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• Google Assistant can now speak Swedish
  

  

  Gather ’round, Svenska speakers, we have great news for you this morning. After months of promises and speculation, the Google Assistant can now officially understand your language. 

  After adding support for Dutch a few weeks ago, the Assistant is moving farther north and landing in its first Nordic country: Sweden. This doesn’t come as a surprise, though. We’ve known for months that Swedish was among the 30 languages coming this year and developers have been able to make their own Actions on Google in Swedish since February.

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  Google Assistant can now speak Swedish was written by the awesome team at Android Police.

• OxygenOS 5.1.11 addresses OnePlus 6 screen flickering issue, improves HDR, and brings other fixes
  

  

  OnePlus is pushing out an update to its latest flagship, addressing the screen flickering issue some people had and adding some other improvements, optimizations, and fixes. As always, you’ll find the official changelog below.

  System

  • Optimized network connection
  • Optimized stability for Wi-Fi connection
  • Fixed screen flickering issue in daylight
  • General bug fixes and improvements
  • Confirm pin without tapping ✓(Setting > Security & lock > PIN)

  Camera

  • Improved HDR mode

  I never had the screen flickering issue on my unit, but I’ve heard plenty about it.

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  OxygenOS 5.1.11 addresses OnePlus 6 screen flickering issue, improves HDR, and brings other fixes was written by the awesome team at Android Police.

• Nvidia is testing a Shield TV app with virtual remote, mousepad, and keyboard [APK Download]
  

  Probably the only Android TV box worth consistent attention is the Nvidia Shield TV, which does just about everything the right way. It comes with a handy physical remote, but still, some users have called for a mobile app. Nvidia is finally giving th…

• Xiaomi: this little giant is here to wipe out the competition
  

  Eight years have been enough for Xiaomi to take its place at the top of world smartphone market. What’s the secret to its success and what has led it to become one of the leading players in the sector?(This is a preview – click here to read the entire …

• How to turn on and use Android Pie’s new gesture navigation system
  

  Take a look at a huge fundamental change to Android navigation

  Android 9 Pie’s consumer launch is exciting for a whole bunch of reasons, not the least of which being a brand new gesture navigation system that eschews the standard “back, home, recents” buttons we’ve all grown accustomed to. The replacement is a gesture-based interface that hides the recents button, and even the back button sometimes, to hopefully let you move more fluidly and intuitively through the interface.

  But when you install Android Pie on your phone, you won’t actually see this new gesture navigation system by default — you have to enable it to experience this significant change to the way Android works. Follow these steps:

  Open up your phone’s Settings.
  Scroll down and tap on System.
  Find Gestures and tap on it.
  Tap on Swipe up on home button.
  Toggle the switch to on — you’ll notice the navigation buttons change immediately.

  Aside from the oddly named and placed settings, that’s a pretty simpl…

• These are all the Android Go phones available today
  

  Entry-level phones from the cheap to the… very cheap.

  Android Go is Google’s latest effort to make the experience of owning an entry-level Android phone less frustrating. The $100 price point is overrun by phones that come with outdated versions of Android and underpowered hardware, and Android Go is designed to fix these shortcomings. Aimed primarily at markets like India and Africa — where hundreds of millions of users are projected to make their way online for the first time in the coming years — Android Go aims to offer an uncluttered software experience.

  Android Go is a barebones take on Android that is designed specially to run on low-powered hardware — devices with 4GB of storage and 512MB of RAM. Google created lightweight versions of its apps that work better on entry-level hardware, and the OS takes up a mere fraction of the space as a full-fledged Android install. Sure, the hardware isn’t the fastest around, but you’re getting the promise of quick upd…

• Xiaomi Mi A2 vs. Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro: It all comes down to the battery
  

  The Mi A2 goes up against the best-selling phone in India.

  Xiaomi’s Redmi Note series has turned into a juggernaut: over the last two years, phones in this series have defined the budget segment in India. To put things into context, the Redmi Note 5 series managed to rake in sales of over 5 million units in just under four months, and one out of every ten phones sold in India over the last three months was either a Redmi Note 5 or a Note 5 Pro.

  Then there’s the Mi A2, Xiaomi’s 2018 Android One device. The Mi A2 shares a lot of similarities on the hardware front with the Redmi Note 5 Pro — both share a design aesthetic, same display, and a lot of the internal components are also identical.

  There’s no question that the Redmi Note 5 Pro continues to be one of the best-selling phones in India. Let’s see how Xiaomi’s other budget phone fares next to it.

  Xiaomi Mi A2 vs. Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro: Specs

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• Motorola P30 leaks, and … well, it’s another iPhone X running Android
  

  They aren’t even trying to hide it.

  Remember the Motorola One Power that leaked a few months back with an iPhone X-like notch and a vertical dual camera array? It turns out that phone might be going by a different name, the Motorola P30.

  According to leaked press renders from AndroidPure, the Motorola P30 looks almost indistinguishable from the iPhone X in most angles. It has a metal and glass design with rounded corners and a wide notch at the top of the display. There’s a vertical dual camera array around back with an LED flash between the sensors, and one feature the iPhone X lacks — a rear-mounted fingerprint sensor integrated into the Motorola logo.

  Speaking of Motorola logos … like always, there’s one at the bottom of the display, because Motorola just couldn’t help itself. From the looks of the leaked images, the P30 could practically fit in an iPhone X case, though the volume buttons sit above the power button along the right side of the frame, leaving the lef…

• Indy is Verizon’s 4th 5G city, will partner with YouTube TV, too
  

  Verizon workers install 5G radios in Indianapolis — the company’s fourth city announced to receive residential 5G service.

  Details are scarce, other than Verizon 5G is coming to Indianapolis.

  Verizon today announced that Indianapolis will be its fourth city to receive residential 5G service. And to sweeten the deal, it’s pairing up with Google and Apple for some sort of deal for YouTube TV and Apple TV 4K for subscribers.

  Houston, Los Angeles and Sacramento previously were announced and will also partake in the YouTube TV and Apple TV 4K fun.

  Verizon said more details on the YouTube TV deal would be announced when its residential 5G service actually goes on sale. Currently, YouTube TV has a flat rate of $40 for its service, with additional add-on channels available. It’s not clear if Verizon will foot the bill for YouTube TV in its entirety, or subsidize it for a fixed amount of time. It’s also not clear if it’s throwing in an Apple TV 4K for free — it merely…

• How to completely disable Bixby
  

  Get rid of the Galaxy’s most disappointing feature.

  The Galaxy Note 9 is coming August 24, and it also integrates Bixby. While we’re still evaluating the software, we believe that these steps will be the same on the Galaxy Note 9.

  Ever since Samsung announced the Galaxy S8 with its onboard assistant, Bixby, people have been asking for ways to disable it and forget the button ever existed in the first place. With the Galaxy S9, that chorus is even louder.

  While the hardware’s not going anywhere, we can definitely do something about the software. Here’s how to get rid of Bixby Voice and, if you’re using Samsung’s launcher, Bixby Home.

  Why do you want to disable Bixby?

  One of the biggest frustrations with the Bixby button is its placement; the button is right under the volume keys and nearly directly opposite the power buttons. On larger phones like the Galaxy S9+ and Note 8, this often leads to accidental presses and unintended Bixby launches, especially when double-pressing the p…

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