Android 8.1 Oreo beta update available for Essential Phone

• Essential has released Android 8.1 Oreo beta for the Essential Phone.
• This new update brings Oreo features as well as some new Essential-specific fixes and tweaks.
• Essential chose to skip Android 8.0 updates, instead focusing only on Android 8.1.

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At the end of January, Essential announced that it would be skipping the Android 8.0 update and instead jump right into Android 8.1. This left some users disappointed, but Essential argued that Android 8.1 is safer and better than Android 8.0, and it would save time and resources to focus only on the later version.

The wait for Android 8.1 is almost over for Essential Phone owners, as the 8.1 beta is now available for download.

We just started rolling out Oreo Beta 8.1 through OTA. This update includes February security patches, dynamic calendar and clock icons, a slow-scrolling jitter fix (beta), and more. #EssentialPhone

— Essential (@essential) February 14, 2018

Here are the most notable changes in this Android 8.1 beta update.

• The integral Android Oreo features are all on hand, including picture-in-picture mode, smart text selection, faster startup, etc. Consult our Oreo guide for all the baked-in features of the operating system.
• A beta fix for the “Slow Scrolling Jitter” some Essential Phone owners have experienced is included. The fix is still in beta, so it may not be the permanent solution, but users will no doubt be happy to know that Essential is actively working on the issue.
• The update also brings the February 2018 Android security patch, as well as dynamic calendar and clock icons.

As Droid Life points out, the Essential Phone’s navigation buttons have been redesigned. The back and app switcher buttons have been reduced in size, while the home button is two circles rather than just one. Additionally, the theme will automatically swap from a light mode to a dark mode depending on your wallpaper. If your wallpaper is brightly colored, the phone picks a light mode, and a dark mode for darker wallpapers. This is similar to what Google’s Pixel Launcher does on the Pixel 2.

Once again, this is beta software, and thus only available to members of Essential’s beta program. However, users who are looking for a stable release should get excited about these updates, as they point to a wide rollout coming soon.

If you absolutely cannot wait for Android 8.1, feel free to sign up for the Essential beta program at its website.

Source: Android Zone

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Snowden: ‘Get rid of Dropbox.’ Here’s the alternative he recommends

A few years back, Edward Snowden picked something of a fight with cloud storage mogul Dropbox in an interview with the New Yorker.

It’s a lengthy interview, but the meat of the matter that we’re addressing today comes at 1:04:55.

We’re talking about encryption. We’re talking about dropping programs that are hostile to privacy. For example, Dropbox? Get rid of Dropbox, it doesn’t support encryption, it doesn’t protect your private files. And use competitors like SpiderOak, that do the same exact service but they protect the content of what you’re sharing. -Edward Snowden

Dropbox fired back that all data was encrypted while “in transit,” but SpiderOak encrypts your files even while they’re on your device in addition to while they’re in transit.

Many privacy enthusiasts, out of respect for Snowden’s opinion and expertise, flocked to SpiderOak… only to balk at its hefty $260/year price tag.

The reason that we’re circling back to this topic today is that SpiderOak is currently running a special through TechDeals on their 2TB 1-Year Cloud Storage Subscription. Now you can gain access to “the most secure cloud storage provider out there” for just $39.99.

At 84% off, we’re calling this one a no-brainer.

SpiderOak ONE in a Glance:

• Get 2TB of cloud storage from SpiderOak ONE
• Recovery feature can restore your data to its proper state before ransomware hits
• Seamlessly sync data between all of your devices, regardless of operating system
• Share files securely w/ others through a web-based interface
• Create temporary, self-destructing links to single files in your backup
• SpiderOak ONE maintains no knowledge of your password, any data stored on their servers, or the metadata associated w/ your files

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Weekly Plan Spotlight: the $25/month plan from MINT SIM is a potential game-changer

Welcome back to the Plan Spotlight! Today we’re seeing a hell of a deal come from one of our favorites here at AAPicks, MINT SIM.

It’s called the MINT SIM Large Plan, and it’s a pretty straightforward package. You get unlimited talk and text as well as 10GB of high-speed data all on T-Mobile’s nationwide network. When you go over 10GB, you don’t get cut off or incur extra charges, they just move you to a slower tier of data.

You also get to keep your own number.

Since many users rarely even reach 10 gigs a month on their unlimited plans – which are often in the $50 range – that means that unless you’re a power user, you’re getting the same service for half the price.

