LG launched its Compact 360 VR headset

LG launched a compact VR headset along with LG G5 at MWC 2016 today. VR seems to be very much the hot topic now days, We already have the major systems like Oculus Rift and HTC Vive in the market, through to the intentions of Google to develop the Cardboard experience further.

Coming back to the LG 360 VR it has two displays, 1.88” 960x720px each, and is compatible with Google Cardboard and YouTube 360 content. Although, the LG 360 VR will become available this spring, but the pricing is yet to be announced.

LG also unveiled a camera to go along with its headset. The LG 360 Cam is a small, handheld camera, reminiscent of the HTC Re. It uses ultra-wide angle lenses mounted on the front and back of the device to capture content.

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Live Streaming: LG G5 Announcement Event "Play Begins" form Barcelona

LG is going to launch its Flagship LG G5 in this event.Will give some surprises to us? Lets see Livestream by hitting Play button on the video at 2PM CET (6:30 PM IST).

According to all the rumors and leaks LG G5 is powered with latest Snapdragon 820 chip from Qualcomm with 4GB RAM, a large 5.3-inch screen with a super high 4K resolution, a fingerprint sensor at the back. 32 GB of internal storage and a 16-megapixel camera on the back.

The LG G5 is also expected to integrate some innovations like the rumored “magic slot”, which will allow additional hardware to be attached to the phone and bring a few extra features.

Watch all the coverage of Mobile world Congress (MWC) 2016 here on GoAndroid.

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Huawei is Rolling Out Android 6.0 Marshmallow for Honor 7 in India

Huawei Starts Rolling out Android 6.0 Marshmallow stable update to Honor 7 via OTA in India. Earlier in December 2015 company gives the Beta update for the users who are interested to test the new firmware on their device.

Along with Android marshmallow Huawei brings EMUI 4.0 with several new features like professional mode in Camera, Improve Gallery with some more filters and labels, ‘Smart Group’ function has been added to ‘Contacts’, and you now have 4 seconds to cancel the SMS you sent. Company also added a new compass app in the phone. The full change log is posted below.

• [Camera]
  
  • New added professional mode. Under this mode, you can use professional  parameters in any combination to achieve the desired effect
  
  
  • New Added document readjustment function. When enabled, you can clearly capture the text content appearing the lens.
  
  


• [Contacts]
  
  • New added Smart group function will help you to group your contacts according to company or organization names. If you want to group your contacts by this way, you just need to add company or organization names in contacts’ information. Your contacts will be automatically grouped.
  
  


• [Gallery]
  
  • New added Paint filter, Feminine filter and Photo filter. You can get more amazing images now.
  
  
  • New added various labels, you can change the font size, color and location now.
  
  
  • New added creating memo on images supports you customize the unique memo for every image, and then set it as unique lock screen wallpaper.
  
  
  • New added sport watermark element. Now you can add altitude data and your note on your travel photos.
  
  
  • Optimized album functions. Now you can bulk add photos for new album. This  greatly simplifies the process of creating an album and then adding photos to it.
  
  
  • Support you to print multiple images one time. It can save all selected images for printing as PDF and print them together.
  
  


• [Messages]
  
  • New added quickly reclaiming sending message, within 4 seconds after sending a message, you can reclaim it if you regret.
  
  


• [Application]
  
  • New added a compass application, it integrated the functions of level gauge and compass.
  
  
  • New added alarm ring duration selections, now how long the alarm will ring all depends on you!
  
  


•  [System]
  
  • New added screen recording function, with it enabled, you can easily record your screen operating steps, then make it to a small course and share with others.
  
  


•  [Settings]
  
  • New added eyesight protection mode in Display settings, when enabled, the backlight will be soft. It’s very helpful to relax your eye muscles keeping your eyes healthy.
  
  
  • New added scheduled power on and power off functions, when enabled, your phone will auto power on and off, you will have a regular lifestyle which is very important to your healthy.
  
  
  • New added notification panel and status bar will be convenient to look up some settings.
  
  
  • Optimized tone settings adding power on tone, screenshot tone and emergency tone switches.
  
  

Coming to other devices which will get Android Marshmallow update are  Honor 4C, Honor 6 and Honor 6 Plus.

