Huawei’s sub-brand Honor has launched Honor Magic 2 with amazing features and tech specs. Bezel-less design with sliding display (like the Xiaomi Mi Mix 3) , six cameras, 3D Face Unlock, in-display fingerprint reader, Kirin 980 chipset, 40W fast charge, Yoyo virtual assistant with mind reading and machine learning capabilities are the unique features of Honor Magic 2.
MIUI 10 Global Stable ROM update for Xiaomi POCOPHONE F1 is expected to release by next week, which will be based on Android 8.1 Oreo. While, the good news is that Android 9 Pie based MIUI 10 Global beta ROM is now available for POCO F1 as closed beta. So, if you would like to test new features of Android Pie before anyone else, you can download the MIUI 10 Global beta ROM 10.8.30 from the link below.
The Chinese company OnePlus has released OxygenOS 5.1.6 stable update for OnePlus 5 and OnePlus 5T. The update includes October 2018 security patch along with a fix for problem related with Bluetooth stability for phone calls. Other important change in this update is Project Treble support, but it seems that seamsless system update isn’t supported yet.
Xiaomi Mi A2 and Mi A2 Lite, the second-generation Android One smartphone from the Chinese OEM gets October 2018 security update along with bug fixes and improvements. The OTA (over-the-air) update with build number 9.6.15.0 ODIMIFE starts rolling out to the devices in batches and it will take a week or more to complete the roll out. The OTA file is also available for download now that you can install manually via stock recovery.
Official TWRP support is always very important for tech-savvy owners of Android smrtphone. The good news is that Team Win Recovery Project has already been released official TWRP for many devices and the latest addition is Xiaomi Mi A2 Lite. Installing TWRP on Xiaomi Mi A2 Lite (code-named Daisy) is not a complicated process, but since the device uses the latest AB partitioning system there is slight changes in the installation process.
OnePlus 6 starts receiving new OxygenOS 9.0.1 OTA update based on the Android 9 Pie. This minor update weighs around 92MB and does not include any major changes. The OxygenOS 9.0.1 update changelog does not mention anything new, but it might include some critical bug fixes. As usual, the OTA update starts rolling out in phases, so it will take sometimes to reach the OTA on all OnePlus 6.