Counterpoint says the global smartphone market grew by 7% in 2021 compared to the previous year, despite challenges on multiple fronts – COVID-19 and the global chip crisis that affected numerous industries. Meanwhile, the Average Selling Price or ASP of smartphones was up 12% YoY in 2021 to reach $322. This is due to the rise of 5G phones, with brands like OPPO, vivo, realme, and Xiaomi launching several devices targeting markets like Southeast Asia, India, Latin America, and Eastern Europe....

This is a new tri-band designed router that has WiFi 6E, as well as WiFi 5 and WiFi 6. So it works on the 2.4GHz, 5GHz and 6GHz spectrums. That allows for a lot more traffic to go through the router. That’s important these days with so many smart home products being connected to our network. A few years ago, most homes had about 3 devices (on average) connected to the Internet....

Google has several reward programs for its security, and one of them is called the Android and Google Security Devices Reward Program. In this program, if you find a vulnerability with the software or hardware of a Google product, the company will reward you. Google’s security reward program will include more products Google’s security reward program will include more products This program already included 1st-party Google products like the Pixel devices....

To begin with, in landscape mode, effectively none of the UI for the calculator is hidden. As shown in the images below, the full complement of calculator tools is visible. That includes all of the scientific calculator buttons found in the app’s standard landscape mode on mobile. Now, however, those tools don’t take up the entire UI either. The history of calculations was previously hidden away behind an upward swipe. When active, it took up the entire display....

This feature makes it easier to check if there’s a newer version of the Play Store. Although the Android app hub could be updated before this addition, the option wasn’t prominently displayed. 9to5Google cites a report wherein an Android 10 user could access this new Play Store update button. So the feature may not be limited to a specific Android version. It’s worth pointing out that the feature isn’t widely rolling out yet....