Xiaomi Announces the Redmi 4A at ₹5999 in India

 By Vaibhav Jain on March 20, 2017       

Today Xiaomi announced the availability and pricing details of the Redmi 4A in India. With 16GB of internal storage, the Redmi 4A costs ₹5999 and will be available through Amazon India and MI's website.

With Redmi 4A, you get a 5" Display with Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 CPU, 2GB RAM and 16GB internal memory which can be expanded upto 128GB via a MicroSD card. The Device is packed with 3,120mAh battery and runs MIUI 8 on top of Android 6.0 Marshmallow.



It comes in Dark Grey, Gold and an exclusive Rose Gold color, the Dark Grey and Gold variant will go on sale on March 23 at 12 noon, while the Rose Gold variant will be available on April 6.

Moto X Style Gets a Soak Test for Android 7.0 Nougat in Brazil

 By Vaibhav Jain on March 18, 2017       

Motorola kept its promise and is still one of the fastest when it comes to updating its devices! Now the company has started rolling out the Android 7.0 Nougat (Soak test) for the Moto X Style. 

The Soak test weighs in at around 1.3GB and adds many new features including New Moto Actions (One-handed mode) and Android Nougat goodies to the Moto X Style.

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Soak tests are beta tests for device firmware, usually sent to few dedicated members of Motorola's support forum. Public over-the-air updates usually start a few weeks (sometimes months) later. Moto Germany is expected to release the Official OTA for the Moto X family in May, 2017.

Via: Androidpit (Brazil)

Source: Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8+ to come in these color options

 By Vaibhav Jain on March 17, 2017       

Samsung is widely expected to unveil the much-anticipated Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8 Plus during a press conference in New York City on March 29th. The specs and design of these devices are no longer a mystery, as the device have been already leaked multiple times.

According to the information that we’ve received, the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8 Plus will be available in Orchid Gray(Grayish Purple), Coral Blue, Arctic Silver and Midnight Black variants. At this point, we don't have any more information about the devices that we are yet confident enough to share.

We have already seen the phone leaked in full glory, thanks to Evan Blass and BGR for leaking the images. The phone will sport the glass and metal body, but the fingerprint sensor will be placed at the rear side of the phone beside the camera module, and this guy won't sport any dual camera, whatsoever.

Going by the iteration, Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus will go on sale from April third week if the rumors are believed to be true. 

Moto G5 Plus gets new update; Improves Audio During a Video capture

 By Vaibhav Jain on March 17, 2017       

Motorola's recently released Moto G5 Plus is now receiving it's very first software update in Brazil.

According to the changelogs, the software updates will Improve Audio Quality of the device during a Video capture, includes Stability improvement and bug fixes. The update shows the new build number as NPN25.137-33 and weighs around  280.7MB. 

If you haven't got the notification of this new software update yet, Just go to Settings > About Phone > Software updates, and It will automatically start downloading the latest update. The update will take around 10-15 minutes to get Installed on your device.

Thanks Leonardo Vinicius

OnePlus 3/3T gets OxygenOS 4.1 (Android 7.1.1)

 By Vaibhav Jain on March 17, 2017       

After testing OxygenOS (based on Android 7.1.1) beta 12 for the OnePlus 3 and beta 3 for the OnePlus 3T, OnePlus has finally started pushing Android 7.1.1 Nougat to the OnePlus 3/3T.

Here's the changelog for OxygenOS 4.1 (Android 7.1.1), which is the same for both phones:-

• Upgraded Android 7.1.1
• Updated Google security patch to 1st March 2017
• Added expanded screenshots
• Improved picture taking of moving objects with blur reduction
• Improved video stability when recording
• Improved WiFi connectivity
• Improved Bluetooth connectivity
• General bug fixes

This OTA is incremental and is now rolling out for a small percentage of users, OnePlus will begin a broader rollout in a few days. The download page has not been updated with the latest firmware of OxygenOS 4.1, So you might have to wait a little to Install this latest OS on your OnePlus 3/3T.

