Samsung will ship Galaxy Note 9 owners a free adapter for the Gear VR

TL;DR Samsung did not release a new Gear VR headset alongside the Galaxy Note 9. The 2017 headset that’s still for sale from Samsung is not compatible with the Note 9. Customers have to request a free adapter from Samsung to make the headset work with the phone. Samsung has worked with Oculus for the last several years to build VR headsets for its Galaxy flagships. Oddly enough, Samsung didn’t announce a new Gear VR headset alongside the Galaxy Note 9, so customers have been purchasing the 2017 model.

The 2nd-gen Moto Razr 5G, Surface Duo reviews drop, plus more tech news today

Your tech news digest, by way of the DGiT Daily tech newsletter, for Thursday, 10 September 2020 1a. Moto Razr 5G: Is second-gen the one?Motorola’s second-generation foldable, the Motorola Razr 5G, is here. Like the second-generation Samsung foldable effort finally released a week or so ago, the second-generation RAZR really cleans up a lot of the early problems. Some of those problems were just the competition. The Samsung Galaxy Z Flip was a premium 2020 spec device, and cost less than the RAZR’s 2019 effort.

The Galaxy S22 Ultra lags behind its stablemates for slow-motion video

Eric Zeman / Android Authority TL;DR The Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra doesn’t support native 960fps slow-motion recording. Last year’s Ultra model lacked native output as well due to the 108MP HM3 sensor lacking 960fps support. It’s worth noting that the S22 Ultra uses this same camera sensor. The Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra is the most expensive and feature-packed phone in the S22 lineup, offering functionality like an S Pen slot, dual telephoto lenses with impressive zoom capabilities, and a huge battery.

The revived Nokia 3310 will soon work in the US with new 3G support

Update (10/20/17): It’s finally here! HMD Global, the company that makes Nokia devices, has announced that you can finally order your Nokia 3310 3G in the United States. The phone will hit store shelves on October 29 and you can pre-order at Best Buy (link below) right now. The nostalgia-centric device will run you a cool $59.99 and come in  Charcoal, Warm Red, Yellow, and Azure.  One of the most important updates to the Nokia 3310 is that it now supports American 3G networks.

YouTube Music introduces YouTube Charts offering ranked videos

TL;DR Google today introduced YouTube Charts, which ranks music related to its YouTube Music service. Each of the 29 YouTube Music territories gets five YouTube Charts — three for local results and two for global. Charts include the Top 100 Music Videos, Top 100 Songs, and Top 20 Trending. Google’s newest offering in the streaming music space, YouTube Music, is up and running. Today, the search giant launched a new feature for YouTube Music called YouTube Charts, which allows you to see rankings of songs and music videos both locally and globally.

ZTE Axon 20 5G is the first phone to have an under-display camera

Eric Zeman / Android Authority Update, December 3, 2020 (01:04 PM ET): Today, ZTE revealed when and where you’ll be able to buy the ZTE Axon 20 5G (via Droid-Life). This will be the first commercially-available smartphone with an in-display selfie camera. If you want to be an early adopter, you’ll need to live in specific areas of the world. As of now, the Axon 20 will only be available in these countries:

aDownloader Android App - Download Torrent Files with Resume Support

A lot of people like to download stuff from the Internet using torrents or Internet download managers because even if you turn your computer off, you can just pause your download and resume downloading the next time you open your PC. This is an advantage especially if you are downloading a large file, which often takes much time to download. Instead of leaving your computer on for a long time just to finish your file download, you can just pause the download and resume it later.

Alexa can now interact in Hindi on Amazon Echo devices, here's how!

Amazon’s Echo devices powered by the Alexa voice assistant have been around in India for almost two years now. For the longest time, Indian users had only one language option to interact with Alexa and that is something Amazon calls Indian English. It’s basically the way Indians speak in English as opposed to someone from the US or UK. You get the drift. Best Alexa speakers: There's more than just Echo

All the new and old software updates in one place

Welcome to the OnePlus Nord update hub. Here you’ll find the latest information on updates to the original Nord. We’ll detail the current software versions for the device and alert you if there’s a new update rolling out. OnePlus usually pushes out Oxygen OS updates to the OnePlus Nord regularly, but availability may be affected by variant, carrier, and region. Current stable version: Android 12 Will the OnePlus Nord get Android 13?

Android 7.1 adds GIF support on Google's Messenger app with keyboard

If you have downloaded the Android 7.1 Developer Preview that Google released earlier this week, you can go ahead and try out a new feature that allows user to add GIF images to the Messenger app from the standard Google Keyboard. Android Nougat review: what's new in Android 7.1.2? Features It appears that this is limited to just the Messenger app, at least for now. The Google Keyboard cannot place GIF images in other apps, including Gmail.