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Several variants of the Galaxy S7 have already received their Android 8.0 Oreo updates, but definitely not all. ATT, Verizon, and Sprint have pushed the update out in the US, and some international models have gotten Oreo as well. It’s now time for the update to be delivered to the Galaxy S7 Duos (SM-G930O), which […]

T-Mobile has finally gotten around to pushing Oreo to the LG G6. This will be its first major update since launching, but it’s still only landing on 8.0 rather than 8.1. At least it’s an update. Feel free to head to the update menu and mash the button, but you’ll probably have to wait a few […]

We’re big fans of the Android One-powered Xiaomi Mi A1 here at AP. Its combination of a handsome design, top-of-the-line software, great performance, and solid battery life makes it one of the best budget phones out there (even if it’s not officially sold in the US). The phone received Android 8.0 Oreo just before 2018 […]

The Google devs are at it again with another late-night rollout of the Google app. Like most others, this update doesn’t appear to bring any specific live changes, but it does include clues for a lot of the upcoming changes. There’s plenty here to talk about, so let’s just jump into it. Teardown Disclaimer: Teardowns […]

Earlier this month, Samsung announced the 2018 versions of its Galaxy J3 and J7 smartphones. No release date was given, with only “early June” being given as an estimate. It’s very late in June now, but Verizon, Sprint, and Boost Mobile have launched their versions of the J3 and J7. Galaxy J3 As you might […]

Over the past year or two, HMD Global has ushered a revival of the Nokia brand with stock Android software under the hood. But perhaps none of the smartphones it has released has been more reminiscent of the Nokia of yore than this Nokia 1 — a device that looks like it took a time […]