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Huawei Mate 9 Review

Tim February 6, 2017 43

With CES long gone and us currently in that few week period between last year's news and this year's upcoming excitement, it's time we take a good long look at Huawei's latest product for the US, the Mate 9 smartphone. On paper, the Mate 9 fits the bill ...

Friday Poll: Has Your Phone Been Updated to Nougat?

Tim February 3, 2017 295

Looking over January's Android distribution chart, with February's sure to drop any day now, Nougat is not being used by a ton of people. 0.7%, to be exact. As you may realize, though, DL readers are not just average consumers. They are on the bleeding edge of...

More Possible LG G6 Photos Hit the Web, Continue to Excite Us

Tim February 3, 2017 150

From the same folks who delivered one of our first potential looks at the upcoming LG G6, underKG's source is back again, this time delivering a complete overview of the hardware. In the previous look we got, a closeup of the G6's rounded corner display was...

Chrome and Android About to Take Progressive Web Apps Seriously

Tim February 3, 2017 9

Announced this week, a new version of the Chrome Beta app will soon roll out, taking steps to bring Progressive Web Apps to the forefront of the Android experience. As of right now, web apps are essentially applications that run directly on a webpage. They...

#TBT: “We Got Samsung’d” Ad Highlights Galaxy S2 Over Boring iPhone

Tim February 2, 2017 80

A few years ago, Samsung brought the heat with its brand of television commercials. Aimed directly at Apple and finding unique ways to interest Cupertino's customers, Samsung launched the "We Got Samsung'd" campaign. Basically, cut to one of those ridiculous...

Chrome 56 Intros Long Press for Suggested Article Downloads

Tim February 2, 2017 9

Chrome 56 is official, rolling out to all of the various platforms Chrome resides on. For the changelog, the Chrome team lists three notable additions (one of which doesn't really seem new) on top of the various bug fixes and improvements that go into these...

Android 7.1.2: You Can Now Choose Where to Set Live Wallpapers

Tim February 2, 2017 31

Android 7.1.2 has been out for a couple of days and we are still digging through what appears to be a pretty small, incremental update. However, we have stumbled upon one small change, pointed out by a reader who sent us a tweet. With live wallpapers from...

Samsung Intros ‘Samsung Pay Mini’ for Q1 in Korea, Available to All Android Users

Tim February 2, 2017 15

Samsung is set to begin expanding its mobile payments and shopping platform with the introduction of Samsung Pay Mini, an extension of Samsung Pay that will launch in Korea this Q1, but won't be exclusive to just Samsung devices. According to the press...