The Mi 9, Xiaomi's upcoming flagship smartphone, is confirmed to be powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon 855 SoC as previously rumored. It will be officially unveiled in China and later at MWC 2019.
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Samsung has taken the wraps off its latest tablet today, the Galaxy Tab S5e, which is the first Samsung slate to natively feature Bixby 2.0. It will be available in the second quarter of 2019.
Microsoft's OneDrive app for iOS has received a new update that adds a new OneDrive app icon at the top right of file previews within iMessage. Other UI improvements and bug fixes are present as well.
Microsoft Teams has been updated on Android with support for dark theme, a feature that has been in place for Office 365 users since 2017. The update also brings with it a bunch of other features.
Apple says it will resume the sale of iPhone 7 and iPhone 8 devices in Germany after a two-month hiatus. However, those older iPhone models will be powered by Qualcomm chips instead of Intel.
Apple's developer certificates have been reportedly abused by several app distributors to sell hacked versions of otherwise legitimate apps to iPhone users without going through the App Store.
LG has announced today that its upcoming G8 ThinQ flagship smartphone will sport an OLED display that will also function as a speaker, courtesy of its Crystal Sound OLED technology.
Apple's appointment of Frank Casanova as head of its worldwide product marketing for augmented reality efforts indicates that the company is getting more serious about the AR segment.
Vivo is the latest holdout among the top Chinese smartphone makers to introduce its own sub-brand with the unveiling of iQOO today. But the company has yet to unveil an actual iQOO-branded device.
The Microsoft To-Do app has received a host of fresh updates across multiple platforms. New emojis were added to the app's emoji picker on Windows 10 and its sidebar now has a fullscreen mode on iOS.
T-Mobile is the last holdout among the Big Four wireless carriers to release the stable version of Android 9.0 for the Galaxy S9 and S9+. The update includes support for RCS Universal Profile 1.0.
Google may be getting serious about building its own smartwatch as new job listings from the search giant reveal that it's looking to fill at least two top positions in its wearable hardware division.
Netflix's Smart Downloads feature is now on iOS. It was introduced to its Android app in July 2018 to automatically download the next episode and delete the previous ones after you've watched them.
Today, Instagram has begun displaying short IGTV previews from people you follow on your main feed front and center as the Facebook-owned service seeks to grow adoption of that video platform.
Samsung's One UI (based on Android Pie) is now rolling out to the Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ in Canada via the country's major carriers including Rogers Communications, Bell, Telus, and Videotron.