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The phone has the specs to give the best Android mid-rangers a run for their money.

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The Honor 50 has finally been launched globally.
Honor had launched the phone in China in June this year.
It is set to go on sale in Europe from November 12 for a starting price of €529 (about $614).

Former Huawei sub-brand Honor has finally announced the global launch of the Honor 50, a premium mid-ranger that was released in China earlier this year.

Honor’s answer to the best mid-range Android phones comes with a 6.57-inch curved OLED display featuring FHD+ resolution and a 120Hz refresh rate. It is powered by Qualcomm’s 6nm Snapdragon 778G processor, paired with up to 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage.

On the back of the phone is a quad-camera setup that includes a 108MP main sensor, an 8MP ultra-wide lens, a 2MP macro lens, and a 2MP depth sensor. For selfies, the phone comes equipped with a 32MP front camera. Keeping the lights on is a 4,300mAh battery with support …

The Galaxy S22 and S22+ are both tipped to feature flat displays.

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A new rumor suggests the Galaxy S22 and S22+ will both have a similar design to the iPhone 13.
Both phones are tipped to have a flat display with “symmetrical bezels.”
Samsung is expected to unveil the Galaxy S22 series sometime in Q1 2022.

Samsung’s next Android flagship will look a lot like the iPhone 13, according to a new tweet from tipster Ice Universe. The tipster claims both the Galaxy S22 and S22+ will look like the iPhone 13 without a notch.

S22 and S22 + look like iPhone 13 without notch. The front and rear are flat and symmetrical bezel— Ice universe (@UniverseIce) October 26, 2021

Both the phones will apparently feature flat displays with symmetrical bezels. Since no other details have been revealed so far, it remains unclear just how similar the two phones will be to the iPhone 13.

While no renders of the Galaxy S22 and S22+ have surfaced online yet, we did get our first…

The Xperia Pro 1 is said to be Sony’s first “camera with a phone attached.”

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The first official renders of Sony’s upcoming Android flagship have leaked online.
The Xperia Pro 1 will apparently be the company’s first phone to come equipped with a massive 1-inch camera sensor.
Sony will unveil the phone at a global launch event on October 25.

Sony announced earlier this month that it would announce a “new Xperia product” on October 26. While the company hasn’t revealed anything about the product yet, two new leaks on Weibo suggest the event will see the launch of a new Xperia flagship aimed at vloggers (via (I_LEAK_VN).

The phone will apparently be called the Xperia Pro 1 and could be a follow-up to the Xperia Pro that Sony announced last year. As you can see in the images below, the Xperia Pro 1 will not look vastly different from Sony’s current flagship devices. It has a tall aspect ratio, a dedicated camera shutter button, and relatively thick bezels aroun…

The Galaxy S21 series are the first Android phones to get the latest security patch.

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The November 2021 Android security patch has started rolling out to the Galaxy S21 series.
Currently, the update is limited to users in Germany.
Along with the latest security patch, the update includes a few bug fixes and stability improvements as well.

Samsung’s Galaxy S21 series phones have already started receiving the November 2021 Android security patch, according to the folks at SamMobile. The update reportedly arrives as version G99xBXXS3AUJ7 for the Galaxy S21, Galaxy S21+, and Galaxy S21 Ultra.

The early rollout certainly doesn’t come as a surprise, since Samsung has been pushing the latest security updates before Google and other Android OEMs for nearly two years now. For now, the update is only rolling out to users in Germany. Samsung will likely expand the update to more markets across Europe over the next few days.

While a changelog for the update isn’t av…

Two more Motorola-branded smartwatches are slated to be released early next year.

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Canada’s CE Brands could soon launch a new Motorola-branded smartwatch.
The “Moto Watch 100” is expected to have a round display, 5 ATM water resistance, and a heart rate sensor.
It is apparently “designed for an entry level price point.”

Back in October 2019, a Canadian company called eBuyNow announced an updated version of the Moto 360 smartwatch with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 3100 chipset and a circular OLED display. According to an investor press release spotted by 9to5Google, a successor to the third-gen Moto 360, called the “Moto Watch 100” could be here before the end of the year.

eBuyNow merged with CE Brands Inc earlier this year and signed a one year contract extension with Motorola, which is set to expire in December 2025. As per the press release published by CE Brands on October 21, the Moto Watch 100 is “designed for an entry level price point” and is slated to en…

The rollout is set to kick off in December this year.

