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Wednesday
Mar062019

Samsung rumoured to be working on two other foldable phone designs

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Samsung is reportedly not stopping at just the Galaxy Fold. A new report from Bloomberg claims Samsung plans to release two other foldable devices. One wraps around the outside of the device, similar to the Huawei Mate X. Meanwhile, the other is going to be oriented vertically in a clamshell style phone with a smaller external display, which is similar to the potential design of the upcoming foldable Motorola RAZR from Lenovo. We can supposedly expect the clamshell one around late 2019 or early 2020, while the Mate X-style one is expected to follow.

We’re expecting to see the Galaxy Fold next month. Samsung is said to be working on the durability of the screen, particularly the visible crease that can be seen. One person told Bloomberg the company is considering providing free screen replacements for the device.

Wednesday
Mar062019

Viber adds dark mode to Android app

Messaging app Viber is the latest app to get a dark mode version. And you don’t need to use the moon emoji to activate it. Version 10 of the app started rolling out a few weeks ago, but this seems to be the first time the dark mode has been announced. Android users can access the feature through the Appearance section of the Settings option. Tap on the More option at the bottom right of the app.

Source: Android Police

Wednesday
Mar062019

LG will roll out AirPlay 2 and HomeKit support to its TVs starting ‘mid-year’ 2019

There’s a catch to that, though. LG is limiting the addition of AirPlay 2 and HomeKit support to its 2019 TVs. The functionalities are expected to land “mid-year” this 2019. Owners of these TVs are also expected to get a firmware update that will add Amazon Alexa support on top of the Google Assistant support that these televisions come with. LG hasn’t announced any plans yet of possibly bringing the tech to its slightly older TVs. For now, the LG models that will support AirPlay 2 include LG OLED (2019), LG NanoCell SM9X and SM8X (2019), and LG UHD UM7X series (2019).

Source: 9to5Mac

Tuesday
Mar052019

Microsoft rolls out dark mode on Windows 10 Mail app

Every app is going dark. And by that we mean apps are slowly getting Dark Mode option. The latest one to get the feature is the Windows 10 Mail app. It’s getting a full dark mode this time. Microsoft rolled out a version of this for the app but it still showed a white background in the email portion of the app. This time there will be a toggle switch between the two background choices, so if certain parts of emails get obscured by the background, you can switch it up. This version closely matches the toggle and full dark mode available on Microsoft’s Outlook.com service.

Source: The Verge