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Preview Samsung Galaxy S7, an Upcoming Flagship

Samsung is going to launch its new flagship device from Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge at an Unpacked event in Barcelona. It’s a day before MWC 2016 is going to kick off. Samsung Galaxy S7 has been on the top spot of the rumor mill since past 6 months. Concluding those leaks we have made preview of Samsung Galaxy S7.

Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge has been leaked so much that we know most of all the aspects of the phone from Design to Specs and expected availability dates.

On the basis of those rumors and reports we have managed to do a preview of the Samsung Galaxy S7. Here we start:

Design

Taking onto the Galaxy S7’s design by looking at leaked images and renders. It seems this time also Samsung is coming with hard plastic body with some metal parts embedded in it.

On the front side it is packed with home button with fingerprint scanner in the center and feather touch on menu and back button. It is rumored to have a display of 5.2 quad HD resolution 1440 x 2560 pixels. Further there are some sensors on the top left side with camera of 5MP.

On bottom there’s a microUSB port with 3.5 mm Audio Jack, a microphone and Audio speaker grill.

On the back it is loaded with a 12 Megapixel sensor having LED flash and IR sensor on the back.

Other things include a SIM tray with microSD card slot. Overall it is same elegant look that we have on Galaxy S6 with minimal changes. These changes are improvements over the predecessor of Galaxy S7.

Display

In display Galaxy S7 is going to have 5.2 inch Quad HD display having resolution of 1440 x 2560 pixels.

Hardware

First of all, let us tell you, this time also Samsung is going to come with two variants of Galaxy S7. One running with Exynos 8890 processor and other with Snapdragon 820. Well, all other things gonna be same.

Technically other specs includes an Adreno 530 GPU unit, as well as the lavish amount of 4GB of RAM. Along with these, camera specs has also been revealed which stands at 12 MP on back and 5 MP on front.

Samsung Galaxy S7 is going to come with 32GB/64GB internal storage, 3000 mAh and Android 6.0 Marshmallow on Board. Also there’s going to be a new version of the TOuchwiz User interface.

Camera

Camera wise Samsung is going to embed 5 MP shooter on the front side for selfies. On the back, it is going to pack the camera with 12 MP shooter. In numbers it seems to be similar as like of Galaxy S6 but there’s a lot improvement coming in this 12 MP sensor as per the rumors and reports.

Accessories

In accessories it includes Battery Cases as like of Apple providing to their phones.battery cases will be available for €89.99 ($99.9) with a capacity of 2,700 mAhand further it is going to support wireless charging.

If we compare recently revealed Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge battery capacity then these battery cases will double the battery capacity. There’s also a Samsung LED View Flip Cover which is available for (€69.99, or $77.7). There are many more accessories that are included in the list.

Those things are:

• S View Cover


• ClearCover


• Wallet Flip Cover


• Glitter Cover


• Keyboard Cover

Availability

The image above seems to be 99% percent of Galaxy S7 Edge. We still ask you guys to hold on your party until Unpacked event. Until now, we have no hint on the availability of the device anywhere. We also don’t have any information on price of Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge.

More information can be found on our Galaxy S7 portal.

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LG G5 Teaser page Goes Live; Original Back Panel Leak for LG Uplus carrier

LG G5 which is going to hit just few hours from now is now getting some official stuff out. LG owned carrier in South Korea, LG Uplus oriented back panel for LG G5 has been leaked.

LG has also put on teaser page in the U.S. for the launch of LG G5. So are you guys ready for “Play Begins” event? Well, detailing out on the LG’s official U.S. site homepage, there’s a subscription option included on the teaser page allowing interested customers to register in order to receive more details about the upcoming flagship handset.

LG is promising “fast processing speeds” that “make this phone ideal for the ultimate multi-tasker” – almost certainly, the processor inside the new handset is Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 820, which seems to be quite fast from leaked benchmark results.

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Coming onto another news which consists of back panel leak. Guys over the Times News from South Korea managed to get some images of the LG G5 back panel of LG Uplus carrier of the same country owned by LG. Here’s a look at those panels so that you can get a better look at its design:

Source: LG

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Samsung Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge Images Leak From All Sides

Samsung galaxy S7 which is just 24 hours away from its official announcement at Unpacked Event on 21st February. Samsung Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge is on top of the rumor mill chart. Yesterday, we got front side image of the Galaxy S7 Edge which depicted most of the design of the device.

