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• Android Q: How to toggle system-wide dark mode using ADB
• Android Q Beta with improved foldable phone features, Sharing shortcuts, Settings Panels and more released
• Google updates Gboard with faster on-device speech recognition
• Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 MIUI 10.2.7.0 update rolls out in India to enhance low light camera performance
• Alphabet's AI-powered Chrome extension lets you filter out toxic comments on YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and more
• Google Chrome 73 for desktops rolling out, brings Dark Mode and PWA for Mac, support for keyboard multimedia keys and more
• Xiaomi Redmi 6 Pro might get Dual VoLTE update with Android Pie update
• Microsoft Windows 10 latest Insider Preview Build lets you mirror your Android apps on PC
• List of Xiaomi smartphones that are confirmed to get Android Pie update [Updated]
• Google Drive Material redesign arrives for iOS and Android to match its look on the web

Android Q: How to toggle system-wide dark mode using ADB Few hours back Google released Android Q, the next major update with several new features for Pixel phones, but the first beta doesn't bring system-wide Dark mode as rumored.  'Device Theme' and 'Night Mode' settings from Android Pie have been removed in Android Q. Dark mode is enabled automatically for some, if 'Night mode' is enabled in Android Pie before updating to Android Q. Battery saver in Android Q turns system apps dark, but this disables important notifcations, haptic feedback and several things. However, you can enable, disable or turn auto dark mode with simple ADB code. Requirements Any Pixel phone running Android Q beta ADB software (For windows) / Android zip file for Mac / Android zip file for Linux auto, enter: adb shell settings put secure ui_night_mode 0 How to enable dark mode Connect the Pixel to your PC / Mac, open command prompt / terminal window in the same directory where ADB binary is stored Enable Dark Mode: adb shell settings put secure ui_night_mode 2     Disable Dark Mode: adb shell settings put secure ui_night_mode 1 Auto Dark Mode: adb shell settings put secure ui_night_mode 0 If you're using Windows, you need to add .\ before the command. If you're using macOS or Linux, then add ./ before the ...

Android Q Beta with improved foldable phone features, Sharing shortcuts, Settings Panels and more released Google has released Android beta for Android 'Q', the next major Android release, ahead of Google I/O 2018 in May, just like the past years. Google said that the next version of Android will bring  number of additional privacy and security features for users, as well as enhancements for foldable devices, Dynamic Depth format for photos, new APIs for connectivity, new media codecs and camera capabilities, NNAPI extensions, Vulkan 1.1 support, faster app startup, and more.  The first beta doesn't bring system-wide Dark mode as rumored, but you can enable the hidden Dark Theme using ADB. It is enabled automatically for some, if it's enabled in Android Pie before updating to Android Q. Battery saver in Android Q turns some system apps dark. Android Q is now available for Pixel, Pixel XL, Pixel 2, Pixel 2 XL, Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL devices on the Android developer website here manually or you can enroll here to get the OTA update to your device. Beta 2 will be available in April, Beta 3 in May, Beta 4 (with final APIs and official SDK) in June and the Beta 5 and 6 in Q3 before the final stable release at the end of Q3 2019. New features in Android Q ...

Google updates Gboard with faster on-device speech recognition In a recent development, Google is updating its Gboard keyboard with AI-powered offline dictation on its Pixel phones. This means no more network latency or spottiness — the new recogniser is always available, even when you are offline. The model works at the character level, so that as you speak, it outputs words character-by-character, just as if someone was typing out what you say in real-time. Since there is no need to send data over the Internet, Gboard's voice typing should now be faster and more reliable. Previously, the uncompressed models which Gboard traditionally uses for speech recognition take up about 2GB. When the user taps on the microphone icon, the speech is recorded, sent to Google's servers to be converted into text, then that text is sent back. Having said that, the company also trained a smaller model using recurrent neural network transducer technology. Even though it runs on-device with the same accuracy as server-based ones, it takes up around 450MB in the storage space. With model quantization process, Google was able to further reduce the size of the model, leading to a package that only takes up about 80 megabytes. This also increases the speed of transcription. At present, the latest Gboard update ...

Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 MIUI 10.2.7.0 update rolls out in India to enhance low light camera performance Xiaomi launched the Redmi Note 7 along with Redmi Note 7 Pro on February 28 in India. Redmi Note 7 duo pack a 6.3-inch Full HD+ waterdrop notch display with 1.95mm narrow bezels, 81.37% screen-to-body ratio and run on MIUI 10 on top of latest Android 9.0 (Pie). [gallery columns="2" size="full" link="file" ids="277698,277697"] Today, the company has started rolling out a new MIUI Global Stable ROM update for Redmi Note 7, the new update comes as MIUI 10.2.7.0.PFGINXM and is around 500 MB in size, but it still runs on February security patch. Xiaomi is rolling out this update to enhance low light camera performance on the device. The Redmi Note 7 went on sale on 6th March, but Redmi Note 7 Pro went on sale for the first time today.  Check out the changelogs below, Camera New: Enhanced low light mode Source

