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The Android YouTube app has had PiP (picture-in-picture) for over a year now, but the feature was reserved for paid subscribers only. After a recent change of heart on Google's part, PiP is now widely rolling out in the US, going live even for non-Premium subscribers. According to TechCrunch, the full rollout finished Monday. As the name implies, picture-in-picture mode allows you to continue watching a YouTube video while performing other tasks on your phone. It's a useful feature, especially on bigger phones, so it's nice to see it released to a wider audience. Once ... #Google #Android #Smartphones #OS #News @ndrdnws #ndrdnws #AndroidNews

Along with the competitive price, OxygenOS is a big reason fans pick  OnePlus devices . The skin looks and feels a lot like stock Android , but packs in tons of useful features (unlike the competition ). Here are five of the best ones you should know about. App locker App locker secures your data-sensitive apps from prying eyes. You have to use a PIN or the fingerprint scanner to open an app, which means only you can use it. The feature can be enabled for every app on your device. The feature is super useful, especially if you have nosy friends who love playing with your device. You can use it for budgeting apps to make sure no one sees your financial info or apps like Messenger that contain private conversations between you and others. I also use it for Google Photos because I don't want anyone going through my images. To set it up, go to Settings > Security & lock screen > App locker and type in your PIN code. Then just tap the "Add apps" opti

Shutterstock Chromebooks are great at so many things. They're an inexpensive alternative to many laptops, and their storage is largely cloud based for extra convenience. You can use them for all of your chat needs, but if you want to use Skype for Chromebook , you're out of luck. Sort of. Google and Microsoft are competitors, and fierce ones at that. As a result, the Skype app isn't available to Chromebook users. That doesn't mean you can't use Skype on Chromebooks though, you just can't download the app. The browser version of Skype is still on the table. Before you keep reading, it's worth mentioning there are more Chromebook-friendly video chat options available — Google's own Hangouts is a solid alternative. However, if you and your friends or family have gotten used to Skype group chats, it might be even more of a bother to try to convince everyone to switch over on your account. Here's how to use Skype for Chromebook: Open you

It's the only modern smartphone with a hardware keyboard, but I'm not sure that's enough. I've been using my BlackBerry KEY2 for about a week and a half now, and I haven't been doing so begrudgingly or out of any sort of obligation — I've continued to carry it by choice. I'm not here to talk about my personal takes on the KEY2 as a device — that'll come later in a specific review, and Daniel wrote up a brilliant full review of the phone already that I recommend you read. But I want to keep using the KEY2 so I can try to wrap my head around just how big the potential market is for this phone; for a smartphone with a hardware keyboard in 2018. In a world of increasingly homogeneous smartphone designs and feature sets, we often talk about markets segmented by price, retail availability and size. Phones have some differentiations, but with lots of feature and spec overlap, price and availability become defining factors when people are making a

Tensions between Australia and China are rising after Canberra got involved in a row with Huawei, with some of its officials recently reiterating previous concerns about the company posing a national security risk, a sentiment which the Shenzhen-based tech giant vehemently denies . After pressuring the neighboring Solomon Islands to drop plans for a Huawei-backed Internet infrastructure buildout and being faced with questions over the company's recent lobbying efforts , the Australian parliament passed a set of strict foreign interference laws meant to combat outside influence attempts targeting its institutions through harsher penalties and more aggressive checks. In a prepared statement, Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull asserted the laws passed on Thursday aren't meant to target any particular country but previously went on record to express concerns about China's geopolitical ambitions in the region, having previously admitted the new legislation is bound to

Over the past year or two, HMD Global has ushered a revival of the Nokia brand with stock Android software under the hood. But perhaps none of the smartphones it has released has been more reminiscent of the Nokia of yore than this Nokia 1 — a device that looks like it took a time machine from Espoo in 2011 to 2018, with a quick detour in Mountain View for a fresh coat of Android 8.1 paint. The Nokia 1 was announced at MWC 2018  with Android Oreo (Go edition), a small low-resolution display, a slow processor, and 1GB of RAM. It exists in a world of contradictions where dated hardware meets new software, and where what feels like an unrestricted experience at times crashes against some unexpected obstacles. It's a good starter smartphone though, if all you need to do is call, message, and browse. It could also be an excellent secondary phone if you need something durable on all fronts. But after using it for a few days, I feel like HMD made one compromise too m

