The Xiaomi 15 launched in China at the end of October last year. It then made its way to global markets in February when the Xiaomi 15 Ultra was also introduced. This year, however, things were quite different, with the 17 getting an earlier launch in September in China. That left us wondering whether the Xiaomi 17 Ultra would only arrive in February again. Apparently, the answer to that is no. According to the prolific leaker who goes by Digital Chat Station on Weibo, the Xiaomi 17 Ultra will be made official in China in December. This might mean that it will only be launching in China at...
The Xiaomi 15 launched in China at the end of October last year. It then made its way to global markets in February when the Xiaomi 15 Ultra was also introduced. This year, however, things were quite different, with the 17 getting an earlier launch in September in China. That left us wondering whether the Xiaomi 17 Ultra would only arrive in February again. Apparently, the answer to that is no. According to the prolific leaker who goes by Digital Chat Station on Weibo, the Xiaomi 17 Ultra will be made official in China in December. This might mean that it will only be launching in China at...
Nano Banana has been a huge success for Google's Gemini AI, and now it's coming to Google Photos as well. This means you will be able to describe the edits you want to see made to a photo, right inside Google Photos. Just tap Help me edit in the editor and tell Nano Banana what you want, then it will take care of it. Google is also adding a new Create with AI section in Google Photos. This will feature ready-made AI templates so you don't even have to come up with your own prompt. This is rolling out "starting this week" in the US and India. The templates are powered by...
The iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max are expected to arrive in September 2026, alongside the iPhone Fold, and the Pro duo has recently been rumored to be getting a transparent design under its camera island - which will remain very similar to the design introduced with the iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max this year. Now, a new rumor out of China contradicts this by saying that Apple is working on perfectly matching the color of the aluminum with the color of the glass cutout in the lower part of the back of the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max. In the current generation, there are subtle...
The Realme GT 8 Pro launched in China last month, and will make its international debut on November 20. Ahead of that, today purported pricing for Europe has been leaked. The device will allegedly start at €1,099 / £999 with 12GB of RAM and 256GB of storage. There will also be a model with 16GB of RAM and 512GB of storage, and this one will go for €1,199 / £1,099. The Dream Edition co-branded with Aston Martin, which was just unveiled yesterday, will set you back €1,299 and weirdly it doesn't have pricing in GBP. This one will be the top of the line option with 16GB of RAM and 512GB...
Samsung’s 2025 TVs in the Neo QLED, Micro RGB, OLED and QLED series feature a new conversational AI – the Samsung Vision AI Companion. Samsung says that unlike a typical AI assistant, which is designed to be used on individual devices, this AI is “purpose-built for the communal screen”. In other words, you use your phone by yourself, while the TV can be used by multiple people at once. The Vision AI Companion has a Live Translate mode – this is a real-time translation of dialog in TVs and movies. This allows you to watch content in your own language, even if there is no...
Google has announced that starting March 1, 2026, Play Store will display alerts for apps that may drain your phone’s battery faster due to excessive background activity. In a blog post, Google explained its new “excessive partial wake lock” metric, first introduced in beta earlier this year to address battery drain issues. Developed in collaboration with Samsung, the metric is now available to all Android app developers. Google stated that it has established a new “bad behavior threshold” to identify apps that keep devices awake for too long through excessive wake locks. If an app...
The latest update to Samsung's SmartThings app for iOS brings with it a neat addition - the ability to activate routines with Siri voice commands. This includes routines you've created in the SmartThings app. It works through compatibility with Siri Shortcuts, which is the built-in iOS feature that lets you automate multiple-step routines. You can drag and drop multiple actions from SmartThings to Siri Shortcuts, but you can also access routines you've created in the SmartThings app, and not through Siri Shortcuts. So it's a win for interconnectivity between ecosystems, that's for...
Black Friday and the adjoining Cyber Monday are coming soon, but some deals have arrived early. Here are some Samsung offers to give you a jump start on holiday shopping. The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold7 is available with a $300 discount with nothing extra required. If you have an old device you want to get rid of, you can get up to $1,000 credit for it – last year’s Z Fold6 in good condition can fetch that much, as can a Galaxy S25 Ultra. Even with a cracked screen these two can be worth $800 in trade-in credit. Samsung Galaxy Z...