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Phone Hacks - Honor View 10 Updated with Face Unlock and More

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Google Camera Port with Portrait Mode now works on Samsung Galaxy S7, S8, and Note 8 (Exynos) Popular ports of the Pixel 2’s Google Camera bring Google’s post-processing technologies to a wide range of high-end devices. It took a few iterations, but the most recent releases support lens blur, bokeh adjustment, and high-resolution video recording modes on phones such as the OnePlus 3 , the Samsung Galaxy S8 , and the LG V30 . This week, XDA Senior Member miniuser123  fixed a niggling issue with Exynos-based devices: Portrait mode. His modified Google Camera app gets portrait mode — the camera effect that blurs out your selfie’s background and brings your face into focus — to smartphones with Samsung’s in-house Exynos processors, which include the international editions of the Galaxy S7 , S8, and Note 8 . With the app installed and a few tweaks applied in the Settings menu, it’s seamless — albeit a bit slower than devices with Qualcomm Snapdragon system-on-chips. And for now, it onl
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Phone Hacks - Meizu Introduces the M6s with a Side-Mounted Fingerprint Scanner

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Samsung Bixby Will Soon be Able to Count Calories in Food Applications such as  MyFitnessPal and other calorie counters help people monitor what eat throughout the day, which makes it easier to see how many calories they have left in their daily allotment. But measuring food portions on the go can be tough, which is why Samsung’s updating is Bixby assistant with the ability to estimate calories from photos of food. At the 2018 Consumer Electronics Show, Samsung’s demoing Bixby’s calorie-counting feature to attendees. It’s still in development right now, and occasionally has trouble identifying foodstuff — especially when there are multiple items on a single plate. But the company showed that it can tell the difference between dishes like a margarita pizza and a steak. Since Bixby isn’t using a special sensor to analyze nutritional content, there’s a bit of a variance in the actual calorie count versus what’s reported, and Samsung’s using “generic data” for food items. Still, it’s fas
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Phone Hacks - These Xiaomi Devices are Slated to Receive the MIUI 9 Update

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Motorola Releases Android Oreo Kernel Sources for the Moto Z2 Force When it comes to releasing kernel sources, some manufacturers have a better track record than others. Android’s use of the GPLv2 license requires that all sources be released in a timely manner, but we continue to see violations . They’re bad for the affected devices because they hinder development, but they also harm Android and the open source community’s integrity,  which is why we’ve requested multiple OEMs to comply with the GPL and release kernel sources in the past. Motorola, which is owned by Lenovo, generally releases kernel sources for its devices on time — but  the company’s occasionally slipped . The Moto Z2 Force ‘s sources were released in September, two months after its launch. It’s the company’s newest flagship phone, and the Verizon and T-Mobile variants of the device recently received an update to Android 8.0 Oreo. That necessitated another release of kernel sources, and Motorola’s compiled, publ
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Phone Hacks - "OnePlus Announces OxygenOS Open Beta 4 for the OnePlus 5, Adds New Clipboard Actions and the OnePlus Switch App"

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LG Pay Might Launch in the US in June as “LG Wallet” The mobile payments market is about to get more crowded: LG plans on bringing LG Pay , its payments platform, to the US sometime in June, according to Yonhap News . It’ll go head-to-head with solutions from Google, Samsung, and Apple, which have a substantial head start — Apple Pay is already available in 25 countries and regions, and Android Pay works in 17 countries. LG Pay launched in South Korea in June 2017. It uses LG’s proprietary Magnetic Communication technology, which is similar to Samsung’s Magnetic Secure Transmission Technology, and allows phones that support it to transact with card readers that don’t have NFC radios. LG is reportedly planning to launch its mobile payment service under the name “LG Wallet” in the US, and the initial rollout will be limited to high-end devices such as the rumored G7 . It’ll eventually trickle down to mid-range devices. Source: Yonhap News Agency tags : android auto, android wear, andro
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Phone Hacks - The Google Home has an undocumented local API that you can now access

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Samsung Galaxy A8+ (2018) Launched in India for Rs. 32,990 ($518) Samsung is one of the largest smartphone vendors in India, but it no longer dominates the market. Competition from the likes of Xiaomi and OnePlus has forced it to target budget and mid-range price tiers. As a part of that effort, it launched Galaxy A8+ (2018) in India for Rs. 32,990 ($518) on Wednesday at an event in New Delhi. To recap, the Galaxy A8+ (2018) is the higher-end model in A8 (2018) series. It’s the only variant that Samsung’s launching in India for now, and it’ll be available exclusively from Amazon India starting January 20. Source: Samsung The Galaxy A8+ (2018) looks similar to the Galaxy S8 series, with a metal-and-glass design that’s IP68 rated for dust and water resistance and a tall 18.5:9 aspect ratio display. However, there are a few important differences. The 6-inch display is flat instead of curved like the Galaxy S8, and has a lower resolution (Full HD+ vs. WQHD+). The fingerprint sensor is
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Phone Hacks - Oppo A83 to be Launched in India on January 20

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Honor to Launch a Smartphone with Dual Cameras in India in January Honor has stated that its aim is to become India’s top smartphone vendor . The brand, a subsidiary of Huawei, launched the affordable Honor 7X in December  in the country, and the flagship Honor View 10 , on Monday . And this week, Honor said that it intends to launch a smartphone with dual cameras on the front and rear in India later this month. Huawei didn’t reveal a lot about the upcoming device’s details, but it won’t be the first of its kind. Honor already sells the Honor 9i in the country for Rs. 17,999 (about $283), which has dual front and dual rear cameras. The company didn’t reveal the price of the upcoming smartphone, or any of its key features. But it could be the Honor 9 Lite , which has quad cameras. The Honor 9 Lite was released in China in December , and at the time, Honor said that it would come to 14 additional countries later in the year, including India, Russia, and the UK. India might be its firs
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Phone Hacks - Vivo X20 Plus UD with Synaptics In-Display Fingerprint Sensor Passes Through TENAA

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Facebook Tests “Today In” Local News Feature in Select US Cities The internet is a great source for news, but getting details about local events can be a challenge. Luckily, Facebook’s testing a new feature — “Today In” — that’s designed to make it simpler. It’s from the company’s News Partnerships team, which is overseen by former NBC news anchor Campbell Brown, and part of Facebook’s Journalism Project initiative. Starting this week, people who live in New Orleans; Little Rock; Billings, Montanna; Peoria, Illinois; Olympia, Washington; and Binghamton, New York will see a new “Today In” tab in the Facebook app’s left-hand menu. Source: Recode The goal’s to aggregate local news stories from vetted sources, and the social network’s using a mix of humans and machine learning software to accomplish it. The new Today In feed consists of breaking news, upcoming events, and community announcements, plus hyperlocal information such as emergency updates from authorities. Facebook says it w
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