Update: June 15, 2020 (12:45 PM ET): We now have direct confirmation from LG on when various places around the world will see the LG Velvet. Head to the “Price and availability” section below to read all about it!
Original article, April 28, 2020 (3:43 AM ET): LG just up and launched the LG Velvet after first announcing May 7 as its official launch date. The first phone to take advantage of LG’s rebranding initiative, Velvet was announced inconspicuously through an official Korean blog post.
Honor PlayThe Honor Play is a formidable smartphone in the mid-range segment that offers great value for money and has something for everybody.
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Honor’s new phone, the Honor Play, is aimed at power users and gamers on a mid-range budget, packing in top-of-the-line specifications. It doesn’t have the high-refresh rate display or fancy liquid cooling system of other gaming phones, but it’s got the company’s new GPU Turbo technology, which promises an enhanced visual experience while gaming.
One of the coolest gaming features packed into Windows 10 is the Xbox app. It lets you remotely access your Xbox One console and stream games to a Windows 10 PC. This comes in handy when everyone is watching a boring movie on the living room TV where your Xbox One is connected, but you’d rather play Metro Exodus or Tom Clancy’s The Division 2.
So how does it work? In this guide we show you how to stream the Xbox One to Windows 10.
Xiaomi Mi Band 2Xiaomi's Mi Band 2 is improved in almost every way over its predecessors, and it's still super cheap. With that said, the inconsistent heart rate monitor, wonky Mi Fit app and a few other caveats should be kept in mind before buying this $40 fitness tracker. Xiaomi is all over the place in the technology world. The Chinese company first came to the scene with its MIUI firmware back in 2010, and has since moved on to creating its own Android smartphones, televisions, tablets, and so much more.
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Recently, I had the opportunity to review the Blink Outdoor, one of Amazon’s many smart security cameras. Without spoiling the rest of my thoughts, a standout feature was the “early notification” option found in the Blink app. This triggers alerts the instant motion is detected, at least within your sensitivity settings. The technology is so quick that if you’ve got a steady connection and you’re already looking at your phone, you can often catch seconds-long events while they’re still in progress.
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If you aren’t currently a subscriber, there’s a new Sprint $15 per month unlimited plan that’s a great deal. To get the deal, you must port your line from another carrier to Sprint. No upgrades and no new lines allowed. The unlimited plan also throttles video playback and has no hotspot features. The nation’s fourth-largest carrier is throwing down a new deal that’s hard to pass up if you’re a budget-conscious consumer.
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You can store unlimited video files in a compressed format for free using Google Photos. However, certain video file formats will now count towards your Google Drive quota, rather than be free and unlimited. The change in policy could be in response to people bending the rules to get free storage of non-video or non-photo files. Previously, any video files you uploaded to Google Photos from your smartphone would be compressed by Google and not count towards your storage quota within Google Drive.
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A third-party analyst firm says Google Pixel sales hit 7.2 million in 2019. This would make it the best year yet for the Pixel line, although that number pales in comparison to the top-five brands. It’s very likely sales of the Google Pixel 3a make up the bulk of that 7.2 million figure. A few weeks ago, news broke that Google was allegedly disappointed with the Google Pixel 4, even prior to that device’s launch.
Welcome to our PUBG Mobile update tracker! We’ll be collating all of the official PUBG update notes and breaking down all the new features added to the hit battle royale game for Android and iOS phones and tablets.
If you’re a fan of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds Mobile (and chowing down on chicken dinners), be sure to bookmark this page to stay up-to-date with all of the map updates, weapon and armor balance changes and additions, new modes, and much more.
One of the at least 35 Note 7 units that caught fire or exploded
Every now and again we hear unfortunate stories about gadget batteries catching fire and even exploding (a term that is often used even for incidents that are less dramatic), sometimes causing harm to the unsuspecting user. While very rare, Samsung has been forced to recall its latest Galaxy Note 7 smartphones after concerns were raised that a small number of its handsets are shipping with defective batteries that may explode.