Author: Jonjo

The much-anticipated Android 12-based MIUI 13 update for the Redmi Note 10S in Europe has finally been released. It’s seeding months after the initial release to global models, which has since extended to other regions. However, the rollout is currently limited to select users pending the completion of the preview. Redmi Note 10S received Android 12 with MIUI 13 in April but was met with bugs that delayed the rollout in other regions. It took weeks to resolve the issues, after which the update started seeding in Indonesia. Those in India have also received the update, and it is now…

Samsung continues to distribute the latest security patch update to its high-end and mid-range phones. The update has already been seeded for the Galaxy S22 and S21 series in different regions, albeit started with the Galaxy A32. It is currently available for another affordable offering – Galaxy F62 – while the S20 FE is also getting the update. The Galaxy F62 and S20 FE July 2022 security patch is available in India and Europe, respectively. At the time of this report, the update is exclusive to S20 FE users in Germany, with other regions expected to start receiving the update…

The exclusive Android 12-based OneUI 4.1 update is already being seeded in the Samsung Galaxy A21s, better late than never. The Galaxy A21 users might consider the Samsung Galaxy A21s Android 12 update rather late since the update has gotten to all flagship devices since March, already present in the mid-range A-series and even some non-flagship devices.  And as Samsung will soon kickstart the Android 13 OneUI 5 beta, the update is reaching A21 quite late. Meanwhile, Samsung Galaxy A21s Android 12 update is currently available in Russia and as usual, it should get to other regions soon as it’s…

Together with the Xiaomi Book Pro 2022 and some other interesting devices, Xiaomi Mi Band 7 Pro has been released with a featured large display. The Xiaomi Mi Band 7 Pro is designed in such a way to meet the expectations of people caught in the middle of large displays and smaller displays.  It is a 1.64″ AMOLED display which is quite larger than the regular Band 7 horizontally and larger than the Redmi Band 7 Pro which is a 1.47″ display. Packing a pixel density of 326ppi, the featured “larger” display gives space for data and health notifications. Speaking…

Smartphone users are forced to say goodbye to Hangouts for Android and iOS as it stops functioning. This was discovered last week after an announcement and no Android or iOS user can access Hangouts on their smartphone.  The shutdown affects the old Hangouts for Android and iOS, which hasn’t received any updates from the Big G and has been removed from the Google Play store downloads recently. Meanwhile, on trying to open the Hangouts app, you’re presented with an on-screen prompt that says “it’s time to chat in Gmail”.  The result of tapping on the prompt makes you access “dedicated…