Author: Kaluka wanjala

Android One was Google’s ambitious plan to replicate its Nexus line to the entry level market. This was the plan but Android One never really took off and some of the devices in this program including the Infinix Hot 2 were very disappointing device. Even with that said, I was still hopeful that Android One was a much needed program but unfortunately it hasn’t been as successful as I had thought. It has been long since we heard any news about Android One. The program is not dead but we just do not get any devices that blow our minds.…

The Google Pixel and Pixel XL smartphones are almost a year old and this means that we should be getting their successors very soon. According to Evan Blass, Google may launch the Pixel 2 smartphone in less than 2 months, October 5 to be exact. The Google Pixel and Pixel XL phones were unveiled on the 4th of October last year so October 5 sounds about right. Evan Blass has also revealed that the Pixel 2 smartphone will come with the Snapdragon 836 processor. If this turns out to be true, the Pixel 2 smartphone will be the first one…

Last year, Twitter mobile apps got the night mode option that make it easier to use the apps in dark or low lit environments. When turned on, it turns your display from the white background to a deep navy tone while turning all the text to white. This makes it easier for you to look at your screen if you are in a dark room by avoiding eye strains that you would have experienced when looking at the screen with no lights turned on. The only way to use Night mode on Twitter is to use it mobile apps. Those…

Samsung unveiled its latest device, the Galaxy Note 8, yesterday at an event in New York. The company decided to unveil this device at this event but also plans to showcase it next week at the IFA trade show in Berlin. Besides the Note 8, Samsung will also unveil its new Gear S smartwatch at the same event. This was revealed yesterday by Samsung’s head of mobile division, DJ Koh. Over the years, Samsung has used the IFA trade show as a platform to launch its new Gear S devices and this year will not be any different. The new…

The Galaxy Note 7 is a device Samsung hopes we will all forget about. This phone was launched back in 2016 but had to be pulled off the market as some units caught fire when being used/charged. With the disaster that was the Note 7, we were all keen to see what Samsung will do with the Galaxy Note 8 that was unveiled today. Samsung is describing the Galaxy Note 8 as the “next level Note “. You will agree with this phrase if you look at the Note 8 from the design point of view, it looks quite good…

WhatsApp wants to be more than just a simple messaging app. Just recently, the company reported that it has over 1 billion active daily users. This is a big number and the company wants to ensure all these users have the best experience if they are to stick around. The latest change the WhatsApp is introducing is in its Status feature. WhatsApp introduced the Status feature earlier this year and it has been a hit ever since. I tend to watch almost all updates posted by my friends throughout the day. Ever since WhatsApp Status was introduced, users could only…

A few days ago, I told you about the latest smartphones from Infinix, the Infinix Hot 5 and Hot 5 LTE has been announced. The company has just announced these two smartphones but there was no information as to when we would get them in Kenya. Well, now we have information that both the Infinix Hot 5 and Hot 5 LTE will go on sale in Kenya on August 28. This information was shared through the company’s Twitter account but did not reveal the price of the phone. All the tweet has revealed is that the phones will be available…

Last month, Infinix introduced its latest phablet, the Note 4, into the country. This was not the only variant the company had been working on, there is also the slightly bigger Infinix Note 4 Pro. The Infinix Note 4 Pro was not officially unveiled in Kenya but the company promised that it will do so this month. We are coming to the end of August and Infinix has confirmed that the Note 4 is coming to Kenya very soon. The company confirmed this through its official Twitter account with the caption “One Pen to Control the World.” With this caption,…

Good news Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8+ owners, you can now get Bixby digital assistant on your smartphone. We first saw this digital assistant when the company launched its latest flagship smartphones but users in most countries could not use it until now. Samsung has revealed that Galaxy S8 and S8+ users in over 200 countries globally including Kenya can now activate and use Bixby on their devices. The catch is that Bixby only understands Korean and US English so keep that in mind if you plan to use it. This is not all bad news unless you have a…

Yesterday, Google officially revealed the name of the next Android iteration. This version has been know as Android O for the last few months as the developer preview rolled out. The search giant has revealed that it will go with Android Oreo for Android 8.0. Google engineers will be uploading Android 8.0 Oreo’s code to the Android Open Source Project later today. The company will push out Oreo updates to the Pixel, Pixel C, Nexus 6P, Nexus 5X, and Nexus Player very soon, no exact date has been given as of writing this. If you enrolled to be part of…