Samsung has started rolling out security updates to a couple of its A series smartphones, including the Galaxy A8 and Galaxy A3. The former (model SM-A800F) is getting the April security patch, with the update bumping the firmware version to A800FXXU1APD1.

On the other hand, the Galaxy A3 update – which bumps the firmware version to XXU1BPC2 – brings the security patch for the month of March as well as several stability-related improvements. Currently, only unlocked and Vodafone variants in Europe are getting this update.

Unfortunately, none of the updates bring Android Marshmallow….

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LeEco has great ambitions to be the next tech juggernaut. Previously mostly known in its home country of China, the company has drawn attention to itself with cheap-but-powerful phones and now it has something new in store.

What? We’ll find out for sure on May 3 when “Entertainment will play in a whole new way.”

The teaser image of a movie salon is tantalizing. LeEco unveiled a couple of Smart TVs – 4 X50 and 4 X50 Pro, both with 50″ 4K, Harman Kardon speakers and Android. Chinese prices were announced, CNY 2,500/2700 for the 16GB/32GB X50 and CNY 3,000 for the X50 Pro. Perhaps the…

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Xiaomi has just launched the Mi 5 and the Redmi Note 3 on the Indian market and the two smartphones are now available for open sale – no registrations required. That is, no initial registration is required to purchase the phone, you still need a Mi account.

The Mi 5 is priced at INR 24,999 ($375), while the Redmi Note 3 goes for INR 9,999 ($150) for the 2GB/16GB version and INR 11,999 ($180) for the higher-specced 3GB/32GB variant.

All this is fine and dandy, but a couple of minutes into the process, the two phones were already listed as out of stock. Same goes for the 20,000mAh power…

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With an average usage of 41 times per user, Samsung Pay was the top mobile payments app last month in South Korea, according to a local app ranker WiseApp.

It’s worth mentioning that the research only took into account Android phone users as iOS usage is said to be pretty low in South Korea. Samsung Pay has a total of 2.59 million users in the country.

The service – which is currently available in the US, South Korea, and China, and due to arrive in Singapore this quarter – had a total of 5 million users globally in February.

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Apple’s 2016 Q2 results (that’s the quarter ending in March) are out showing a revenue slowdown for the company. Quarterly revenue was $50.6 billion compared to $58 billion for the same period last year. As a result, net income is also down to $10.5 billion from $13.6 billion from Q2 2015.

The reason behind the revenue decrease are the lower iPhone, iPad and Mac sales. iPhone sales declined by 16% compared to Q2 last year (first YoY drop in the iPhone history) from 61.2 million to 51.19 million units. This lead to a drop in revenue of north of $8 billion or 18.42% (from $40.28 billion to…

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Motorola has launched the Moto 360 Sport in India. The Sport is a variant of the second generation Moto 360 with a handful of changes.

One of the differences is the AnyLight display, which works as normal LCD indoors and outdoors uses ambient light to illuminate itself, making it perfectly visible under direct sunlight and also saving some power. The Sport also has integrated GPS, so you don’t need to carry your phone with you to track your movements. A heart rate sensor is included just like on the regular Moto 360 but the strap is made of silicon and is sweat-resistant.

The…

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Motorola has announced that the company has started “full deployment” of the Droid Turbo 2 Marshmallow update. The announcement – as usual – came in the form of a Google+ post from the company’s senior director of software product management David Schuster.

But, didn’t the roll-out start early last month, you might ask. Well, that’s a valid question, which unfortunately Schuster didn’t answer in his post directly, although we assume that the term “full deployment” means that not all Droid Turbo 2 units received the update at that time.

So yeah, this seems to be (and we really hope…

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Google has started rolling out a new update to the iOS version of its Hangouts instant messaging app. The update bumps the version to 9.0 and brings a couple of new features including the ability to share stuff from other iOS apps.

The update allows users to share text, links, pictures and video with their Hangouts contacts without leaving the app they are currently using like Safari, Chrome, or Photos. You can choose the Google account you want to use and the contacts you want to share the stuff with.

In addition, the app will now also respond to iOS 9’s Low Power Mode by…

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Microsoft’s sales numbers might suggest that its Windows 10 Mobile platform is taking its last breaths, but the Redmond, Washington-based company seems to be in no mood to retreat.

In an email sent out to several company executives and partners, the executive vice president of Microsoft’s Windows and Devices Group Terry Myerson has made it clear that the company is committed to the OS platform and is also working on new mobile devices.

Here’s an excerpt from the email:

I understand that you are hearing concerns from certain partners about Microsoft’s commitment to the mobile…

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Google has pushed out a new update to its YouTube mobile apps that throws a new coat of paint on Home as well as brings along a new recommendation system. The update is available for both Android and iPhone.

“Starting today, when you open the YouTube app on your iPhone or Android phone, you’ll experience a redesigned Home, with a clean and simple format that invites you to discover and enjoy,” the Mountain View, California-based company said in a blog post.

As for the new recommendation system, it’s based on deep neural network technology, and aimed at showing more relevant…

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