News & Reviews:   Android

Good news Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge owners – the company is reportedly testing builds of the Android 7.0 Nougat for the two recently launched smartphone. The new version of the operating system is set to bring new features to the phones – when it arrives that is.

We have talked about Samsung’s flagship flip phone here on TechNave before, and thanks to photos seen online, we can see that it is real, and it looks to be a beast of a flip phone. The Samsung flagship flip phone, code named ‘Veyron’ is set to bring high end flagship feel to the otherwise classic design.

A new technology was just announced by the maker of Snapdragon processor. Qualcomm announced the new Clear Sight dual camera processing tech, supported on the Snapdragon 820 and 821, which promises better images out of the box.

The big boss of AirAsia is no stranger to exposure to the normal people – Tony Fernandes's airline moves millions of people around the region and beyond every day. Now you can get a slice of his time, as he voices the directions on your daily Waze drive.

A new report that surfaced online has suggested that the Yi brand under Xiaomi is set to come out with a new action camera – this time it is set to have interchangeable lenses, using the Micro Fourthirds mount.

Nintendo has long been a stranger in the mobile gaming space, even though their games are generally suited to be played on small screens such as on smartphones. Not anymore – during the launch of the iPhone 7 event, Nintendo announced that Super Mario Run will be heading to iOS.

The upcoming Xiaomi Mi Note 2 is expected to announced and launched within the month of September, so we are looking forward to see how it is like in our hands soon. One of the reason is because a new report that came out recently suggests that the new device from Xiaomi may have 3D Touch technology built in.

We are in the midst of the big recall by Samsung, thanks to their Galaxy Note 7 – but that doesn’t mean the company is sitting still not doing anything. A new patent recently discovered may have revealed their next target – to run both Android and Windows 10 Phone in one single device.

A report online stated that OnePlus is set to combine their two branches into a single OS for faster and better OS development for their customers. Oxygen OS – used in OnePlus devices in the general market – and Hydrogen OS – used in OnePlus devices in the China market – is set to combine together in the near future. Will this news hold water?

Google’s parent company Alphabet has suspended Project Ara, the ambitious project to build a modular smartphone for the masses. Instead, they will look for manufacturing partners who can licence the product instead.