Motorola will announce the Edge+ 5G flagship smartphone next week

The Motorola Edge and Edge+ have been on our radar for a while. We first shared photos of a new 5G Motorola phone with a “waterfall display,” a first for the company, back in February. That was for the standard Edge, but then the Edge+ model showed up a little earlier in leaked press renders. Now, Motorola has announced they will be unveiling at least one flagship smartphone next week.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown precautions throughout the world, Motorola will obviously not be holding a physical event. Instead, the online “e-vent” is scheduled for April 22nd at 11:00 AM CT (12:00 PM ET). The teaser video shows off the aforementioned curved “waterfall” display that will be present on both the Motorola Edge and Edge+.

It’s arriving. Join us for the Motorola Flagship Launch E-vent, April 22nd, 11AM CDT. pic.twitter.com/FNqbOskRxg

— Motorola (@Moto) April 13, 2020

We don’t know for certain if Motorola will be showing off the Edge, but we do know for certain that the Edge+ is coming to Verizon. It’s very possible that both devices will be announced, but it’s not a sure thing. The Motorola Edge+ is the higher-end device with the Qualcomm Snapdragon 865, while the Edge has the Qualcomm Snapdragon 765.

Here’s a little recap on what we know about the Motorola Edge series: The display is 6.67-inches with a resolution of 2340 x 1080 and a 90Hz refresh rate. There is a tiny, singular hole-punch cutout in the top left corner. The Edge+ device will have up to 12GB of RAM, a 5,000mAh+ battery, support for 5G, and Android 10. We have a lot more details about the two phones in our exclusive report from last month.

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OnePlus 8 pre-launch leaks reveal Google One promotion, André limited edition cases, Pop-up box, more

The highly anticipated OnePlus 8 series — namely the OnePlus 8 and the OnePlus 8 Pro — are finally launching tomorrow. We already know in deep detail how both devices will look as well as what they’re packing inside. Both phones are launching with Snapdragon 865 processors, multi-camera arrays, and curved displays with hole-punch front cameras. The OnePlus 8 series will also be packing a 120Hz display, a first for OnePlus, who previously popularized 90Hz displays with the OnePlus 7 Pro last year.  But the leaks keep coming nonetheless. Now, less than 24 hours until the phone’s announcement, we’re getting confirmation of a few of the phone’s features as well as some extra launch goodies.

The extra launch goodies bit comes from renowned leaker Evan Blass, who recently posted extra bonuses that OnePlus 8 buyers will be able to get. One of these extra features is the fact that the OnePlus 8 will be coming with 3 months of free Google One storage. Other smartphones such as the Google Pixel 4 series, the Nokia 6.2, and the Nokia 7.2 have also come with free Google One storage, which is a cool bonus over the free storage Google already gives you with your Google account.

Last week, OnePlus announced a partnership with André Saraiva, an artist who designed the Mr. A character. As part of this partnership, OnePlus is obviously launching a number of products based on this image. Again, courtesy of Evan Blass, we also know what these products are: we can see some renders of OnePlus 8 cases based on his Mr. A character.

Lastly, we know OnePlus loves pop-up events and it looks like the OnePlus 8 phones will be get their own version of “pop-up” packages. Evan Blass shared an image of the OnePlus 8 series that showcases what users will get if they buy the device during a pop-up event. We can see the new Bullets Wireless Z as well as the new cases. Obviously, with the COVID-19 pandemic, a real pop-up event with a gathering of people is unlikely to happen, so it will be interesting to see what OnePlus does with this packaging.

Popular Youtuber Marques Brownlee has also shared a brief teaser of the OnePlus 8, confirming a lot of the details we already knew. Marques showed the device in a protective black case that hides most of the phone’s design features, and he talks about and shows off the various display settings, such as the 120Hz refresh rate, the 240Hz touch sampling rate, the 1440p WQHD+ resolution (compatible with 120Hz refresh rate unlike S20), the under-display fingerprint scanner, and other things such as the fact that the “aggressively” curved display is “noticeably” brighter than last year’s model.

