Tech Chat with David Cannon's Friday News Update

This week on the Friday News Update: - Cybic announce the Legend range of smart bikes at CES 2019, with a screen for maps and directions, a music player and Alexa built-in - Nvidia announce the new RTX 2060 graphics card, giving you ray-tracing tech for an affordable price, and that their RTX graphics cards are coming to laptops - ASUS announce the ROG Mothership gaming laptop, one of the first laptops with an RTX graphics card, featuring a detachable keyboard, a 17" Full HD 144Hz screen and an Intel i9 processor - Mui announce a smart... plank of wood, with a touchscreen that lets you check the news and weather, send messages and talk to the Google Assistant - LG announce the Signature OLED TV R, a 65" 4K OLED TV that rolls up into a box, as well as an 88" 8K OLED TV, Alexa and AirPlay support for their TVs - Samsung TVs get an iTunes Movies and TV Shows app, AirPlay support and support for control through Alexa and the Google Assistant - Sony announce huge 85" and 98" 8K TVs and AirPlay support for their TVs - The Google Assistant gets new features and a smart alarm clock from Lenovo, the Lenovo Smart Clock - Xiaomi's Redmi, now a spin-off brand, announce the unbelievable Redmi Note 7, with a 48MP camera, a Snapdragon 660 and a 4000mAh battery for the equivalent of £115 - HTC announce the Vive Pro Eyes headset with eye-tracking, a new Viveport Infinity subscription and tease an easier-to-use Vive Cosmos headset - Samsung announce that the Galaxy S10 will be announced at a Galaxy Unpacked event on the 20th of February Get every episode of the Friday News Update with the Friday News Update Alexa Flash Briefing Buy the Nvidia RTX 2060 (US): http://bit.ly/TC-RTX2060-US Buy the Nvidia RTX 2060 (UK): http://bit.ly/TC-RTX2060-UK Buy the Mui: http://bit.ly/TC-Mui Buy the Redmi Note 7: http://bit.ly/TC-RN7

This week on the Friday News Update: - Apple announces that it expects to earn $5 million less than initially predicted, blaming sales of iPhones, especially in China, causing shares in other companies with lots of sales in China to drop - Xiaomi announces the amazing new Mi Play budget phone, with a waterdrop notch, the new Helio P35 and 10GB free data every month for a year - Honor properly announce their first phone with a hole in the screen for the selfie camera, the Honor View20, in China, with a 25MP selfie camera inside the 4.5mm hole, a 48MP camera on the back and the Kirin 980 - Huawei announce the P Smart (2019) budget phone, with a 6.2" Full HD screen, the Kirin 710 and a 3400mAh battery for just £150 in the UK Get every episode of the Friday News Update with the Friday News Update Alexa Flash Briefing Buy the Mi Play: http://bit.ly/TC-MiPlay Buy the Honor View20: http://bit.ly/TC-HV20

Plus the Lenovo Z5 Pro GT and the HTC Desire 12S. This week on the Friday News Update: - Huawei announces their first phone with a hole in the screen for the selfie camera, the Nova 4, with triple cameras enabling 10X zoom and wide angle shots, the Kirin 970 and a 3750mAh battery for a very affordable price - Lenovo announces the Z5S budget phone, with a waterdrop notch, the Snapdragon 710 and triple cameras - Lenovo also announces the Z5 Pro GT, a slider phone which could be the first phone with the new Snapdragon 855 and will also have a 12GB RAM model, one of if not the thinnest bezels on a smartphone yet and an AMOLED screen - HTC announces the Desire 12S, with the Snapdragon 435, a 3075mAh battery and a horrible design Get every episode of the Friday News Update with the Friday News Update Alexa Flash Briefing Buy the Huawei Nova 4: http://bit.ly/TC-HN4 Buy the Lenovo Z5S: http://bit.ly/TC-LZ5S Buy the Lenovo Z5 Pro GT: http://bit.ly/TC-LZ5PGT Buy the HTC Desire 12S: http://bit.ly/TC-HD12S

Plus the Galaxy A8S and the Skullcandy Push wireless earphones. This week on the Friday News Update: - Vivo announces the Vivo NEX Dual Display Edition, with a 5.5" second screen on the back for taking selfies, a Time of Flight camera for 3D facial recognition and 10GB of RAM - Samsung announces the first phone with a hole in the screen for the selfie camera, the Galaxy A8S, with a 6.4" screen, triple cameras and a Snapdragon 710 - Galaxy S10 UK prices, screen sizes and the design of the Galaxy S10 Lite leak - The Honor View 20 has been teased this week, with a 4.5mm hole in the screen for the selfie camera, a 48MP camera and Link Turbo for faster downloads - Skullcandy announce their first truly wireless earphones, the Skullcandy Push, with FitFins for a more secure and comfortable fit in your ear, 12h battery life and a $130 price - Huawei Nova 4 specs leak ahead of its announcement this Monday Get every episode of the Friday News Update with the Friday News Update Alexa Flash Briefing Buy the Vivo NEX Dual Display Edition: http://bit.ly/TC-VNEXDDE Buy the Galaxy A8S: http://bit.ly/TC-GA8S Buy the Skullcandy Push: http://bit.ly/TC-SCPush

