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OnePlus Tells Employees Not to Answer OS Questions Related to Oppo Earlier this week,OnePlus announced its merger with Oppo. In the announcement, OnePlus said it will continue to operate as an independent brand under Oppo. The merger will also help expand the company’s R&D and supply chain to ship more devices. However, the announcement left users confused regarding the future of OxygenOS outside China. A leaked memo now reveals that OnePlus has instructed its employees not to respond to OS-related queries....

Samsung Joins Chinese Phone Makers to Offer Faster File Sharing Back in August 2019, Chinese smartphone giantsOppo, Vivo, and Xiaomi partneredto form what they call the ‘Peer-to-Peer Transmission Alliance’ in an attempt to create their ownAirDrop alternative. A few months later, these companiesannounced their plans to bring the file-sharing protocol globally. In an interesting development, Korean tech giant Samsung has now joined the party, and will soon enable high-speed file transfer on its devices....

Xiaomi Sound Charging Technology Revealed in Recent Patent Filing After teasingAir Charge technologythat’s capable of charging your devices wirelessly, Xiaomi seems to be working on a new charging technology — Sound Charging. That’s according to a new patent filing spotted on the China National Intellectual Property Administration website (viaMySmartPrice). Xiaomi Sound Charging Technology So, what exactly is Sound charging? According to the patent, thetechnology will apparently help charge devices through sound....

YouTube Starts Rolling out Picture-in-Picture (PiP) Mode on iOS YouTube is finally rolling out Picture-in-Picture (PiP) mode support on its iOS app. The initial rollout islimited to YouTube Premium subscribers in the US. However, the company has plans to bring PiP to all iOS users in the US in the future. YouTube Picture-in-Picture Mode on iOS Apple added native PiP support on iPhones with iOS 14. Since the YouTube app didn’t support PiP so far, iOS users had resorted to workarounds likeusing YouTube’s mobile website on Safariand relying onYouTube PiP mode shortcut using the Shortcuts app....

Battlegrounds Mobile India Early Access Is Now Open for Everyone! Nearly 9 months after itsban back in Septemberlast year, PUBG Mobilefinally made its comebackin a new avatar – Battleground Mobile India just yesterday. The game’s early access went live on 17 June, and all beta slots were filled within minutes, leaving many enthusiastic fans high and dry. Today, game developer Krafton has opened its doors to all mobile gamers, making Battlegrounds Mobile India early access available to everyone....

Google Might Be Working on a Find My-Like Network for Android Devices Over time, Apple has developed an extensive, crowd-sourcedFind My networkto detect andlocate its devices in the wild. There is really no competition in this department as no company currently has such a vast system like the Find My network. However, that may change soon as Google is rumored to be developing a feature similar to Apple’s Find My network for Android devices....

How to Block Websites in Safari on iPhone and Mac Maybe you want to shield your kids from being exposed to the never-ending trolling or bullying onsocial networking sites. Or, perhaps you have decided toblock all the shady websites, known for surfacing adult or offensive content, in the Safari browser on your iPhone and Mac. Whatever be the reason, you will be glad to know that it’s pretty easy to block websites in Safari on iPhone, iPad, and Mac....