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Samsung October Updates: Galaxy S21, S20, Note 20, and Tab S7 Have Been Blessed

Kellen October 14, 2021 6

The wave of October Android updates has hit Samsung's best devices this week, with the Galaxy S21, Galaxy S20, and Galaxy Note 20 lines all seeing some action. The update isn't big, since we're all really just waiting for Android 12 and One UI 4, but we'll...

Google’s Pixel 6 Phones Will Get 5 Years of Updates

Kellen October 9, 2021 48

We learned a lot of new about the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro, thanks to a retailer slip-up that confirmed a majority of the big features Google is likely to talk about on October 19. For those of us who have tracked system and security updates on Android over the...

October 2021 Android Security Update Now Available for Google Pixel Phones

Kellen October 4, 2021 20

Android 12 should be here any day now, but being the first Monday of the month, and Android 12 only hitting AOSP today, Google is instead releasing what should be the final Android 11 monthly security patch. All of the currently supported Pixel phones, from...

Android 12 Goes Live in AOSP!

Kellen October 4, 2021 9

Google just pushed Android 12 to AOSP, hooray! Oh, you want it on your Pixel phone? That's not happening just yet. Google, as a part of this AOSP announcement, says that Android 12 will hit a device near you "in the next few weeks." With today's arrival in...

Samsung September Updates: Fold 3, Flip 3 Get Their First

Kellen September 28, 2021 4

As we wrap up September, Samsung is pushing out another big batch of updates to its best and newest phones. Today, if you own a Galaxy S21, Galaxy Z Fold 3, or Galaxy Z Flip 3, feel free to hammer on that "Check for updates" button. Rolling out now to the...

Samsung September Updates: It’s a Month End Wave of Galaxy

Kellen September 24, 2021 10

The Samsung update situation has been quiet this month for some reason. We typically see a trickle out of updates to their various devices throughout a month, but for September, we've been waiting and waiting. It looks like the final week will be the week that...

Surface Duo Should Get Android 11 This Year

Kellen September 23, 2021 5

I was going to spend this post dunking on the Microsoft Surface Duo (again), a flawed product that will soon be replaced by the Surface Duo 2, but I'm tired of dunking on it. You all know how bad it is. So let's instead make this quick and talk about the...

OnePlus 9 Pro Gets Major Camera Update, New XPan Feature

Kellen September 17, 2021 3

OnePlus is pushing out a fresh update to its OnePlus 9 and OnePlus 9 Pro devices this week that introduces a new camera feature and and includes "major optimizations and improvements" to image quality. In the update, which should rollout as OxygenOS 11.2.9.9,...