Apple has been rumored to be working on AirPods with built-in cameras for some time now. Despite a recent rumor claiming that the so-called AirPods Ultra project has been cancelled, a new video has surfaced showing the camera- equipped AirPods in action. The demo video for the camera-equipped AirPods was discovered by MacRumors in the latest macOS 26.7 release candidate. In the short clip, the wearer can be seen picking up a book and asking a question. A voiceover then says, With Visual ..

Nothing's sub-brand CMF may not be launching a new smartphone this year, but it is still busy working on other products. And it now looks like the next one we're getting will be a new pair of earbuds. At least that's what the company's new teaser, seen below, strongly hints at. A hint of what's next. pic.twitter.com/dbUdJnmXQb CMF by Nothing (@cmfbynothing) August 17, 2026 That definitely looks like a stem-style earbud to us, with an overall white/silver color scheme and an orange tip. The CMF ..

Google's Scam Detection can warn you of potential scams during phone calls, and so far it's been available for Pixels of course, but also Samsung flagships since the Galaxy S26 series. However, it turns out that the feature is probably headed to a third Android brand: vivo. According to a new report based on a teardown of the latest Phone by Google app, vivo phones should be next in line to support Scam Detection. In the screenshots below, note that "Sharpie" is an internal codename Google has ..

Earlier this month we heard that vivo was working on the V80 Lite 5G, and its listing on the Google Play Console revealed that it's most likely a rebranded vivo S2. Today on Instagram the image you can see below was posted by a multi- brand mobile store in Shajapur, India. It shows a little bit of the device's front design, though the image seems to be heavily embellished, so to speak. The screen is clearly curved, that's for sure, and there's a hole punch cutout for the selfie camera in the ..

HMD launched the 102 4G back in September of last year and now the company seems to be working on an upgraded version called the 102 4G Pro. This has been leaked today by a usually reliable source of HMD-related information. According to said source, the new device will have a 2" QQVGA LCD screen, a 0.3MP camera, the Unisoc 8910FF-S chipset, 24MB of RAM, 48MB of internal storage, support for 32GB microSD cards, and a 1,200 mAh battery which charges via USB-C. The phone will be IP52 certified ..

This is the Motorola Edge 70 Max, which launched last month. Let's take a look inside it box and see what it's about. The Edge 70 Max ships with 256GB of storage and either 8GB or 12GB of RAM. You can get it in Pantone Aqua Gray, Pantone Ice Melt, and Pantone Dark Shadow (our model), each with a unique- feeling texture. Prices are 750, 700, or INR 59,999. Unboxing the Motorola Edge 70 Max You get the usual cable and case in the box. The case isn't MagSafe-compatible, which is a shame, as we've ..

The Samsung Galaxy S26 FE is coming soon, having been already certified by the FCC and starred in multiple leaks recently. It may be unveiled in early September alongside the new Galaxy Tab S12 tablets. Ahead of that, a user on X has uploaded what he claims is a hands-on video of the Galaxy S26 FE. Take a look: First irl look at the Samsung Galaxy S26 FE! pic.twitter.com/grrlhJ68Di Bradley (@VerdeSelvans) August 17, 2026 The video shows the phone running Android 17 with One UI 9 on top, ..

Xiaomi has officially announced the launch of the new Redmi Note 17 Pro Max in global markets and also revealed some of its key specs. One of the phone's biggest highlights is its 10,000mAh battery. The company has set up a teaser page on its global website, confirming that the Redmi Note 17 series, including the new Note 17 Pro Max, will be unveiled on August 27. According to the official page, the handset will pack a 10,000mAh battery with 100W wired fast charging support. The Redmi Note 17 ..

A few days ago we got our first look at Samsung's upcoming One UI 9.5, and today the same source is back showcasing more UI changes. The app opening and closing animations are "ridiculously smooth", at least by Samsung's standards. Usually couldnt care less about app opening/closing benchmarks, but One UI 9.5 is an absolute joy to use.The animations all across the UI are ridiculously smooth (By Samsung's Standards). And this is only the second internal build... PS. This is all ootb , HOMEUP ..

The Xiaomi Redmi Watch 6 Active and the Redmi Watch 6 Lite have leaked yet again this time they broke cover as they surfaced on a price tracking site in Hungary. The Redmi Watch 6 Lite has a rectangular 1.96 OLED display (410 x 502px) and a 470mAh battery that should last up to 18 days. The watch measures 39.4 x 44.5 x 9.9mm without the strap. The previous model, the Redmi Watch 5 Lite, measured 11.4mm thick and had the same battery capacity. The body is rated for 5 ATM of water resistance and ..

