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App Review, Applications

Spotify’s most requested feature goes live for all Free and Premium users

November 18, 2021

Via: Phone Arena

After testing the Lyrics in selected regions, Spotify announced that the feature is now available globally to all Free and Premium users across iOS and Android devices, desktop, gaming consoles, and TV. Spotify’s most requested feature goes live for all […]


App Review, Applications

You can now remotely install Android TV apps from your phone

November 16, 2021

Via: Phone Arena

A Reddit user has recently spotted a new development on the Android TV platform, and that is the ability to remotely install apps onto your Android TV directly from your smartphone. Android TV has long offered users the ability to […]


Android, Operating System

Android 12 now supports app clone profiles for some apps

October 20, 2021

Via: Pocket Now

At the Google Pixel Fall Event yesterday, the company has finally released Android 12 to the Pixel devices, and they can now be downloaded onto your devices, assuming you have a Pixel. In the update, Google has also quietly added […]


iOS, Operating System

10 years on, the Steve Jobs’ minimalist credo lives in… Android 12

October 8, 2021

Via: Phone Arena

On the 10th anniversary of Steve Jobs passing, Apple made a commemorative video while both Tim Cook and Jony Ive came out with moving tributes to their friend and former Apple leader. There is one overarching theme in all the […]


App Review, Applications

Here are some of the best apps with XL widgets to check out for iPadOS 15

September 20, 2021

Via: 9to5Mac

One of the new features in iPadOS 15 for developers is the ability to create extra-large widgets for the Home Screen. The new extra-large widget size class has spawned a bunch of great new ways to customize and power up […]


Android, Operating System

Google says that with Android 12, it’s hip to be round

August 30, 2021

Via: Phone Arena

Back in 1986, Huey Lewis released his hit “Hip To Be Square.” But Google believes that it is now hip to be round, as in a circle. That is why it has changed some of the elements on the Gboard […]


App Review, Applications

Another useful Waze feature could be coming soon to Google Maps

August 23, 2021

Via: Phone Arena

Google Maps continues to get its features pumped up as though it was on steroids. And ironically, many of the mapping and navigation app’s new capabilities are coming from stablemate Waze which also is owned by Google. According to AndroidPolice, […]


App Review, Applications

Update to produce a more colorful Google Keep

July 26, 2021

Via: Phone Arena

Google Keep is a free note-taking app found on iOS, Android, and the desktop. Currently, Keep’s interface is nothing that users would get excited about as it shows the drawn image of a light bulb. Whether Google received complaints about […]


App security, Applications

Popular websites and apps suffer outage that is fixed after approximately 90 minutes

July 22, 2021

Via: Phone Arena

If you were having problems connecting to the internet or mobile apps today, be assured that it was them and not you. DownDetector.com this morning revealed that several popular sites and apps were down across the U.S. including airbnb, the […]


App Review, Applications

Google Drive first to have Android 12 animated splash screen

June 28, 2021

Via: Phone Arena

One of the new features that is coming to Android users with the upcoming new build (Android 12) is an animated icon on the splash screen of certain apps being opened. For example, when you tap on a compatible app, […]


Gadgets, Products

TCL’s new kid-friendly smartwatch has a big screen, big battery, reasonable price, and 4G LTE

June 24, 2021

Via: Phone Arena

Instead of (hopelessly) taking on Apple with some generic-looking smartwatch intended to appeal to the masses without actually standing a chance of making a splash, TCL is unveiling a far more interesting niche-oriented wearable device today. As the name suggests, […]


App Review, Applications

Microsoft and Amazon join forces to bring Android apps to your PC with Windows 11

June 24, 2021

Via: Phone Arena

Almost six long years after Windows 10 replaced the 8.1 version of the world’s most popular computer OS that came out less than two years earlier, Windows 11 is official at last, which… shouldn’t be of much interest to our […]


iOS, Operating System

Run iPhone 12 on iOS 4 with the OldOS app to see how tough your forbearers had it

June 10, 2021

Via: Phone Arena

Counterintuitively, all things retro a cool nowadays. Monochrome watches from the 80s, vintage sneakers, vinyl, you name it. In line with the times, a young developer has made it cool to rock your iPhone 12 on… iOS 4. Apple’s venerable […]


News and Press

Check out Apple’s official video recap of WWDC 2021 day one

June 8, 2021

Via: Phone Arena

If you missed the Keynote yesterday during the first day of the virtual WWDC 2021 event that runs through this Friday, you missed the new features that Apple introduced for its operating systems including iOS 15, iPadOS 15, watchOS 8 […]


Editorial

8 Mobile App Trends for 2021/2022 and Beyond

May 21, 2021

Via: Diana Beverly Ross

A lot of changes in mobile app development have been accelerated by the recent pandemic. The latest trends in mobile are clear. Developers are already able to anticipate future shifts, as well as what users and customers are expecting from […]


App security, Applications

Android apps put data of 100 million Google Play Store users at risk

May 20, 2021

Via: Tech Radar

Security researchers have discovered that some popular Android apps leaked the data of over 100 million users after developers failed to properly configure their third party cloud services. News of the widespread data leak comes from a study of just […]


App Review, Applications

Apple says that it is about to change music forever

May 17, 2021

Via: Phone Arena

Since the beginning of this month, we’ve passed along several rumors about the Apple Music streaming music app. The buzz around the water cooler is that Apple will be offering a new tier of service that will deliver lossless audio […]


App Review, Applications

How To Use Android Studio To Develop Apps

May 12, 2021

Via: CellularNews

Android Studio is the primary tool used to create Android apps. It’s both free and simple to use, so it’s easy for anyone to get started. As long as you know how to program using Java or Kotlin, developing using […]


App Review, Applications

Google Pay gains international money transfer support at last

May 11, 2021

Via: Phone Arena

Launched all the way back in 2015 as Android Pay on the underlying technology of Google Wallet and rebranded as Google Pay a little over three years ago, the search giant’s Apple Pay-rivaling digital wallet platform has been slowly but […]


App Review, Applications

Facebook Messenger is one of only three Android apps to reach this symbol of popularity

May 10, 2021

Via: Phone Arena

Facebook Messenger first launched on August 9th, 2011 with standalone apps available for the Apple App Store and what was then called the Android Market. Today, Android Police noted that the messaging app has passed a milestone that only two […]