Galaxy S7 Images

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Today, we have major leak of images of both the variants of upcoming flagship device from Samsung. In latest leak, both the devices have been pictured from all sides giving us a clear look at how Galaxy S7 is going to look.

It’s quite interesting that most of the design and display size of both the variants seems to be identical to the specs or the press renders that got leaked earlier. The Galaxy S7 Edge does seem to feature a larger display at 5.5-inches, compared to the Galaxy S7’s 5.2-inch display. However, the Galaxy S7 Edge doesn’t appear to be much taller, which is good news for those looking for a larger display, without sacrificing on portability.

Another, thing we noticed is the microUSB ports instead of USB C-type which is a new trend these days. Well, there’s lot more that got surfaced in the new images .You can have a look at the whole lot of images above.

Share your views regarding the design and how do you feel about the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge via comments below.

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LG G5 new Photo Leaks gives us the clear Look and Design before Official Launch of Smartphone

It is very much clear that LG is going launch its flagship device LG G5 in an event on 21st Feb in Barcelona ahead of MWC 2016. There are lots of rumors and leaks on various websites which shows the exact design and features of LG G5. Now again there are Photo posted by @evleaks which shows us the clear look of LG G5 design.

Image credits – @evleaks

Earlier the LG G5 images leaks with the same design and same features on front and back in Dubai. In that leaks also gives us clear look of the backside and front side of the smartphone. As we can see dual LED flash with dual cameras and a fingerprint scanner on the backside of the device. On, the frontside big front camera along with sensors on the front side.

Also Read:Snapdragon 820 in LG G5 confirmed in GeekBench’s Database

Also Read:LG G5 diagram confirms No Back Buttons

According to all the reports LG G5 is powered with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 820 SoC, along with an Adreno 530 GPU for graphics, 3/4GB of RAM with more than one internal storage options. LG G5 will have 16MP camera on the back and 8 MP camera on front and a 5.3-inch QHD (2560 x 1440) display. Anyhow, For official details also we won’t have to wait much longer as LG is going to show it off in an event on Feb. 21 in Barcelona. So, stay tuned to get all the coverage of the Event.

LG G5 new Photo Leaks gives us the clear Look and Design before Official Launch of Smartphone

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Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Image Leaks Ahead of Unpacked Event

Samsung is going to take off wraps from expected Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge at Unpacked event on 21st February. Samsung’s launch of new flagship is just few hours away and rumor mill is still not getting to peace.

 

Just few hours ago, a serial leakster Steve Hemmerstoffer on Twitter just posted Galaxy S7 Edge Image which showcase the device from front side. Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge can be seen clearly from the image above. There’s a home button and two buttons on the left side of the phone along with round display from edges.

The image above seems to be 99% percent of Galaxy S7 Edge. We still ask you guys to hold on your party until Unpacked event.

Stay Connected for the final launching and many more stuff. Well, you can look onto all the rumors, reports of the Galaxy S7 and other variants.

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Play Music Version 6.4 Teardown Indicates Playback Option for Podcast and Partnership with BRIT Awards

Google Play Music version 6.4 is here with some new undefined and unreleased advancements that are found in the APK of the Play Music. After teardown, Android Police guys found various new things that we name as upcoming features.

Those upcoming features include Podcast feature which we already know. Further, that podcast feature is getting its different parts. Today, we got to know that Google has shipped Playback option for the podcast in the v6.4 of the app. Elaborating, teardown has revealed that new version of the app has brought Playback order like sorting of whole the podcast’s list.

Further, there’s a coding related to BRIT Awards 2016. Actually, BRIT Music awards is focused in the U.K and it is compared to GRammy Awards there. The schedule of performers this year currently includes:

• Adele


• Rihanna


• Coldplay


• Justin Bieber


• Little Mix – “Black Magic”


• Jess Glynne


• James Bay


• The Weeknd.

The specifics haven’t been released, but all of these performances should be available within a few days after the award ceremony, scheduled for February 24th.

The above things are not yet available as features in the app but are expected to hit the arena soon.

Well, you can download the Play Music version 6.4 from the Play Store or APKMirror.

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