Android Auto has been getting many tweaks in recent months. The split-screen mode(a new redesign), one-tap message replies, and sadly Android Auto has been limited to car screens, which makes phone screen users revert to Google Assistant Driving mode. Amidst all these activities going on with Android Auto, the Android Auto 7.9 update is now available. The Android Auto 7.9 update is now available for those users who signed up for the public beta. However, there aren’t any noticeable changes to Android Auto via the update. The update can be gotten via the Play store, although not for everyone. While…
Author: Onyebuchi Uche
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…
Whatsapp has added a few tweaks to the privacy controls and now another is on the way. The upcoming Whatsapp feature will let you select who sees your online status as well as your last seen. Since texting on WhatsApp began, a lot of users have been requesting a feature to hide their last seen and online status due to various personal reasons and it seems Whatsapp has taken note of this and it’s the upcoming Whatsapp feature making its way soon. Sources proposed that the feature will be available on both iOS and Android. You can configure who sees…