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We may earn a commission when you click links to retailers and purchase goods. More info. Brightness controls are one of those areas of a smartphone review that I often spend an odd amount of time talking about. It must be because I use my phone far too often in dark situations (aka lying in bed), but I can tell you which phones get dark enough and which need a bit of help. Samsung’s phones, for example, have excellent brightness range at both the low and high end. OnePlus’, not so much. On...

Share We may earn a commission when you click links to retailers and purchase goods. More info. On the surface, for non developer people such as ourselves, there are not many front-facing changes inside of Developer Preview 3 for Android 12. However, for those who can code, they can unlock the secrets and detail all of the sweet stuff that Google is working on behind the scenes. Obviously, that’s the interesting stuff we want to talk about, so let’s check it out. Thanks to @kdrag0n on ...

Published on 22 Apr, 2021 Microsoft have confirmed that their upcoming DirectX tech to help eliminate game loading times, DirectStorage, will be supported by both PCIe 3.0 SSDs and the newer PCIe 4.0 drives. This is excellent news for SSD owners, as it means you wont have to shell out for an expensive PCIe 4.0 SSD like Samsungs 980 Pro or WDs Black SN850 to take advantage of this new storage tech. Microsoft confirmed the news in their Game Stack Live presentation last nigh...

Android 12 Developer Preview 3 released with new app splash screens, improved haptics, better third-party camera support and more Google has released the third Developer Preview for Android 12 weeks before the Android I/O. This comes after its first Android 12 preview release in February, and Developer Preview 2 in March. The update brings new app launch experience, new video and camera capabilities to help developers get more out of underlying hardware support, and a new permission for exact a...

Android 12 Developer Preview 3 is available, Download it here While some companies are struggling to deliver Android 11 to some of 2020 smartphones, Google is progressing with the development of Android 12. As the months are passing, the search giant is pushing its new firmware close to a stable release. Today, the search giant is rolling out the third developer preview. The release is right on schedule for Google’s launch timeline and precedes a beta launch which is scheduled for Ma...

Android Community April 21, 2021 In a few weeks time, the Google I/O 2021 will open its doors. Well, it will still be a virtual event but we are excited since the tech giant cancelled last year’s event due to the pandemic. There is still the ongoing pandemic but companies are moving on to the New Normal. This includes holding events virtually and online. Before the tech conference starts, here is the Android development team releasing the next version of Android 12 Developer Preview. Andro...

Android 12 is going to make it easier to stop useless notifications on your Wear OS smartwatch This article is part of our One of the smaller but more interesting changes spotted in Android 12 Developer Preview 3 is a new level of granular control over apps that can access the notification listener service. In Android 11, its an all-or-nothing switch: either a helper app (like Android Wear, Android Auto, or Fitbit) can access all your notification data, or it cant. Starting with A12 DP3, thing...

Android 12s settings redesign is prettier but less useful This article is part of our In Googles brand-new Developer Preview 3 release of Android 12, the Settings menu looks a little different. Compared to both Android 11 and A12 DP2, the updated version is prettier and less dense, but does away with the subheadings to make it a little less clear where various options are. It also gets some new "bouncy" animations when scrolling. Its the new look for the Settings menu, previously hidden behind...

Android 12 Developer Preview 3 literally cuts corners This article is part of our Android is in for a huge design overhaul with version 12, and while many changes are still hidden, things are starting to come together in Android 12 Developer Preview 3, released yesterday. It enables the new thumb-friendly "silky home" by default for settings and adds smoother overflow animations across the OS, but there are also a few smaller design tweaks  rounding everything out. Right: Developer Preview 3...

Share We may earn a commission when you click links to retailers and purchase goods. More info. The Android tablet space is in a bad spot. Besides a few Galaxy-branded tablets from Samsung, it’s essentially non existent. It’s been this way for years, and in my opinion, the last time we had an exciting Android tablet was nearly a decade ago with the Nexus 7 from ASUS and Google. No offense to the Nexus 9 made by HTC, but it wasn’t great. There was something really special about that li...