Here’s my OnePlus 8 Pro

Stay tuned for the full review: https://t.co/mcJj2dJUan pic.twitter.com/HS4d2zeOMP

— Marques Brownlee (@MKBHD) April 13, 2020

Be sure to check out OnePlus’ online event tomorrow to know more about the phone.

Source: Evan Blass on Patreon

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[Update: Bug] Google Play Store tests a cleaner “My Apps” screen by removing the Library and Installed tabs

Update 1 (4/13/2020 @ 12:58 PM EST): A representative for Google Play told AndroidPolice’s Artem Russakovskii that this change is a bug.

Over the course of the last decade, I’ve downloaded thousands of different apps from the Google Play Store. Naturally, most of these apps aren’t on my phone anymore but if I ever feel like giving any app a second shot, I can easily navigate to the Library tab in the My Apps & games section on the Play Store and download them again with just a tap. The section lists all the apps that you’ve ever downloaded using the same Google account and it makes it easy to locate that one app that you tried a long while ago and can’t remember the name of. Unfortunately, it seems like Google is now getting rid of the Library and Installed tabs in order to give the My apps & games section a cleaner look.

Currently, the My apps & games section on the Google Play Store includes a maximum of 4 different tabs — Updates, Installed, Library, and Beta. These tabs list down all the available updates, installed apps, all the apps that you’ve ever downloaded using the same Google account, and the app betas that you’re currently enrolled in, respectively. However, Google is now testing an update for the My apps & games section which removes the Library and Installed tabs. The update comes just a few days after Google added download count and app size to the app search results in the Play Store and it is already available for some users on the latest version of the Google Play Store (v. 19.5.13). The change appears to have been triggered by a server-side update and, as of now, Google has released no official information about it.  Additionally, we aren’t sure if the company will be providing an alternate method to see your previously installed apps, but we hope that they do.

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Thanks to XDA Senior Member anisgvr for the tip!

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Learn a New Language at Home with 60% off a Lifetime of Babbel

Never before have so many people been so bored. With significantly more free time at home than we’re used to, not even Netflix and Hulu can keep us entertained week after week of isolation. If you’re looking for a better way to spend your time, try Babbel. This highly-rated app helps you master 14 languages from around the world through fun picture quizzes and audio recordings of native speakers. For a limited time, you can pick up lifetime access for only $159 at the XDA Developers Depot.

Learning languages at school was a painful experience for many of us. But with Babbel, the process is actually fun. Available online and on mobile, the app offers “high-quality, self-paced courses” in the words of PCMag.

By playing picture quizzes and listening to native speakers, you quickly pick up vocabulary. Babbel then uses speech recognition to rate your accent and provide instant feedback. The idea is to help you start holding real conversations.

For this reason, Babbel focuses on topics like travel, food, family, and business. As you grow in confidence, the app takes you from beginner-friendly lessons to advanced vocabulary.

Rated at 4.6 on both the App Store and Google Play, Babbel lets you practice at any time and even download lessons for offline study.

Worth $399, lifetime access to all 14 languages is now only $159.

 

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Google is testing HDR photography for Camera Go on budget Android Go smartphones

Google Camera Go is a watered-down version of the Pixel’s Google Camera app. The app was released on the Nokia 1.3, an Android Go smartphone, and we recently went hands-on with the apk to see what the app can do. While the app itself is barebones, what excites us is the sheer potential it has in democratizing the Google Camera experience, extending the camera magic beyond the exclusive Pixel, all the way to the opposite end of the market. And to prove our point, we have now spotted upcoming HDR photography features on Camera Go, which can enable HDR on low-end Android devices.

GCam modders took a go at the Camera Go application to see what else the app is capable of. The modders discovered that the app has a hidden “Detail Enhance” toggle. This toggle enables HDR mode on the app. While the modders managed to surface the setting, toggling it doesn’t do anything just yet.

The three settings within Detail Enhance are Off, Auto, and On. It doesn’t appear that the app is making use of HDR+.

