Author: Henry R. Lares

Henry Lares is still early into his career as tech reporter but has already had his work published in many major publications including Tech Crunch and the Huffington Post.  In regards to academics, Henry earned an engineering degree from Apex Technical School. Henry has a passion for emerging technology and covers upcoming products and breakthroughs in science and tech.

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iOS 12 beta 2 Beta Update Available – Comes with Calling Issues

iOS 12 beta 2 has a very serious problem with phone calls on iPhone, and if you want to install it, you should know how important it is.

iOS 12 beta 2 was released yesterday by Apple, but unfortunately it comes with a very serious problem for users who installed the update on iPhone phones. Today we’ve noticed that some phone calls received on iPhone with iOS 12 beta 2 do not appear when the phone rings, so you have no way to know who is calling you or how to accept the call. iOS 12 beta 2 has a very serious problem with the phone call system, and the only solution to find out who’s calling you is to reject the call you are receiving.

At that time the lock screen is displayed if the phone is locked, a missed call and the person name, or the phone number from which it comes, but accepting the call is impossible.

We are not the only one affected by this iOS 12 beta 2 issue, and it does not happen all the time, so you will not have the problem with just every call you’ve received. Making things even worse, if you sync the call list to iOS 12 beta 2 on multiple devices, you will notice that some of the entries are listed with the called party’s phone number, not the contact name.

iOS 12 beta 2 is not the first version of an iOS beta that has such issues with phone calls, and it certainly will not be the last, unfortunately. It is expected that iOS 12 will have such problems in beta, and anyone who installs it needs to take that into account, so you should know what to expect if you install it.

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Google Maps: Make the Most out of It with These Next Tips

Google Maps is known as the most popular navigation software. Everyone has heard of it, and it’s understandable, since it reached its 1 billion active users.

It’s a great idea to save your home and work address, as you can quickly get to it while in app. In order to do this, you need to open Google Maps and press on the menu button (the three vertical lines from the top-left corner). From there, get on your places – there you’ll see entries for Work and Home. Now all you have to do it put your addresses there. You can always ask Google Maps to navigate to Work or Home, rather than continually adding the address. Also, if you search for “restaurants near work”, you’ll find the closest ones to your work.

The Google Maps Navigation feature comes with a voice assistant and turn-by-turn directions. However, there’s a shortcut you can get. Search for a place or just touch it on the map and then proceed to hold the blue “Directions” button, that’s placed on the bottom right – now Google Maps will give you the best route and put you right into the Navigation Mode. However, if you need to change the mode of transport, you can just tap it once, choose the mode of transportation that you want, then tap on Start.

You can also share a location, just by tapping and holding on any area to drop a pin. At the bottom of the screen you have the address, which you should tap to expand, then you should tap on Share. A pop-up list of apps will make its appearance and you can choose from that list on which app you want to share your location. If that person cannot find your location, a photo of the building can always help.

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Everything We Know so Far About the Brand New Android P (Android Popsicle)

There are three pillar stones that are coming together with the Android P operating system, and that is it’s ease to use, intelligence and digital wellbeing. The second beta of this new operating system is accessible at this point. The final Android 9.0 release will happen in August.

Android Popsicle, as it might, in the end, be called, makes many enhancements, yet probably the most vital were talked about at the Google I/O 2018 keynote on the 8th of May.

The adaptive battery uses machines to figure out which applications you utilize and when, waking them just when they are probably going to be required and in an energy-efficient manner.

The adaptive brightness thinks about the individual preferences, give the ambient lighting according to, and at that point deals with those changes for you in the background.

App actions builds on the App Predictions highlight by additionally prescribing the activities you are probably going to take straight away.

Slices allow some portion of the application UI to be carried directly into the Google list items, enabling you to, for instance, arrange a Lyft without opening the application. The early access for this starts in June.

The new navigation system comes with a single home button, that you swipe up to see the predicted applications, and up again to see all the apps. Slide to the side to see the opened apps.

