Category Archives: Android News

The Power of Parental Control with GPS: Keeping Your Child Safe in the Digital Age

The Power of Parental Control with GPS: Keeping Your Child Safe in the Digital Age

In today’s digital world, where children have access to a myriad of devices and online platforms, it has become essential for parents to prioritize their child’s online safety. Parental control with GPS offers a powerful solution to monitor and protect children’s digital activities while providing real-time location tracking for added peace of mind. In this blog post, we will explore the benefits and importance of parental control with GPS and how it empowers parents to keep their children safe in the digital age.

TikTok could soon get a new way to monetize its massive US fan base

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Social media platforms like Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter are known for exploring every potential avenue for monetization. All these platforms rely on ads, while some of them paywall features to make profits. TikTok, in particular, reportedly plans to experiment with another monetization strategy for its customers in the US. The platform could soon sport a new feature called TikTok Shop, so users of the short video sharing platform can purchase products directly in the app while watching live streams.

WhatsApp will add support for encrypted message backups

WhatsApp will add support for encrypted message backups

You will soon be able to keep your message backups safe from prying eyes.

WhatsApp is going to make storing old texts on its popular messaging service a bit safer. The app’s parent company Facebook announced today it will soon add support for encrypted message backups.

Behold the future of Samsung’s foldable displays, it pops

Behold the future of Samsung's foldable displays, it pops

The Galaxy Z Fold 3 is already on sale, ushering in a new era of foldable phones with stylus support and under-display camera that may all but kill the small tablet niche. Samsung’s Z-line of foldables will only get better and more innovative going forward, it seems, judging from the stretchable display the company just demonstrated at the Global Tech Korea expo.

EA’s big acquisition shakes up the mobile game industry

EA's big acquisition shakes up the mobile game industry

A big acquisition in the world of gaming has been announced. Electronic Arts, known for its console, PC and mobile game series such as FIFA, Battlefield, Apex Legends, The Sims, Madden NFL, Need for Speed, Titanfall, and Plants vs. Zombies, has signed a deal to acquire GLU Mobile for $2.1 billion. The latter has several popular mobile titles including Design Home, Covet Fashion, and MLB Tap Sports Baseball.

Google tests Play Store settings redesign

Google tests Play Store settings redesign

According to AndroidPolice, Google is running an A/B test on the Play Store. There is already some minor work going on that moves the contents of the hamburger menu to the account switcher. But based on screenshots obtained by AndroidPolice, Google is also working on the app’s settings page with the goal of making it easier to use. The new settings page is divided into four sub-menus: General, User Controls, Family, and About.

Google just left a hint that the road to Android 12 will soon be open

Google just left a hint that the road to Android 12 will soon be open

You might not have given it a second thought, but Google could soon start Android users on the green brick road toward the release of Android 12. Last year, Google released the first Developer Preview of Android 11 on February 19th and the final version of the new Android build launched on September 8th. So yes, there is a long way to go.

Xiaomi introduces a new concept phone with quad waterfall screens, no buttons, notches, or ports

Xiaomi introduces a new concept phone with quad waterfall screens, no buttons, notches, or ports

When Xiaomi first showed off its thinly bezeled Mi Mix concept back in 2016, it became a template of sorts for phone manufacturers looking to produce phones with smaller bezels. But the Mi Mix concept was about more than the amazing (for the time) 91.3% screen to body ratio. It was housed in ceramic, and the piezoelectric speakers generated sound from the handset’s metal frame. Xiaomi designers moved and removed the sensors located on the top of a phone allowing the bezels to be reduced in size.

Motorola is working on a true wireless charging system similar to Xiaomi?

Motorola is working on a true wireless charging system similar to Xiaomi?

Last week we told you that Xiaomi had unveiled its 5W Mi Air Charge Technology in a blog post. This true wireless system uses a base station with 144 antennas that shoot out mmWave signals to 14 antenna embedded inside the user’s phone. Multiple devices inside a room where Xiaomi’s technology is located will all charge wirelessly. A rectifier circuit helps the 14 antenna inside the handset convert the mmWave signals into the energy used to charge up the battery on the device.

Xiaomi introduces its new technology for true wireless charging

Xiaomi introduces its new technology for true wireless charging

Imagine charging your phone by simply entering a room where a base station uses 144 antennas to shoot out mm waves to 14 antennas embedded inside your phone. These OTA signals are part of Xiaomi’s 5W Mi Air Charge Technology. In a blog post published today, Xiaomi says that the system will charge multiple devices at once while the charging waves travel through obstacles on the way to connect with devices. With the rectifier circuit, the 14 antennas in the phone help to convert the mm waves into the energy used to charge the battery in the device.