HDHomerun Quatro has — wait for it — four tuners, so you can watch up to four shows at one time on multiple devices. ( $119 at Best Buy ) Our favorite OTA streaming box at its best price ever! If you're in the market for a good over-the-air tuner that also shares that sweet free television with almost any device on your network, today is a good day to buy. Best Buy has the HDHomerun Quatro on sale for just $119 , which is one of the lowest prices we've seen. Why HDHomerun? It's got the easiest setup of any of the OTA streaming boxes we'e used. (So long as you don't need DVR or want to use it with Roku.) Just plug it in, fire up the app, and you're good to go. And the quatro has four tuners, so you can watch different channels on multiple devices — up to four, because quatro — at the same time. It's perfect if you have multiple televisions in your house, or know that you'll be watching on multiple mobile devices at the same time. It works w

The British branch of Samsung Electronics officially announced the incoming arrival of the Galaxy A6 to the United Kingdom, stating that the Android mid-ranger will be released in the country later this summer. The device will be available in Black, Gold, and Lavender color options, being set to be sold by a number of the company's UK partners, both wireless carriers and retailers. Some colors may be exclusive to certain distributors, as is often the case with Samsung-made devices sold in the country, though no firm details on the matter have yet been disclosed. Likewise, the tech giant has yet to reveal how much will the Galaxy A6 cost in the UK. Originally announced in early May alongside the Galaxy A6 Plus , Samsung's new mid-ranger is meant to be an extremely value-oriented offering seeking to provide consumers with a contemporary Infinity Display experience on a budget. The South Korean already released the handset in certain European markets at approximately €309, whi

A video suggests that the pop-up selfie camera on the Vivo Nex comes up while opening a chat window on Telegram, when no camera function is prompted. #Google #Android #Smartphones #OS #News @ndrdnws #ndrdnws #AndroidNews

Users are advised to take a backup of SMS history on their Xiaomi Mi A1 before updating. File size of the Android 8.1 Oreo update is said to be around 1.2GB. #Google #Android #Smartphones #OS #News @ndrdnws #ndrdnws #AndroidNews

Owners of Samsung's Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9 Plus will soon be able to rely on an alternative method of calling up Google Assistant, provided they haven't already received the option to do so. The feature comes in the form of "Hey Google" trigger word support that's bundled into the latest over-the-air software package Samsung started distributing to its Android flagships earlier this month. The same firmware also ships with the June 2018 Android security patch and a variety of other functionalities and improvements, though carrier-locked Galaxy S9-series devices aren't expected to receive it for at least several more weeks. The unlocked variants of the two devices should be updated by mid-July, with the Galaxy S9 receiving the software build G960FXXU1BRF8, whereas the one arriving to the Galaxy S9 Plus is identified as the G965FXXU1BRF8. The official changelog of the update explicitly mentions the addition of the "Hey Google function" but doesn

The development was teased by OnePlus itself and could point towards the launch of an OnePlus 6 Lava Red variant. #Google #Android #Smartphones #OS #News @ndrdnws #ndrdnws #AndroidNews

"I will find your children and I will kill them," Markara Man, 33, of Norwalk wrote in one of the emails, according to court documents. #Google #Android #Smartphones #OS #News @ndrdnws #ndrdnws #AndroidNews

Gadgets 360 has learnt that only the Moto E5 Plus will be coming to India in July, and the Moto E5 might arrive at a later date. #Google #Android #Smartphones #OS #News @ndrdnws #ndrdnws #AndroidNews

The new 'Send Messages' tab is available on WhatsApp version 2.18.70 on iPhone and version 2.18.201 on Android (stable). #Google #Android #Smartphones #OS #News @ndrdnws #ndrdnws #AndroidNews

What would you do if YouTube disappeared today? Hypothetically, say YouTube fell off right now, where would you be? #Google #Android #Smartphones #OS #News @ndrdnws #ndrdnws #AndroidNews