Dhruv Bhutani / Android Authority Smartphones might be hurtling towards a port-less, button-less future, but if there’s one button that remains a constant (for now), it is the humble power button. But what purpose it serves seems to be in a constant state of flux. Being the last bastion of hardware controls also means that the power button often has the task of serving double duty as a shortcut for multiple tasks.

Adam Molina / Android Authority All isn’t lost if you’re affected: just re-run the firmware update over USB. TL;DR A new firmware update for the Bose QC 35 II headphones appears to be causing problems for some users. The firmware apparently weakens the efficacy of active noise-cancelation. The problem might be the result of a failure to install the firmware correctly; there is a method to fix the issue. Over the last month, several owners of the immensely-popular Bose QuietComfort 35 II headphones have reported that recent updates to firmware (4.

TL;DR The new Fossil Gen 5E smartwatches offer most of the Gen 5’s features in a cheaper package. Unlike the original Gen 5, the Gen 5E comes in two sizes: 44mm and 42mm. The Gen 5E misses out on standalone GPS, an altimeter, and more. Update: February 2, 2021 (4:29 AM ET): Fossil has launched its Gen 5E Wear OS smartwatches in India. Just like their US versions, the wearables come in 42mm and 44mm sizes.

In the image above you’ll see quite a few app icons on the Google Play Store. The Starbucks one is a circle, PUBG Mobile is a square, and the Lyft icon is a squircle — albeit a different squircle shape as compared to the Loffee app. Google wants to do away with this disparity between icon shapes on the Google Play Store. In a new post on the Android Developers Blog, Google lays out the new rules for developers when it comes to their app and game icons — and it’s going to be all squircle all the time.

Every legal copy of Windows comes with a product key. This is a 25-character code used to identify that copy of Windows and verify it against Microsoft’s terms of service. If you are running your own activated copy of the latest Windows, then here is how to find your Windows 11 product key. Read more: Windows 11 Start menu not working? Here’s the fix! QUICK ANSWER To find your Windows 11 product key, use the Command Prompt, Windows PowerShell, or a third-party app like ShowKeyPlus.

In the past few years, we’ve seen more and more manufacturers publish their own apps to the Play Store, which allows them to easily update individual apps without the need to push out an entire software update to each device. Ahead of the upcoming One M9 launch, HTC has published three new apps to the Google Play Store which will not only be present on the One M9, but will be available for devices running Sense 7.

The Samsung Galaxy S4 rumor mill has been grinding for a couple of months already, but it’s not yet at full throttle, so there might still be a while until the “next big thing” will become official. But that shouldn’t stop us from talking about it, especially with rumors piling up. The latest news alert comes from GLBenchmark’s database, where a (not so) mysterious Samsung SHV-E300S has jumped through a couple of hardware test hoops for the first time.

The Mobvoi TicWatch Pro is already one of the best Wear OS smartwatches you can buy. However, it’s outshined by a few competitors, most notably the Fossil Gen 5 smartwatch. One of the biggest reasons for this is the Fossil watch has twice the RAM over the TicWatch Pro. Not so anymore! Mobvoi is giving the Pro a slight makeover this year. The new variant — appropriately referred to as the Mobvoi TicWatch Pro 2020 — will double the RAM and up the durability of the 2018 version.

Do you have very big fingers? Many users have problems typing on their mobile phones because they have big fingers, which in turn causes inaccurate typing because the letters on the onscreen keyboard are so small. Because of this, many users have a hard time in composing messages and consume a significant amount of time just to type several words. To solve this problem there is now a new type of onscreen keyboard called MessagEase Keyboard which is developed to optimize the number of words that a person can type.

Users of the Samsung Link content sharing app got some unexpected, and rather shocking, news this week. Samsung sent out messages to those users informing them the app has been shut down. In fact, Samsung Link was closed earlier this week, on November 1, with no prior warning. Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge: Olympic Games Limited Edition overview Reviews SamMobile reported that the notifications were sent out to smartphone users this week, and the official Samsung Link website also has been replaced with a bare bones page revealing the close of the service.