For the uninitiated, Trainz is the world’s leading train simulator in which you build and manage your own railroads in a real-world setting. A New Era is the latest release in this popular series and undoubtedly takes the realism to the next level. You’re not in SimCity anymore. Just remember to shower and feed the cat The detail is staggering; check out the video above. Both the impressive graphics and the accuracy of the historic and modern routes is enough to keep even the most avid train buff entertained for hundreds of hours.

Dhruv Bhutani / Android Authority TL;DR WhatsApp now allows users to move data from Android to iPhone. The new feature is now rolling out in beta and will reach all users in about a week. WhatsApp will now let you transfer app data from your Android phone to an iPhone. Users will be able to export chat history, media files, and voice messages from Android to iPhone via the Move to iOS app.

Credit where credit is due: Apple’s A-series chipsets are pretty impressive. Despite only recently stepping up to the quad-core table, Apple’s processors have traditionally stood their ground very well against the likes of hexa-core and octa-core SoCs from the likes of Qualcomm, Samsung and MediaTek. So how does Apple do it? The Linley Group set out to find out just that. The chip research group tasked teardown experts Chipworks with disassembling the A10 Fusion chip and explaining the secret sauce that makes Apple processors so formidable.

Google’s Android operating system has come a long way since its unveiling almost a decade ago, and it was probably tough to originally foresee that the OS would go on to claim the largest install base of any consumer operating system. In that time, Android has undergone a number of user interface overhauls and has introduced a huge selection of key features, from the first CDMA network support with Android Donut to mobile payments and fingerprint scanning technologies in today’s flagships.

Samsung and SK Telecom have just announced the Galaxy A Quantum smartphone, packing a quantum random number generation (RNG) chipset for improved security. “The quantum random number generation chipset helps smartphone users safely use specific services by generating unpredictable and patternless pure random numbers,” reads a machine-translated excerpt of an SK press release. The quantum RNG chip has an on-board CMOS image sensor to detect photons, with this being the basis for the random number generation used for encryption keys.

In an ecosystem that has been criticized for a lack of creativity, ASUS stands out as the most “unique” Android manufacturer (much like HTC was in the beginnings of Android). The Taiwanese manufacturer packs in its Transformer line some of the best specs around, but what really made ASUS special is that it managed to go beyond what we consider to be a standard tablet, gaining the customers appreciation in the process. The principle behind the Transformer line is simple, but very effective: use the tablet when you need extra mobility, but connect it to the docking station to get a physical keyboard and extra battery life when portability is not a priority.

The ever popular CyanogenMod 11 ROM is now available for the first batch of Android One smartphones. The Android One program already delivers a stock-Android experience, but CyanogenMod offers a few tweaks and improvements to the barebones Android OS. Varun.chitre15, an India-based XDA forum member who already rooted these smartphones, has managed to port the ROM over to each of the three Android One handsets, aided by their similar hardware configurations. The ROM is universal and therefore doesn’t require a unique ROM version for each phone.

For us non-developer types, the big draw of Google I/O is the keynote speach, where we learn about all the new goodies heading our way. Of course that’s only just a small part of what I/O is about, with developers coming from all over the world to participate in various Android and Google related sessions. One such session is “Material Now”, which kicks off at 7:00 PM EST (4:00 PM PST).

Robert Triggs / Android Authority Google and Apple are two pillars in the smartphone world. Without either company, it’s unlikely the smartphone landscape would resemble what it is today. Apple gave the world the first popular touch screen smartphone. Google is in charge of the OS that’s used on billions of devices. Both have brought innovations to the table in past years, but is either firm still as influential as before?

At today’s hardware event, the Silicon Valley company briefly talked about new Google Lens features coming to the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL. And while the search giant kept the Google Lens portion of the presentation pretty short, they skipped over some pretty cool new functionality. First, Google Lens will be active the moment you open the camera all on either of the new Pixels. No longer will you have dig into the camera app’s menu or launch the Assistant to start analyzing the world around you.