Imagine paying $300 per year for your smartphone coverage instead of $600. What are you going to do with your extra $300? I’d probably just continue to grow my Beanie Baby collection because I’m confident the upswing in that market is just around the corner.

Away with your plushies! Where’s the fine print?

Straight from MINT SIM:

• In order to get this offer, you’ll need to pay upfront for three months of service on Mint SIM’s “Large” 10GB plan, which would cost $75 (three times the monthly price of $25).
• Mint will then mail you a SIM card, and you can activate your service.
• You’ll need to bring your own compatible, unlocked GSM phone , and you’ll be able to keep your old number.

Where do I sign?

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Messenger Kids, the controversial Facebook app, arrives on Android

• Facebook’s new Messenger Kids app hits the Google Play Store today.
• The app gives children a Messenger profile that is heavily controlled by their parents.
• It has been available on the Apple App Store and Amazon Appstore for a while now.

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Kids’ involvement with technology has always been a touchy issue. Many adults today can remember their parents telling them not to sit too close to the television, as it could ruin your eyes (a myth that has been debunked). And younger adults may have been told not to play violent video games for too long as it could warp one’s sense of right and wrong (another debunked myth).

Today, the widespread concern for children is their involvement with social media, and certain child-advocacy groups are outraged by Facebook’s new app, Messenger Kids. The app is a highly-modified version of the standard Messenger app; it gives parents complete control over who their children are communicating with on mobile devices.

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When the app first went live on iOS devices in December last year, an open letter co-signed by nineteen organizations and just under 100 child-advocates was published by the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood, calling for Mark Zuckerberg to pull the app from stores.

However, the app is still live in the Apple App Store and went live in the Amazon Appstore a short time later. Now, today, it hits the Google Play Store.

The app works by letting children set up their own “Child” account that is directly connected to a parent’s Facebook account. When the child initiates a chat, or someone tries to chat with the child, the app notifies the parent before the conversation can begin. If the parent knows the person is safe, they can then allow the communication to proceed.

Messenger Kids addresses the issue that there is a shortage of kid-friendly messenger apps available for mobile devices. Chat apps like Kik are essentially a predator’s heaven, as it is barely regulated and easy to get a child to start talking by making avatar photos famous cartoon characters, or merely pretending to be a trusted relative. While Messenger Kids may not be the perfect solution, it’s certainly a better solution than what is currently available.

It’s easy to point to social technology as being universally “bad” for kids and doing whatever it takes to bar them from accessing it. But if it’s OK for a child to use a phone to call Grandma, which almost all parents would agree to, why is it not OK for them to chat with Grandma via an instant messaging app? The problem isn’t the technology; the problem is the lack of parental control over that technology. And this new Messenger Kids app at least is attempting to give parents that control.

In the end, parents seem to like the app — it has a 3.5-star rating on both the Apple App Store and Amazon Appstore. In fact, a lot of the low reviews on Amazon are from people complaining that there was no Android version.

You can download the Messenger Kids app in the Google Play Store starting today.

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Source: Android Zone

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Possible pricing, display, and chipset for Moto G6 family leaks

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• A month ago, a large Motorola leak gave us hints of the various stats of the upcoming G6 family of phones.
• A new leak gives us the possible pricing and chipset info for the devices.
• The HTML5test database also all but confirms the display ratios and resolutions of the devices.

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A month ago, a huge Motorola leak gave us a look at the 2018 lineup of smartphones from the Lenovo-owned manufacturer. Some questioned the authenticity of the leaks, especially since the phones appeared to have 18:9 displays, rather than the 16:9 screens previous Motorola phones have.

We now have some newly leaked info which suggests a few things, namely the pricing and chipsets of the upcoming devices.

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According to the leak, the Moto G6 will sport a Snapdragon 450 and a 3,000 mAh battery. We can speculate that the G6 Plus will come with the more powerful Snapdragon 630 chipset and a 3,250 mAh battery. The G6 Play will probably come with a slower processor, the Snapdragon 430, but a huge battery that packs a whopping 4,000 mAh.

All three devices will likely have 18:9 displays, which is a nice improvement over the 16:9 displays found on the Moto G5 and G5s family. However, there is some contention about display ratios. The HTML5test database points to all three devices sporting 2,160 x 1,080 resolutions, but this new leak says that the Moto G6 Play will have a lower, 720p+ resolution. This would make more sense, as the Play variants of Motorola phones usually have bigger batteries, slower processors, and lower resolutions.

