Google to expand Smart Reply feature to third party apps

Google's Smart Reply feature might be made into an app that would provide these predictive answers in third party messaging apps. This means that other apps like WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, and WeChat would be able to offer contextually suggestive answers like on Allo and Inbox by Gmail. This news comes from Android Police where a reader sent in an email from a department of Google's that tests experimental products. This email was sent to those who signed up to receive such notifications and a sign up form can be filled out to test this new app. The email outlined a few features of...

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Essential teases new color option for February 15

Essential has been working quietly in the background since its PH-1 launched during the summer. It has been updating the phone with new camera improvements and shooting features, offered an Oreo beta trial for participants, and even held frequent Reddit AMAs to keep customers well informed about any concerns or questions. The company has recently resurfaced the news with an estimated 88,000 devices sold in the whole of 2017. Today, the company is ready to launch a new color option as per the teaser posted (and promoted) on Twitter this afternoon. A new wave is coming. #EssentialPhone...

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Samsung Galaxy Note9 won't have an under-display fingerprint sensor, new rumor says

Last October a report came out saying that Samsung's Galaxy Note9, scheduled to launch this fall, would be the company's first smartphone to come with a fingerprint sensor embedded in the display. Today though a new rumor from Samsung's home country of Korea claims that won't be the case. The project that was supposed to bring this technology to the Note9 has been stopped recently, and the decision was made to go with a rear-mounted fingerprint scanner once again. A number of suppliers have been working on the under-display sensors for Samsung for the past two years, but the technology...

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Moto G6 family confirmed to have 18:9 screens, G6 Play's chipset leaks

Last month a huge leak told us that the upcoming Moto G6, G6 Plus, and G6 Play would all sport 18:9 touchscreens, and this has been confirmed by their listings in the database of HTML5test. While the aforementioned leak mentioned 2,160x1,080 resolution only for the G6 and G6 Plus (and 1,440x720 for the G6 Play), if the data in HTML5test is accurate then it looks like all three will actually sport the higher-res display. The G6 Play will have the model number XT1922, and according to its recent Wi-Fi certification it will be powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 430, and launch running Android...

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Huawei responds to allegations about soliciting fake user reviews for the Mate 10 Pro

Yesterday a report came out alleging that Huawei solicited fake user reviews of the Mate 10 Pro in its private Facebook group, which has 60,000 members. The company told the members of that group to go and leave positive reviews on the Best Buy page listing the Mate 10 Pro (which is still on pre-order in the US), in exchange for a chance to be one of a few "beta testers" of the phone. It was strange wording for sure - how can a positive review be anything but fake if you haven't used the device you're talking about? Android Authority has reached out to Huawei about this baffling situation,...

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Panasonic announces Lumix ZS200 and Lumix GX9 compact cameras

Panasonic has launched two new compact cameras, one is a point and shoot of the 1-inch sensor variety and the other a Micro Four Thirds mirrorless interchangeable lens camera. Panasonic Lumix ZS200 The Lumix ZS200's most prominent feature is its 24-360mm equivalent zoom lens with 5x hybrid image stabilization. Behind it is a 20.1MP, 1-inch type sensor with Venus Engine processor and ISO 12,800 support that can also do 4K video. The camera has a 0.21-inch 2330k dot EVF and a 3-inch touchscreen display. The ZS200 has Panasonic's fast Depth from Defocus AF system with 0.1...

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First live photo of Redmi Note 5 Pro reveals iPhone X-like camera

Xiaomi will announce the Redmi Note 5 and Redmi Note 5 Pro tomorrow in India and we already learned the specs of both devices. The more powerful version will have a 12 MP + 5 MP dual camera that looks like the one in the Apple iPhone X as a leaked live photo of the setup just revealed. The vertical camera setup sits in the upper left corner of the metal-plated back of the Redmi Note 5 Pro. The LED flash separates the primary and the secondary sensors. Looking closely, you can easily distinguish the top cam being the 12 MP one with f/2.2 aperture while the bottom is the...

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Harga Alcatel A7 XL 2018 dan Spesifikasi Lengkap

Alcatel sekarang ini merupakan salah satu vendor ponsel pintar yang berpengaruh di pasaran. Alcatel pun langsung kembali di pasaran dengan perangkat baru. Perangkat ini memiliki diberi nama Alcatel A7 XL. Sebenarnya perangkat ini bukan menjadi satu-satunya produk yang dihadirkan oleh vendor dari Perancis ini dalam waktu dekat. Karena, Alcatel sudah menyiapkan smartphone baru lain dengan […]

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Amazon.com will save you a few bucks on official iPhone leather cases

Amazon.com is having a bit of a discount on iPhone cases in the US. Cases fitting the iPhone X, iPhone 8 and the iPhone 8 Plus are a few bucks cheaper than on Apple.com. Note that the latter two also fit the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus respectively. You can save a tenner on an official Black leather case for the iPhone X - it's $40 on Amazon. The other colors get no discount. iPhone 8 cases start at around $37 for the Black, Saddle Brown and Dark Aubergine leather. Some of the other hues like (PRODUCT)RED and Cosmos Blue keep their original price tag of $45. iPhone X leather...

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Nokia 8 now receiving stable Android 8.1 Oreo

The Nokia 8 first received Android 8.0 at the end of November and recently started experimenting with a second serving - 8.1 Beta. That didn't last long as the stable Android 8.1 Oreo update is now rolling out.Juho Sarvikas (CPO of HMD) just made the announcement, but at least one person in the Twitter thread has already downloaded the update. Nokia 8 now receiving stable Android 8.1 Oreo The update - V4.84A - has the same change log as the Beta version, except that the Security patch has been bumped up to February. The update is a hefty 1.5GB so you better sit down and connect...