Source: OnePlus (OP3T) | OnePlus (OP3)

January security patch rolling out to the Moto X Play

 By Vaibhav Jain on March 17, 2017       

Moto X Play is among the list of devices that will be receiving Android 7.0 Nougat officially by Motorola. According to Motorola Germany, the device is expected to get Android Nougat by May, 2017 along with few other Moto X Phones. 



The Moto X Play has now started receiving a new software update with the January Security Patch, bug fixes and Stability improvement in India, the update weighs in at around 13MB. Note that the device still runs on Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow. 

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If you haven't got the notification of this new software update yet, Just go to Settings > About Phone > Software updates, and It will automatically start downloading the latest update. The update will take around 10-15 minutes to get Installed on your device.

Thanks Thakur Tishh Singh Rathour for tip!

Google Working on a Third Device codenamed “taimen", Larger Than Pixel XL

 By Vaibhav Jain on March 16, 2017       

2017 Google Pixel rumors have been surfacing over the last couple of months and many of those rumors have been consistent across multiple reports. However, a new report from the Droid-Life claims that Google is working on a third Smartphone, which will be larger than the current Google's Pixel XL.

Yesterday, a report confirmed that the 2017 Google Pixel will be codenamed "Walleye" and the 2017 Pixel XL will be codenamed "Muskie", but it seems that Google is also working on a third larger Smartphone under codename "taimen." The report also claims that the phone will have a bigger screen than "muskie" and "walleye."

Rick Osterloh (Google's head of hardware) has already confirmed that the second-generation Google Pixel(s) will be released this year. If the rumors are true, we might see two Pixel Phones and a Larger (maybe Nexus) Phone this year.

Source: Droid-Life | Image: Crunk C

[Update] Some Nexus 6 users receiving Android 7.0 OTA on top of 7.1.1 ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 By Vaibhav Jain on March 16, 2017       

Few months ago, Google announced Android 7.1.2 update for selected Nexus and Pixel devices and you may have noticed that the Nexus 6 and Nexus 9 were both not listed because Google won't be pushing further system updates to these devices.



Google guarantees Android system update for two years, so Android 7.1.1 is marked the end for the Nexus 6 and Nexus 9. Now, Some Nexus 6 users on reddit are now receiving Android 7.0 OTA on top of Android 7.1.1 Nougat, Sounds weird? Here's the proof-

After Android 7.0 Update downgrade, the Nexus 6 users are facing various issues including Force Stop and App crashes. 

Phone app and acore keep force closing to the point to where the phone is unusable, I managed to make it to Update in settings and it shows a 56.1 Mb update for March security patches but the spam force closing won't let it. Gonna have to side load from the images on Google's site. - reddit user B_Stache

That said, if you have downgraded/updated your Nexus 6 to 7.0 via OTA, you should sideload Android 7.1.1 Image right away. Google has yet to announce anything official on the matter

Source: Reddit

Update: A Google employee has responded to the reddit thread, here's what he said:-

There was a recent OTA update for Android 7.0 that is causing confusion for some Nexus 6 users. For those of you that want to guarantee future OTA updates, you will need to get back on the 7.0 supported track. If you are experiencing issues after accepting the 7.0 update, please factory reset your device to help resolve any problems.
For any Nexus 6 users that want to continue flashing/sideloading future builds, you can stay on 7.1.1 and continue to do so.

Moto G4 Play gets new update with February 2017 Security patch

 By Vaibhav Jain on March 16, 2017       

Moto G4 Play is among the list of devices which will be getting Android 7.0 Nougat update Officially. Motorola has already started rolling out Nougat to several devices, but it haven't reached the Moto G4 Play yet.

Now, Motorola is rolling out a new Software update with the February Security Patch, bug fixes and Stability improvement for the Moto G4 Play in Brazil.

If you haven't got the notification of this new software update yet, Just go to Settings > About Phone > Software updates, Just accept and It will automatically start downloading the latest updates. The update will take around 10-15 minutes to get Installed on your device.

Source: Motorola | Via: Google+