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Over 12% of Android smartphones and tablets now running Android 13

Emmanuel Chenze — Tue, 18 Apr 2023 19:30:56 +0000

Android 13 doesn’t have much longer to live as the latest version of Android. What with the impending arrival of Android 14, which just hit its first beta the other day, later in the year. While that is so, as has been the case for many years, it is slowly gaining widespread adoption as more […]

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Android 9 Pie update rolling out to the Xiaomi Mi Box 3

Emmanuel Chenze — Thu, 01 Oct 2020 09:10:00 +0000

Xiaomi’s OG Android TV-powered media streaming box, the Mi Box 3, is currently receiving its Android 9 Pie update. The update, which is now rolling out to everyone, has been under testing for the last few weeks. The update clocks in at 650 megabytes. It arrives with the July 2020 security patch updates as well. […]

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Infinix X1 smart TV now available in Kenya

Emmanuel Chenze — Thu, 10 Sep 2020 10:20:00 +0000

As expected, one of the devices that accompanied the launch of Infinix’s flagship smartphone this year, the Infinix Zero 8, is also now available for purchase in the country. The Infinix X1 smart TV is available for purchase through Infinix’s Xpark platform. The Infinix X1 smart TV comes in 3 sizes: 32 inches, 43 inches […]

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Android Pie is coming to the Xiaomi Mi Box 3, currently in testing

Emmanuel Chenze — Tue, 18 Aug 2020 04:00:00 +0000

The Xiaomi Mi Box 3 has been around for a while now. The OG Mi Box, overlooked during the last update cycle, is having the last laugh. Beta software for the media streamer has been making the rounds over the last few days, landing in the hands of those who’ve signed up as beta testers. […]

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Android 10 has barely made a difference and is doing worse than Pie

Emmanuel Chenze — Sat, 11 Apr 2020 19:00:29 +0000

It’s almost a year (if we are to ignore the occasional peek) since Google last gave us a glimpse at what the Android platform distribution figures look like. Before then and after that, Google had started limiting public access to the number of devices running each version of Android, something that appears to be permanent […]

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Xiaomi Mi Box S Android Pie update rolling out

Emmanuel Chenze — Wed, 08 Jan 2020 17:15:43 +0000

The Xiaomi Mi Box S, one of the go-to media streaming devices running on Android for anyone on a budget, is getting its long-awaited Android 9 upgrade. The update, which clocks in at around 600 megabytes, is showing up on devices in various regions around the world so Mi Box S users can look forward […]

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It took a year for Android Pie adoption rate to exceed 20% thanks to Project Treble

Emmanuel Chenze — Fri, 25 Oct 2019 19:05:05 +0000

That Android devices are almost always late when it comes to receiving upgrades to the newer versions of the operating system has never been a secret. It has been a recurring talking point for the over a decade that Android has existed. So much that Google has been hesitant to continue giving month by month […]

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Nokia smartphones’ passive-aggressive app killing ends with discontinuation of Evenwell

Emmanuel Chenze — Wed, 28 Aug 2019 14:00:08 +0000

Besides shipping with locked bootloaders, one other thing that has irked advanced users of Nokia smartphones since they hit the Android platform has been the passive-aggressive manner in which they handle processes. Since the bulk of HMD Global’s smartphone lineup is geared towards the budget segment of the market, this is very visible in the […]

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Android Pie finally arrives on the Xiaomi Redmi 6 and Redmi 6A

Emmanuel Chenze — Mon, 12 Aug 2019 19:20:37 +0000

That the Redmi 6 and Redmi 6A are some of the best budget smartphones out there has never been in doubt. Both devices, which started selling locally in the third and fourth quarters of 2018, were big hits, even in the limited quantities that were made available locally. It is no wonder that the local […]

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Galaxy J3 2017 (J3 Pro) Android Pie update begins rolling out

Hillary Keverenge — Fri, 02 Aug 2019 13:11:04 +0000

At a time when Google and OnePlus are rolling out at least three major Android OS updates to their devices, Samsung has now stepped up to offering at least two major OS upgrades even to budget phones like the Galaxy J3 2017, also known as Galaxy J3 Pro 2017. Launched with Android Nougat preinstalled, the […]

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