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Hosts Jason Howell and Ron Richards discuss Huawei being blocked in the US, the Asus Zenfone 6, Google Glass Enterprise Edition 2, Minecraft Earth, the Samsung Galaxy Fold, and Tor Browser for Android.

The common understanding is that since AOSP is open source, Huawei cannot be blocked from using it. I am here to tell you that, unfortunately, is not true.

Steven Zimmerman joins tech leaders at GDG Toronto's Google I/O Extended 2019 panel to discuss Google's latest technology announcements.

Google announces Flutter 1.5 at I/O 2019, expanding its cross-platform UI toolkit to support web, embedded systems, and desktop applications beyond mobile.

Google announces new Android Jetpack libraries at I/O 2019, including CameraX for simplified camera development and Biometrics Prompt for easy biometric authentication.

The Qualcomm Spectra 380 takes a massive leap forward in computational photography and camera AI. Read all about the massive improvements coming this year!

Flutter 1.0 is finally here. Learn all about why Flutter is quickly becoming one of the most popular UI frameworks, and where to get started with it!

AndroidTO 2018 is Canada's largest and longest-running Android conference. Learn about the speakers and topics that will be covered at this year's event!

Flutter Release Preview 2 is the last step before Flutter Stable. Keep reading to get a head start on one of the most exciting new UI frameworks.

Nine Android phones have launched and we expect more to come along soon. We also cover Xiaomi's OPPO Find X and other mobile tech news in our show!

Google takes a major step towards easier app design with the launch of the Flutter Beta 3. Learn all about how Flutter makes cross-platform design quick and simple on Android and iOS by using Dart 2.0!

Google takes a major step towards easier app design with the launch of the Flutter Beta 3. Learn all about how Flutter makes cross-platform design quick and simple on Android and iOS by using Dart 2.0!

Google takes a major step towards easier app design with the launch of the Flutter beta. Learn all about how Flutter makes cross-platform design quick and simple on Android and iOS by using Dart 2.0!

Notches on Android, Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 benchmarks, Android phone sales figures, and a chat with the folks behind the Astro email app.

AndroidTO 2017 has come and gone, but you're not too late to benefit from it. Join us in watching the developer talks, and learn something new!

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 845's Spectra 280 ISP is the world's first to support UHD Premium video recording, which captures billions of colors.

At the Qualcomm Snapdragon Technology Summit in Hawaii on Wednesday, Qualcomm finally took the wraps off its newest Snapdragon Mobile Platform: The Snapdragon 845. A crucial component of the new system-on-chip is the Spectra 280 Image Signal Processor (ISP), the co-processor that accelerates on-device processing. It's been redesigned from the ground up in the Snapdragon 845, and there's a lot that's new.

As Google's new open source AV1 video standard nears completion, the Alliance for Open Media (AOMedia) has announced that Facebook will be joining them to promote the AV1 video compression format.

Earlier this year, we published a report where we found that a couple smartphone vendors, including OnePlus, had begun cheating on benchmarks. This came as a bit of a surprise, as there was a massive backlash in 2013 when smartphone vendors had previously attempted to cheat on benchmarks, and benchmark cheating had fallen to the wayside in the meantime. With every new phone comes new information however, and for the OnePlus 5T benchmarks will look a little bit different than they did with the OnePlus 5.

We constantly use sound to help us navigate the world in ways that we often do not even realize, and as a result inaccurate positional audio is often one of the key factors that can break immersion with virtual reality (VR). Today, Google is announcing that they are taking steps to improve the quality and ease of implementation of spatial audio with the launch of their new Resonance Audio SDK.

One of the major issues for Android over the years has been device fragmentation. The Android version and Linux kernel version a device are on can have a massive impact on the device's security and usability, and Google is making a concerted effort to improve Android's update lifecycle with Project Treble.

A comprehensive introduction to software licensing concepts, open source licenses, and contributor license agreements presented at the Toronto Android Developers Meetup.

The Firebase platform is one of the key tools in Google's Android ecosystem, and today Google is continuing their expansion of it with the launch of Google Cloud Firestore, a NoSQL document database for smartphones.

XDA unboxes the Xperia XZ1- Sony's latest Android smartphone with Snapdragon 835 and Android 8.0 Oreo.

AndroidTO 2017 has come and gone, but you're not too late to benefit from it. Join us in watching the developer talks, and learn something new!

