We’ve known for a few weeks now that Xiaomi has been readying its first phones as part of its partnership with Meitu. Now, the Chinese brand has announced the Xiaomi Mi CC 9 series, consisting of the Mi CC 9, Mi CC 9e, and the Mi CC 9 Meitu Edition.
All three phones offer a 32MP selfie camera in a waterdrop notch, a 4,030mAh battery, and a triple rear camera setup consisting of a 48MP main camera, 8MP ultra-wide snapper, and 2MP depth sensor.
The more advanced our gadgets, the more features they pack. Unfortunately, the more features they pack, the more we have to rummage through icon upon icon just to get to the one we want. Wouldn’t it just be easier to have our favorite apps and settings right on your notification area?
You’re definitely not one of the first to think of it, that’s why the Google Play Store’s practically bursting with apps that allow you to customize your notifications bar.
The Samsung Galaxy Note 10 is a large phone with almost no bezels for its big 6.3-inch display. While it’s important to keep the phone safe, no one wants to add even more bulk to an already big phone. Luckily, there are a lot of great options that are protective but thin. Here are the best thin Samsung Galaxy Note 10 cases you can get.
Looking for more ways to keep your phone safe and get the most out of it?
When collaborating on a project, team members may need to edit a spreadsheet simultaneously. Thankfully, there’s an easy way to convert Excel files to Google Sheets to do just that. You can also transfer Google Sheets back to Excel, should your datasets grow larger than five million cells.
Read more: Ten best Excel and spreadsheet apps for Android
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To convert an Excel file to Google Sheets, open the file in Google Drive, then select File --> Save as Google Sheets.
One of the weirder Reddit threads for the day has got to be this guy that decided to manually add a microSD card slot to his trusty Nexus 5. It’s far from a polished piece of industrial engineering, but he did manage it and it does work. Who ever said we’d never see a Nexus with microSD expansion?
Long story short, the Redditor decided that if Marshmallow was capable of recognizing external memory cards as internal storage, then why not pull the back off his Nexus 5 and add one himself?
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It seems crazy to think about, but 2020’s OnePlus 8 Pro was only the third Pro-level device from OnePlus. It might seem like the company’s been playing the flagship game for ages, but that’s really not the case. With that in mind, you might be wondering how the phone has held up over the past year. That’s what this OnePlus 8 Pro long-term review is all about!
Update (01/24): Vivo has officially announced the first phone with an under-glass fingerprint sensor.
The Vivo X20 Plus UD, as mentioned in the original article below, is simply a variant of original X20 Plus without the rear-facing fingerprint sensor. Instead, Vivo has partnered with US-based sensor maker Synaptics to include an under-glass fingerprint sensor in the front of the phone. We were able to try it out at CES 2018, which you can see in the video below:
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As the Star Trek universe continues to expand at Paramount Plus, everyone’s favorite Starfleet Captain is back. Star Trek: Picard season two takes off early in the new year. Many familiar faces are joining Picard, and a few new ones are joining the adventure too.
With time travel shenanigans, the return of old foes and allies, and the continuation of storylines kicked off in season one, Picard season two already looks like a lot of fun.
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Android has loads of settings available to let you customize your smartphone and give you control over security and privacy.
A lot of important Android settings are enabled by default, including the popular Find My Device feature. However, there a few Android settings that need to be turned on (or off) manually to take your Android game to the next level.
Disable app shortcuts
What is Best of Android? In Best of Android, we take the hottest devices of the moment and compare them in-depth. For this first edition, we picked up the following Android flagships:
Sony Xperia Z5 Premium Nexus 6P Motorola Moto X Force Samsung Galaxy Note 5 LG V10 BlackBerry Priv What about the Galaxy S6 or the HTC One M9 or the OnePlus 2, you ask. Those are all great phones.