Purported Google X Phone prototype | Image credit: Tinhte Another Motorola X-Phone variant, model XT1060 has passed through the FCC recently. The XT1060 version sports CDMA frequencies, LTE Band 4, Band 13 and GSM capabilities. We know that the XT1060 is the Verizon Wireless variant because radio frequencies 850 MHz and  1900 MHz just happen to be used by Verizon Wireless for CDMA capabilities, LTE Band 13 is be used by Verizon, and they have future plans for Band 4.

TL;DR Media company Viacom announced a new partnership with T-Mobile. Viacom announced that its TV channels — including MTV, BET, Nickelodeon, and more — will come to T-Mobile’s streaming service. The streaming service was supposed to launch last year, but it looks like it’s coming this year instead. Viacom-owned channels that will hit the service include MTV, BET, Nickelodeon, Comedy Central, and most sub-channels of those brands (MTV2, TeenNick, etc.

Let us be very clear, this is a signed release of Android 5.0 Lollipop for the 2012 Nexus 7 WiFi tablet. It lives on Google’s servers and has a build number that is completely in line with other known Lollipop builds, however, we have no way of knowing with one hundred percent certainty that it is the same final release expected OTA for Google’s original Nexus tablet any day now. But it’s close enough for me.

The LG V40 ThinQ brings quite a few innovative features to the table, but we understand if the high price puts you off a little. Thankfully, Sprint has a rather enticing deal if you’ve been thinking about the triple-camera flagship. The U.S. carrier is giving away a free 49-inch 4K LED TV (model number 49UK6090PUA) to customers who purchase the LG V40 on a new line. To take advantage of the offer, you’ll either need to buy the phone outright or on a Sprint Flex 18-month lease.

While most of us were still recovering from our holiday dinner and activities, Gionee in China was launching a new smartphone earlier this morning. The Gionee M2017, which was leaked earlier in November, is now official, and its biggest feature is its huge battery. The Gionee M2017 actually has two 3,500mAh batteries inside, giving the smartphone a total battery size of 7,000mAh. Gionee claims this will give the phone up to nearly 26 hours of continuous video playback.

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.

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR 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.

The Honor 8 isn’t necessarily fresh news given that it was announced last month headed to the Chinese market. What’s new, though, is that the sub-brand of Huawei is making a statement by launching the Honor 8 in the US with a competitive price point that’s tough to overlook – more so when we’ve been inundated already this year with some amazing, budget-conscious devices. Related articles: Although it’s tough to say how the Honor 5X from early in the year performed in terms of sales, the Honor 8 fashions together a bevy of goodies that makes for a compelling offering.

After the HTC One X and HTC One S, the last of the One series, HTC One V, has finally received a release window in the US. Aiming to grab a good slice of the low to mid-end range smartphone market in the US, HTC announced today that the One V will be launched this summer at “a variety of US partners.” Despite packing the least exciting set of specs, the One V bears the hallmarks of HTC’s superfine build quality, much like the other One phones.

Think the MetroPCS merger with T-Mobile is a done deal? Think again. Investment groups with an interest in MetroPCS are becoming increasingly vocal about their opposition to the deal. Their position is that a merger would saddle the new company with too much debt. Essentially, it’s a “reverse” merger, in which shareholders of a private company purchase stock in a newly formed shell company. This new company would be 74% owned by T-Mobile parent company Deutsche Telekom.