It has been 24 years since MP3 originally released, and despite many efforts by various groups over the years to replace it (with attempts such as Vorbis, AAC, WMA, and others), no one has succeeded yet, but that may be changing. Unlike with video codecs, people are no longer directly searching for a royalty free

Xiaomi is joining the Android One program with their latest flagship phone launch! Read all about the new Xiaomi Mi A1 and Xiaomi's global expansion!

Qualcomm has just announced its Qualcomm Spectra 2nd Generation for phone cameras bringing tons of ISP improvements for EIS, depth-sensing for AR, and more!

The Android 7.0 Nougat kernel source code for the HTC 10 and HTC One A9 have finally been released, paving the way for AOSP-based custom ROMs.

Microsoft is introducing a new Windows Bug Bounty program that'll pay hundreds of thousands to those who report critical bugs in the Windows OS.

At an event in China today, Xiaomi launched the highly anticipated latest version of their ROM, MIUI 9. Xiaomi has been teasing MIUI 9 for a couple weeks now with hints and previews, so it is nice to finally get a look at the release version. MIUI 9 brings a new Android version to some

USB 3.2 is here, and it brings speeds up to 20 Gbps. Find out all about the new specification and what you can expect to see in the future in our article!

Xiaomi's worldwide launch has been heralded for years, and with the Xiaomi Mi Note 2 it looks like the final pieces are falling into place. As Xiaomi's first flagship phone to offer a model with worldwide frequency band support, the Mi Note 2 offers an exciting look into what we can expect from Xiaomi as they continue to expand internationally.

The Xiph.Org Foundation has launched the Opus 1.2 audio codec, which brings substantial improvements for realtime audio. Learn all about how it changed!

This week, we'll be discussing the OnePlus 5, Sony Xperia XZ Premium, YotaPhone 3, Firefox Focus, benchmark cheating, Bluetooth 5 mysteries, and more!

We take a look at the impact that Google's upcoming video codec, AOMedia Video 1 (AV1), will have on the streaming industry as a whole.

Back when news of Andromeda first arrived, we discussed how Google would need to bring Android Studio to Chrome OS if they wanted to succeed in their goals of creating a single platform that fulfills the needs of most of their users, and it looks like they may finally be following through.

Too much hype can be problematic, but so can a lack of it. We take a look at how lag time between reveal and release destroys public public interest.

OnePlus and Meizu have been caught cheating on benchmarks. XDA investigates how it happened, and what can be done to prevent it from happening again.

With Nougat 7.0 coming out of beta for the Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge, Samsung has publicly released the kernel source code. Download it here.

Check out XDA's extremely in-depth Ulefone Metal review and learn how it compares to similarly priced phones. Did Ulefone make the right move?

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 has been officially announced, and will be manufactured on Samsung's new 10nm FinFET process.

Qualcomm has announced its own vulnerability rewards program! Read on to know what this program includes, and what the payout entails for researchers.

Check out the final part of our interview with Carl Pei, co-founder of OnePlus, and learn all about what's going on with the never-settling flagship maker!

Google's SafetyNet has been a huge thorn in the side of anyone who wants to use Android Pay while having full control over their phones. Until recently, it has mostly been about disabling Android Pay on devices with Root, but a couple days ago, Google took it one step further — they are triggering SafetyNet even

Check out part 2 of our interview with Carl Pei, co-founder of OnePlus, and learn everything about the company's direction!

At the Qualcomm 4G/5G Summit in Hong Kong, Qualcomm revealed some new processors, and their roadmap for their upcoming flagship modems, the X16 and X50, and the roadmap towards 5G connectivity. X16 LTE Modem The Qualcomm Snapdragon X16 Modem is Qualcomm's flagship modem for 2017. The X16 LTE Modem is the first modem capable of Gigabit

We reached out to Qualcomm to get a better look at the Snapdragon 821 processor that is making an appearance in the upcoming Google Pixel and Pixel XL, the Asus ZenFone 3 Deluxe, the Xiaomi Mi 5s, and the LeEco Le Pro 3. With the Snapdragon 821 in the Pixel phones running at the same clock speed as the regular

Learn all about the Snapdragon 653, Snapdragon 626, and Snapdragon 427, Qualcomm's new Mid-range and Entry-level SoC offerings!

