UMi has just announced official details about their Android 7.0 Nougat update plan. The first three devices to receive the update will be the UMi Plus, UMi Super and the UMi Max. We're told all three of these devices will get the update at the same time, and that day will be December 24th, on Christmas Eve.
One week ago, Humble Bundle launched their 20th mobile bundle for Android. This bundle included games like Tomb Raider 1 & 2, Cloud Chases, Shooting Stars! and more. Now, they have added two more games to the bundle. If you pay more than the average, you'll also get to add NO THING and Circa Infinity to your collection.
If you have the 1st generation Chromecast, or the newer Chromecast and Chromecast Audio devices, then you can opt into the new Chromecast Preview Program. Google tells us this is not a beta program, so don't expect buggy features to be pushed through this channel. You can enroll into the preview program right now by diving into the device settings of the Chromecast app.
Samsung is having enough trouble with exploding batteries, and Xiaomi doesn't want to get pulled into that media craze right now. A Xiaomi Mi Max and a Xiaomi Mi 4C recently exploded though, so the company has hired a 3rd-party organization to investigate these two specific cases. Xiaomi has already compensated those two customers, but wants to know if they stem from a manufacturing issue.
FCC filings show that one model of the LG V20 will support LTE on Band 66 (AWS-3). While this is important for various U.S. carriers that will be expanding their LTE networks with Band 66 (AWS-3) support, this is a major announcement for users of Wind Mobile in Canada, which is expected to start rolling out its LTE network on Band 66 (AWS-3) later this year.
Developers can now create their own global relief assistance applications quickly and easily thanks to the newly launched Humanitarian Response API. The API has been provided by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and offers developers access to sectors, datasets, events, functional roles, indicators, maps, locations, operations, and populations.
We love open source projects here at XDA, so we wanted to share this one with you today. QR Codes can be bland and boring, but this is an easy way to add images, color and animations to them. All you have to do is input the target URL, upload an image you want embedded, and tell it if you want it to be animated.
