BlackBerry Keyone starts receiving the Oreo update today

Any Canadians with a BlackBerry Keyone? Check your phone, there should be an Oreo update waiting for you. The update started its rollout already - it was initially scheduled for the 13th, but there was a minor delay. Anyway, Keyones from other countries should join in before long. The update brings the Android version to 8.0. The updated for phones on Rogers also includes Wi-Fi calling support. The BlackBerry Keyone originally launched with 7.1 Nougat in early 2017. The Oreo update has been tested in a closed beta for a couple of weeks now. And if you're wondering "why not 8.1?", we...

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Motorola announces list of devices getting updates to Android 9 Pie

Motorola is the latest Android device maker to announce which of its products are due to be updated to the latest iteration of the OS - Pie. Google sent this out to its handsets last week, and Essential followed. Other companies are still at the stage of unveiling lists of phones that will at some point taste Pie. Motorola is planning to update the Moto Z3, Z3 Play, Z2 Force Edition, Z2 Play, X4, G6, G6 Plus, and G6 Play. That's it. If you own any other Moto smartphone, you're out of luck. The company says these models will receive Android 9 Pie updates "this fall". Nothing more...

Source: https://www.gsmarena.com/motorola_announces_list_of_devices_getting_updates_to_android_9_pie-news-32785.php

Alexa and Cortana can now trade places: Alexa on Windows 10, Cortana on Echo

Alexa and Cortana are now BFFs - you can use Alexa-enabled devices to talk to Cortana and vice versa. This feature was unveiled by Microsoft and Amazon at Microsoft's BUILD developer conference, but was limited to beta testers. It is now available to a wider audience as a public preview. Note that this is available only in the US for now. Here's how it works. Say you have an Amazon Echo. You can say "Alexa, open Cortana" and then ask her about your schedule, send an email and anything else the assistant can do. You can do multiple commands without having to say "Open Cortana" before each...

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Gold-plated 2018 iPhone is up for pre-order, will set you back £100,000

The three upcoming iPhones that Apple will launch next month have been leaking a lot. One thing that we still don't know is what they'll be called, however. That hasn't stopped the gold-plating experts at Goldgenie from choosing to refer to the successor to the iPhone X as the iPhone Xs. What's more, you can already pre-order a "Billionaire Solid Gold Edition" of the iPhone "Xs". It comes with 18k gold plating and can be yours for the eye-watering amount of £100,000. The good news, if you can call it that, is that pre-ordering only requires a 50% deposit. You then have plenty of time...

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Huawei P20 Pro, Nokia 7 Plus and Honor 10 win EISA awards

EISA (Expert Imaging and Sound Association) has published its top picks for 2018-2019 in the "Mobile Devices" category. Let's start with the Honor 10, which was voted the best lifestyle smartphone. The handset won the award due to its head-turning design with stunning color schemes and NPU chip inside that drives those AI features such as scene recognition when shooting stills. Nowadays Instagram is a lifestyle and you'd need the perfect selfie and the best possible photo of the place you've been to. So the Honor 10 delivers. And unsurprisingly, the Huawei P20 Pro takes the best...

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vivo X23 tipped to sport Snapdragon 670 and advanced 3D face recognition

The vivo X23 is still pretty much a mystery and we have nothing solid on it. We just heard about vivo X21's successor yesterday from the most unusual place - vivo's own Jovi smart assistant. According to Jovi, the handset will arrive on August 20 although, it seems way too early given the limited information that has leaked. Translated Weibo post Luckily, there's a new report going around detailing some of the key specs. The handset will feature a Snapdragon 670 chipset paired with at least 8GB of RAM and it's built around a 6.4-inch "full-screen" display. We don't know if the...

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