News & Reviews:   Android

HUAWEI's in-house operating system HarmonyOS is making its way to more devices from the company. Earlier, it was reported that the rollout of the stable version for smartphones is expected to happen in June. Other than that, a list of upgradable devices has also been leaked. With such progress, everyone might think that the Chinese tech giant will ditch Android OS completely in the future. Now, the latest source is claiming that it will happen.

It seems that a tweet by Twitter user @morqon, seems to hint that an Android developer is currently working on the Android version of Clubhouse is currently in the works and it will be released somewhere around May 2021. With that being said, it will most likely be available around the same time as other Clubhouse rivals such as Twitter Spaces, Facebook Hotline, and more.

Google has brought some advanced video-editing features to the Google Photos app today for Android phones. The features which were only available to the iOS version of the app previously are now arriving for Android users as well with a server-side update.

During the antitrust trial between Apple and Epic, there were a few documents from Apple which revealed that iMessage was not made available to Android devices even though the app did not run into incompatibility issues. This is largely due to the orders made by Apple executives to keep iMessage exclusive to the iOS platform, making it harder for existing iOS users to migrate to Android-powered smartphones.

It seems that a Twitter Spaces developer @magusnn recently sent out a bunch of tweets hinting that Twitter Spaces will also be accessible via desktop web browsers. However, there’s no official information in regards to when the feature might be available in the Malaysian region, so you might want to check back with us for more updates in the future.

Most of us are not aware of how much data is being collected from us. But fortunately, researchers consider that a topic interesting enough to study and have managed to gain some insights. In this case, it's related to data being collected by Android and iOS.

These days mobile games have become a big thing. There's a variety of games available at our fingertips these days, but good trading card games are still quite rare. Thankfully, Android users who are fans of the genre now get access to a new mobile card game that's based on a classic series.

If you grew up with the series in the late 90s, chances are you might have played Final Fantasy VIII. You can still get the game these days on platforms like Steam or the PlayStation store. But what if you wanted to play it on your phone?

The audio-only chat app, Clubhouse, has suddenly become popular among iOS users by allowing them to discuss certain topics with people who have common interests. Its invite-only policy has also intrigued users even more with the sense of exclusivity when joining the app. Now, the exclusivity might loosen a little soon by being available for Android users as well.

If you're an Android user and noticed that some of the apps are not performing well as they used to, this might be the thing that you need to blame. According to the source, the latest Android Webview update is causing troubles to the users as they face frequent crashes while using some apps.