HDR, as its name implies, attempts to add dynamic range to photos. Instead of taking just one photo, HDR uses upwards of three photographs, all taken at different exposures. These images are then combined together to have their best bits highlighted. HDR+ is what Google calls its own proprietary implementation, one that it introduced back with the Nexus 5. HDR+ is available through GCam ports for quite some time, and the tech has been used by the community to really bring up the camera performance in the lower end of the market. Arguably, getting HDR+ to work reliably on an Android Go device may be a pipe dream — but so was Google Camera, and here we are.

If Google does bring along HDR+ to the app, and the app remains easily sideloadable across all Android devices, a lot of phones stand to benefit from the change. Even without HDR+, HDR by itself would be very useful for Android Go Edition devices. Remember, these devices are the absolute entry-level devices within the Android ecosystem, coming in with resource-constraints but at a very pocket-friendly price. For instance, the Nokia 1.3 has a single 8MP camera and a €95 price tag, and Camera Go enables reliable portrait mode on the device. These devices stand to benefit a lot from the improved camera functionality that the app brings along.

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Thanks to XDA Senior Member cstark27 for the screenshots!

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OPPO Ace2 5G announced with Snapdragon 865 and 40W wireless charging

OPPO is among the top five smartphone brands in Asian markets, where it caters to the price-conscious consumers. But in select markets including its homeland China, India, and Europe, OPPO has also launched more premium devices like the Find X, Reno 10X Zoom (review), Reno Ace, and more recently, the Reno3 and the Find X2 series. The OPPO Reno Ace was launched last year in October with features like a 90Hz AMOLED display, quad-rear cameras, Snapdragon 855 Plus, and an insane 65W fast charging support. OPPO is now revamping the Ace lineup but dropping the Reno branding with the latest OPPO Ace2 5G which comes with Snapdragon 865, 90Hz display, 40W fast charging, and more.

The first thing to note about the OPPO Ace2 5G is the much cleaner design with a satiny finish just like the OnePlus 7T (or the upcoming OnePlus 8 series). The Ace2 comes in three colors – black, purple, and silver a gradient. The circular quad-camera arrangement on the back also looks like the OnePlus 7T (review) as well as the relatively newer Redmi K30 Pro.

On the front, the OPPO Ace2 5G features a 6.55-inch Full HD+ OLED display with a single hole punch opening for the selfie camera in the top left corner. The display sports a refresh rate of 90Hz and has a touch response rate of 180Hz for better touch accuracy making it a reliable and competent device for gamers. The display also features an in-display optical fingerprint scanner.

OPPO has equipped the Ace2 5G with a Snapdragon 865 chipset and up to 12GB LPDDR5 RAM. The phone features what OPPO calls a “4D fever cooling system.” Besides the regular vapor chamber, the extra heat is transmitted to another metal plate which lies parallel to the vapor conduit. The phone also features a gaming enhancement mode called HyperBoost 3.0 that improves the performance by 12% while keeping the phone 1.4ºC cooler than without it. Additionally, it supports 4D vibration ensures haptic feedback for actions like shooting inside a first-person or third-person shooter game.

Thanks to the X55 modem on the Snapdragon 865, the phone supports both SA and NSA 5G networks. In addition, it also supports Wi-Fi 6 and you can combine the network streams for faster downlink and uplink connections.

OPPO Ace2 5G also comes with 65W fast wired charging. In addition, the phone also supports 40W fast wireless charging. For this, OPPO has also launched a special AirVOOC fast wireless charger for CNY 249 (~$35) with an inbuilt fan which helps it remain cool. The Ace2 5G also complies with Qi standards for wireless charging at 10W as well as supports reverse wireless charging at 10W for other wirelessly charging devices.

OPPO Ace2 5G features quite a similar camera setup to its predecessor. The 48MP Sony IMX586 primary camera remains the same and so does the 8MP ultrawide camera. Instead of the 13MP telephoto on the Reno Ace, the Ace2 5G features two portrait sensors, for improved portrait shots irrespective of the lighting condition. On the front, the smartphone features a 16MP camera for selfies.

