Author: Jonjo

While European smartphone shipment has been affected by the COVID-19-related issues, the Russia and Ukraine war as well as the inflation rate making people spend less, the Korean tech giant still manages to top the European smartphone shipment, surpassing the likes of Apple and Xiaomi, although Samsung suffered a 16% year on year drop in market share.  The Korean brand took up 35% of the European smartphone shipment which is a 2% drop compared to Q1 2021. Meanwhile, the Apple brand comes in second place taking 25% of the market share, which is a 1% increase compared to last year,…

The Google Maps for Android has been getting a lot of tweaks recently from the Big G. Speaking of the immersive view that can let users get a peek at a restaurant in a city, and then the Street View enables users to access how territories and structures change over time. However, joining the tweaks to Google Maps, the software has gotten a nearby traffic widget. While first-party apps have been permitted by Google to have 30 widgets on Android, a new nearby traffic widget has been added to Google Maps, which alerts users of nearby traffic in their current…

A few hours after the Redmi Note 10X Pro received the upgrade to Android 12 with a stable MIUI 13 update, the Redmi 10X 5G MIUI 13 update starts seeding. The update is currently available for limited users in China, with public rollout dependent on their feedback. We are a few months from the Android 13 release, as Google targets an August or early September release. The company recently released the Android 13 beta 3 to reach platform stability, meaning there won’t be any changes to the version that will arrive later in the year. Xiaomi is participating in the…

Xiaomi Mi A3 is the only device in the A-series lineup with active security support. The device has been receiving monthly security patch updates for the past few months after it elapsed Android OS support with an upgrade to Android 11. However, the security patch will soon stop seeding as the device nears EOS (end-of-support). Xiaomi is compelled by the Android One policy to deliver two Android OS upgrades and three years of security patch support to the Mi A3. The device has already received two OS upgrades, and there are only few months left on its security support, given…

POCO F3 GT stable update; first published on July 27, 2021. Download the latest releases below. The POCO F3 GT arrived in India a couple of days ago, and it is only a reworked Redmi K40 Gaming Edition. Xiaomi released the latter in China a couple of weeks ago, under its Redmi sub-brand. It is the first game-centric device from the company, which has now arrived on the global market. However, it seems the device will be exclusive to Indians while other global regions get the POCO X3 GT. That looks like it, as the device’s latest update isn’t available…