Eric Zeman / Android Authority TL;DR Xiaomi now says its smartphones that it blocked from being used in certain markets are now unblocked. The company claims that it wanted to make sure the phones were not being smuggled into countries and sold on the grey market. However, those phones should now be working once again. Late last week, reports came in that a number of Xiaomi phones that had been imported into certain markets were no longer working.

TL;DR Google just launched Android 11 beta 3 for its line of Pixel phones. This will very likely be the last beta update, with the next iteration of A11 expected to be a stable launch. The most notable new feature of this version is the whitelisting of Google and Apple’s Exposure Notifications System. Check out our guide on how to install the Android 11 beta 3 release on your Pixel phone here.

Unfortunately, for now anyway, those updates are only going out to Indian versions of the Nokia 6 and Indian, Tunisian, and Indonesian versions of the Nokia 5. Other markets can probably expect to see updates in the next few days, but we don’t have any confirmation on that. These are the 4 best smartphone brands in India The Best Both updates come in at under 1GB each, and for some reason must be downloaded while the phone is connected to active Wi-Fi.

João Dias’ AutoVoice extension for Google’s Chrome browser has been updated, and it can now call upon the recently released SDK for Google Assistant. That means that anyone with Chrome and the extension can use voice commands with Google Assistant, even on a Windows PC. Bixby vs Google Assistant vs Siri Features Once you set this up on your PC, you will be able to communicate with Google Assistant so it can handle a number of tasks.

Andrew Grush / Android Authority Throughout most of the world, Android phones are incredibly popular. In Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, India, and especially China, the best-selling phones of 2019 all include an Android phone at the top of the list. However, according to Counterpoint Research, that’s not the case for North America. In the United States, Canada, and Mexico, the top-five best-selling phones of 2019 are all iPhones. Every.

2020 is supposed to be the year 5G really takes off and becomes a mainstream success — if you believe the industry hype, that is. However, this year’s big smartphone releases have barely made it out the door and already knowing which 5G handset to buy is quickly descending into a farce. I’m talking, in part, about the new Samsung Galaxy S20 5G models. If you’ve studied the S20 spec sheets, you’ll have noticed that the Samsung Galaxy S20, the smallest one, doesn’t support mmWave technology.

With all eyes on CES 2015 in Las Vegas, we have to remember to take the time to look at all the other great innovations around the globe. This Kickstarter campaign for a pocket sized fuel cell USB portable charger is a good place to start. Introducing kraftwerk by eZelleron. The German company building the kraftwerk fuel cell phone charger is an impressive brain trust of fuel cell and other related material sciences PhDs.

Eric Zeman / Android Authority TL;DR New details of a rumored Xiaomi flagship phone, code-named Odin, have broken cover. The device will seemingly arrive with UWB, 5G connectivity, and more. It’s unclear what the device will be called, but some believe it could be the Mi Mix 4. Xiaomi‘s next flagship smartphone could introduce a wireless technology growing in popularity among flagship devices — ultra-wideband (UWB). According to XDA-Developers‘ sources, an upcoming smartphone — bearing model number 2106118C and code-named Odin — will seemingly pack support for UWB.

Xiaomi Mi QLED TV 75The Mi QLED TV 75 is a remarkable feat for Xiaomi. Once again the brand is democratizing the television market by drastically reducing the barrier to entry to QLED panels in the large screen TV segment. The Mi QLED TV 75 delivers the goods if all you want is a really good screen to watch movies on. However, if gaming is a priority, the Mi QLED 75 wouldn't be my first recommendation owing to a range of issues with both connectivity, and the lack of future-proofing.

TL;DR Sprint announced its VoLTE rollout in 15 U.S. markets, which include New York City and Washington, D.C. The gradual rollout will take place over the next few weeks, during which certain Samsung smartphone owners will see an update. By comparison, AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile started their VoLTE rollouts in 2014. Usually behind the other major U.S. carriers when it comes to major rollouts, Sprint finally started its Voice over LTE (VoLTE) rollout in 15 U.