Plus the Nokia 8.1, a huge Galaxy S10+ design leak and the shutdown of Google Allo. This week on the Friday News Update: - Nokia announce the Nokia 8.1, giving you a 3500mAh battery, a Snapdragon 710 and Android Pie with Android One for £380, as well as the Nokia 3.1 Plus with a 6" screen without a notch, 2 day battery life and a Helio P22 for £170 and the European availability of the Nokia 5.1 Plus, available for £200 in the UK - Qualcomm announce the Snapdragon 855, the processor that will be in nearly all of next year's Android flagships, with 45% faster performance, support for 5G and real time background blurring for video with the new Spectra 380 chip - The design of the Galaxy S10+ leaks, showing thinner bezels, a quad camera and... a weird rectangular display cutout - Google Allo is shutting down in March Get every episode of the Friday News Update with the Friday News Update Alexa Flash Briefing Buy the Nokia 8.1: https://www.nokia.com/phones/en_gb/nokia-8

Plus the Honor 8C and LG's 16 camera phone patent. This week on the Friday News Update: - Some Samsung Galaxy Note 9 owners in the US can sign up to get the Android Pie beta with the new One UI right now - Project Fi, Google's US mobile network, is now Google Fi and now works on iPhones as well as more Android phones - LG have trademarked three smartphone names that suggest they're working on a folding phone - LG have also patented a smartphone with 16 cameras to take photos at different angles - Samsung's Galaxy Flex folding phone could start at £1,500 in the UK - Honor announce the Honor 8C, giving you a notched screen, the Snapdragon 632 and a 4000mAh battery for 11,999 rupees (£135!) - Vivo's NEX 2 leaks, with triple cameras, a second screen on the back and a 3D scanning Time-of-Flight camera - The Huawei Nova 4 budget phone appears on a Chinese livestream - it could be the first phone with a hole in the screen for the selfie camera Get every episode of the Friday News Update with the Friday News Update Alexa Flash Briefing Get the Samsung+ app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.samsung.oh Sign up for Google Fi: https://fi.google.com/about/ Buy the Honor 8C: https://www.hihonor.com/in/product/10091649886107.html

Plus the Honor 10 Lite and Huawei's folding phone. This week on the Friday News Update: - The biggest Black Friday tech deals on today, including the Google Home Mini for £100 - Honor announce the Honor 10 Lite, with a red or blue gradient glass back, a waterdrop notch and the Kirin 710 for just 1399 yuan (£155/$200) - Huawei's P Smart 2019 smartphone leaks... with almost exactly the same specs as the Honor 10 Lite - A special edition of the Galaxy S10 leaks, with a 6.7" screen, six cameras and 5G, plus more info on the three other Galaxy S10 models - Huawei's folding phone could be called the Mate Flex and will have 8" and 5" screens and 5G, according to the latest rumours - Google Duplex rolls out to a small number of Pixel owners in some US cities - The Snapdragon 8150 will be announced on the 4th of December Get every episode of the Friday News Update with the Friday News Update Alexa Flash Briefing Buy the Honor 10 Lite (China): https://www.vmall.com/product/10086341166601.html

Plus Black Friday deals, Samsung's luxury flip phone and the Galaxy S10's processor. This week on the Friday News Update: - You can get a huge discount on the Honor 9 Lite, Huawei P20 Pro and Google Pixelbook today until Black Friday in the UK - Samsung announces a premium Android flip phone, with a full keypad, a dual camera and a Snapdragon 845 for the equivalent of... £2000. Right. - Galaxy S10 features and the price and release date of Samsung's Galaxy F folding phone leak - Samsung announce the Exynos 9820, the processor that will be in the Galaxy S10 in Europe, with a Neural Processing Unit, better gaming performance and 8K video recording - The mid-range Google Pixel 3 Lite leaks in full, with the same camera quality as the Pixel 3, a Snapdragon 670 and... a headphone jack? - Amazon launch Alexa Blueprints, allowing you to easily make your own custom Alexa Skills Get every episode of the Friday News Update with the Friday News Update Alexa Flash Briefing Try Alexa Blueprints (UK): https://blueprints.amazon.co.uk Try Alexa Blueprints (US): https://blueprints.amazon.com Buy the OnePlus 6: https://www.amazon.co.uk/OnePlus-Android-Version-SIM-Free-Smartphone-Mirror-Black/dp/B07HW2P2W8 Buy the Sony Xperia XZ2: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sony-Xperia-XZ2-SIM-Free-Smartphone-Liquid-Black/dp/B07B54GGNT Buy the Huawei P20 Pro: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Huawei-Android-SIM-Free-Smartphone-Headphones-Black/dp/B07C7FQTCD Buy the Honor 9 Lite: https://www.amazon.co.uk/storage-Camera-Display-Official-Device-Blue/dp/B079TMXQ7J Buy the Google Pixelbook: https://store.google.com/product/google_pixelbook Buy the HP Intel Core i5 Laptop: https://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/computing/laptops/laptops/hp-15-da0596sa-15-6-intel-core-i5-laptop-1-tb-hdd-silver-10184693-pdt.html

Plus Bixby Capsules and Xiaomi's launch in the UK. This week on the Friday News Update: - Samsung unveil their upcoming folding phone, a pocketable phone that can unfold into a 7" tablet, as well as new features for Bixby, a new One UI interface for Samsung phones and new phone screen designs at the Samsung Developer Conference 2018 - Google announce Android support for folding phones or Foldables and an In-App Update API which can download and install app updates while you continue to use the app at this year's Android Dev Summit - You can now buy Xiaomi's phones, earphones and electric scooter in the UK Get every episode of the Friday News Update with the Friday News Update Alexa Flash Briefing Download Bixby Developer Studio: https://bixbydevelopers.com Buy Xiaomi's products in the UK: https://www.mi.com/uk/

