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17/10/2019

There is no doubt that smartphones are getting even smarter. Google's new Pixel 4 series phones have just been announced and they feature all sort of technologies including Radar type of tech. Google's Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL are now officially revealed, and they pack a lot of interesting specs, but also some letdowns. Both phones come with a complete 90Hz display (no notch, no cutouts in the screen: 5.7", 6.3" screen on the XL model), stereo speakers and fast 3D Face unlock tech. [ 269 more words ]
https://www.pocketdroid.net/2019/10/17/pixel-4-phones-announced/

There is no doubt that smartphones are getting even smarter. Google's new Pixel 4 series phones have just been announced and they feature all sort of

08/10/2019

Sony is finally offering PS4 Remote Play application compatibility with almost all Android 5.0 or a more recent version of Android running devices. You'll now be able to stream and play any Playstation 4 games on your Android smartphone or tablet through Sony's PS4 Remote Play app even if it isnt an Xperia devices. Until this month this feature was only available exclusively to Xperia handheld owners (officially, because unofficially some of XDA Developers forum Android users have had a way around it to be able to play remotely). [ 73 more words ]
https://www.pocketdroid.net/2019/10/08/ps4-remote-play-app-compatibility-android/

Sony is finally offering PS4 Remote Play application compatibility with almost all Android 5.0 or a more recent version of Android running devices. You'll

08/10/2019

Samsung Electronics as just released its fourth generation Chromebook laptops (that's right, plural because there are two of them) sequel to Chromebook 3. The brand new laptops with Chrome OS are now available in the US at a great price tag considering that they come with Google Play store access, thus you can download and install any Android app or game available. [ 141 more words ]
https://www.pocketdroid.net/2019/10/08/chromebook-4-laptops-samsung-affordable/

Samsung Electronics as just released its fourth generation Chromebook laptops (that's right, plural because there are two of them) sequel to Chromebook 3.

03/10/2019

Surface Duo is Microsoft's attempt at making smartphones once more. No joke, Microsoft is making smartphones again (more importantly Android running smartphones) two years after the company shut down its Windows Phone business.

Microsoft has just surprised everyone with Surface Duo, an Android powered dual screen smartphone coming in 2020.

30/09/2019

Youtube Music app replaces Google Play Music app as a native preinstalled app on future Android devices. Google Inc is replacing the Play Music Android application with YouTube Music app as part of Google Apps package of preinstalled apps. Meaning the YouTube Music app is now officially part of the licensing deal Google makes with mobile makers, and so Google Play Music app will no longer come preinstalled on our future Android 10 and Android 9 running devices, but as an app available in the Play store. [ 104 more words ]
https://www.pocketdroid.net/2019/09/30/youtube-music-app-to-replace-play-music-native-app/

Youtube Music app replaces Google Play Music app as a native preinstalled app on future Android devices. Google Inc is replacing the Play Music Android

26/09/2019

Luckily Oneplus' new Oneplus 7T is not as bad is its live streaming event was! The 7th generation flagship killer smartphone delivers considerable upgrade over the Oneplus 7 the Chinese small company announced earlier this summer along with Oneplus 7 Pro. First, and one of the more important upgrades, is the 90Hz Fluid AMOLED display with Full HD+ screen resolution, which coupled with 2x stereo speakers makes the gaming and multimedia experiences great again on a Oneplus smartphone (wink at… [ 174 more words ]
https://www.pocketdroid.net/2019/09/26/oneplus-7t-announced/

Luckily Oneplus' new Oneplus 7T is not as bad is its live streaming event was! The 7th generation flagship killer smartphone delivers considerable upgrade

24/09/2019

Play Pass is Google's competitor for Apple's Arcade gaming subscription service. Like Apple with its Arcade, Google is also starting to push out a similar service called Play Pass, which is pretty much Google's way of saying: "Here, access to select paid games and apps for free and without ads or any in-app purchases". What Google's Play Pass service for Android devices (not available to iOS users) offers in exchange for $5 a month, is access to up to 350 paid apps and games ads-free, no in-app purchases (with more apps and games to be added from this month on including This War of Mine and Cytus). [ 165 more words ]
https://www.pocketdroid.net/2019/09/24/play-pass-cost-5-month-for-access-to-games-and-apps-without-ads-in-app-purchases/

Play Pass is Google's competitor for Apple's Arcade gaming subscription service. Like Apple with its Arcade, Google is also starting to push out a similar

20/09/2019

We all love a good car chase even if we are not actually driving in real life but rather in a virtual environment using the smartphone as the

19/09/2019

At a press event held earlier today in Munich, Germany, the Chinese mobile maker Huawei unveiled its latest Mate series smartphones: the Mate 30 Pro and Mate 30 (which also includes the Mate 30 Lite, but not shown off on stage during the presentation). The brand new smartphones come with a new and improved design that some will like, other not so much after Mate 20 Pro winning the most beautiful phone design award in 2018. [ 355 more words ]
https://www.pocketdroid.net/2019/09/19/mate-30-pro-and-mate-30-announced-munich/

Huawei announces the all new Mate 30 Pro and Mate 30 smartphones at an event in Munich, Germany. Full specs, pricing and availability ..

