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Facebook has started rolling out a new update for its messenger app that will see it adhere to Google’s Material Design guidelines. Some users in some countries already have had this update for a while but this was a controlled roll out meant for testing purposes. The updated version of Facebook Messenger will be added to the play store anytime from today. This is the first version that adheres to Google’s Material Design guidelines and comes almost two years after the new guidelines were introduced. It even gets the Material Design treatment before the official Facebook app. Over the past…

Last Tuesday we told you about Oppo’s plans to unveil its next smartphones, the Oppo R9 and R9 Plus, later this month. This was just a rumor back then but Oppo has finally confirmed that it will be unveiling these two smartphones on March 17. Both these smartphones have been certified TENAA and through this we got to see some of the specs they will come with. Some of these include a 5.5 inch AMOLED display with a 1080p resolution for the Oppo R9 and a 6 inch AMOLED display with a 1080p resolution for the Oppo R9 Plus. Both…

Do you own the Sony Xperia Z5? If yes, then we have some good news for you. You will soon getting Android Marshmallow update on your devices as Sony has confirmed that this update is coming. The Xperia Z5 is the company’s latest flagship device and we were expecting it to get updated but I was not expecting the update this early, I was expecting it sometime in June or July. Some of the regions where the Z5 is available and will be getting updated include Thailand, Russia, Algeria, MENA Arabic, Saudi Arabia, United States, India, and Malaysia. Yes, not…

Last week, we told you that WhatsApp has plans to end support for some of the least used mobile platforms. These include BlackBerry 10 devices, Nokia S40, Nokia Symbian S60, Windows Phone 7.1, Android 2.1 and Android 2.2. The biggest losers here are BlackBerry 10 users since the platform is still active and BlackBerry has confirmed that it will be supporting it even though its first Android powered smartphones is out there. Read More: WhatsApp to Stop Supporting Blackberry Devices with New Updates by The End of This Year With the announcement that WhatsApp was to end support for BlackBerry…

Last week, we told you that Huawei may launch its next flagship smartphone, the Huawei P9, later this week on March 9. The company was initially meant to unveil this smartphone last month at Mobile World Congress and since that did not happen, we settled for the March 9 date since Huawei has an event on this day. Well, it looks like we were wrong and Huawei will be unveiling the P9 early next month on April 6. This latest information comes from seasoned tipster Evan Blass (@evleaks on Twitter) who has always been spot on with most of his…

Last week, we told you that Microsoft has plans to update some of the existing Lumia smartphones (running Windows Phone 8.1) to the latest version, Windows 10 Mobile. We even gave you a list of some of these devices that were to get this update. The good thing about Windows 10 Mobile is that it will be rolling to a good number of devices from the high end ones to the low end Lumia smartphones. This update has taken a very long to be available to the existing Windows Phone devices and it is a good thing to see it…

Instagram is not playing nice with Telegram anymore as it is blocking links that point to Telegram profiles. The photo sharing app is specifically preventing users from posting their Telegram and Snapchat links of their short profile sections. This was spotted a few days ago and Telegram shared it on Twitter showing its frustration with the Facebook owned company. The tweet from Telegram reads, “Another @Facebook tentacle closes on users’ ability to share a link to their Telegram profile. #hypocrisy.” https://twitter.com/telegram/status/705125343011725312 This move comes about three months after another Facebook owned company, WhatsApp, blocked links to Telegram. The interesting bit…

One of the most talked about smartphone of Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2016 is the Xiaomi Mi 5. The phone has premium specs with a very affordable price. With this combination, the Mi 5 became one of the most highly anticipated smartphones of 2016. The Xiaomi Mi 5 is still not available in all markets at the moment as the company decided to launch it in China first before other markets. The company even held its first flash sale which saw over 4 million units of the Mi 5 sold. This is quite impressive as selling such number of units…

3D touch functionality on displays first became popular when Apple introduced it on some of its devices not so long ago. This got a lot of people talking about the importance of this feature and as usual, the Apple ‘haters’ bashed it as being a useless piece of tech. well, no matter where you fall on this debate, 3D touch is here to stay and you should expect to see it on some Android devices later this year. One such device that is rumored to have this feature is the rumored HTC Nexus smartphone that will be unveiled later this…

By now, you probably already know that Samsung is working on the Galaxy A9 Pro. We have been talking about this smartphone here for a while even as Samsung has not officially acknowledged its presence. This smartphone is meant to be Samsung’s premium mid-range smartphone to take care of the market segment that has been neglected by most manufacturers. For those who have been waiting for the Samsung Galaxy A9 Pro, you will not be waiting form long as the device will be unveiled anytime from today. The smartphone has even been certified by China’s Telecommunication Equipment Certification Center. It…