Today’s recent leak also gave us some alleged pricing info for the Indian market:

• Moto G6 – Rs. 12,000
• Moto G6 Plus – Rs. 15,000
• Moto G6 Play – Rs. 17,000

The G6 Play should launch with Android 8.0 Oreo out of the box. There’s no definitive information about which operating system version the G6 and G6 Plus will launch with, but it’s probably safe to assume they will have Oreo as well.

Mobile World Congress 2018 is right around the corner, and it’s likely that Motorola will officially reveal these phones then. Until then, any of this information could potentially change.

Source: Android Zone

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Samsung Galaxy S8/S8 Plus update tracker (Update: Oreo update pulled?)

Update (02/14): Samsung has reportedly hit the brakes on the rollout of Android 8.0 Oreo for the Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus. According to SamMobile, firmware files G950/G955-FXXU1CRAP (no really) have been removed from Samsung’s servers and are no longer in circulation as OTA updates.

A major update like this is usually only pulled if a significant bug has been spotted, but there’s no evidence to suggest that’s the case just yet. We’ll be on the lookout for any further information and will update this article accordingly.

Users in India, France, Germany, and a handful of other European countries that have already installed the update won’t be impacted by the decision, but it seems like Galaxy S8 owners in other regions will have to wait just a little bit longer for another Oreo-based firmware version.

Welcome to the Samsung Galaxy S8 and Samsung Galaxy S8 Plus Android update tracker page. This page covers all major U.S. carriers with a quick reference table for each and a log with links to further details. It will be regularly updated with the latest Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus update information.

The Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus receive their updates simultaneously – or at least very close together. For this reason, they both appear here on this update page. Also, note that we won’t be covering general security patches in our list.

We recommend you bookmark this page so you can stay up to date with the very latest updates.

• Android 7.0 Nougat update tracker
• Android 8.0 Oreo update tracker

Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus Android Oreo update

The Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus arrived in April, 2017 running Android 7.0 Nougat with Samsung’s Grace UX skin. Since release, the Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus have received a few updates in the US, mainly to address bugs and other issues (such as the red screen problem) and to improve its Bixby functionality.

On February 8, 2018, after an extensive beta period, Android Oreo was reported to be rolling out to the Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus in Germany. The update is expected to hit other regions in the coming weeks and you can take a look at some of the included features in this infographic.

Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus update US

Samsung Galaxy S8 / S8 Plus updates – US	Android 7.0	Android 7.1.1	Android 8.0
Verizon	Yes	TBA	TBA
AT&T	Yes	TBA	TBA
T-Mobile	Yes	TBA	TBA
Sprint	Yes	TBA	TBA

Verizon Galaxy S8 (G950V) and Galaxy S8 Plus (SM-G955V) update:

• June 12, 2017, Verizon rolls out upgrades to the Bixby digital assistant and SD card functionality, as appeared in May for Sprint and T-Mobile owners.
• May 12, 2017, Verizon deploys update for the Galaxy S8 red display issue.

AT&T Galaxy S8 (SM-G950A) and Galaxy S8 Plus (SM-G955A) update:

• December 11, 2017: AT&T rolls out an update adding new Mobile Hotspot APN, HDR API support for DirecTV, and enhancements to the Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) experience. This also includes the Android security patches for November.
• June 14, 2017: AT&T becomes the last major US carrier to roll out fixes for a micro SD card problem, as well as Bixby improvements.
• May 9, 2017: Red screen fix rolls out to AT&T Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus owners.

T-Mobile Galaxy S8 (SM-G950T) and Galaxy S8 Plus (SM-G955T) update:

• May 9, 2017: Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus owners on T-Mobile receive red display tint fix.
• May 7, 2017: T-Mobile rolls out an update to improve SD card stability on the S8 and S8 Plus, as well as a small Bixby upgrade.

Sprint Galaxy S8 (SM-G950P) and Galaxy S8 Plus (SM-G955P) update:

• May 7, 2017: Sprint starts rolling out Bixby and SD card improvements alongside T-Mobile.

International Galaxy S8 (SM-G950F/FD, SM-G950W) and Galaxy S8 Plus (SM-G955F/FD, SM-950W) update:

• December 20, 2017: Samsung rolls out a minor update including the December Android security patches in South Korea.
• May 1, 2017: A fix for the Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus red screen problem arrives in India.
• April 29, 2017: Red screen issue fix rolls out in Europe.
• March 9, 2017: Candian carriers Telus and Bell roll out red tint display fix.

If you’ve received an update we’ve missed, hit the comments below or Tip Us!

