While June hasn’t even begun, the Android security update for the month has already started hitting the Samsung Galaxy S7 edge smartphone. Specifically, the update is being rolled out to units on carrier Orange in Spain.

This is not the first time a Samsung device has started getting a monthly security update in advance – the Galaxy Note 4 started receiving the May security update towards the end of April. There’s currently no information on what else (if at all) the latest Galaxy S7 edge update includes.

As is usually the case with OTA rollouts, it may take some time for the update…

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According to Bloomberg, Google is keeping track of how fast vendors update their phones to the latest Android version. These stats are private right now, but the search giant is reportedly considering making them public as a way to pressure laggards into hurrying up.

So, with Android 7.0 N looming we have to ask – does your phone have 6.0 Marshmallow?

All recent flagships launched with 6.0 (some heavily customized, but still), some mid-rangers too. Others were swiftly updated from Lollipop (usually 2015 flagships). And then there are the commoners, who trudge along with 5.0…

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Nothing much happened this week in our Top 10 charts – the Moto G4 Plus holds a tight grip on 1st place. The regular Moto G4 (formerly 8th) tumbled out of the charts.

The Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 held on to second place. Third is the Samsung Galaxy J7, after that is its successor, the Galaxy J7 (2016). Basically, the top four phones in our charts have 5.5″ screens, which suggests this is the most popular screen size at the moment.

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A “meh” resounded in the voting hall when we asked you, our readers, to vote on the Sony Xperia X. “Good phone, bad price” seems to be the consensus.

Some (rightfully) felt that that the X-series isn’t a huge improvement over the Z-series it’s meant to replace. That’s for the Xperia X, though, people still expressed hope for the Xperia X Performance.

As we noted in our review, the price of the X cannot stand. It’s higher than the Xperia M5 (which is arguably just as good a phone) and is higher even than the Xperia Z5 (not to mention Galaxy S7, LG G7, …).

So now we play the…

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A new Asus tablet – dubbed Zenpad Z8 – has leaked courtesy of the usually reliable leakster @evleaks who posted an image of the device along with some of its key specifications on Twitter.

The leak says the tablet is powered by a Snapdragon 650 chipset, and sports an 8-inch (1536×2048 pixel resolution) display. It has 2GB of RAM and 16GB of expandable internal memory. The camera department is handled by an 8MP rear unit and a 1.8MP front shooter.

According to @evleaks, the tablet is headed to Verizon. There was, however, no word on when it would be launched and what price tag it…

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Sony has been busy with a lot of re-imagining within its smartphone lineup lately. With the “Z” series now officially in the history books and the introduction of the new “X” moniker in its place, with devices like the Xperia X and X Performance, as well as another new Xperia XA lineup, hearing about new and mysterious Sony devices is hardly an isolated occurrence.

However, that doesn’t make these discoveries any less exciting and the same goes for the Sony 24UJ95LH34QX77B1, recently spotted in the GFXBench database. The model bears quite a lot of similarity to the Xperia X Performance….

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Even if you are not particularly interested in the whole digital assistant, AI, home automation scene, chances are that you are at least somewhat familiar with projects like Microsoft’s Cortana or Apple’s Siri. Amazon’s Alexa or Echo might also sound familiar, but, due to their novice and still conceptual and developing nature, there remain slightly unapproachable by many users. However, with both Google and Apple already lining up their own offers for the emerging market niche, powerful services like Amazon’s Alexa and their hardware implementations might just be the next big thing in the…

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Google came prepared for I/O 2016 and packed the keynote with a few exciting announcements. Many of these, however, like the new Daydream VR platform in Android left us wondering about availability and support. The same goes for Android Wear 2.0, which was showcased on stage in an impressive presentation of new features, but we never got word on whether and when we will experience it on our smartwatch.

In the absence of any official support list, as of yet the only solution is to deduce and hunt around for fragmented information. This is exactly what user konrad-iturbe on Reddit…

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The LINE communications app has hit the 500 million downloads milestone on Google Play. With this, the app has made to the list that currently includes some biggies like Dropbox, Instagram, and Skype.

The app – which is developed by a Japanese company, and is currently mostly popular in Asian regions only – is said to have a total of 700 million users. This compares to WhatsApp’s 1 billion user base and Facebook Messenger’s 900 million monthly users.

LINE recently received an update that brought along the ability to make group voice calls to chat groups of up to 200…

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As we approach June 14 – currently believed to be the release date for the OnePlus 3, we are naturally starting to see more bits and pieces of information about the upcoming handset with every passing day. After a few trustworthy leaks, followed by the obligatory appearance at TENAA and even a selfie camera sample all accounted for, we currently have quite a bit of info on the upcoming flagship.

All that is left now is to simply wait it out until the phone’s release and luckily, the aforementioned June 14 date might not be far off, as the OnePlus 3 (A3000 and A3003 model numbers)…

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