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TCL is launching three phones in the US, all within the TCL 20 series. The 20 Pro, 20S, and 20 SE start as low as $190 and go all the way up to $500. TCL doesn’t have any US carrier partnerships for the series, so the phones will be available unlocked from Amazon. That changes today. As of now, three phones within TCL’s latest mid-range/budget smartphone family are available for US buyers.
Any AT&T customers planning on taking a trip across the Atlantic may be interested to note that their carrier has signed a deal which will give them access to BSkyB’s 16,000 UK WiFi hotspots, which are provided by The Cloud.
But there are a few limitations to the deal. Firstly you’ll have to be signed up to one of AT&T’s Data Global Add-ons worth $60 or more, so it’s not really a “free” WiFi service.
Snapchat has over 100 million daily users and over 100 million Google Play Store installs, making it the 4th most downloaded Android app, and chances are many of you are fans of the video-sharing app. Of course, we love spending time with you and keeping in touch as much as possible, so we’re jumping to Snapchat with both feet.
Yes, Android Authority is now on Snapchat, and you can join the party by following us there.
ASUS ZenFone 3 LaserThe Zenfone 3 Laser offers a good value with its premium design, excellent battery life, and dual-SIM card support. However, it doesn't really stand out against competing options, some of which offer a better value.
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With their latest refresh to the ZenFone lineup, ASUS is offering consumers several different options to choose from. We already reviewed the ZenFone 3 Deluxe and ZenFone 3, and have also covered the more recent and less traditional ZenFone 3 Zoom and ZenFone AR.
Access gmail.com from your mobile device today and you might be in for a pleasant surprise. Google has quietly pushed an update to the mobile version of Gmail, which includes a few user-interface improvements, as well as better aesthetics. According to Google, this update has rolled out to users on iOS, Android, BlackBerry and Kindle Fire.
Google did not include a changelog in its announcement, although it made reference to how the feedback they received from iOS users when the search company released an updated version of Gmail for the iPhone and iPad, whose users “like the redesigned UI, along with new features such as improved search and integration with Google Calendar.
Victor Collins lay there, facing down in James Bates’ hot tub. Strangled and drowned. What started off as a group of friends watching a football game turned into a brutal murder. And there may have been a female witness in the scene: Amazon Echo’s Alexa.
Amazon developing a premium Alexa-powered speaker with a 7-inch screen
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Sound like a detective novel with an absurd twist? Well, this is real life: in Bentonville, Arkansas, police think that the suspect’s Amazon Echo may have some crucial evidence from the night of the murder.
If you like how Google Fiber’s fast and speedy service is being implemented in test cities across the U.S., you might envy the Chinese, which are requiring homes within the vicinity of fiber facilities to have access to the infrastructure. China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology recently released a new government policy requiring new homes constructed within a mile of fiber optic channel networks to be equipped and fiber ready.
Continued Conversations allow users to chat with the Google Assistant seamlessly, without having to repeat the “Ok, Google” or “Hey, Google” wake commands for each reply.
A tipster shared screenshots of the Continued Conversations feature on an unnamed smartphone with Android Police.
The toggle to turn-on Continued Conversations on a phone was spotted by the tipster in the Google Assistant settings.
Even though the tipster turned the mode on for his phone, the Assistant stopped listening to him after the first voice command.
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More details of WhatsApp’s chat migration and sync feature have emerged. The details suggest that it’s a key cog in WhatsApp’s larger multi-device support. Last month, reports of WhatsApp‘s planned chat history migration feature between iOS and Android made the headlines. Now, details of how this process forms part of the app’s multi-device plans have emerged.
According to feature tipster WABetaInfo, details of the feature are present in beta version 2.
Mint Mobile has always been an Android Authority favorite for its simple and affordable plans. Thus, we were excited to see that, for a limited time, you can now get six months of service for the price of just three.
This offer applies to the three-month, 8GB plan, which was already good value at just $20 per month. Now when you sign up they’ll throw in an extra three months for free, meaning it works out at just $10 per month.