Source: Android Zone

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Qualcomm announces Snapdragon X24 LTE modem and Wireless Edge Services for new devices

Qualcomm concluded its 2018 5G day in San Diego by announcing the newest generation of its Snapdragon X-series LTE modem, the Snapdragon X24.

The X24 is the first modem based on a 7nm LPE process, which offers a number of enhancements over the second generation X20 modem.

Where the X20 modem was a 20 percent speed increase over the X16, with 12 spacial streams over three carriers to hit a max throughput of 1.2 Gbps, the X24 takes it to the next level. It has 20 spacial streams over seven carriers, giving a simultaneous throughput of 2 Gbps by taking advantage of unlicensed spectrum. This extra data throughput could enable new more demanding experiences like VR and AR, and transfer information at a much higher rate.

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The modem also utilizes the world’s first RF chip based on a 14nm process, significantly improving power efficiency over the X20 modem. This is important since the new modem can access so many more spacial streams and tap into a higher range of unlicensed spectrum to achieve higher speeds and better stability.

Qualcomm is aggressively pushing its new 5G networking standards, also announcing a new initiative to help connect the world’s devices reaching far outside the mobile space.

Qualcomm’s Wireless Edge services are bringing Snapdragon chipsets and 5G capabilities past the smartphone and into the ever-expanding IoT space. We’ve already seen these chipsets implemented in Windows laptops promising incredible battery life and portability, but the new initiative is looking to inject Snapdragon SoCs into anything you can imagine — home appliances, industrial equipment, and a variety of other devices and services.

According to Qualcomm, one of the key benefits of using these processors is design simplicity. The Snapdragon chipset gives OEMs access to things like reference designs, open API’s and SDK’s, integrated software, and engineering support to make using these chips as seamless as possible. Qualcomm is also giving customers a long-term manufacturing guarantee, as well as software and security support, so they won’t need to worry about support dropping when new SoCs release every year.

As we saw with Snapdragon 835 laptops, energy efficiency is a huge reason someone might want to use these chipsets. Snapdragon SoCs have been designed with energy efficiency and phone-capacity batteries in mind, so larger products with bigger batteries should see incredible battery life with Snapdragon processors. Though more common IoT appliances like refrigerators and washing machines will remain plugged in at all times, commonly unplugged devices could get an incredible leap in energy efficiency.

Qualcomm also committed to supporting ecosystems like Thingspace, AWS IoT, Android Things, Linaro, and more. This way it shouldn’t matter what IoT backend you use — you’ll more than likely have support right out of the gate. With Wireless Edge services onboard, Qualcomm will also handle updates to their chipsets seamlessly, activating features and updating security loopholes without the need for consumer attention.

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Qualcomm’s LTE IoT SDK for MDM9206 will also allow pre-integration with multiple device managers and tools like Alibaba, China Mobile, Verizon, Ericsson, and more. This way all you’ll need is the MDM9206 and the LTE IoT SDK. No additional micro-controller is necessary.

Qualcomm wants these Wireless Edge services to help IoT applications flourish in 2018 and beyond, and to help with that it’s making the transition to the connected world as simple as possible.

What are you hoping to see a Snapdragon chip inhabit next? Let us know in the comments section below.

Source: Android Zone

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How to Add a Cookies Popup in WordPress

Do you want to add a cookies consent popup in WordPress? The European Union’s cookie law requires websites to get user consent to set any cookies on their computers. As a WordPress website owner, your website may be using cookies as well. In this article, we will show you how to add a cookies popup in WordPress.

How WordPress Uses Cookies?

By default WordPress uses cookies for authentication purposes to store session information for logged in users. It also sets a cookie when someone leaves a comment on your site.

Apart from these, WordPress plugins can set their own cookies to store different information. For example, WP Favorite Posts plugin shows a user’s favorite posts by storing them in a cookie.

While cookies are extremely useful, they can also be used to collect information about a user and share it with third party advertising platforms.

This is why in Europe and few other countries, website owners are required to let users know about their usage of cookies. If your website is based in one of those countries or mainly targets audiences in those regions, then you need to show a cookie consent disclaimer on your website.

That being said, let’s take a look at how to easily display a cookie consent popup in WordPress.

Showing a Cookie Consent Notification in WordPress

First thing you need to do is install and activate the Cookie Consent plugin. For more details, see our step by step guide on how to install a WordPress plugin.

Upon activation, you need to visit Settings » Cookie Consent page to configure plugin settings.