Plus the MacBook Air and Mac Mini. This week on the Friday News Update: - Apple announce a new MacBook Air, with a Retina Display, Touch ID and USB-C - The Mac Pro gets a small update with a space grey model, more RAM and storage and USB-C - Apple redesign the iPad Pro with a bezelless 11" or 12.9" ProMotion screen, Face ID and a wireless charging Apple Pencil Get every episode of the Friday News Update with the Friday News Update Alexa Flash Briefing Buy the MacBook Air (2018) (US): https://www.apple.com/shop/buy-mac/macbook-air Buy the MacBook Air (2018) (UK): https://www.apple.com/uk/shop/buy-mac/macbook-air Buy the Mac Mini (2018) (US): https://www.apple.com/shop/buy-mac/mac-mini Buy the Mac Mini (2018) (UK): https://www.apple.com/uk/shop/buy-mac/mac-mini Buy the iPad Pro (2018) (US): https://www.apple.com/shop/buy-ipad/ipad-pro Buy the iPad Pro (2018) (UK): https://www.apple.com/uk/shop/buy-ipad/ipad-pro

This week on the Friday News Update: - Xiaomi announce the Mi Mix 3, with dual cameras in a sliding panel at the back of the phone, enabling a 93% screen to body ratio, a high DxOMark score and up to 10GB of RAM - The Black Shark Helo gaming phone is announced, with a game controller in the box, RGB LEDs on the sides of the phone and up to 10GB of RAM - HTC open preorders for the Exodus 1, a cryptocurrency phone... that you can only buy in cryptocurrency - Misfit and Mobvoi each announce new smartwatches, the Vapor 2 and TicWatch C2, with GPS, NFC and... the old Snapdragon Wear 2100 Get every episode of the Friday News Update with the Friday News Update Alexa Flash Briefing Buy the Mi Mix 3 (China): https://item.mi.com/product/10000123.html Buy the Black Shark Helo (China): https://item.mi.com/product/10000122.html Buy the HTC Exodus 1: https://www.htcexodus.com Buy the Misfit Vapor 2: https://misfit.com/products/misfit-vapor-2 Buy the Ticwatch C2: https://www.mobvoi.com/products/ticwatchc2

This week on the Friday News Update: - RAZER announces the Phone 2, with better cameras, wireless charging and a Chroma light that can light up when you get notifications - Samsung announces the Galaxy A9, the first phone with 4 cameras, which can do 2X zoom, wide-angle photos and background blurring - Facebook have made the Portal... a smart speaker with a camera. Yup, seriously. Get every episode of the Friday News Update with the Friday News Update Alexa Flash Briefing

This week on the Friday News Update: - Huawei announces the incredibly innovative Mate 20 Pro, with 3D facial recognition, an in-screen fingerprint sensor and reverse wireless charging, a very downgraded Mate 20, the huge 7.2" Mate 20 X with an M-Pen stylus and the rip-off Mate 20 RS, a leather backed Mate 20 Pro - Huawei also announces the not-very-smart Watch GT smartwatch with up to a month of battery life - Another Apple Event is coming on the 30th of October Get every episode of the Friday News Update with the Friday News Update Alexa Flash Briefing

This week on the Friday News Update: - Google announce the Pixel 3 and 3 XL, with a second wide-angle selfie camera plus Night Sight, Super Res Zoom and loads more tricks, the ability to answer calls for you and... that gigantic notch on the XL, plus the Pixel Stand, a wireless charger for the Pixel 3 that can act as a Google Home and can also wake you up - Google also announce their first tablet in years, the Pixel Slate, with a Chrome OS optimised for tablets, a 12.3" screen praised by filmmakers and Intel processors, but also with a ludicrous price - Google announce their first Smart Display, the Home Hub, with a 7" screen, the Google Assistant and no camera for privacy reasons Get every episode of the Friday News Update with the Friday News Update Alexa Flash Briefing

This week on the Friday News Update: - LG announces the V40 ThinQ, the first smartphone with five cameras, also featuring a 6.4" notched OLED screen, a Boombox Speaker and a headphone jack - The LG Watch W7 is also announced, giving you a flawed Wear OS smartwatch with physical hands for... $450?? - Microsoft update the Surface Pro, Surface Laptop and Surface Studio with 8th generation Intel processors and new black colours (excluding the Studio), and also announce the Surface Headphones, $350 noise cancelling Bluetooth headphones with Cortana - Nokia announce the Nokia 7.1, a notched phone with dual cameras, the Snapdragon 636 and a stunning glass back, plus Android One Get the latest episode of the Friday News Update with the Friday News Update Alexa Flash Briefing

This week on the Friday News Update: - Oculus announces the Quest headset, a standalone VR headset with four sensors for room tracking and 6DOF, plus a Star Wars VR experience called 'Vader Immortal' for the Quest, YouTube VR for the Oculus Go and Gear VR and TV casting for the Go - Office 365 gets Microsoft Search, a universal search engine for your Office 365 files and resources, Ideas, an AI to help you make your PowerPoint or Excel spreadsheet, background blurring for Teams video chats and more - Google gets some new features, including AI-made Stories, recent pages visited from Google and Google Lens on the mobile Google Images site - LG reveal some of the specs and the design of the V40 ThinQ - The OnePlus 6T will have a bigger battery - iPhone Xs users are already encountering problems Get every episode of the Friday News Update with the Friday News Update Alexa Flash Briefing