After clearing the FCC, the Samsung Galaxy S26 FE is now past another major hurdle it is now listed on the Google Play Console. Two entry-level models joined it, the Galaxy A08 and A07s. The Galaxy S26 FE specs leaked in detail last week. The console confirms the chipset as S5E9955, aka the Exynos 2500. The phone (SM-S741U) is configured with 8GB of RAM and a 1,080 x 2,340px display as expected. Samsung Galaxy S26 FE image and specs from the Google Play Console The GPC offered one image of the ..

Today, Samsung has announced that it is the official partner of the upcoming Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4. The game is due to be released on October 23. Samsung is "the official TV, monitor, soundbar, and Wi-Fi speaker partner" of the game. In practice, this means that the game will support Samsung's HDR10+ Gaming format, which "helps deliver more accurate color and contrast, supporting the immersive visual experience that reflects the creative intent of the developers", according to the ..

Huawei will be holding its next product launch event on September 2 in Munich, Germany. The keynote features the Chase the wild tagline, and were expecting to see the latest crop of wearables from the brand. Huawei recently unveiled the Watch GT 7 series in China so it seems like the perfect time to bring the Watch GT 7 and GT 7 Pro to the global stage. Huawei has historically also introduced new wireless earbuds alongside its smartwatches, so well have to wait and see if that will be the case ..

The Galaxy Z Fold8 was such a success out of the gate that Samsung increased the production target for this year by 1 million units. And thats not all Samsung will launch two wide foldables next year, claim insiders who spoke to ETNews. This means that the Galaxy Z9 generation will have a total of five members. No, we didnt miscount: 1) the wide Z Fold9, 2) a second wide foldable, 3) Z Fold9 Ultra, 4) Z Flip9 and 5) a new Galaxy Z TriFold. Thats right, rumors of Galaxy Z Flips death have been ..

Back in May, Honor unveiled its Win Turbo phone with a massive 10,000mAh battery and a listing on AliExpress has revealed a new Turbo member. The Honor Turbo 5G is a familiar-looking device, sharing the same design as the X80 Pro Max but with different specs. Honor Turbo 5G Turbo 5G is equipped with a 6.79-inch AMOLED with 1,200 x 2,640px resolution and a 120Hz refresh rate. It also features an 8,560 mAh battery with 80W wired charging and IP69K ingress protection. The phone boots MagicOS 10 ..

HMD unveiled the 2660 Flip feature phone at MWC in March last year. The company now appears to be preparing its successor, the 2760 Flip, which is tipped to run Android. According to a new leak, the HMD 2760 Flip will run Icon OS 13, which is based on Android 13 Go. This would mark a big change from its predecessor, which ran KaiOS. It also means that users will have access to the Google Play Store. The 4G flip phone is tipped to feature a 2.8-inch main LCD display and a 1.77-inch outer screen. ..

CUBOT is preparing to unveil the KINGKONG Dura, a rugged smartphone built around a practical replaceable-battery system designed to reduce charging downtime and keep users moving. Instead of connecting the phone to a charging cable and waiting, users can remove the depleted battery, install a fully charged spare, and quickly return to work, travel, or outdoor activities. It is a straightforward approach to mobile power created for people whose days cannot always pause for charging. To make the ..

Poco recently began teasing the M8x 5G's launch in India. While the company has yet to reveal details about the upcoming phone, a teaser on Flipkart has confirmed the chipset powering the handset and its launch date. A tipster has also leaked several other key specs and pricing details. According to the Flipkart teaser, the Poco M8x will launch in India on August 21 and come equipped with the Snapdragon 4 Gen 5 chipset. However, tipster Yogesh Brar claims the handset will instead feature ..

The Xiaomi 18 Ultra, which was rumored to debut in December this year, has reportedly been cancelled. According to a new leak, Xiaomi will launch only three smartphones as part of its upcoming 18 series. In a post on X, tipster Kartikey Singh claims that Xiaomi will not launch an 18 Ultra this year. According to the tipster, the Xiaomi 18 Pro Max will instead sit at the top of the company's upcoming flagship lineup. However, this does not necessarily mean Xiaomi has abandoned the Ultra model ..