On this page, you can control when and where you want to show the cookie consent notification. You can also select how you would like it to be closed.

In other settings, you can show or hide it for people visiting from specific geographic locations and set an expiration time for the cookie.

The default settings would work for most websites. Don’t forget to click on the ‘Save Changes’ button to store your settings.

Next, you need to switch to the ‘Content’ tab. This is where you can edit the content that will be displayed to your users in the notification.

Here you also need to select your privacy policy page. If you haven’t already created a privacy policy page, then you can follow our guide to create a privacy policy page in WordPress and then select it here.

Once you are done, click on the save changes button to store your settings.

Changing the Appearance of Your Cookie Consent Notification in WordPress

Your cookie consent popup is almost ready. You just need to setup how you would like it to be displayed.

First you need to visit Settings » Cookie Consent page and then click on the Styles tab.

On this tab, you can choose the position, colors, borders, and style for your cookie consent popup notification. You can also set a container class and then add custom CSS for your popup.

Once you are finished, click on the save changes button to store your settings.

You can now visit your website to see your cookie consent popup in action.

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Chrome will start blocking disruptive ads tomorrow – here’s how it’ll work

• Google is ready to launch the Better Ads Standards for Chrome browser tomorrow (February 15th).
• Ahead of the rollout, the search giant has detailed how the new standards will impact users and website owners.
• Websites with full-page ad interstitials, ads that unexpectedly play sound, and flashing (animated) ads risk being graded as “Failing” and having all ads blocked in Chrome after a 30-day warning period.

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Google’s mission to rid intrusive, disruptive advertising from its Chrome browser is about to kick into high gear with the launch of the Better Ads Standards. Ahead of the initiative’s rollout tomorrow, the search giant has provided a little more detail as to how the scheme will impact Chrome users and website owners.

Announced last June, Google’s new advertising standards are based on public, consumer-driven research by the Coalition for Better Ads group. As the name suggests, this isn’t an attempt to purge the web of all advertising.

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Instead, Google is looking to erase the kind of advertising that negatively affects the end user’s experience and drives them to install ad-blocking extensions that reduce the flow of revenue to publishers and, to quote Google, threaten “the sustainability of the web ecosystem”.

There are three main types of ads that are targeted by the new standards: full-page ad interstitials, ads that unexpectedly play sound, and flashing (animated) ads.

A Google blog posted earlier today notes that these types of bothersome ads are, in most cases, controlled by website owners. Under the new measures, if a poor ad experience is spotted in Chrome – either on desktop or mobile – it will be the website owner’s responsibility to address the offending adverts.

Sites are graded on a three-tier system based on an unspecified number of pages. The three possible statuses are Passing, Warning, or Failing. Website owners will be able to access a detailed Ad Experience Report via Google’s Search Console which shows individual violations and an option to request a re-review. A general list of reports will also be widely available via an Ad Experience Report API.

In a scenario where a website does not adhere to the Better Ads Standards after a strict 30-day deadline, Chrome will automatically block ads on the site until the intrusive ads are removed.

For end users, almost all of this work will go on behind the scenes, as Chrome’s ad filters will recognize websites with a Failing rating and block network requests for images or Javascript when loading a page, effectively removing the ads entirely.

When this happens on mobile, a notification will pop-up like the one in the example image below, while on desktop, a message will appear in the address bar. It’s worth noting that the ad blocker can be overridden on either platform.

Google says that just under half (42 percent) of the sites it judged as failing Better Ads Standards prior to the full rollout chose to address the issues and are now in the clear.

With billions of Chrome users worldwide, it’s not hard to see why website owners would be so eager to stick to Google’s new guidelines. The risk of losing advertising revenue via the most popular web browser (by quite a distance) is a significant threat. Likewise, having your website named and shamed in obvious ‘this website has bad ads’ pop-ups isn’t a great look either.

What do you think of the changes? Let us know in the comments below.

Source: Android Zone

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Moto G4, Moto G4 Plus and Moto G4 Play update tracker (Updated)

Update (02/14): Moto G4 Play users in Brazil starting seeing Android 7.1.1 Nougat back in January, and it’s now arriving through Verizon in the US. The update was spotted by Android Police while Verizon has also updated its official software updates page to announce the rollout.

The update arrives with build number MPIS24.241-2.35-1-17 and brings all of the typical Nougat features like multi-window support and improved notifications. It also includes the December 2017 security patches with the Krack exploit fix.