17/09/2019

Just as it did in mid-October last year, Google will hold a hardware event in 2019 as well. The event will take place once more in New York City. Google hardware event was confirmed by the search giant itself as the company begin sending out press invites to tech journalists and publications. The colorful invite states 'Come see a few new things Made by Google… [ 175 more words ]
https://www.pocketdroid.net/2019/09/17/google-hardware-event-set-for-october-15-in-nyc/

Just as it did in mid-October last year, Google will hold a hardware event in 2019 as well. The event will take place once more in New York City. Google

16/09/2019

Nostalgic about 80s and early 90s arcade games with 8-bit graphics? Then you're in for a treat with Battle Souls. The game is a turn-based retro style RPG game available on Android devices. Its story starts a very long time ago when "a strange moon appeared in the sky, since then the world has begun to collapse slowly, sinking into the sea. [ 191 more words ]
https://www.pocketdroid.net/2019/09/16/battle-souls-retro-turn-base-rpg/

Nostalgic about 80s and early 90s arcade games with 8-bit graphics? Then you're in for a treat with Battle Souls. The game is a turn-based retro style RPG

09/09/2019

The latest cross-platform benchmark application from Prime Labs is now available in the Google Play store for Android devices. Geekbench 5 is only available in 64-bit version (no more 32-bit versions from now on). As for its improvements: new benchmark tests which model challenges your system faces when running the latest Android applications. In order to more accurately simulate the workloads in a device Prime Labs increased the memory footprint in Geekbench 5 application to see what effect the memory performance has on the CPU/ [ 72 more words ]
https://www.pocketdroid.net/2019/09/09/geekbench-5-app-play-store/

Prime Labs released its latest Geekbench 5 application in the Google Play store for Android devices. You can download it for free!

06/09/2019

Lenovo's Motorola brand has just announced new phones at IFA 2019 in Berlin. Among these new phones is the Motorola One Zoom that feature a 6.4-inch OLED display with Full HD+ screen resolution and an under display fingerprint sensor. The brand new device is equipped with Qualcomm's Snapdragon 675 just like Moto Z4, which is backed up by only 4GB of RAM and comes with 128GB internal storage expandable via a micro SD card slot. [ 102 more words ]
https://www.pocketdroid.net/2019/09/06/motorola-one-zoom-announced/

Lenovo's Motorola brand has just announced new phones at IFA 2019 in Berlin. Among these new phones is the Motorola One Zoom that feature a 6.4-inch OLED

05/09/2019

ROG Phone 2 Ultimate Edition goes official at IFA 2019, in Berlin Over the summer Asus announced ROG Phone 2 with incredible power performance, a 120Hz display, as well as optimization for gaming. Now, at IFA 2019 in Berlin, the company is announcing ROG Phone 2 Ultimate Edition which comes with a slight upgrade to the standard second generation ROG Phone… [ 149 more words ]
https://www.pocketdroid.net/2019/09/05/rog-phone-2-ultimate-edition/

Asus announces ROG Phone 2 Ultimate Edition at IFA 2019 in Berlin. The new variant pack 1TB storage, 4G at up to 2Gbps speeds. Pricing ..

04/09/2019

As of this week Google is pushing out the final version of Android 10 (no more beta testing!!) to its Pixel smartphones. And along for the ride are a few other mobile devices: Essential Phone, Redmi K20 Pro, OnePlus 7 and OnePlus 7 Pro (the last two are still in beta though). What is new in Android 10 So, what is new in Android 10 one might ask. [ 641 more words ]
https://www.pocketdroid.net/2019/09/04/android-10-now-available-on-google-pixel-phones-a-few-others/

As of this week Google is pushing out the final version of Android 10 (no more beta testing!!) to its Pixel smartphones. And along for the ride are a few

03/09/2019

Samsung Electronics surprises as with a brand new 5G smartphone, Galaxy A90 5G. The handset has a neat looking glass back with a unique geometric pattern. After releasing three premium 5G smartphones in the last few months: Galaxy S10 5G, Galaxy Note10 5G and Note10+ 5G, this week the South Korean tech giant is launching a mid-range phone with said technology on-board. [ 238 more words ]
https://www.pocketdroid.net/2019/09/03/galaxy-a90-5g-announced/

Samsung Electronics surprises as with a brand new 5G smartphone, Galaxy A90 5G. The handset has a neat looking glass back with a unique geometric pattern.