It also has smart text selection on Overview, simplified volume controls and a rotation button, which appears on navigation bar as you turn on the gadget.

Digital wellbeing

Android Dashboard aims to enable you to comprehend your habits and advance meaningful engagement. Shows you, for instance, how frequently you opened your telephone, what number of warnings you got, and what amount of applications you utilized. Likewise gives you controls for how and when you invest energy in your telephone.

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Samsung Galaxy Tab S4: Leaked Color Variants and Launch Date

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With each passing day, we are getting closer and closer to the official launch of the new tablet developed by Samsung – Galaxy Tab S4. As usual, there are many leaks and gossips surrounding the upcoming device. Now, in addition to some of the specifications already rumored, we just learned more about the possible choice of colors of Tab S4 and its launch date.

The colors of Galaxy Tab S4 – nothing fancy this time

According to some recent rumors circulating the internet, Samsung Galaxy Tab S4 and another upcoming device, Galaxy Tab A 10.1 will be available in two colors: black and grey. This means that there is no change here compared to the last year. For now, Samsung prefers to keep it classic. Those users who would rather choose some fancy colors will have to wait at least one more year.

What we know about the specifications of Galaxy Tab S4

As we mentioned before, thanks to some recent leaks we already know certain technical details of the upcoming Galaxy Tab S4. When it comes to the operating system, the tablet will run Android 8.1 Oreo with preloaded Samsung Experience 9.5. Tab S4 will be powered by Snapdragon 835 SoC chipset, accompanied by 4GB of RAM. It was also reported that it will have 64 GB of internal storage. As for the design, the bezels will be slimmer, while the aspect ratio will be set at 16:10. We also need to mention an improved S-Pen that might come with some of the features of Galaxy Note’s stylus.

There will be two models available of Galaxy Tab S4 and Galaxy Tab A 10.1: Wi-Fi + LTE and Wi-Fi only. As for Tab A 10.1, we do not know much about its specifications, other than the display size of 10.1-inch, as its name suggests. It is rumored that this tablet might be launched as Galaxy Tab A2 XL.

Rumored launch date

There were some rumors saying that both tablets could be released before the end of July. However, at the moment it looks more likely that Galaxy Tab S4 and Galaxy Tab A 10.1 will make their debuts alongside the Gear S4 smartwatch at the Galaxy Note 9 Unpacked event on August 9.

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Android Oreo Update Finally Available for Verizon’s Moto Z DROID

Finally some good news for the owners of Moto Z DROID: Android Oreo is now available on Verizon Wireless. While so far it hasn’t been progressing as fast as expected, it looks like the rollout of Oreo is reaching more and more users.

Unlocked variants first, then droids

One month ago Android Oreo was introduced on unlocked variants of Moto Z. Unfortunately, the “DROID” variants of Motorola’s device, amongst them Moto Z Force, were not part of this process. Now, the users of Moto Z on Verizon wireless can finally pick up the most recent update of Google’s mobile operating system. Of course, a brief soak test was needed before Oreo’s release, as it had to be checked for any possible errors and bugs.

The new update: Android Oreo and the security patch

Android Oreo comes in the update package together with the security patch from May. All Moto Z DROID and Moto Z Force DROID users can now pick up a software version OCL27.76-69-4 via an over-the-air update.

Android Oreo and what comes with it

While developing Android Oreo, Google’s goal was to make its newest operating system as comfortable and efficient as possible. Therefore, it comes with a wide range of improvements and new features. One of the most notable new additions is Picture in Picture, which allows users to watch a video and use an app at the same time. In order to improve the management of the notifications, Google modified some already existing features while also adding new ones, such as notification dots. Android Oreo brings a completely new emoji set, while some were redesigned.

If you are a proud owner of either Moto Z DROID or Moto Z Force DROID and you still haven’t received your version of the Android Oreo update, do not hesitate and search for it in the Settings.

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