US with $100 discount

Motorola initially released the Moto G100 back in April, after an announcement in March. For some reason, it's taken the company until today to bring its device to the US market. But, alas, the wait is over. You can now buy a Moto G100 in the US, and not just that but you get a $100 introductory discount if you purchase the handset as soon as possible...

HarmonyOS 2 public beta released for a bunch of Honor phones

Honor might be an independent company now, but the phones released before its split are still being supported by Huawei. Now, a bunch of those have been added to the HarmonyOS 2 public beta eligibility list. As of now, owners of the Honor 30, 30 Pro and 30 Pro+ along with the Honor V30 and V30 Pro can apply for a HarmonyOS 2 beta update to test out...

Poco X3 GT's design confirmed through renders, Dimensity 1100 also verified

The Poco X3 GT has been in the rumor mill for quite some time and one of the first things we've heard about the device is that it will come out as an international version of the Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 Pro 5G in China. And the latest leaked renders and teaser coming straight from Poco seem to confirm that. Poco X3 GT Not only does Poco X3 GT look identical...

Lava Z2s announced: an Android 11 Go phone with 6.51" IPS LCD, 5,000 mAh battery

The Lava Z2 was unveiled this January, an Android 10 Go edition phone with an INR 7,000 price tag. Now the company has brought out the Lava Z2s that costs INR 7,100. And this is a limited time offer, mind you. And yet things haven’t gotten better since the Z2, in fact, the “s” model has lesser camera hardware. It has a single 8 MP camera on the back...

Oppo unveils new charging technologies

Today Oppo announced its new charging technologies, which aim to ensure battery safety during fast charging. Oppo claims that using its hardware and AI software, a battery will have lost only 20% of its capacity after 1500 cycles, which exceeds the requirements by 300%. Starting with internal string double cell, which is grouping of two cells in...

OnePlus Buds Pro bring adaptive noise cancellation and up to 38 hours of endurance

Alongside the brand-new Nord 2 5G, OnePlus went ahead and unveiled its first Pro-tier earbuds – the OnePlus Buds Pro. As you may expect the Pro moniker brings adaptive noise cancellation to the mix thanks to three on-board microphones on each bud that cancel up to 40dB of surrounding commotion. OnePlus Buds Pro in black and white Buds Pro features...

OnePlus Nord 2 5G review

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OnePlus Nord 2 5G debuts with Dimensity 1200 AI SoC, 50MP OIS main cam and 65W Warp Charge

What should a flagship smartphone experience entail and how much should it cost? OnePlus is bringing up this debate with the launch of its Nord 2 5G - the true successor to last year’s highly anticipated original Nord. The term flagship killer is being mentioned here again and Nord 2 certainly brings some high-end specs while still keeping pricing...

Huawei Summer Sale opens with discounts on select smartphones, tablets, laptops and accessories

Huawei kicked off its latest sales campaign for the UK and German markets and there are plenty of deals across several product categories. Users can save up to 56% on tablets, smartphones, headphones, wearables and laptops. Smartphones Starting off with the smartphones, Huawei is bundling its P40 Pro and FreeBuds 3 for £599.99/€699.00. The P40 Pro+...

Watch the OnePlus Nord 2 5G announcement live

The OnePlus Nord launched last year marked OnePlus' comeback to the mid-range segment, and today, the company will introduce its successor, dubbed OnePlus Nord2 5G. The launch event will begin at 2PM UTC, and you can follow it with us by tuning to the stream below. OnePlus hasn't detailed the Nord 2 5G's specs sheet yet, but previous leaks and official...

First official image of Honor Magic3 case shows a large circular opening for the camera

Honor CEO George Zhao and Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon spoke at a panel hosted by Reuters where they talked about their latest partnership – the Honor Magic3 - which will be among the first phones to be powered by the new Snapdragon 888+ chipset. At the panel Zhao revealed the inspiration between the two colorways for the Honor Magic3 – what photographers...

Realme C12 and C15 now receiving Android 11 and Realme UI 2.0

The Realme C15 Qualcomm Edition received the stable build of Android 11-based Realme UI 2.0 earlier this month, and now, it's the Helio G35-powered variant that's getting a taste of Realme's latest custom Android skin. Realme has also released Realme UI 2.0 for the C12, and the changelog of updates for both smartphones is the same. You get a new...

1TB option for iPhone 13 Pro duo, LiDAR on all models, say analysts

Back in June analysts at Wedbush claimed that all iPhone 13 models will have LiDAR and that the Pro models will be available with up to 1 TB storage. Later the analysts at TrendForce reported that neither claim is true, limiting the LiDAR to the two Pro models and their storage to 512 GB. But the Wedbush analysts have kept a close eye at the supply...