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First up-close look of Redmi Note 5 Pro camera reveals iPhone X similarity

Xiaomi will announce the Redmi Note 5 and Redmi Note 5 Pro tomorrow in India and we already learned the specs of both devices. The more powerful version will have a 12 MP + 5 MP dual camera that looks like the one in the Apple iPhone X as a leaked live photo of the setup just revealed. The vertical camera setup sits in the upper left corner of the metal-plated back of the Redmi Note 5 Pro. The LED flash separates the primary and the secondary sensors. Looking closely, you can easily distinguish the top cam being the 12 MP one with f/2.2 aperture while the bottom is the...

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Huawei P20 and P20 Plus submitted to TENAA

Certification is an important step before a phone can be made official and the Huawei P20 ("Emily") and P20 Plus ("Charlotte") are almost ready to take that step. They appeared on TENAA, though in name only. Huawei P20 ("Emily") at TENAA: 1 2 They were submitted for licensing, with the code names shortened to three letters - EML and CLT. These devices will be tested for both GSM and CDMA compatibility as is necessary for a launch in China. Huawei P20 Plus at TENAA: 1 2 Then there's this model - ATU. That's "Anne", perhaps, the code name for the Huawei P20...

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Nokia 9 spotted in the wild

They are among us - no, not aliens, but Nokia 9 prototypes. Someone was spotted in Jakarta testdriving the phone's alleged Dual 13MP camera. You can see the vertically-oriented dual camera on the back. With the LED to the side, it matches the design we saw leaked by a case maker. The front - allegedly sporting a 5.5" OLED screen with a tall 18:9 aspect ratio - is less clear. There have been rumors of rounded sides, but it's hard to tell if that's the case from these images. Spy photos of the Nokia 9 (or perhaps the Nokia 7 Plus) There is a chance that this is a Nokia 7 Plus...

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Alto's Odyssey lands on iOS on February 22 but you can pre-order now

Alto's Adventure's sequel, Alto's Odyssey is finally ready and will launch on February 22 exclusively on iOS. Pre-orders are up right now and buyers will need to shell out $4.99. Alto's Odyssey was supposed to launch in early 2017 but was delayed until the summer of 2017 before it was once again delayed. The team behind Alto's Odyssey has shared that their goal was to make it perfect. There's still no word on when the second Alto game will make it to Android - it took the first one a couple of months after the iOS release. On a positive note for droid users, Alto's Adventure was...

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iFixit does a teardown of the new Apple HomePod

iFixit has done a teardown of the new Apple HomePod and here's the conclusion upfront: it's not meant to be opened by the consumer. So pretty much like most consumer electronics these days. End of story. If you are still curious, this is how it goes down. You first need a heat gun to get through to the screen at the top and the rubber base at the bottom, which are securely fastened with glue. Then after that you find some more screws, then some more glue, then some more screws, then some more glue. At one point, iFixit even managed to crack their HomePod while trying to get through a glued...

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LG to introduce Vision AI with refreshed V30 at MWC 2018

Back in January, Korean media suggested a new LG phone with AI capabilities will arrive at MWC 2018 and today LG confirmed it in a press release. The manufacturer will introduce Vision AI for smartphones in Barcelona, and the technology will be featured in the 2018 version of "LG's most advanced flagship smartphone to date" - the V30. LG V30 in Raspberry Rose Vision AI will automatically analyze objects and recommend the best shooting mode among eight options: portrait, food, pet, landscape, city, flower, sunrise, and sunset. The tech will take into consideration angles of view,...

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Oppo A71 (2018) arrives in India with 3 GB RAM

Oppo A71 was announced in September and then re-introduced in January with refreshed hardware. First it arrived in Pakistan and just two weeks later it popped up on Flipkart after an official introduction by the brand director of Oppo India. The phone comes with 3 GB RAM and Snapdragon 450 chipset with a promo price of INR9,990 (about €126/$155). Oppo A71 (2018) The Oppo A71 (2018) has eight Cortex-A53 cores, clocked at up to 1.8 GHz. The camera on the back has 13 MP sensor and f/2.2 lens, while the front one comes with 5 MP and f/2.4 aperture. Oppo A71...

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Samsung Galaxy S9 with Exynos 9810 arrives on Geekbench

Less than two weeks before the official announcement of Samsung Galaxy S9 on February 25, the device popped up on Geekbench with impressive results. The SM-G960F phone with an Exynos 9810 chipset reached the monumental results of 3648 for single core and 8895 for multi-core. Other revealed specs of the Galaxy S9 include Android Oreo and at least 4 GB RAM. The CPU of the new Exynos SoC will have eight cores and the base frequency is listed as 1.79 GHz, but this is most likely the clock speed of the little cluster. The previous Samsung flagship - the Galaxy Note8, reached 6590 and...

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Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 and Redmi Note 5 Pro specs leak in full

Xiaomi is announcing the Redmi Note 5 and Redmi Note 5 Pro in India tomorrow, but full specs of the phones have already leaked. They come to confirm that the Redmi Note 5 is just a rebranded Redmi 5 Plus with a 6" screen and a Snapdragon 625 chipset, as we reported on two separate occasions. The big surprise is the Redmi Note 5 Pro, arriving with Snapdragon 636, dual-cam on the back, arranged in the upper left corner like the iPhone X, and a 20 MP selfie snapper on the front. Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro • Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 The Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro's processor comes with...

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