This week on the Friday News Update: - Amazon announces an updated Echo Dot, Echo Show and Echo Plus with better-looking designs and improved sound quality, an Echo Sub subwoofer, the Echo Input and Echo Auto to put Alexa in more devices, plus a clock, microwave and smart plug that work with Alexa and more - GoPro announce the Hero 7 range, with the Black model featuring the new HyperSmooth video stabilization, TimeWarp timelapses and SuperShot colour improvement - OnePlus are making... a TV? - Samsung's Galaxy A7 is the company's first triple camera phone, with background blurring and wide-angle photos - The Huawei Mate 20 will have live video filters, video background blurring and a camera Underwater Mode Get every episode of the Friday News Update with the Friday News Update Alexa Flash Briefing

This week on the Friday News Update: - Apple announces the iPhone Xs and Xs Max, a 6.5" version of the Xs, both with a new gold colour, up to 512GB of storage and Depth Control, starting at £999 and £1099 respectively - Apple also announces the cheaper £750 iPhone Xr, with most of the same features as the Xs but with 6 colours and a 720p LCD... in 2018. - The Apple Watch Series 4 is announced, with thinner bezels round a bigger screen, Fall Detection and the ability to do ECGs straight from the watch - The OnePlus 6T will have an in-screen fingerprint sensor but... no headphone jack? - Qualcomm finally announces a new smartwatch processor, the Snapdragon Wear 3100, with improved battery life - Huawei will announce its folding phone within the next year - The LG V40 ThinQ will be announced on the 4th of October Get every episode of the Friday News Update with the Friday News Update Alexa Flash Briefing

This week on the Friday News Update: - Honor announce the 8X and 8X Max, with huge notched screens, powerful processors and big batteries - Motorola announce the One and One Power, with gigantic notches, dual cameras and Android One - Google updates Chrome for its 10th birthday with a handy new Omnibox, better autofilling and a Material Design revamp - The OnePlus 6T's box leaks, showing waterdrop notch and in-screen fingerprint sensor - Possible Snapdragon 855 benchmark scores leak, with nearly identical scores to the Apple A11 Bionic - Instagram could be working on a shopping app - Apple is offering free repairs for iPhone 8s with logic board problems - The Razer Phone 2 is coming - Samsung will announce their folding phone this year - Skype add call recording to their apps - Huawei Mate 20 and Mate 20 Pro designs leak ahead of 16th of October announcement - Google will not announce a Pixel Watch this year, but the Google Pixel 3, plus loads more new Google tech, will be announced on the 9th of October - Microsoft will announce a new Surface on the 2nd of October Get every episode of the Friday News Update with the Friday News Update Alexa Flash Briefing

This week on the Friday News Update: - Dell, Acer and Asus announce bezelless new laptops with Intel's updated 8th generation Core i processors - Skagen announce the Falster 2 with a fantastic design and GPS, a heart rate sensor and GPS - Google is updating Wear OS with a new swipe-based interface - B&O announce some expensive new speakers, including the drum-shaped Beosound Edge which you can roll to control the volume, plus the Beosound 1 and 2 with the Google Assistant and the Beoplay E6 earphones - Samsung and LG unveil some of the first 8K TVs - Huawei announce a new notched budget phone called the Mate 20 Lite - Honor announce the ridiculously cheap Honor Play, with a Kirin 970, huge battery and "4D" gaming for £380 - BlackBerry announce a budget Key2 called the Key2 LE, with slightly downgraded specs - HTC announce the hideous U12 Life with no notch, a Snapdragon 636 and a headphone jack - Sony announce the Xperia XZ3 with a curved OLED screen and Side Sense Get every episode of the Friday News Update with the Friday News Update Alexa Flash Briefing

This week on the Friday News Update: - Xiaomi announces the POCOPHONE F1 in India, with a Snapdragon 845, 6 or 8 GB of RAM and a 4000mAh battery for the equivalent of £230 - Nokia announces the global versions of the X5 and X6, the 5.1 Plus and 6.1 Plus, with notched screens, glass backs, dual cameras and great processors for a budget price - Fitbit announce the Charge 3, with a much higher resolution touchscreen, calendar and weather apps and smartphone notifications plus Fitbit's activity tracking starting at £130 - DJI announce the Mavic 2 Pro and Zoom drones, the Pro with an adjustable aperture and the Zoom with 2x optical zoom, plus Hasselblad cameras, omnidirectional obstacle sensing, up to 31 minute battery life and loads more features Get every episode of the Friday News Update with the Friday News Update Alexa Flash Briefing

Sorry it's a bit late. This week on the Friday News Update: - OPPO announces the R17, the first phone with the Snapdragon 670, Gorilla Glass 6 and a very unique new shape of notch - Motorola announces the P30 in China, a nearly identical iPhone X clone with a huge notch, the Snapdragon 636 and AI dual cameras - The specs and design of the Huawei Mate 20 and Mate 20 Lite and some of the specs of the Mate 20 Pro have already been leaked - Intel could announce updated Core processors on the 1st of October - Android Police leaks an image and some of the specs of the Key2 LE Get every episode of the Friday News Update with the Friday News Update Alexa Flash Briefing

This week on the Friday News Update: - Samsung have announced the Galaxy Note9, with a 4000mAh battery, new camera features and a Bluetooth S-Pen that can control the phone from metres away, plus an exclusive Fortnite skin - Samsung have also launched the Galaxy Watch with 7 day battery life, stress detection and Tizen 4.0 - Samsung have also announced their first smart speaker with Bixby, the Galaxy Home, with AKG sound, SoundSteer to point the speaker's audio at you and a touch-sensitive white light ring which can control the volume, updates to Bixby including Google Assistant-like follow-up questions and personalised recommendations, and new Spotify integration for their devices that lets you pause music on one device and continue listening on another - Android P's official name is Android Pie - Qualcomm will finally announce a new smartwatch processor next month Get every episode of the Friday News Update with the Friday News Update Alexa Flash Briefing