The Samsung Galaxy Tab S12 series tablets were recently spotted on Bluetooth SIG's website, as they were Bluetooth-certified. Now those same tablets have appeared in Google Play Console's supported devices list. The Galaxy Tab S12 series consists of two tablets - the Galaxy Tab S12+ and the Galaxy Tab S12 Ultra. The Google Play Console lists five models of the Galaxy Tab S12+ and three models of the Galaxy Tab S12 Ultra. Samsung Galaxy Tab S12 Ultra's leaked renders Source: OnLeaks and ..

Tech news started picking up a bit, especially in the past week. Google unveiled its Pixel 11 series alongside the Pixel Watch 5. The Pixel 11, 11 Pro, 11 Pro XL, and 11 Pro Fold all pack the new Tensor G6 SoC, which turned out to use a 3nm process after all, not the heavily rumored 2nm. The specs of the Pixel phones are mostly the same as their predecessors - the small Pro has a 6.3-inch display, the Pro XL a 6.8-inch one, but brighter. Camera-wise, the 11 Pro and 11 Pro XL essentially use the ..

A few days ago, a reference to the Samsung Galaxy Buds On popped up online - buds with an ear-hook design, along with some illustrations showing what they would look like. Now, the same source shows off a potential Sony WH-1000XM6 and Apple AirPods Max 2 rival. Icons for the Galaxy H1 headphones Yes, Samsung is likely planning a return to the high-end over-ear headphones market after a long pause. The company released its Level Over headphones back in 2014 with 50mm dynamic drivers, ANC, touch ..

Feature phones are not as dead as you may have thought one third of voters in last weeks poll use one at least occasionally. Some even use a feature phone full time as their only phone. And others are at least thinking about the idea of ditching their smartphone. As some commenters point out, smartphones are basically a necessity in some countries you might need one for messaging family and clients, for bank authentication and so on. Even so, some manage to get by with a feature phone as their ..

iQOO is said to launch the iQOO 16 in September, with the latest rumor from China claiming it will have a higher refresh-rate screen than its predecessor. The word comes from reliable tipster Digital Chat Station, who claimed the iQOO 16 will feature a 165Hz refresh rate screen. It will be a 6.85" flat 2K display sourced from Samsung. For comparison, last year's iQOO 15 came with a 6.85" flat display having a 144Hz refresh rate. Furthermore, DCS claimed that the iQOO 16's rounded corners and ..

iQOO will launch the Z11 in India on August 20, and on the same day, the brand will also unveil the iQOO Buds TWS earphones. The teaser posted by iQOO's Indian branch on X reveals the iQOO Buds' design. These are in-ear type and have silicone ear tips, which should offer passive noise cancellation. However, it is unclear whether they will have active noise cancellation. The iQOO Buds' charging case has an LED indicator on the front, above which is the brand logo. At the bottom is the USB-C ..

Yesterday a rumor claimed that the Fairphone 6+ would become official on August 18, and today the company has confirmed it. The unveiling will take place at 13:00 CET on that day, which is 12:00 in London and 14:00 in Eastern Europe. 18.8.2026 13:00 CET tune in on pic.twitter.com/bxuP3sXLuo Fairphone Newsroom (@Fairphone) August 14, 2026 According to recent rumors, the upgrades that the Fairphone 6+ will bring over the Fairphone 6 launched last year are a newer chipset (the Snapdragon 7s Gen 4 ..

Google just dropped the Android 17 QPR2 Beta 3 update to eligible Pixel devices, and in addition to squashing a few bugs, the new software introduces some cool new features as well. The most notable change is the ability to customize the Quick Settings menu. Quick Settings layout editor With Android 17, Google is adding a new Quick Settings layout editor that allows you to arrange pretty much all of the toggles and settings. You can choose which quick toggles to make into bigger tiles and even ..

The iQOO Neo11 Ultra is expected to launch in a few days and shortly after the company teased the phone, confirming the Dimensity 9500M chipset, the popular Weibo tipster Digital Chat Station revealed the rest of the hardware, leaving almost nothing to the imagination. In fact, the leak goes into surprisingly a lot of detail, at least when it comes to the screen. The device will launch with a flat 6.83-inch display with a 144Hz refresh rate, but it will be a regular LTPS panel, not LTPO. ..

Google's Nano Banana image generator is pretty good but some people have been put off by the fact that its images have a visible watermark in the bottom right corner, unlike the images generated with ChatGPT's latest model. So now Google is finally letting you choose to remove the watermark. There's a new setting for this that you will see in Gemini and Flow, and it will also be available in Google Search's AI Mode soon. And the good news is that it's not just for images. You'll also be able to ..

