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.
Yesterday we posted about the Google Pixel launcher unofficially being available for download. Today we have a video tour of everything that's new in the launcher. Check out this short video and get the launcher for yourself from this article here.
New homescreen for Pixel Launcher
Date shown at top right and search button to the left.
New wallpaper categories
Set wallpapers from within a category to change everyday
Swipe from the bottom of the screen to see new app drawer
New app drawer design
Earlier today we shared news from The Korea Times about an upcoming Samsung Galaxy Note 7 update in Korea that will limit the maximum charge it is able to hold. Given that several of us own a Note 7 as well we are naturally concerned about this and the possible implications for U.S. carriers.
Thankfully a Samsung spokesperson was quick to clarify with the following statement:
"In the U.S., Samsung is continuing to work with the CPSC and our carrier partners to develop and evaluate solutions that are best for US Note7 owners. No action will be taken without the approval of the CPSC. Customer safety remains our top priority."
Given nothing has come from the CPSC yet it seems, at least for the time being, that U.S. carriers will not be affected by this. We will continue to provide updates on the story as they arise.
If you are someone who runs Android on your laptop or desktop, you may have heard of the Android-x86 project. For those who haven't, the Android-x86 program is an initiative by volunteer developers to port over and run Android onto desktops and laptops running on AMD or Intel processors.
After pushing out Android 6.0 Marshmallow in June and the second Release Candidate a month ago, the Android-x86 project has pushed out the the first stable release of Android 6.0 to the public. This release build is based on the Marshmallow MR2 release (6.0.1_r66) from AOSP, along with all security patches.
Here's a look at the key features for this release, which are in addition to the features found on the RC2 release:
The stable release can be found on the official website, with images for both 32-bit and 64-bit processors. These images can be booted from both BIOS and UEFI firmware. You can also load the images to create bootable USB sticks.
There are a few known issues to the release. Specifically, the Skylake GPU's may have render issues on the built-in browser app. Also, the suspend and resume functions do not work on some devices, so your mileage may vary.
If you are looking to get Android onto a desktop system, Android-86 presents a good starting choice amongst others. And now you get the goodness of Marshmallow in a stable format and updated security patches too.
What are your thoughts on this stable build from the Android-x86 project? Have you tried out the release? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below!