This week on the Friday News Update: - Motorola announces the Moto Z3 mid-range phone, with a 6" bezelless AMOLED screen, a Snapdragon 835 and 5G on Verizon with Motorola's upcoming 5G Moto Mod - Samsung makes a surprise announcement of the Galaxy Tab S4, with an iris scanner, Samsung DeX on the tablet and a 7300mAh battery plus a bigger, more bezelless AMOLED screen, and the Galaxy Tab A 10.5, a cheaper version of the Tab S4 with a Snapdragon 450 and an LCD screen - Tiger Mobiles shows off dummy models of two of Apple's 2018 iPhones - XDA Developers publishes photos of the Google Pixel 3 XL in Clearly White Get every episode of the Friday News Update with the Friday News Update Alexa Flash Briefing

This week on the Friday News Update: - Xiaomi announce two new budget phones, the Mi A2 and A2 Lite, with Android One, dual cameras that work well in low light and bezelless Full HD screens, plus a notch and a 4000mAh battery on the A2 Lite - The Galaxy Note 9's S-Pen will be able to skip songs, take photos and open apps, XDA Developers have found - The Galaxy Watch appears briefly on Samsung's website, showing its design - Corning announce the stronger Gorilla Glass 6 Get every episode of the Friday News Update with the Friday News Update Alexa Flash Briefing

This week on the Friday News Update: - Google is fined €4.3 billion by the EU for forcing Android device manufacturers to install Chrome and Google Search on their devices - Xiaomi announces the Mi Max 3, a gigantic 6.9" smartphone with a 5,500mAh battery - Nokia announces the notched X5 budget phone, giving you a bezelless screen and dual cameras for a cheap price - Motorola releases an Android Go edition of the Moto E5 Play in the UK, with a Snapdragon 425 and 1GB of RAM - Samsung's Bixby speaker could cost $300 and have "sound shifting" and might be released with the Galaxy Note 9 and Galaxy Watch at Samsung's Unpacked event next month Get every episode of the Friday News Update with the Friday News Update Alexa Flash Briefing

This week on the Friday News Update: - Apple upgrades the Macbook Pro with Touch Bar range with 8th generation Intel processors, up to 32GB of RAM and 4TB of storage plus Hey Siri support and more - Apple could release updated MacBooks, Mac Minis and iMacs later this year as well as iPad Pros with no home button and Face ID, Apple Watches with bigger screens and three iPhones with single or dual cameras this year, according to rumours - Microsoft announces the budget Surface Go, with a 10" screen, 9 hours of battery life and an Intel Pentium Gold processor Get every episode of the Friday News Update with the Friday News Update Alexa Flash Briefing

This week on the Friday News Update: - The Galaxy Note 9 could cost €1000 and have the same cameras as the Galaxy S9+, a 1150 nit screen and music control and a photo timer trigger through the S-Pen, according to rumours - The OnePlus 6 now comes in a Red colour at no extra cost, available on the 10th of July - Apple is remaking its maps data for Apple Maps, starting with San Francisco, using iPhones and Apple Maps cars - Your phone or the upcoming Galaxy Tab S4 will soon work as a second screen for Samsung DeX, and the Galaxy Tab S4 will be compatible with DeX - Android Headlines have published a photo of the upcoming Galaxy Tab S4, showing what could be an iris scanner, no fingerprint sensor and thinner bezels - Your Gmails could have been read by developers of apps, including Edison Software - Honor's president has confirmed that the Honor Note 10 is coming, with a 6.9" AMOLED screen, according to rumours - A Samsung Messages bug is causing it to send your photos to random contacts - The rumoured cheaper Surface devices could have Intel Pentium Silver and Gold processors - The Mi Mix 3 could have a new Vivo NEX-like design - The next iPhones could come with USB-C fast chargers - The iPhone 9 and X Plus/XI Plus could come in new colours Get every episode of the Friday News Update with the Friday News Update Alexa Flash Briefing

CLARIFICATION: The price I gave for the Mi Pad 4 is for the 4GB RAM/64GB storage WiFi model - there's also a 3GB RAM/32GB RAM model which converts to £125, as well as a £170 LTE version of the 4GB/64GB model. This week on the Friday News Update: - Samsung announces that the Galaxy Note 9 will be announced on the 9th of August, just before a website releases details about the phone including camera, battery and S-Pen details - Honor releases the new Honor 7S smartphone, giving you decent specs and a (kind of) bezelless screen for just £99 - Huawei announces when devices will get GPU Turbo, which will make them 60% faster - The Zenfone 5 is now up for preorder in the UK, costing just £350 (or £300 for a limited time) - Nokia are working on a flagship smartphone with a fingerprint sensor under the screen and exciting cameras - Google will soon begin testing Google Duplex - Xiaomi releases an 8" Mi Pad 4 Android tablet with a Snapdragon 660 - The LG V40 could have 5 cameras - Motorola are announcing at least 1 new smartphone on the 2nd of August Get every episode of the Friday News Update with the Friday News Update Alexa Flash Briefing

