We’re just a few days away from the official release of Google Stadia and we’ve already got our review unit. I managed to snag the @Android handle, so all you casuals can feel my wrath in Destiny 2. Get wrecked, scrubs.
In all seriousness, Google gave us a Founder’s Edition Stadia early and allowed us to unbox it for you. There isn’t a lot new here past what you already know, but we figured we’d do a quick post to show you what you’ll get for your money.
A few days ago, a Redditor found the Flickr page of Brent Couchman, the illustrator responsible for the Google Now backgrounds that we all know and love. However, only three backgrounds were available out of the multitude of variants that exist.
Luckily for those interested in getting hold of the Google Now backgrounds, Google Plus user Atharva Washimkar uploaded a large collection, that he claims contains all the backgrounds that he is aware of.
The Huawei Ascend P6, the company’s future flagship device, now seems to have a price tag to it.
According to Chinese website Sina, the price of the Huawei flagship smartphone,would be 1,999 Chinese Yuan, which translates approximately to $326 or €253.
The device is said to be unveiled at a London press event on June 18, as the company’s chairman has suggested in a post on Chinese social network Weibo. The comment has been removed afterwards.
Update, April 23, 2019 (5:50 pm ET): Shortly after the renders of the Galaxy View 2 showed up online, AT&T shared a promotional video of the ginormous tablet on its YouTube channel. Although pricing and availability information is not shared in the advertisement, we did get confirmation on a couple of key specs.
After confirming that the tablet will work on its 4G network, AT&T states that the Galaxy View 2 has a 17.
Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus review: Top-notch notch-less
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This was a question posed in our review and one that we’ve heard numerous times since then. We haven’t done a full-on Samsung Galaxy S9 vs Galaxy S8 video for it, but let’s take a look at the camera samples from our big camera shootout and see if anything pops out. Is the Galaxy S9 a worth the upgrade, or should current owners keep their year-old Samsung devices?
Update: LG has informed us that the LG Hi-Fi Plus is available in South Korea, although it has some internal differences to the one being sold in Europe and elsewhere.
Not all of the LG G5 Friends will be making it to the U.S.. The LG Hi-Fi Plus, also known as the Bang & Olufsen DAC module which enhances the audio on the G5, will not be sold in the U.S. market.
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Google Goggles — the precursor to Google Lens — just got an update after over three years of dormancy. The update simply provides a splash screen to encourage users to download Google Lens instead. This update signifies the official end of Google Goggles. Google launched Google Goggles in 2009, and then finally released a stable version in 2014. But since 2015 the app has been mostly dormant without any support or updates from the big G.
Huawei MatePad Pro (2021)The 12.6-inch Huawei MatePad Pro (2021) offers highly competitive hardware that shows there can be life outside Google's ecosystem. But it's ultimately let down by a poor app ecosystem and incessant data tracking.
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Today we’re reviewing the 12.6-inch Huawei MatePad Pro (2021), an updated, larger successor to Huawei’s 2020 10.6-inch Android tablet. Powered by Huawei’s in-house Harmony OS, the tablet’s selling point is clearly Apple iPad Pro aesthetics without the ludicrous Cupertino price tag.
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Between platforms like Netflix and Disney Plus, there’s no shortage of streaming services out there you can subscribe to if you want to be entertained. Some of them are even offering Black Friday promotions. But your options to learn are more limited. Thankfully, one of the best is offering up to 40% off the cost of its annual subscription.
CuriosityStream offers separate HD and 4K subscriptions. The annual HD subscription is currently $8 off, making it $11.
The Honor 20 series is less than a week away, and the Huawei sub-brand has already been teasing a few details. Now, it looks like the Honor 20 has been fully leaked by WinFuture, and it looks like a capable upper mid-range phone.
Honor’s new phone reportedly offers a 6.26-inch full HD+ LCD screen (with a previously mentioned punch-hole cutout), a flagship-level Kirin 980 chipset, at least 6GB of RAM, and 128GB of storage.