Vodafone Smart Ultra 6Affordable smartphones usually involve a compromise in some form or another but aside from an uninspiring design, the Vodafone Smart Ultra 6 delivers a premium flagship experience at a fraction of the cost and shows that a good smartphone experience can be affordable for all. Table of contents Mainstream manufacturers such as Samsung, LG and HTC all offer handsets at the entry-level market, but these are usually designed with profits in mind, resulting in lower specs than is possible at the price tag.

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Ethereum are often designed with a particular purpose or use-case in mind. Tether, also commonly referred to as USDT, is no exception to this rule — it is a digital currency that is designed to trade at exactly 1 US dollar at all times. Even though the overall crypto market is notorious for gaining or losing 10-30% of its value in a single day, Tether does the exact opposite.

After Xiaomi accidentally started rolling out MIUI 11 just over a month ago, it appears the updated OS is finally ready for the limelight. Xiaomi device owners can expect to see the official MIUI 11 launch October 16. In a recent tweet, the MIUI team posted a video teasing its launch. The tweet didn’t give any insight as to which devices or markets will receive the update first. All we can infer is that India devices should be at the top of the list since the tweet came from MIUI’s Indian Twitter account.

(Update #1 – Updated with a permanent fix for Problem #2) The latest additions to the flagship Samsung Galaxy S line brought with them the major overhaul in terms of design and build quality that was long overdue. Apart from their now more premium glass and metal unibody designs, Samsung also created a lighter, and therefore far more fluid and stutter-free, iteration of their TouchWiz UI, which was perfectly optimized with their in-house processing package, making for snappy and incredibly fast devices.

TL;DR Amazon announced that Prime Day 2018 will happen on July 16 starting at 3:00 P.M. EST. The huge Amazon sale for Prime members will last for 36 hours this year, making it a Prime “Day-and-a-Half”. Amazon Prime Day offers big discounts across the board and includes deals on Amazon’s own products. Amazon officially announced today that the fourth annual Amazon Prime Day (and-a-half) will happen on July 16 starting at 3:00 P.

Ghostly Chromecast popups in the night have been plaguing Android users for years. But this particular brand of unexplained mystery seems to have been accelerating of late, with multiple reports of a Chromecast “cast to a nearby device” popup cropping up on the Chromecast help forum. Victims are all reporting the same thing: a random popup to “cast to a nearby device” – even when no Chromecast is nearby. The issue seems to follow no particular rhyme or reason, with owners of various makes of smartphone affected across multiple Android and Google Play Services versions.

TL;DR Facebook updated its Messenger Lite app with video chat functionality. You can either start a video call from a conversation or turn a voice call into a video call. Designed for low-end phones with minimal storage and slower internet connections, Messenger Lite now includes video chat functionality, after an update today. The app might not be as “lite” as initially intended anymore, but that is not necessarily a bad thing.

Update (4/6): If you've been waiting for the new Assistant button to make its way to your device, your wait is almost up. According to a response to a user on Twitter, Google's Head of Product, Amit Fulay, confirmed that the Assistant button in Allo is now rolling out to all users. [twitter url="https://twitter.com/amitfulay/status/849998037577486337"] [/twitter] [twitter url="https://twitter.com/amitfulay/status/850011773155500032"] [/twitter] Have you received the new feature yet? Let us know in the comments!

The Pixel 2 problems continue, though this latest one actually has some charm. Like this previous issues, this was once again noted multiple times in the Google Product forums, and once more relates to the XL 2 display. But it’s not washed out colors or burn-in that’s the subject this time: this is more like an exclusive lightning mode. Google Pixel 2 ad takes a sly shot at iPhone storage woes

In this tutorial, we’ll show you how to control your music with Android Wear. There are a couple of ways to accomplish this depending on how you listen to your music. Don’t worry, we’ll go over both ways. You can also watch the tutorial video above to see how it’s done. The video contains a number of Android Wear beginner’s tutorials so check it out! Control your music with Android Wear with the app itselfMany music apps such as Google Play Music have Android Wear support built in.