This week on the Friday News Update: - Oppo announces their almost completely bezelless flagship, the Find X, with a 93.8% screen to body ratio, cameras, a speaker and sensors that pop up from the back of the screen, 3D facial recognition and a curved OLED screen - Garmin announce the Fenix 5 Plus smartwatch range, with a music player, running/cycling route finder, Garmin Pay, up to 20 day battery life and a blood oxygen sensor on the 5X Plus - YouTube Premium comes to the UK, with ad-free videos which can be downloaded for offline watching, and access to YouTube Music, also available on its own with a cheaper subscription, with a huge collection of music videos, remixes and live performances - Instagram launch IGTV, a YouTube-like video app with vertical video Get every episode of the Friday News Update with the Friday News Update Alexa Flash Briefing

This week on the Friday News Update: - Vivo announces their incredible new NEX S flagship, with a 91% screen-to-body ratio, 4000mAh battery and in-screen fingerprint sensor, and a cheaper NEX A - The next XBOX will be released in 2020 - Lenovo announces new bezelless Legion Y530 and Y730 laptops with great specs for a fairly low price at E3 - Samsung announces their updated Chromebook Plus V2, with a 13MP back camera, Intel Celeron processor and 12" Full HD screen - The BlackBerry Key2 is now available for preorder from Carphone Warehouse, with a Snapdragon 660, dual cameras and a new Speed Key - The LG G8 ThinQ could have a 4K screen - The Huawei Mate 20 Pro could have a massive 6.9" AMOLED screen Get every episode of the Friday News Update with the Friday News Update Alexa Flash Briefing

This week on the Friday News Update: - Apple announces the new iOS 12, with Siri Shortcuts, Screen Time restrictions and MeMoji, as well as macOS Mojave with Dark Mode and new News, Home, Stocks and Voice Memos apps, watchOS 5 with a Walkie Talkie app and auto workout detection and Dolby Atmos for the Apple TV 4K at WWDC 2018 - Sonos announces a new soundbar called the Beam with HDMI... and Alexa - ASUS announces their new ROG Phone, a gaming phone with a 90Hz AMOLED screen, binned Snapdragon 845 with 8GB of RAM and a cooling fan and LED on the back, plus the new ZenBook Pro with a 4K screen, up to an Intel Core i9 and a ScreenPad instead of a trackpad - Motorola announces their new Moto Z3 Play mid-range phone, now with a bezel-less screen, dual cameras and a Snapdragon 636 Get every episode of the Friday News Update with the Friday News Update Alexa Flash Briefing

This week on the Friday News Update: - Xiaomi announces the new Mi 8 flagship phone range for their 8th anniversary, with great cameras and specs and a design identical to the iPhone X's, as well as a new smartwatch, a huge TV and a standalone VR headset - Nokia announces three new budget phones, the Nokia 2.1, 3.1 and 5.1, with 18:9 screens, great specs for the price and... microUSB?? - First Pixel 3 rumours tell us about the design and cameras Get every episode of the Friday News Update with the Friday News Update Alexa Flash Briefing

This week on the Friday News Update: - HTC announces their new U12+ flagship, with four cameras, including the highest-rated dual cameras on DxOMark, Edge Sense 2, a bezelless screen and pressure sensitive buttons... for some reason - LG announces their new Q7 budget phone range, with bezelless screens, octa-core processors and single cameras with Portrait Mode - Razer announce new Razer Blade 15 laptops and the budget Core X external graphics card enclosure Get every episode of the Friday News Update with the Friday News Update Alexa Flash Briefing

This week on the Friday News Update: - OnePlus announce the new OnePlus 6, with a notch, glass back and upgraded cameras plus lots of optimizations to make it faster, plus Bullets Wireless earphones that have amazing sound quality, Dash Charge and magnetic control for just £69 - Honor announce the Honor 10 with an incredible colour-changing glass back, a notch and AI dual cameras - Samsung's next smartwatch could be called the Galaxy Watch - Microsoft could be working on a cheaper Surface device - Google could release a Pixel Watch this year This is our 25th episode. Thanks for listening and watching and for making the podcast such a success! Get every episode of the Friday News Update with the Friday News Update Alexa Flash Briefing

This week on the Friday News Update, from Google I/O 2018: - Google Photos gets AI suggestions and Colour Pop - Gmail can now autocomplete sentences - Google Assistant gets 6 new voices, some handy new features and smart displays coming in July - Google shows off Google Duplex, an AI that can call up a restaurant and book a table for you and will come to the Google Assistant soon - Google Lens gets new features, real-time recognition (coming soon), and is now built in to many phones' camera apps - Google News gets redesigned and now features tweets, videos, Q and As and subscriptions - Android P features announced, including App Actions, Slices, a gesture-based interface and Adaptive Brightness - Google Maps is getting AR navigation Get every episode of the Friday News Update with the Friday News Update Alexa Flash Briefing

This week on the Friday News Update: - LG announces their new G7 ThinQ flagship phone, with a Super Bright Display, Google Assistant button and a Boombox Speaker - Facebook announce a Clear History feature plus lots of new Instagram, Whatsapp and Facebook Messenger features and release the Oculus Go at the F8 developer conference - The Windows 10 April 2018 Update is released with some useful new features - iTunes comes to the Windows Store - Apple is working on an 8K AR and VR headset - The Galaxy A8 and Essential Phone are now available in the UK - Sonos could announce a soundbar with Alexa on the 6th of June - The Samsung Galaxy Tab S4 gets certified by the WiFi Alliance - The HTC U12/U12+ will be announced on the 23rd of May - Samsung announces the Galaxy A6 and A6+ budget phones with bezelless screens - Xiaomi phones are coming to the UK CORRECTION: The LG G7 ThinQ's power button is on the right side of the phone, not the left. Get every episode of the Friday News Update with the Friday News Update Alexa Flash Briefing