While doing research for our recent article on the Sony IMX378 and the Google Pixel, we noticed a piece of misinformation about the IMX377 and HTC 10 that had become fairly widespread. A lot of major websites are referring to the HTC 10 as having PDAF, despite the fact that it doesn't have it. We

We reached out to Sony to try to learn a bit more about the IMX378 sensor that is used by the upcoming Google Pixel and Pixel XL phones. Learn all about it!

There has been a lot of background activity recently surrounding Android Pay's global rollout, and an additional sign of the work that Google is putting in to prepare for their Canadian launch has just surfaced in Android Pay version 1.7. Android Pay now contains the first stages of Interac support. The additions to the Android

With the retail release of the Google Pixel and Google Pixel XL fast approaching, it was only a matter of time before the system images started popping up. Earlier today, well known HTC leaker LlabTooFeR posted the system images for the Pixel and Pixel XL, both of which are manufactured by HTC. While it is

I have a bit of a love-hate relationship with Google Now's voice commands (or rather Google Assistant as it is now called). I love the idea of what it will be able to do one day, and I love what it can do when it works. If it works. And therein lies the hate. That

Facebook just announced Facebook Messenger Lite, a new low-resource version of Facebook Messenger (much to the disdain of the developers of Lite Messenger for Facebook), joining Facebook Lite in their portfolio. Facebook Messenger Lite is a cut down version of Facebook Messenger, weighing in at under 10 MB. It is designed to be fast to

In this analysis, we take a look at the many aspects Google's upcoming Andromeda will have to tackle - and overcome - in order to succeed!

A New Blackberry flagship has leaked! Check out the specifications and find out if this is the Blackberry Android phone for you!

With rumors swirling about Android Pay's expansion into more countries, Google has started taking steps towards preparing for those launches. Unfortunately, most of the preparations happen behind closed doors where we can't see them (negotiating with banks, helping the banks put forth Requests For Proposals to find implementers, navigating each country's legal framework, etc.), but

Learn all about the Helio X30, Mediatek's new flagship deca-core SoC sporting A73 cores. Also, check out the new details on their mid-range P25 offering!

In this article we explore what's holding Android gaming's graphics back, and what the way moving forward is thanks to Vulkan and other developments.

The Huawei Nova is coming on early October, find out all the details about the upcoming Nexus 6P-like mid-range Huawei offering!

The BLU Life One X2 was just announced, and at $150 for the unlocked base model it appears to be a solid budget offering. It launches with Android 6.0 Marshmallow and packs a Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 with Quick Charge 3.0, a 3000 mAh battery, a 5.2" 1080p IPS display with 2.5D Gorilla Glass, an 8 MP front camera with a front facing flash, a 16 MP rear camera with PDAF and laser autofocus and an f2.4 aperture, a microUSB connector, a front-mounted fingerprint sensor, a microSD slot, and dual SIM support.

Allo is the latest product to under-deliver and wreck the train of hype that enthusiasts got running after months of buildup. Here, we explain the fallout.

Allo and Duo introduce more messaging applications to contact your friends through. Do we need more fracturing, and are its features worth the trouble?

Intel might be retreating from mobile, but its latest tangential developments suggest they have not given up. Where can they go from here?

We sat down with Geekbench's CEO in order to find out everything about the mobile processor industry, benchmarks, and smartphone performance. Check it out!

In this article, we take a look at AMD's history and how it could be the right time for them to re-enter the mobile market!

Check out part 2 of our interview with CEO of Primate Labs and Geekbench Creator John Poole regarding OEMs cheating on benchmarks, custom cores and more!

We sat down with Geekbench's CEO in order to find out everything about the mobile processor industry, benchmarks, and smartphone performance. Check it out!

GeekBench 4 has changed its algorithms to deliver more accurate, representative results. Find out how the chipset ranking has changed under the benchmark!

Samsung's Galaxy S7 has now received Vulkan support, after 6 months of advertising the device as the first compatible smartphone.

Opera has been hacked and millions of passwords have been leaked away. What was the issue, and what part did proprietary code play in it?

25 Years of Linux! Learn what makes GPL v2 so special in the FOSS world, and how Android and your favorite projects have benefited from its existence!

HTC had promised that the One A9 would get updates within 15 days after release for 2 years. Their Android Nougat schedule shows they broke their promise.

In this editorial we look back at the shatterproof implementation of the Moto X Force and how it could be expanded upon to address Gorilla Glass 5's issues.