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ASUS has revealed its Android 12 update roadmap.
The company’s ZenFone 8 series phones will receive the Android 12 update in December.
ROG Phone 5 and 5s owners will have to wait until the first quarter of 2022 to receive the update.

ASUS on October 22 announced its Android 12 release schedule. The company will begin rolling out the Android 12 update to its phones by the end of the year.

Disappointingly, however, the only ASUS phones to receive the Android 12 update this year will be the ZenFone 8 series. ASUS has promised that the ZenFone 8 series will be updated to the latest version of Android by December.

The ROG Phone 5 and 5s, which are among the best gaming phones available right now, are slated to get Android 12 in the first quarter of 2022. The ROG Phone 3 and ZenFone 7 series phones, on the other hand, will make the jump to Android 12 sometime in the first half of 2022.

ASUS says the updat…

It’s the first sub-$500 5G Android tablet to launch in the U.S.

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TCL has announced a new budget-friendly 5G Android tablet.
The TCL Tab Pro 5G comes with a 10.36-inch LCD display, Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 480 chipset, and a large 8,000mAh battery.
It is now available to purchase from Verizon for $400.

After launching a bunch of affordable 5G Android phones earlier this year, TCL has now announced a mid-range Android tablet with support for Verizon’s mmWave 5G network.

The new TCL Tab Pro 5G is powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 480 chipset, which also powers some of the best budget Android phones on the market. It sports a 10.36-inch “NXTVISION” LCD display with FHD+ resolution and a 60Hz refresh rate.

TCL’s latest Android tablet also packs an impressive 8,000mAh battery with 18W fast charging and reverse charging support. As for the actual battery life, TCL claims the tablet can provide up to 17 hours of use on a single charge.

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It may take a few months for the Android apps experience to become more widely available.

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The first preview of Windows 11’s Android apps experience is now available.
The preview is limited to Windows Insiders in the U.S.
There are currently only 50 Android apps that you can test, but more will arrive in the near future.

Microsoft on October 20 announced the first preview of its Android apps experience. As expected, the preview is limited to Windows Insiders in the beta channel (via Windows Central).

Windows Insiders in the Dev Channel will have to wait a little longer to try out Android apps on Windows 11. While there’s no word on exactly when Windows 11’s Android apps experience will be made available to Insiders in the Dev Channel, Microsoft has confirmed that it plans to bring the preview to them “down the road.”

The experience is available on devices running Intel, AMD, and Qualcomm platforms. Currently, however, there are only 50 apps available for…

You’ll also be able to post videos under one minute in length.

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Instagram is rolling out the ability to create new posts from the web.
The company had started testing the feature this summer.
Instagram has also started testing a new “Collabs” feature that will allow users to co-author Feed posts and Reels.

Back in June this year, Instagram started testing a new feature that allowed some users to create new posts from the web. Nearly five months later, the company has now announced that the feature will become available to users across the globe by Thursday, October 21 (via TechCrunch).

Once the feature goes live, you’ll be able to create a new post from your PC or Mac by clicking on the new + icon in the top right corner of the Instagram website. In addition to photos, you can also post short videos from the web.

The ability to create new posts from the web isn’t the only new feature that Instagram is rolling out this week. A new experimental feature ca…

Google hasn’t launched a flagship Pixel phone in India since the Pixel 3 XL.

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Google has confirmed that the Pixel 6 and 6 Pro phones will not be launched in India.
The company has decided against launching the phones in India due to global demand supply issues.
Pixel 4a was the last phone that Google launched in the country.

The all-new Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro, which are Google’s answer to the best Android phones from Samsung and Xiaomi, will not be coming to India.

In a statement sent to Gadgets360, Google confirmed that it won’t be able to make its latest Pixel phones available in the country “due to a variety of factors including global demand supply issues.”

The news certainly doesn’t come as a surprise, since Google hasn’t launched a flagship Pixel phone in India since 2018. The budget-friendly Pixel 4a was the last phone that the company released in the country.

Google had decided against launching the Pixel 4 in India as the phone’s Soli radar hard…