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Yesterday, OnePlus pushed out new Open Betas for its 2016 and 2017 flagships. While mostly similar, the 3/3T version differs slightly from the 5/5T one. Both, however, improve the OnePlus Switch app and add the ability to manage Parallel Apps files in the File Manager. Here’s the 5/5T changelog: And the 3/3T’s: All four phones […]

Update 1: 2018/06/01 3:35am PDT With the 5T, OnePlus introduced its own version of face unlock, aptly named ‘Face Unlock.” Thanks to its sheer speed, it quickly became a hit. Owners of older OnePlus devices begged for it to be added to their phones, and days later, it showed up on the OnePlus 5 with the […]

Update 1: 2018/06/02 2:38am PDT Samsung launched the obscenely expensive Galaxy Tab S3 last spring with Android 7.0 Nougat, and it’s been on Nougat until just recently. The Oreo OTA started hitting devices in the UK several weeks back, and now it’s time for the US market. If you hit the update menu right now, you’ll […]

LG fans, the day you’ve been waiting for is here. The LG G7 is launching, and today you can finally get your hands on the Korean manufacturer’s latest flagship. As with any device that costs hundreds of dollars, you’d be wise to protect your investment from day one with a case. There are many case […]

Update 1: 2018/06/02 9:11pm PDT Google has been doing an impressive job of pretending Android tablets don’t exist for the last few years, and now it’s done pretending. Google has updated the Android website to remove the tablet section entirely. You can now use that site to learn all about Android on Phones, Wear, TV, Auto, […]

It’s no secret that HTC, as a smartphone company, is hard up. And while the relative success of its Vive VR unit has warded off active ‘death watch’ speculation to date, there’s little doubt that HTC’s days as a smartphone maker are winding down. The company’s release schedule has become haphazard: it announced a “U […]