Android Auto tweaks user interface a bit with rounded icons

A minor update came to Android Auto recently outside of last month’s design refresh. This time, Google has rounded off the corners to its icons. Twitter user Derek Ross spotted the change where he saw almost every box on the home page and app switcher with round corners. It now resembles the look of your Google Feed, which is perhaps Google’s way of uniting its UI across its different platforms. This new look is rolling out to Android Auto now, so you might see the change head your way soon.

Source: 9to5Google

Essential releases third Oreo beta build, includes patches for Spectre and Meltdown

While we still have no idea when the official Android Oreo release will come to the Essential Phone, the company is at least releasing another beta update roughly a month after the second beta was released. This latest update is an important one. It’s not bringing cool new features, but it comes with Google’s January security patch which includes fixes for the Spectre and Meltdown exploits as well as other stability and bug fixes. So, if you’ve been using the beta version, you might want to update now. It’s 1GB from Essential’s website or will come as an over-the-air update for those running beta 2 and comes in at approximately 106MB.

Source: Android Authority

‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ gets its official synopsis

As what’s been the case in the past, Lucasfilm and Disney have kept details on the upcoming Han Solo film close to its chest. Now, it seems they’re ready to let us in a bit. They’ve just released the official synopsis for the film, which they say stars “the galaxy’s greatest scoundrel.” And it looks like Solo: A Star Wars Story will take us to a time when Han Solo meets Chewbecca and "notorious gambler" Lando Calrissian. Director Ron Howard has been giving hints about the film and you can check out all his updates in this link.

Here’s the full synopsis from Star Wars.com: “Board the Millennium Falcon and journey to a galaxy far, far away in Solo: A Star Wars Story, an all-new adventure with the most beloved scoundrel in the galaxy. Through a series of daring escapades deep within a dark and dangerous criminal underworld, Han Solo meets his mighty future copilot Chewbacca and encounters the notorious gambler Lando Calrissian, in a journey that will set the course of one of the Star Wars saga’s most unlikely heroes.”

Samsung launches Galaxy Note8 PyeongChang 2018 Limited Edition smartphone

With Samsung being one of the major sponsors of the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea, the company saw it fit to provide the athletes as well as the IOC staff with personalized Galaxy Note8 devices. The company gave over 4,000 units and this PyeonChang 2018 Olympic Games Limited Edition model features a shiny white back panel and a golden version of the five-ring Olympics logo at the back along with golden finish for the phone’s rim, buttons, and part of the S Pen. The phone comes preloaded with PyeongChang 2018 themed wallpapers and apps that are meant to “help cultivate the utmost Olympic Games experience.” Paralympians are also getting limited edition Galaxy Note8 but their phones will be coupled with cases that have the Paralympic Games logo.

Source: GSMArena