News & Reviews:   ANDROID 10

In general these days, most brands guarantee about 2 years' worth of Android updates and security patches, while a few promise up to 7 years. While we would always recommend getting a device with a newer Android version (it's easier to manage), sometimes your older device will still work fine.

Or maybe you're just feeling a bit reluctant to part with it and move to a newer device? Regardless of the reason, this time around, we're answering the question "Can you still use a phone or device with an older Android version?" Read on to find out.

It's interesting how open-source project can be added to a variety of devices. For example, on a Nintendo Switch. Specifically, some enterprising developers have found a way to flash the console with a UI that runs on Android 10.

As far as software updates go for Android phone, they unfortunately don't last very long. At most, it can live up to 3 years with a pure stock Android OS but nowadays they don't really hang around in Malaysia anymore (because Motorola "died" and there are no Pixel phones here officially). Also, Android users would have to wait for a long time for a new software update on customized Android updates.

When it comes to smartphones, we always appreciate seeing new designs. In that sense, the design for the Brandeis Prometheus is considerably different. This device is an Indiegogo project by a startup and it's expected to ship in November 2020.

If you follow @Universelce on Twitter, you probably have come across a piece of news of a "malware" acting as a wallpaper for Android smartphones. At first, he thought this is only happening on Samsung mobile users but turns out that Google Pixel phones also have the same issue. To be more specific, smartphones with Android 10 OS will crash if you set this beautiful picture as your wallpaper.

Upgrading to Android 10 will, of course, get you new features. However, there are also a few things you need to compromise, as not everything new can be flawless without the bugs or other technical issues. Maybank is now asking the users of their Maybank APP to re-register for Secure2u after upgrading to Android 10.

The user interface for a smartphone is important to many people, with some who prefer unmodified versions of Android OS. Now, Realme has confirmed that its latest iteration of Realme UI will provide a near-stock Android 10 experience and offered some details of what it can do.

Google is planning a new feature that some may not appreciate. Reports say that the company is working on a feature called "Bubbles" that allows text messages to appear directly on a user's screen. It was originally added to a beta edition of Android 10 earlier this year but was not included in the stable release for the latest Android operating system.

When it comes to software updates, Samsung has always been pretty consistent. Many people had hopes that the Android 10 update would be released to all Samsung devices gradually, but now it seems that the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy Note 8 series (among others) won't be included in this update.

Since the launch of a system-wide dark mode on both iOS 13 and Android 10, it has brought attention to all the mobile apps developers. After Google Gmail app got updated for the dark mode on Android 10, Twitter has announced the dark mode called “Lights out” to be rolled out to all Android users starting today.