Latest iOS beta hints at ‘AirPods 2’ getting ‘Hey Siri’ support

A strange quirk of the existing Apple AirPods is you can’t go “Hey Siri” and have the earbuds respond to you immediately. You’ll need to double-tap on them first. But that might change in the rumoured next iteration. 9to5Mac’s Guilherme Rambo discovered a prompt in the just-released iOS 12.2 beta that reads, “Talk to Siri with your AirPods or iPhone by saying ‘Hey Siri.’” And since that feature isn’t available with the current AirPods, it’s assumed that the next-gen version of the AirPods might be getting this feature. With iOS 12.2 coming out to the public later this year, it’s being suggested the “AirPods 2” might be ready for a launch soon.

Chrome will soon get support for hardware media keys on Windows

Chrome on Windows is getting a feature Edge doesn’t currently support: the use of its hardware media keys. Google Chrome Engineer Becca Hughes announced on chromium.org that Chrome 73 will be adding support for Media Session API in Windows and Chrome OS. In theory, this means you can control sites like YouTube using the hardware keys available on some keyboards as well as possibly Windows 10 pop-up media bar. This feature isn’t currently available to Edge, but Microsoft’s browser should get it too once it switches its rendering engine to Chromium.

Source: MSPowerUser

Samsung releases roadmap for Android Pie update for its phones

Samsung just released what phones will be getting Android Pie update in the coming months. Included in the list are two new devices expected to launch in the next few days: the Galaxy M10 and Galaxy M20. The update seems to be heading to most of its existing lineup. This coming month, the Galaxy Note8 and S8 series will be the first ones to get the update—if Samsung sticks to this schedule, that is.

Source: SamMobile

LG might be bringing hover gestures back at MWC 2019

LG doesn’t want you to touch your phone again—or at least that’s what the company’s teaser for its Mobile World Congress event suggests. The teaser video shows off a hand doing new gestures and reveals the words “Goodbye Touch.” The company is expected to reveal the LG G8 and possibly a foldable phone, too. Now, we’d have to wait until next month on February 24 to find out what LG has up its sleeves.