This week on the Friday News Update: - Gmail gets a massive redesign with Snooze, Nudges, Smart Replies, Confidential Mode and more - Nokia could announce their first phone with a notch - the mid-range Nokia X6 - today, and have teased a relaunch of the Nokia N9 - The OnePlus 6 will be announced on the 16th of May with waterproofing, super slow-mo video and a glass back - Apple are replacing some 13" MacBook Pro batteries for free - Samsung are trialling six 360-degree TV series for their VR headsets in the new 'Pilot Season' - Something called the Amazon Fire TV Cube is coming - Microsoft are working on a new version of Windows called 'Windows 10 Lean' Get every episode of the Friday News update with the Friday News Update Alexa Flash Briefing

This week on the Friday News Update: - Motorola announces the new Moto G6, G6 Plus and G6 Play and E5, E5 Plus and E5 Play budget phones in Brazil - Sony announces a baffling new smartphone called the XZ2 Premium - Google rolls out a new Android Messages feature called Chat Get every episode of the Friday News Update with the Friday News Update Alexa Flash Briefing

This week on the Friday News Update: - HP announces another Chrome OS tablet called the Chromebook X2 - Apple releases a red iPhone 8 and 8 Plus for (PRODUCT)RED - OnePlus tweets a teaser image of the back of the OnePlus 6, showing... not much has changed - iOS 11.3 is bricking devices with unofficial screen replacements - Gmail is about to get a redesign - Google's upcoming Android TV dongle gets certified - The Google Store stops selling the original Pixel - The Galaxy Note 9 could have a 4000mAh battery and a 6.4" screen - LG confirms their next phone will be called the G7 ThinQ and will launch on the 2nd of May; meanwhile Android Headlines post some features of the phone Today is our 20th episode. Thanks for listening to the Friday News Update and helping me reach 1000 listens! Get every episode of the Friday News Update with the Friday News Update Alexa Flash Briefing

This week on the Friday News Update: - Apple could start using its own processors instead of Intel's in its Macs by 2020 - Apple could start producing microLED screens for Apple Watches this year and might use the screens in AR glasses and future iMacs - The new Mac Pro is coming in 2019 - OnePlus confirm some specs of the OnePlus 6 and that you will be able to hide its notch - New wireless OnePlus Bullets earphones could be announced alongside the OnePlus 6 - Samsung is apparently working on Galaxy A6 and A6+ mid-range phones with Infinity Displays - Galaxy S6 will no longer receive software or security updates - Samsung announce the Notebook Odyssey Z gaming laptop with great specs - The Pixel 3 is definitely coming, possibly alongside a mid-range Pixel - LG G7 ThinQ rumoured renders published online - The Moto G6 could be announced on the 19th of April - You can now buy games from Razer via the Razer Game Store Get every episode of the Friday News Update with the Friday News Update Alexa Flash Briefing

CORRECTION: The iPad (2018) actually costs £320, not £330 as said in the video. This week on the Friday News Update: - Huawei announce the P20 Pro with triple cameras and the P20 flagships with Galaxy S9-beating scores on DxOMark and the P20 Lite budget phone - Apple announces a new budget iPad with Apple Pencil support and clever updates to Pages and Keynote - Acer announce the first ever Chrome OS... tablet - Moto G6 temporarily goes up on Amazon, revealing specs and the price - The Apple Watch Series 4 could get a redesign Get every episode of the Friday News Update with the Friday News Update Alexa Flash Briefing

This week on the Friday News Update: - HTC announce the Desire 12 and 12 Plus budget phones, with bezel-less screens, curved glass backs and dual cameras on the 12 Plus - ‎The Huawei P20 Pro could have a 6. OLED screen and amazing triple cameras that match and beat the Galaxy S9's camera features - ‎Galaxy S9 owners report dead areas in the phone's screen - ‎The Galaxy Note 9 could launch in July with a fingerprint sensor under the screen and a bigger battery - ‎HTC Vive Pro now available in the UK with £800 price, original HTC Vive now £500, HTC Vive Focus standalone headset coming to the UK this year - ‎The Oculus Go standalone VR headset could launch in May at the F8 developer conference - ‎Full rumoured OnePlus 6 specs posted online, with a 6.3" AMOLED Full HD screen and Snapdragon 845 allegedly coming Get every episode of the Friday News Update with the Friday News Update Alexa Flash Briefing

This week on the Friday News Update: - Fitbit announces a new smartwatch called the Fitbit Versa with Fitbit OS, an Apple Watch-like design and 4 day battery life as well as a fitness tracker for children called the Fitbit Ace - Google rebrand Android Wear to Wear OS - Motorola allegedly cancel the Moto X5 and some Moto Mods, possibly including a rumoured VR headset Mod - Google Lens comes to iOS via the Google Photos app - Huawei and some online phone stores accidentally reveal the Huawei P20 Lite before its official announcement - Apple announce that WWDC 2018 will start on the 4th of June and send out invites to a mysterious education-themed event on the 27th of March - The Essential Phone gets Android 8.1 Oreo - The LG G7 could be announced in April and released in May, followed by the V35 in November - HTC U12+ specs and image posted online Get every episode of the Friday News Update with the Friday News Update Alexa Skill