Google Maps now lets you avoid crowded mass transit in 100 countries

Back in June 2019, Google introduced the transit crowdedness estimates on its Maps that lets you avoid crowds in buses, trains, or the subway. That feature was initially available in 200 cities around the globe and now, Google is expanding it to over 10,000 transit agencies in 100 countries, helping more people find open seats in mass transit or...

Samsung Galaxy Z Flip3 5G and Z Fold3 5G will be IPX8 rated

Yet another insider report points to the Galaxy Z Fold3 5G and Z Flip3 5G being water resistant. According to Max Weinbach the pair will be IPX8 rated. That means that they'll be able to withstand water depths of more than 1 meter for over 30 minutes. Flip3 and Fold3 are IPX8 https://t.co/Lenz8aOuCV— Max Weinbach (@MaxWinebach) July 21, 2021 If true,...

ZTE Axon 30 breaks cover in hands-on videos

Rumors and leaks about ZTE’s Axon 30 keep pilling on ahead of the phone’s announcement date scheduled for July 27. Today we have a pair of short hands-on videos of the Axon 30 showing off its design and the second-gen in-display camera. The first video shows the phone’s front and back design and gives plenty of attention to the hidden selfie camera....

Samsung Galaxy A51 gets July 2021 Android security patch with the latest update

Samsung has released a new software update for the Galaxy A51, which bumps up the Android security patch level on the smartphone to July 2021. A complete changelog of the update is currently unavailable, but it might include some additional new features or user-facing improvements. Samsung Galaxy A51 The new firmware has version number A515FXXU5EUG2...

AT&T Motorola RAZR 5G updated to Android 11

We received a tip that AT&T’s Motorola RAZR (2020) 5G has been updated to Android 11 via the June security patch. Our tipper sent us a screenshot confirming the Android version on his device is indeed 11. Screenshot sent in by our reader Joe V. Granted, most other regions have already been receiving the OTA update to Android 11 back in April,...

Report: Xiaomi’s 200W HyperCharge to begin mass production next year

A new report via MyDrivers in China claimed that Xiaomi’s 200W charging technology could debut in consumer devices, with mass-production starting as soon as June of 2022. The report cited “some bloggers” who “broke the news about Xiaomi’s plans for this technology,” Charge up to 100% in just 8 minutes using wired charging and 15 minutes wirelessly!...

US FTC votes to enact new policies to restore Right to Repair

Back in May, it was reported that the US FTC acknowledged that companies anti-repair tactics were hurting small businesses and consumers. Today, the US FTC announces that it has unanimously voted to crack down on offending companies that purposefully make third-party repairs on products very difficult outside of its own repair network. The Federal...

Samsung Galaxy A22 5G is launching in India on July 23

Samsung has officially announced the fact that it's launching the Galaxy A22 5G in India on July 23. The 4G version is already available in the subcontinent, and the A22 5G was initially unveiled at the beginning of June. Aside from the 5G support, the phone has a 6.6-inch 1080x2400 90 Hz TFT screen, the MediaTek Dimensity 700 chipset at the helm,...

Samsung testing 65W charging for the Galaxy S22 series

Samsung is testing new, faster 65W wired charging solution and it looks like it will be ready in time for the Galaxy S22 series in early 2022. The information comes from tipster Tron, who's got a decent track record. Rainbow is the codename for the Galaxy S22 series, with R being the vanilla model, G the Plus and B the Ultra. Hearing 65W in test...

iQOO 8 rumored to bring 160W flash charging

There’s been a few teasers circulating around the upcoming iQOO 8 lately. The phone is expected to launch on August 4 as the first Snapdragon 888 Plus powered device on the market and now we’re hearing rumors it could also debut 160W fast charging. iQOO 8 marketing prop with FlashCharge branding Yesterday brought us a look at the iQOO 8 marketing...

OnePlus Nord 2: what to expect

The OnePlus Nord 2 will be officially unveiled on July 22 – that’s tomorrow! – so it’s time for our usual rumor round-up. But who needs rumors when you can get the information straight from the company. It all started when the OnePlus inadvertently confirmed the OnePlus Nord 2 name. A more deliberate confirmation came when it detailed the custom...

Realme's MagDart charger leaks, it comes in two variants

Just the other day, a listing on EUIPO revealed Realme's plans to release an Apple MagSafe alternative called MagDart. And now we have a pretty good look at the charger or should we say chargers. Yes, Realme is readying not one but two MagDart pads. One of them looks a lot like Apple's MagSafe so it's probably safe to assume that it will offer conservative...

Oppo will talk about its 125W charging tomorrow

Oppo has put out two teasers for a July 22 event (that's tomorrow) that will detail the company's 125W SuperVOOC 2.0 charging and how it leverages AI to optimize the charging process. Oppo unveiled 125W charging exactly 1 year ago in July, but the tech hasn't made it to an commercial smartphone just yet. Oppo claimed its 125W charging can get a 4,000mAh...