LG's K51 looks great and feels solid, with great battery life. The K51 is a decent $200 smartphone that's let down by questionable software support and a lack of power.
LG may be done with the smartphone industry, but it’s still a familiar face at affordable carriers in the United States and around the world. The LG K51 — and its identical twin, the LG Reflect — is one of the most popular models across a number of carriers, especially MVNOs.
Nova Google Companion, which brings Google Feed (formerly Google Now) support to the popular Nova Launcher (beta version) was launched last week. Initially, it was only available for devices with Android 6.0 Marshmallow or above.
Now, the developer has announced that the companion app works on devices running Android Lollipop as well. The new version of Nova Google Companion also has a few bug fixes on board, which should make it perform even better.
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The Samsung Galaxy Buds 2 have been unboxed on YouTube ahead of their August 11 launch. The footage shows a pair of Olive Green Galaxy Buds 2 and confirms some key features. It also shows the earbuds connected to a Galaxy S21 Ultra and the Galaxy Wearable app. Samsung’s Galaxy Unpacked event is just days away and ahead of the mega launch, we’re already seeing retail units of the Galaxy Buds 2 floating around all over the place.
With more and more people are being forced to work from home during the Coronavirus outbreak, home offices are becoming commonplace. But not all home offices are made equal, and if this is your first time creating a space to work from, you might be struggling to get it right.
Home office lighting is one important consideration that can have a big impact on your productivity and comfort. It’s also a more nuanced subject than you might expect though, so read on and we’ll explore how to get home office lighting right.
As foldable phones slowly become more commonplace, we’re starting to see new concept devices aiming to solve problems still unsolved by non-foldable rectangles. The Galaxy Fold gets bigger. The Galaxy Z Flip gets smaller. And TCL, well, TCL has lots of ideas.
We’ve already seen a variety of weird foldable concepts from TCL, like the bifold, DragonHinge, and others. But we just got a sneak peek of a new concept that really has our attention.
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Google is rolling out new Google Fit features to Android, iOS, and Wear OS devices. The new Google Fit homescreen will offer a more comprehensive look at your health data. New sleep tracking details, social share features, and revamped Wear OS tiles are also included. If you use a Wear OS smartwatch, Google Fit is likely one of your go-to fitness apps. It’s quite bare, though, and is often criticized for not offering as many features as other fitness apps on Android.
Samsung is no stranger to launching different shades of its flagship phones in the weeks and months after the initial release. Now, it has done the same with the Samsung Galaxy S10 series with the previously leaked Cardinal Red variant.
The Cardinal Red color scheme is officially available on Samsung’s Swiss website, as spotted by the unofficial Samsung_News_ Twitter account. And it’s indeed a rather striking option, as seen in the featured image above.
The Google Photos update to v1.17 on Android automatically saves a copy of your original photo, even if you’ve edited and saved it, without duplicating it. This means that no matter what you do to your image, including excessive cropping or going crazy with filters, you can always get the original image back, just as it was the day you took it.
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Skagen is launching a hybrid smartwatch with an e-ink display, just like the original Fossil Hybrid HR. The Skagen watch comes in two sizes, five colorways, and has connected GPS. The Skagen Jorn Hybrid HR goes on sale this month for $195. Update: May 7, 2021: Want to know more about Skagen’s new hybrid smartwatch? Check out our full Skagen Jorn Hybrid HR review for all the details.
If you own an Android device, or for that matter visit any Android-related news site then you will have heard about ROMs. Though a lot of people catch onto what ROMs are, for some people it’s not such an easy thing to get your head around. If you aren’t quite sure what a ROM is, hopefully I will clear things up for you today.
First I should explain what a ROM is.