This week on the Friday News Update: - Huawei announces three new Mediapad M5 tablets and the MateBook X Pro laptop at MWC 2018 - LG secretly shows off its upcoming G7 phone at MWC... but it's caught on camera with a 6" OLED screen, boombox speakers and a notch - OnePlus 6 rumoured pictures emerge, showing a notch and a glass back, plus it's benchmarked on AnTuTu and beats the iPhone X - Apple will apparently announce a cheaper HomePod and MacBook Air this year, as well as an exciting new iPad Pro this June - HiAssistant, Huawei's Google Assistant rival, could be coming soon - HTC U12 specs tweeted, will apparently be announced in June - LIFX light bulbs now work with Cortana - Google Duo now has video voicemails - Google release the first Android P Developer Preview - Samsung announce their QLED TVs for 2018 Get every episode of the Friday News Update with the Friday News Update Alexa Flash Briefing

This week on the Friday News Update: - Samsung announce their new Galaxy S9 flagship smartphone at MWC 2018, with 960fps slow motion video, a variable aperture for better photos and videos in different lighting and dual cameras on the S9+, plus Dolby Atmos dual speakers - Sony announce the XZ2 smartphone at MWC, with HDR video recording, vibration in sync to the phone's sound and a new design! Finally! - Nokia announce the budget Nokia 1, the midrange Nokia 6 and Nokia 7 Plus, the flagship Nokia 8 Sirocco and relaunch the Nokia 8110 - Asus announce a phone that looks exactly like the iPhone X called the Zenfone 5, complete with Zenimojis, facial recognition and a notch Get every episode of the Friday News Update with the Friday News Update Alexa Flash Briefing

This week on the Friday News Update: - Spotify could be working on their own smart speaker, according to job listings - Google has rebranded Android Pay as Google Pay - Cortana is now on IFTTT - Apple Park workers keep walking into its glass walls - WWDC 2018 could take place between 4-8 June - Twitter's macOS app has been discontinued - LG's next flagship phone could have a bright and power efficient MLCD+ bezelless screen and will be announced in June - Land Rover announce a phone called the Explore - Galaxy Tab S4 benchmark on GFXBench reveals most of its specs - it could be announced at MWC 2018 - WinFuture reveals all Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus specs - WinFuture releases renders of the Huawei Mediapad M5 10 Pro - Renders of the Sony Xperia XZ2 posted online - Nokia 1 with Android Oreo Go Edition and Nokia 7 Plus with a bezelless screen and Android One could be announced at MWC 2018 Get every episode of the Friday News Update with the Friday News Update Alexa Flash Briefing

CORRECTION: The second Zenfone 5 I mention - with dual cameras in the middle on the back - is the Zenfone 5 Lite, not the Zenfone 5 as I said. This week on the Friday News Update: - First Snapdragon 845 benchmarks appear online, with the processor getting scores near or more than the iPhone X's scores - Nokia 2 now available for preorder in the UK from Amazon - Renders of the ZenFone 5 and 5 Lite appear online - Renders of the Huawei P20, P20 Plus and P20 Lite from TigerMobile posted online, plus pictures of the P20 Lite from a certification document emerge - LG confirm new version of V30 smartphone coming at MWC, with Bixby Vision-like Vision AI feature - Android P will feature support for smartphones with iPhone X-style notches - Essential announce new Essential Phone colours - Google Chrome now blocks some types of annoying ads - HomePod leaves white rings on wood surfaces - Apple will release a software update to fix bug which causes messaging apps to freeze when sent a certain character Get every episode of the Friday News Update with the Friday News Update Alexa Flash Briefing

CORRECTION: The Oukitel U18's dual camera has 16MP and 5MP lenses, not 16MP and 13MP as I said in this episode. This week on the Friday News Update: - Intel announces the new Vaunt smart glasses, which use lasers to project notifications, directions and apps onto your eyes - Oukitel announces the £140 U18 smartphone that copies both the iPhone X and Huawei Mate 10 Pro, with a 21:9 screen, an iPhone X style notch and facial recognition - Apple starts sending out HomePods, but have an otherwise bad week with code from an iOS security feature posted online, worrying people that hackers could use it to create dangerous viruses, iPhone 7 and X bugs and AirPods apparently... exploding - Huawei release the budget Honor 9 Lite and Huawei P Smart with bezel-less screens and dual cameras in the UK, and also announce that the Huawei P20 will be announced on the 27th of March. Plus images of the P20 Lite emerge online - HTC U12 apparently caught on camera at a 5G event - Google could be working on a game streaming service - LG could announce a V30s at MWC with an AI camera feature Get every episode of the Friday News Update with the Friday News Update Alexa Flash Briefing

This week on the Friday News Update: - Elephone announces the incredible U Pro budget smartphone, with a curved AMOLED Full HD+ screen, dual cameras and facial recognition (coming soon via an update) and more... for just £200-300. Wow. - Vivo announces the X20 Plus UD, the first ever phone with a fingerprint sensor under the screen. Plus they could be working on a phone with 10GB of RAM and up to 512GB of storage - Red announces more information about their Hydrogen holographic smartphone - Google Play has started selling audiobooks - A Chrome OS tablet by Acer has been spotted at an education event - Google I/O will take place between the 8th and the 10th of May this year - An examination of the Google app reveals that you'll soon be able to change the 'OK, Google' wake word - OnePlus have introduced iPhone X-like gestures in the latest OnePlus 5 and 5T beta - Nokia have released a 4G version of the 3310 - Samsung will release the Galaxy X this year - iOS 12 won't introduce many new features, but Apple will introduce support for iPad apps on macOS - Surface Pro 4 owners are reporting a screen flickering issue that can only be (temporarily) fixed by putting the laptop in a freezer - Galaxy S9 will get 'Intelligent Scan' unlock method and 'stickers with depth control' are coming to the S9+, plus photos of the phones and camera samples emerge online Get every episode of the Friday News Update with the Friday News Update Alexa Flash Briefing