The Pixel line is getting its first bug fixes of the new year Happy New Year to Google Pixel owners: Google started pushing out the first update of the year for its flagship device line on Jan. 12. The update is a pretty standard security patch that Pixel owners receive monthly. The update is also limited to the Pixel 7a and up, so anyone with a Pixel 7 Pro is out of luck. As noted earlier, some of the fixes in the update apply only to the Pixel 10 series. According to Google, here is what the u...

Better picture, with less power Samsung Display and Intel have teamed up on new OLED technology that the tech giants claim can help improve battery life when using HDR. Named SmartPower HDR, the tech giants claim the new technology can minimize power consumption while watching HDR content on an OLED screen. Now, this isn’t the first time Intel has shown off this technology, but Samsung Display is finally revealing the details of how it works and the expected power savings. Interestingly, th...

The device is set to sport a huge 9000 mAh battery A new post on Threads from leaker Abhishek Yadav is showing that OnePlus is gearing up to launch yet another phone for global markets. Codenamed “Volkswagen”, the device is set to carry the Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 (intended for upper to mid-range devices) alongside an architecture similar to the two-year-old Snapdragon 8 Gen 3. As Android Authority points out, the architecture could give an idea of where this device sits in OnePlus’ lineup. T...

Yet another Android device is dealing with battery issues Owners of the Google Pixel 10 Pro Fold have been noticing a strange new bug, as several Redditors have reported a question mark instead of a battery percentage indicator. Apart from some speculation, no one has any actual idea why the battery is doing this. Android Central pointed out that the issue seems to be popping up for users who are using a wireless charger, especially third-party or non-Qi2-certified ones. One theory is that the...

Any battery-saving feature helps Google is reportedly working on a new fix for the Pixel’s always-on display that could improve its battery life. Mishaal Rahman of Android Authority looked a bit deeper into the new Android Canary build and not only spotted a new flashlight brightness slider, but that code within the settings app shows a new option for the always-on display (AOD); “turn off display on inactivity,” which according to the code, “powers down the display when no user activi...