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Android’s Find My Device network will reportedly go crowd-sourced

Both Samsung and Apple have their own trackers: the SmartTag and the AirTag, respectively. What these trackers have in common is they both use a crowd-sourced network of devices to help track and locate lost tags or other devices. An APK Teardown suggests Google is working on a similar crowd-sourced network for locating lost things.

The teardown revealed hidden code found in the latest version of the Google Play Services 21.24.13 in the beta channel. The first says ”Allow your phone to help locate your and other people’s devices” and the second one reads ”Find My Device…

Google chimes in about the fate of current Wear OS watches and the new update

On Wednesday, Qualcomm issued a statement to XDA-Developers where a spokesperson confirmed that the most recent couple of generations of the Snapdragon Wear Platform would be capable of running the new, unified Wear OS version. A Google spokesperson later issued a statement to the same outlet.

User experience is a top priority for us. We have not confirmed eligibility or timeline on whether any Wear OS smartwatch will update to the new unified platform. There are many technical requirements in order to run the unified platform that ensures all components of the user experience are…

Samsung stops selling the Galaxy Z Fold2 in the US

Samsung has stopped selling the Galaxy Z Fold2 in the US through its official online store. When you try to access the page that used to host the listing for the device, you’re greeted with an error message telling you that the “Galaxy Fold is no longer available for purchase on Samsung.com”.

The wording is weird because it references the original Galaxy Fold that was out of stock for months anyway following the launch of the Fold2, but this may just be a case of the person in charge of the copy for such messages simply reusing the text from when the original Fold stopped being offered by…

Xiaomi Mi 10T and Mi 10T Pro are now receiving the MIUI 12.5 update in Europe

Back in February Xiaomi announced the international rollout of MIUI 12.5, the latest version of its Android skin, which was initially unveiled in December in China. Since then, we’ve seen a steady, if slow, stream of updates headed to various devices in international markets.

Over in Europe, the Mi 11 got MIUI 12.5 last month, and now it’s finally time for the Mi 10T and Mi 10T Pro to receive the new software too. They should’ve gotten it in May as well, but for some reason the rollout got delayed.

Anyway, it’s here now, so if you have a Mi 10T or Mi 10T Pro purchased somewhere in…

SA: Samsung and vivo are the fastest-growing 5G smartphone vendors in Q1 2021

The latest report from Strategy Analytics gives more insight into the sales of 5G phones for the January – March period. Samsung (17 million shipments) and vivo (19.4 million) saw the biggest gains on a per quarter basis as they grew by 79% and 62% respectively compared to Q4 2020. Apple still holds the lead with total shipments at 40.4 million but it lost considerable ground compared to last quarter’s 52.2 million shipments. Oppo with 21.5 million and Xiaomi with 16.6 million complete the top-four makers’ list.

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OnePlus confirms that OxygenOS is here to stay

OnePlus and Oppo have always had a connection, but the two companies made it official last year and yesterday Pete Lau, CEO of OnePlus and SVP at the parent company of the two brands, announced that the two will merge even more resources. What does that mean for OxygenOS?

Nothing, says OnePlus, after MySmartPrice reached out for clarification. According to Lau OnePlus will continue to operate as an independent brand and this includes developing OxygenOS.

OnePlus phones in China used a branch of that OS called HydrogenOS – this was necessary as the local models shipped without Google…

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