02/09/2019

Google will soon implement a new feature into its Play store, feature that will annoy for sure both Android users and Android app and game developers. According to Google's Play Console help page, as of September 2019 all videos embedded in each app and game inside the Play store (app and web version) will autoplay themselves. Google thinks this way users will pay more attention to each app and game, or as Google employees explain it: such videos are "highly recommended as a fun, engaging way to show features of your app to potential users" [ 205 more words ]
https://www.pocketdroid.net/2019/09/02/play-store-videos-start-autoplay/

Google will soon implement a new feature into its Play store, feature that will annoy for sure both Android users and Android app and game developers.

01/09/2019

You can never have enough of zombie stories (can you?) whether they are told through books, movies such as World World Z or TV shows such as The Walking Dead. The fact of the matter is that we love a good post apocalyptic story filled with infected humans controlled by an unknown virus. One such story is told by LifeAfter Night falls, an open world survival game with great 3D graphics developed by X.D. [ 238 more words ]
https://www.pocketdroid.net/2019/09/01/lifeafter-zombie-survival-mobile-game/

You can never have enough of zombie stories (can you?) whether they are told through books, movies such as World World Z or TV shows such as The Walking

29/08/2019

The popular PDF creating and scanning Android app CamScanner (available since 2010 in the Play store, and with over 100 million downloads until present day) has recently been removed by Google on malware spreading grounds. According to Kaspersky Labs, CamScanner has been detected spreading malware on Android mobile devices. The app delivered via an ad library malicious code or what Kaspersky calls "intrusive ads", as well as signed Google users up for unwanted paid subscriptions. [ 49 more words ]
https://www.pocketdroid.net/2019/08/29/google-removes-100-million-downloads-android-app-from-play-store/

The popular PDF creating and scanning Android app CamScanner (available since 2010 in the Play store, and with over 100 million downloads until present

28/08/2019

Pixel 4 smartphone allegedly caught on camera months ahead of its unveil. Google is two months away from unveiling its 2019 Pixel smartphones, but until that day comes it might not be anything left to unveil. Back in July 3D redners showed off what could be the Pixel 4 XL, and becuase of those renders Google surprisingly came out with its… [ 282 more words ]
https://www.pocketdroid.net/2019/08/28/pixel-4-live-images/

Pixel 4 smartphone allegedly caught on camera months ahead of its unveil. Google is two months away from unveiling its 2019 Pixel smartphones, but until

23/08/2019

Google Inc has confirmed that its next version of Android, Android 10, will not include the letter Q or any dessert name. In fact, all future Android iterations will drop the Alphabet letter system or the dessert naming scheme for that matter. "We’re changing the way we name our releases. Our engineering team has always used internal code names for each version, based off of tasty treats, or desserts, in alphabetical order. [ 234 more words ]
https://www.pocketdroid.net/2019/08/23/android-10-new-logo-no-desserts/

Google Inc has confirmed that its next version of Android, Android 10, will not include the letter Q or any dessert name. In fact, all future Android

19/08/2019

Evil Lands - One of the best newly discovered MMORPG for Android devices There are hundreds of millions, if not billions of gamers world-wide who play massively multiplayer online role-playing games every day. And with Android OS always optimizing its features, and the creative level of fantasy games going through the roof, the MMORPG genre starts booming on mobile platforms. [ 108 more words ]
https://www.pocketdroid.net/2019/08/19/evil-lands-mmorpg-android/

Brand new MMORPG for Android devices called Evil Lands, delivers console-like 3D graphics to your pocket. Fantasy world filled with warriors,

13/08/2019

Google Inc is pushing out a new feature to Android smartphones, one that will allow us to not only login into our Google accounts using our fingerprints, but also accessing certain Google services or native applications with current smartphone's most used biometric sensor - the fingerprint reader. Google is evidently not that fond of passwords, which is why it is hard at work to finding new ways to improve users login data security. [ 218 more words ]

https://www.pocketdroid.net/2019/08/13/google-account-sign-in-using-fingerprint/

Google Inc is pushing out a new feature to Android smartphones, one that will allow us to not only login into our Google accounts using our fingerprints,

09/08/2019

Abstruct app - many unique 4K wallpapers in one place From Hampus Olsson the master creator behind Oneplus' multiple smartphone abstract wallpapers comes an app filled with over 300 4K wallpapers and growing. All ready to apply to the lock and home screen of your Android powered smartphone. Apart from a plethora of new abstract wallpaper design you also get all Oneplus wallpapers in one place within Abstruct app, and all in 4K resolution. [ 74 more words ]
https://www.pocketdroid.net/2019/08/09/abstruct-app-4k-oled-wallpapers/

Unique 4K Wallpapers from the master creator behind Oneplus' cool wallpapers, Paranoid ROM and more all included in Abstruct app for Android.