The download comes in at 1 GB so hopefully you’ve still got enough space for it on your handset. Look out for it arriving to your device over-the-air soon and we’ll keep an eye out for the rollout with other carriers in the coming weeks.

Welcome to the Moto G4, Moto G4 Plus and Moto G4 Play Android update tracker page. This page covers all major software news for the Moto G4 family and will be updated regularly with new information.

The Moto G4 and Moto G4 Plus tend to receive their updates simultaneously – or at least very close together — while it looks like the same Moto G4 Play updates could follow some months later. That seems to be the case for Nougat, but we’ll keep an eye on the situation going forward. For now, they’re all being bundled together in this article.

We recommend you bookmark this page so you can stay up to date with the very latest updates. Note that we won’t be covering general security patches in our list.

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Moto G4, Moto G4 Plus and Moto G4 Play Android Nougat update

The first sighting of Android Nougat for the Moto G4 and G4 Plus was in India midway through December, 2016. This appeared on a handful of devices before the official rollout started just before the new year.

It was then quiet on the update front for a couple of months before speculation of its imminent deployment arose in early March. The update then rolled out to the Moto G4 Plus at the end of the month bringing unlocked devices in the US up to Android Nougat with a 741 MB package; the same rollout on the regular G4 occurred around the same time.

The Moto G4 Play Nougat update didn’t begin arriving until January, 2018. This first updates landed in Brazil, before rolling out with Verizon in the US.

Moto G4, G4 Plus and G4 Play updates US	Android 6.0.1	Android 7.0	Android 7.1.1	Android 8.0 Oreo
Moto G4	Yes	Yes	Yes	TBA
Moto G4 Plus	Yes	Yes	Yes	TBA
Moto G4 Play	Yes	Yes	Yes	TBA

Unlocked US Moto G4, Moto G4 Plus and Moto G4 Play update:

• March 31, 2017, Lenovo rolls out Android Nougat to Moto G4 Plus in the US.

International Moto G4, Moto G4 Plus and Moto G4 Play update:

• December 29, 2016, Lenovo rolls out Android Nougat to the Moto G4 and Moto G4 Plus in India.
• June 19, 2017, Lenovo rolls out Android 7.1.1 Nougat soak test to the Moto G4 Play in Brazil.
• January 5, 2018, Lenovo rolls out official Android 7.1.1 Nougat OTA to Moto G4 Play in Brazil.

If you’ve received an update we’ve missed, hit the comments below or tip us!

Source: Android Zone

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Galaxy Note 9 expected to miss out on in-display fingerprint scanner

The Synaptics Clear ID in-display optical fingerprint sensor.

• The Galaxy Note 9 won’t feature an in-display fingerprint sensor, according to a recent report.
• The innovative technology had been tipped to appear on several previous Samsung smartphones.
• Vivo’s X20 Plus UD is set to be the only phone with an in-display fingerprint sensor for the foreseeable future.

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It seems like it has been years now that Samsung (and other brands) have been promising to put a fingerprint sensor under smartphone displays. The rumors first started with the Galaxy S8, before being pushed back to the Galaxy Note 8, the Galaxy S9, and the Galaxy Note 9.

However, the feature has never materialized, leaving users with a fingerprint sensor on the back of the phone.

Unsurprisingly, a new report about the Galaxy Note 9 suggests that Samsung won’t include an in-display fingerprint sensor in the upcoming phone. Instead, Korean site The Bell suggests that the fingerprint sensor will be placed at the back of the device. The source says that despite a number of different companies developing the feature for two years now, technical difficulties have once again led to its delay.

The article says that production of the display for the Note 9 is set to start in June and even if Samsung delay the development schedule as much as possible, they will be unable to apply the new technology in only four months.

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The first phone with an under-glass fingerprint sensor officially announced

Update (01/24): Vivo has officially announced the first phone with an under-glass fingerprint sensor.

The Vivo X20 Plus UD, as mentioned in the original article below, is simply a variant of original X20 Plus without the rear-facing …

This means that for the foreseeable future, the only phone likely to feature an in-display fingerprint scanner will be the Vivo X20 Plus UD. This phone uses an in-display fingerprint sensor developed by Synaptics. The phone hasn’t been released yet but we noted in our hands-on review of a sample model that unlocking the phone worked as expected, although it was a little slower than existing solid-state sensors.

Of course, the problem is that Vivo doesn’t have the same distribution as Samsung and the phone is currently only set for release in China. When the rest of the world will be able to get their hands on such a device remains to be seen.

Source: Android Zone

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