Poco launched the M8 and M8 Pro in January, the M8s in April, and the M8 Power earlier this month, but now it turns out that there's a fifth member of the family on the way too. This will be called the M8x, and Poco has started teasing it today via a dedicated microsite on Flipkart. That tells us where you'll be able to buy it once it launches. We also get the teaser image you can see below, showing us a glimpse of the phone's back. The microsite reveals that this device will support 5G, and ..

In the somewhat stale smartphone market, Honor decided to shake things up a bit and finally launched the much-anticipated Honor Robot Phone. As the name implies, it's no ordinary phone, and it doesn't belong to the already existing Honor smartphone lineups. Instead, the Robot Phone bags several "industry first" technologies and it's built on over 100 patents. And if the photos are not obvious enough, the centerpiece feature is the robot arm-like gimbal that extends and can do all sorts of ..

Following up on the success of the Pura X, Huawei has, for quite some time now, been working on a new non-folding smartphone with a similar 16:10 screen aspect ratio. This device is now rumored to be launching in September. According to a previous leak, it will be powered by a Kirin 9-series chipset, and will have a battery capacity of at least 7,000 mAh. The device is also said to have a 50MP main camera using a 1/1.3" type sensor, as well as a 50MP periscope telephoto camera and a ..

Qualcomm is expected to unveil its next-generation flagship chipset the Snapdragon 8 Gen 6 Pro at the annual Snapdragon Summit next month, and it just leaked in an AnTuTu 11 benchmark run. The SM8975, as it is known internally, managed an impressive 4.83 million points. For reference, the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 usually hits between 4 and 4.6 million points. This means the upcoming chip offers a mere 5% boost in AnTuTu. Though, as usual with leaked benchmark runs, this is likely unfinished ..

Chairman and CEO of LG Corp. Kwang Mo Koo visited the Nvidia headquarters at Santa Clara, California, to sign a memorandum of understanding with CEO Jensen Huang. This memorandum focuses on expanding the AI capabilities of both companies. LG and Nvidia CEOs posing with a miniature humanoid robot The headline-grabbing announcement is that LG plans to unveil a humanoid robot in the first quarter of 2027. This bipedal robot will use Nvidias Jetson Thor for on-board compute and the Isaac GR00T open ..

Google has recently started distributing third-party app stores through its Play Store in the US, following a court ruling and its settlement with Epic Games. Now, Google has been ordered by US District Judge James Donato to remove its scary warnings that are shown when users want to install a third- party app store from Google Play. According to the court, Google is engaging in "anticompetitive friction" intended to prevent users from installing third- party app stores. The company has to make ..

Today, we are going to do a very quick hands-on with the new range of devices from Google for 2026, including but not limited to the new Pixel 11 series of smartphones. There are a lot of devices to go through, so lets just jump in without much further ado. Lets start from the bottom with the new Pixel 11 series, with the eponymous model. The Pixel 11 comes with fewer changes over its predecessor compared to the Pro models, but they are all still welcome improvements that potential buyers would ..

vivo launched the Y31 in September of last year, and now it's allegedly working on the Y31T. This will apparently be launching in India soon. The image below purportedly shows its back. The Y31T is said to come with a 6.75-inch LCD screen with an HD+ resolution and 1,250-nit peak brightness. It will be powered by the Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 chipset, and it will have UFS 2.2 storage. The device will reportedly be offered in three configurations: 4/128GB, 6/128GB, and 6/256GB. It will have a 7,200 mAh ..

Tecno recently unveiled the Pova 8 Pro and Pova 8 Pro 5G Tonino Lamborghini Limited Edition, with the standard model confirmed to launch in India on August 18. While we wait for the Pova 8 Pro to arrive, the company has introduced its Pova AI Buds Pro in the country. AI is the main highlight of Tecno's latest TWS earbuds, with the Pova AI Buds Pro offering AI-powered real-time speech transcription, meeting summaries, and translation support for up to 78 languages. The Pova AI Buds Pro earbuds ..

Meta has introduced a refreshed wordmark for Instagram, featuring a new font and styling while retaining elements of the original design. The updated wordmark is now visible at the top of Instagram's mobile apps. Instagram head Adam Mosseri announced the new wordmark in posts on Instagram and Threads, noting that the previous design had remained unchanged for 10 years and was due for a refresh. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Instagrams @design (@design) Mosseri describes the new ..