09/08/2019

Top Speed 2 brings brand new supercars, new multi-player game mode & lots of tuning customization to Android devices. From Android car games developers T-Bull who developed Top Speed comes a brand new head-to-head drifting sequel called Top Speed 2: Drag Rivals & Nitro Racing (I know, a bit of a mouthful). Filled with gorgeous 3D high-definition graphics Top Speed 2 delivers on its name: new and customizable supercars for you to upgrade and compete in street drifting races. [ 90 more words ]
https://www.pocketdroid.net/2019/08/09/top-speed-2-car-drifting-game/

Top Speed 2 is T-Bulls latest car drifting racing game for Android devices with lots of new supercars ready for tuning.

05/08/2019

Horses, who doesnt love them, right? From the developers of Into the Dead series comes Rival Stars Horse Racing which is basically a mix between Real Racing 3 & Football manager game with a twist. In this game developed by PikPok you get to be the manager of a ranch with stables where you can breed horses for races. But in order to breed champion horses you need personnel and all sort improvements to your homestead facilities. [ 131 more words ]
https://www.pocketdroid.net/2019/08/05/rival-stars-horse-racing-game-for-android-download/

Horses, who doesnt love them, right? From the developers of Into the Dead series comes Rival Stars Horse Racing which is basically a mix between Real

30/07/2019

At the beginning of this week Huawei unveiled yet another interesting mid-range smartphone, Nova 5i Pro, a device expected to hit the European market in the following weeks as Mate 30 Lite. Whether we are talking about the P or the Mate series, the Lite smartphone variants in these lines are selling like hot-cakes all over the world, and Nova 5i Pro / Mate 30 Lite will probably sell the same as previous Lite models. [ 232 more words ]
https://www.pocketdroid.net/2019/07/30/mate-30-lite-announced-as-nova-5i-pro-asia/

At the beginning of this week Huawei unveiled yet another interesting mid-range smartphone, Nova 5i Pro, a device expected to hit the European market in

28/07/2019

DOOM game for Android now available on smartphones and tablets DOOM is considered one of the pillars, the foundation if you like, of the FPS genre (first person shooter), a game which paved the way to what is now a multi billion dollars industry. Developed by ID Software for MS-DOS in early 90s, DOOM is one of the most significant shooters in the history of video games. [ 217 more words ]
https://www.pocketdroid.net/2019/07/28/doom-game-for-android/

DOOM game for Android now available on smartphones and tablets DOOM is considered one of the pillars, the foundation if you like, of the FPS genre (first

24/07/2019

Galaxy Note10 smartphone series leaked in images. Specs and pricing also rumoured! Samsung Electronics has already confirmed its Galaxy Note 10 Unpacked event which is schedule for August 7, in New York. And while there is still a little over two weeks time until the official unveil will be happening, images and information is flooding the social media in regards to the up and coming phablet (or should we say… [ 412 more words ]
https://www.pocketdroid.net/2019/07/24/galaxy-note10-phones/

Samsung Electronics to launch two Galaxy Note10 phablets in 2019, pricing, images and key specs detailed in our article.

23/07/2019

Honor 9X smartphones debut Huawei's secondary brand Honor has just released a couple of new mid-range smartphones: the Honor 9X and Honor 9X Pro with premium look thanks to a full display (no cutouts, no notch), and great price point. Both phones feature an 6.59-inch IPS LCD full display with Full HD+ screen resolution like Huawei's P Smart Z, inside we find the Kirin 810 chipset with an octa-core CPU, a 16MP selfie camera with a pop-up mechanism, a 4,000 mAh battery without fast charging however, and run Android 9 Pie with Emotion UI v9.0 on top of it. [ 144 more words ]
https://www.pocketdroid.net/2019/07/23/honor-9x-smartphones-announced/

Honor 9X smartphones go official in China as two premium-looking mid-range devices with full-display, Android Pie and exciting price tag.