HTC will reportedly debut a 5G phone in July

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Despite encountering losses in its smartphone business, HTC looks like it wants to give the segment another try. Gizmochina reports that HTC Tawain's Chen Boyou recently said that when 5G arrives in Taiwan, HTC will launch 5G-ready phones. Rumour has it the first 5G phone will come in July, but we don't know whether it'll be a flagship device. The last flagships the company released were the HTC Exodus 1 and HTC U12+ back in 2018. PocketNow reports that a Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 processor will power it. 

Aside from the 5G device, HTC will reportedly launch a 4G-only Desire 20 series mid-range device next month, which is believed to be the HTC Desire 20 Pro. The handset will supposedly run on a Snapdragon 665 chipset and 6GB of RAM, plus it'll have a triple-camera system, fingerprint reader, and HTC's first punch-hole display phone.

Spotify now lets you add as many songs as you want to 'Your Library'

Spotify used to have a 10,000 song limit when it came to saving/adding songs to "Your Library." Now, the music streaming service has finally gotten rid of this limit, so it's time to like all the songs and albums you want. However, there are still limits to other Spotify features. There's still a 10,000 song limit to the number of tracks you can add to playlists, and, for Premium users, the same limitation exists for the number of offline tracks you can save (divided among five different devices). This new limit is rolling out to all users now.

Source: Spotify

Rogers brings Pro On-the-Go service to Ottawa

Rogers is expanding its Pro On-the-Go service to Ottawa, bringing safe contactless support and flexible delivery options in the nation's capital. Rogers partnered with mobile retail store Enjoy to make this initiative happen. The service lets customers choose the time and date that works best for them. A Rogers Pro will then deliver the device and assist the customer with setting it up. This setup process can be done over the phone, through a video chat, or six-feet-apart right on the customers' front porch or yard. The Rogers Pro can also offer tips and tricks on getting the most out of their devices.

According to the national carrier, the service is available for over 10 million Canadians, since it's also available in Vancouver, the Greater Toronto Area, and some parts of Southwestern Ontario. Rogers plans to expand this service to more areas this year. You can learn more about it through this link.

Source: Rogers

Samsung Galaxy S7's last update fixes a critical security issue

Support for the Galaxy S7 ended last month, four years after the device made its debut. Despite this, Samsung just released one more update to the Galaxy S7 and S7 edge to fix a critical security vulnerability. The issue affects every single Samsung smartphone sold in 2014, and this new patch fixes the problem. The vulnerability allows a determined hacker to gain access to the system, possibly without the user's knowledge. It arose from a change Samsung made to Android that altered how the system handled .qmg files. All the attacker has to do is send multiple MMS messages with a specific image file to execute the exploit.

The May 2020 security patch fixes the issue. But since the Galaxy S7 series isn't covered anymore, PiunikaWeb on Samsung's forums discovered a new update that delivers the SVE-2020-16747 fix. And while it still has the April security patch attached to it, a Samsung moderator assures that the .qmg exploit fix is there. It isn't clear, though, if older Samsung flagships will get the same update.

Source: 9to5Google + MobileSyrup