In terms of software, the OPPO Ace2 5G comes with Color 7.1 based on Android 10. Very recently, Mishaal Rahman, our Editor-in-Chief recently reviewed ColorOS 7.1 extensively so make sure you check out the review for more details about the features it offers.

OPPO Ace2 Specifications

Specification	OPPO Ace2
Dimensions and Weight	160 x 75.4 x 8.6 mm 185g
Display	6.55-inch OLED FHD+ (1080 x 2400), 20:9 90Hz refresh rate 100% DCI-P3 HDR Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Hole-punch
SoC	Qualcomm Snapdragon 865: 1x Kryo 585 (ARM Cortex A77-based) Prime core @ 2.8GHz 3x Kryo 585 (ARM Cortex A77-based) Performance cores @ 2.4GHz 4x Kryo 385 (ARM Cortex A55-based) Efficiency cores @ 1.8GHz Adreno 650 GPU
RAM and Storage	8GB + 128GB 8GB + 256GB 12GB+256GB LPDDR5 RAM UFS 3.0 storage
Battery & Charging	4,000 mAh SuperVOOC 2.0 65W fast charging, USB-PD, Qualcomm Quick Charge 40W AirVOOC wireless charging, 10W Qi charging 10W reverse wireless charging
USB	USB Type-C
Rear Camera	Primary: 48MP (IMX586), f/1.7, 0.8µm Ultrawide: 8MP, f/2.2, 119º field-of-view, f/2.2, 1.12µm Monochrome: 2MP, f/2.4, B/W Depth sensor: 2MP, f/2.4
Front Camera	16MP, f/2.4, 1.0µm
Android Version	ColorOS 7.1 based on Android 10

OPPO Ace2 5G Price & Availability

The OPPO Ace2 5G will go on pre-booking in China starting today and will be available for purchase starting April 20th. It comes in three models which are priced as follows:

• 8GB + 128GB – CNY 3,999 (~$565)
• 8GB + 256GB – CNY 4,399 (~$625)
• 12GB + 256GB – CNY 4,599 (~$650)

OPPO Enco W31

OPPO also launched the Enco W31 TWS earbuds along with the Ace2 5G. These earbuds are available in black, white, and rose gold colors. The earbuds come with IP54 protection and are priced at CNY 299 (~$43).

 

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LG G7 ThinQ Android 10 kernel source code is now available

LG’s G series is expected to be retired soon in favor of the upcoming ‘Velvet’ lineup, but the company has no plan to abandon the legacy models in terms of software support. 2018’s LG G7 ThinQ, for example, is scheduled to receive the Android 10 update in Q3 2020. While we don’t know the exact date of the OTA rollout, LG has now shared Android 10 kernel sources for a couple of carrier-branded variants of the LG G7.

LG G7 ThinQ XDA Forums

Back in February 2020, LG kickstarted the public beta testing of Android 10 for the Korean LG G7 variant (model number LMG710N). They also published the Android 10 kernel source for the phone on their open-source code distribution repository but removed it after a while for some unknown reason. This time, the new set of kernel source packages is intended for the Verizon and T-Mobile variants (LMG710VM and LMG710TM/TMP respectively).

Interestingly, LG Korea is planning to deliver the non-beta build of LG UX 9.0 on top of Android 10 for the LG G7 ThinQ in Q2 2020, i.e. quite before the global rollout. The availability of the kernel source, however, doesn’t necessarily indicate an early arrival of the OTA outside their home country. LG might take several months to roll out the stable version of Android 10 for the LG G7 ThinQ, just like they did with the Android Pie update.

The updated kernel source codes are actually beneficial for the aftermarket developers, who can use them to fix the bugs in existing custom ROMs and kernels. LG officially allows only the European variant of the LG G7 (model number LMG710EM) to be bootloader unlocked, but it is now possible to unlock other variants (except the T-Mobile variant) using a community-developed method. An unofficial build of LineageOS 17.1 is for this phone is also available on our forums as a viable alternative for users who want to migrate away from LG’s skin.

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Source: LG Open Source Code

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