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Motorola is ready to unveil its Moto Z2 Force flagship smartphone in India on February 15, 2018. The handset was initially launched back in July 2017 and is now making it’s way to the Indian market – a delay of over six months.No pricing details for the country has been disclosed, but we can expect it to be somewhere around the $750.

Andromeda – Substratum add-on which enables rootless mode for stock Android Oreo devices (8.0+) is currently available for ($0.99) – that’s 50% off the original price. For our Indian readers, this will cost you ₹65.00.

A few days back Essential officially reveals that due to some stability issues they have suspended the Android Oreo v8.0 update and now the device will directly get the version 8.1 with all the issues resolved.

Xiaomi has started pushing out the MIUI 9.5 update to the Redmi Note 3 for the users in India. This update brings many new features and bug fixes.

Sony has started taking pre-orders for its newly launched flagship smartphones - Xperia XZ2 and XZ2 Compact in the US. The company is asking $799.99 for the Xperia XZ2  and $649.99 for the XZ2 Compact. In both cases, $0 tax is collected outside of NY and NJ.

Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge Plus is rolling out with a new firmware update. The update installs the Android Security Patch for the month of March to the device

Nokia 5 and Nokia 6 (original) have started receiving the Android Oreo v8.1 update. The update also brings the Android Security patch for the month of March along with it.

Xiaomi puts an end to all the rumors and officially lifted the veil of the all-new Mi Mix 2s smartphone. The device comes with a dual camera setup, a new chipset and supports a metal frame and ceramic body.

Dubbed as HTC U12+, the smartphone comes with all the latest specifications that you expect from this year’s flagship device (IP68 Certification as well). This new device features a 6” Super LCD6 display which supports HDR10 and DCI-P3. It’s a tall 18:9 screen with 1,440 x 2,280 pixel resolution (537ppi).

Samsung Galaxy Note 9 is rolling out with a new update. This one seems to be the most significant one as it brings improvement to the camera department. This new update promises better clarity, HDR and less noise in low light.

Google has shared the latest Android distribution numbers and there’s no sign of Pie. For those who don’t know any version with less than 0.1% distribution is not shown.We do believe as OEM’s starts rolling out the Pie update for their perspective devices the numbers for Pie is bound to increase.

Huawei Honor View 10 has started receiving the latest Android Pie v9.0 over-the-air update. The update is rolling out in phases and is currently hitting the units in Europe with other regions to follow soon.

Last year Google officially unveiled the Home Mini smart speaker and since then the mini was only available in chalk, charcoal, and coral color variants. And now new ‘Aqua’ color variant is coming this month.

The Honor 8X will be available for purchase in the UK. The retailer has listed it for £225.00 (including tax). Although, you can also pre-order the device from Honor’s official portal, and they will start shipping the units from October 16. But you have to pay £4.99 more per device.

Lenovo officially took wraps off the next-gen K-series smartphone dubbed as Lenovo K9. The handset falls under the low-end category and supports a 5.7-inch IPS panel with HD+ (720×1440 pixels) resolution. It will be available in India as a Flipkart Exclusive.

Finally, Google Home is rolling out with ‘Hindi’ language support. Earlier this year Assistant gained the support for the language and now support for the smart speaker is also live.

Earlier this month, HMD started rolling out the Android Pie beta update for the Nokia 6.1 and Nokia 6.1 Plus units. And now the company is pushing out the stable Pie update to the former one, i.e Nokia 6.1

Google has started pushing out the November 2018 Security Patches to the Pixel and Nexus devices. The OTA Files and Factory Images are now available for the supported devices.

Motorola has started pushing out the Android Security Update for the month of December 2018 to it’s Moto G5s Plus units.Those who are impatient can head over to the Setting’s menu of their perspective devices to manually check for the update.

Samsung has already rolled out the Android 10-based One UI 2.0 beta update for the Galaxy Note 10 and Note 10+ in a few countries. And now, as per the latest report suggest the Indian units have also started receiving the update.