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Uncarrier: T-Mobile Refocuses on Customer Service, Rockstar Experience for Customers

Tim August 15, 2018

T-Mobile hosted another Uncarrier event this morning, telling everyone its plan to improve the way it approaches the wireless industry and turn all of its customers into rockstars. There were three announcements made, one of them much larger than the other two...

Tuesday Poll: Your Phone is at Least Running Oreo by Now, Right?

Tim August 14, 2018

We hate that we even have to ask, but to follow up on a poll we ran back in January, where the majority of people said their Android phone still wasn't running Android 8.0 Oreo, we're back to see if the update has hit your phone by now. It's August and Android...

Google Home Gets Streaming Support for Pandora Premium and Deezer

Tim August 14, 2018

All Google Assistant-powered devices from Google, as well as Assistant-powered Smart Display models are getting support for two new music streaming services this week, Pandora Premium and Deezer. To get started, all you'll need to do is add your respective...

DEAL: NVIDIA’s New SHIELD TV “Smart Home Edition” Bundle With SmartThings Link Costs $199 for Limited Time

Tim August 14, 2018

NVIDIA introduced a new SHIELD TV bundle this morning, the Smart Home Edition. Inside, buyers will receive a standard SHIELD TV unit with SHIELD Remote, but also get a SmartThings Link. With a Link, you’ll be able to start setting up your smart home via SHIELD...

Fortnite Just Opened the Android Beta to Plenty Non-Samsung Devices

Tim August 13, 2018

If you don't own a Samsung Galaxy device, you longer need to worry about getting one to play the Fortnite beta for Android. In a tweet, Fortnite announced that it is opening the beta to plenty of non-Samsung devices, including Essential Phone, Huawei phones,...

Fortnite on Android: Frustrating Controls, but Still Promising

Tim August 13, 2018

Earlier this year, Epic Games announced it was bringing Fortnite to mobile devices. It was launched for iOS some time ago, but is now out for select Samsung Galaxy devices for Android players. Thankfully, I have a Galaxy S9+ sitting on my desk, so I downloaded...

Wait, Motorola Only Now Started Working on Android Pie Update for Devices?

Tim August 13, 2018

According to an extremely brief support page on Motorola's website, the company states that Android 9.0 Pie is fully released (as of last Monday), and because of this, "we will begin working on the new code for our devices." Is it just me or does that make it...

HTC Says U12+, U11+, U11, U11 Life Will Receive Android P at Some Point

Tim August 10, 2018

In a tweet today, HTC confirmed which of its devices will receive an update to Android 9.0 Pie. Officially as of today, HTC plans to launch the update for U12+, U11+, U11, and U11 Life (Android One). Four devices in total. Sadly, the company did not provide a...