Great news for those of you who use the Samsung Internet browser: the company has released an update with a bunch of useful features on board. Among them is a new extension called CloseBy, which provides you with a notification containing info about your surroundings once you approach a Physical Web beacon. To give you an example of how it works, when you get to a bus stop enabled with the Physical Web beacon technology, CloseBy will provide you with a URL you can visit to get more info on bus routes and arrival times.

It can be tough to keep up with the latest and greatest phones as prices continue to rise. However, the announcement of the Samsung Galaxy S20 family means that you can save big on previous generation phones. The S10 and Note 10 family of phones are still perfectly capable, and you can save right now on Daily Steals with a promo code. Whether you want the biggest phone or the smallest in the line, the deals cover a range of phones.

OnePlus co-founder and CEO Pete Lau has confirmed the OnePlus 7 Pro is in the works and discussed some of its features. Speaking to The Verge for an article published earlier today, Lau said the OnePlus 7 Pro would pack 5G capabilities, and that its screen would set a new benchmark for smartphone displays. OnePlus job opening suggests T-Mobile exclusive won't last News Lau didn’t confirm the OnePlus 7 Pro would feature a QHD+ display with a 90Hz refresh rate, as rumors suggest, but he did say the screen would be “very crisp” and that it would “redefine fast and smooth.

For some reason, Asus decided not to unveil its new 7-inch budget-friendly at CES 2013, a device that will compete against the Asus-made Google Nexus 7 too, and instead wait a few days to announce it. The Asus Memo Pad ME172V is now official. Yes, we have seen the device in previous leaks, and yes, we were expecting Asus to announce a sub-$200 tablet to take on Apple, Amazon and even Google.

TL;DR A teardown of the latest Pixel Ambient Services APK shows that there will likely be a song history for the Now Playing feature. Now Playing shows the artist and title of what song is playing around you without needing a data connection. A third-party app enabled a history of Now Playing songs, but this new feature would be built-in natively. When Google rolled out the Google Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL, it came with a nifty ambient display feature called Now Playing.

ZTE QuartzThe ZTE Quartz is a good smartwatch, but it's certainly not great. The rubber strap is horrendous, the casing is a tad chunky, and the lack of 4G LTE connectivity might turn some users away. With that said, performance is solid, and the low price point is something that's hard to pass up. But if you need an Android Wear 2.0-powered smartwatch for around $200, you might have better luck with an older Android Wear device that's on sale.

People who are blind or visually impaired have historically had a few options when it comes to typing on smartphones. There are plenty of third-party apps that offer a braille keyboard and there are also hardware-based keyboards you can connect to phones. Now, though, there’s an Android braille keyboard built right into the OS. Google announced the launch of the new keyboard today over at the Google blog. The Android braille keyboard works on any Android phone running Android 5.

There are several reasons why ARM has been successful on mobile devices (while others like Intel have struggled). One of the key reasons is the low power consumption of the ARM architecture. However ARM is fighting an on-going battle between performance and power usage. In simple terms the higher the processor performance, the more power is used. High power requirements aren’t good for mobile devices which rely on batteries, rather than mains power like desktop computers.Instead of just upping the Megahertz and seeing the power usage go up (something that happened on the PC for a number of years), ARM are taking a different approach and has developed an architecture called big.

TL;DR Today, Verizon announced the default Verizon RCS app on Android smartphones will be Google’s Messages. This means the three big carriers in the US will all adopt Messages as the default Android texting solution. That also means Apple would be putting iPhone users in a precarious situation if it doesn’t also adopt RCS protocols. For years now, the big carriers in the United States have dragged their collective feet when it comes to rich communication services (RCS).

49101 49101’s Changer wireless earbuds are available for pre-order through Indiegogo for $89.TL;DR The Changer wireless earbuds act as a mobile charger for headphones and other devices. Charging goes both ways; the Changer can also draw battery from a portable device to charge itself. 49101’s Changer headphones are available for pre-order on Indiegogo for $89, the early bird price. 49101 — which is actually the name of a company and not a random slew of numbers — has just announced the Changer wireless earbuds.