Inline with its updated schedule, Canadian carrier Rogers has finally started rolling out the Marshmallow update to Samsung Galaxy Note 4 units on its network. The update, which weighs in at around 1.5GB, brings along Android version 6.0.1.

It’s worth mentioning that other major carriers in Canada, including Bell, Telus, Wind, and SaskTel have already pushed out the update to Note 4 units on their networks.

Given the fact that the update has just started rolling out, it may take some time before the update notification pops up on your device’s screen. Meanwhile, if you feel…

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Although you can’t argue that YouTube’s Android app is bad or lacking essential functionality, there oddly still are quite a few glaring omissions in it when compared to the service’s website. Not huge things, mind you, rather small features here and there that have the potential of improving the experience for users.

Thankfully it looks like at least one of these will be rectified in the near future, which is great considering that over half of all YouTube views now come from mobile devices. The enterprising folks over at XDA went digging through the APK for the latest version of the app…

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According to a new report quoting “people familiar with the matter”, Samsung is going to make a pretty unpopular move in Europe in the next few months. The Korean company will begin showing ads on its smart TVs in Europe, following a similar rollout that happened in the US in June of last year.

The tile ads will just suddenly appear in the main menu bar of the company’s newest smart TVs. Samsung will use software updates to activate the tile ads on older smart TVs. As for when this will happen, unfortunately there’s no more precise timeline to speak of at the moment than “in the coming…

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It may not be the fastest ride – and it sure ain’t the hottest – but it comes with a full tank and mileage to spare. 5,000 milliamp-hours… That’s more juice than many tablets get and enough to charge 3 iPhone 6’s. The Asus Zenfone Max is no joke when it gets to battery backup. But it’s a smartphone in its own right – an affordable midranger at that.

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Google is feeling very generous these days, it seems. As you may know, if you already have a Chromecast, you can get three months of YouTube Red for just $1. But what if you don’t own the bestselling streaming dongle?

Not to worry, for Google’s apparently got you covered even then. If you subscribe to YouTube Red you might actually receive a Chromecast for free, courtesy of Google. The company has started sending out an email to some YouTube Red subscribers letting them know that they can claim a free Chromecast, by way of a special link to the Google store. This link is part of the email…

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Xiaomi is once again the leader of the Chinese smartphone market, which incidentally is also the biggest in the world. Not only that, but Xiaomi has managed to achieve a record-breaking 26% market share in April, according to research conducted by a local firm. This result was proudly shared on Weibo by Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun.

The second best selling brand in China is Honor with 15.7% of the market, though if we count it together with parent brand Huawei that jumps to 23.7%, so pretty close to the No.1. Coming in third is LeEco, which has climbed to 10.5% of the market in record time…

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The Lab is a new initiative by OnePlus through which it wants to receive feedback about its next smartphone from people interested in reviewing a OnePlus 3 before anyone else. Sound interesting to you?

Well then, all you need to do is go to this page and register. Then keep your fingers crossed. OnePlus will select 30 people from those who sign up, and will send them a OnePlus 3 each. This isn’t going to be a random draw however, those 30 people will be carefully selected by the OnePlus team. In the application form, there’s a 500 word field that you can use to explain why you should be…

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The latest rumor from China states that a new Honor-branded device is coming soon. This will apparently complement the recently unveiled Honor V8 in Huawei’s portfolio, sporting a smaller screen.

The Honor 8 could thus be the successor to the Honor 7 from last year. It will reportedly come with a 5.2-inch display, Huawei’s Kirin 950 or Kirin 955 chipset, 4GB of RAM, a 12 MP dual camera setup on the rear, and a USB Type-C port. Wireless charging will be supported, and the phone will have an IR blaster and a battery capacity north of 3,000 mAh.

Its back will be covered by 2.5D curved…

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The Russian phone customization experts at Caviar are at it again, revealing the newest Putinphone. This one’s based on Samsung’s Galaxy S7, and like all other Putinphones before it comes with President Putin’s face engraved on the back. And, to give your handset that extra shot of bling it so desperately needed, one version of the S7-based Putinphone features 190 actual rubies around Putin’s face (as seen in the image below).

Everything else on the back is gold, and only three of these “Caviar Samsung Supremo Putin Rubino” models will be made. You can be the lucky owner of one for the…

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Today is a big day for Asus, as the Taiwanese company has unveiled three new smartphones, a MacBook killer, and a few Surface Pro competitors. There is however another product that it’s working on, but which hasn’t been officially announced for whatever reason.

And yes, it’s a VR headset. Recently we’ve seen a lot of smartphone makers also showing VR headsets – ZTE did so just last week, for example. So it looks like Asus simply couldn’t miss bringing its own take to this nascent market.

Unfortunately no official details about the headset are known at this point, even if it was…

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