Alphabet's AI-powered Chrome extension lets you filter out toxic comments on YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and more The Internet is a boon and bane! In fact, the comment section can be both inspiring and depressing. Moderating a comment section is a tough job, if not done properly, it can create havoc with toxic words.  In an attempt to curb this, Alphabet's Jigsaw is working on an experimental Tune Chrome extension that lets users tune out those toxic comments for some peace of mind. As of now, the tool will work only on for comments on Reddit, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and Disqus. For the uninitiated, Jigsaw is one of those Alphabet units working to make the Internet safer. Previously, it had launched few experimental projects including Intra for protecting against DNS manipulation and censorship and Perspective for spotting abusive language on web pages. In fact, Tune lets people customize how much toxicity they want to see in comments across the internet. Furthermore, Tune builds on the same machine learning models that power Perspective to let people set the "volume" of conversations. This extension lets you turn the volume of toxic comments down for "zen mode" to skip comments completely or turn it up to see everything. Having said that, the machine learning powering Tune is experimental. It still misses some toxic ...

Google Chrome 73 for desktops rolling out, brings Dark Mode and PWA for Mac, support for keyboard multimedia keys and more Google has released stable Chome 73 update for desktops that brings Dark Mode for macOS. If you have enabled dark mode in macOS 10.14, then it will automatially be applied to Chrome, or  you can set Chrome browser in a permanent dark mode. Windows support is on the way, says Google. The update also adds support for Progressive Web Apps for Mac for the first time, bringing support for PWAs to all desktop and mobile platforms, making it easy to create installable apps, delivered through the web. Chrome 73 adds support for the multimedia keys on keyboard to control playback for media files. This includes play, pause, previous, next, seek backward, and seek forward. Multimedia keys is available for Chrome on Chrome OS, macOS, and Windows, and sometime later for Linux. Starting from Chrome 73, Google will automatically block file downloads initiated from within a sandboxed iframes. This allows content providers to restrict malicious or abusive downloads. Most of the new features that are available with Chrome 73 are mostly developer centric updates and additions to Chrome's arsenal of Web APIs. Source 1, 2

Xiaomi Redmi 6 Pro might get Dual VoLTE update with Android Pie update Xiaomi launched the Redmi 6 Pro in India back in September 2018 running MIUI 9 on top of Android 8.1 (Oreo) and later in December, it was updated to MIUI 10 which was also based on Android 8.1. Last month it started recruiting Beta testers for testing Android Pie based MIUI 10 Global Beta ROM for various devices including Redmi 6 Pro and Redmi Y2. Android Pie based MIUI Global Beta testing for the device has already started and Android 9.0 (Pie) based MIUI Global Beta ROM is expected to be released in coming weeks for all users (currently it is available for Beta testers only). Apart from Android version upgrade MIUI Global Beta ROM might bring a surprise for Redmi 6 Pro users, as per our sources we learned that Xiaomi has enabled Dual VoLTE on Redmi 6 Pro with Android Pie update. [gallery columns="2" size="full" link="file" ids="277675,277676"] We could verify the same with the help of screenshots posted on Mi Community and some replies by a Forum Moderator on MIUI Forum. Redmi 6 Pro features Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 mobile platform, the same processor that powers Mi A1 which received Dual VoLTE along with Android Pie update back in December 2018. Xiaomi Redmi 5 also received Dual VoLTE support with Android ...

Microsoft Windows 10 latest Insider Preview Build lets you mirror your Android apps on PC Last year, Microsoft launched the "Your Phone" feature in an attempt to help further tie Android or iOS smartphone to your PC. Right now, the Redmond giant is running a beta of a new screen mirroring feature that allows Android apps to be run on a Windows 10 PC. Dubbed as phone screen, users can now mirror your Android phone's screen directly on your PC without having to dig for your phone. The new phone screen feature gives you easy access to your phone apps on your PC. This new feature will be gradually rolled out to Insiders on 19H1 builds. According to the blog, the new phone screen feature is initially only compatible with a limited set of devices. It's currently only available on Samsung's Galaxy S8, S8 Plus, S9, and S9 Plus. Furthermore, your PC needs to support Bluetooth with Low Energy Peripheral mode for the feature to work. Notably, Surface Go will be the first device in the Surface lineup to preview this feature. Having said that, the company will continue to expand the list of devices over time for both the PC and phone. Source

List of Xiaomi smartphones that are confirmed to get Android Pie update [Updated] Xiaomi has finally released the list of smartphones eligible for Android Pie/Oreo update, these devices are supposed to get Android Pie/Oreo update sometime before Q2 2019. Xiaomi has mentioned that the smartphones which have already received two major Android updates are unlikely to receive further Android updates. The list of smartphones eligible to receive Android update includes both Mi and Redmi range of smartphones. List of smartphones that are confirmed to receive Android Pie update: Redmi Note 6 Pro Redmi Note 5 Pro Redmi 6 Pro Redmi Y2 Mi 6X List of smartphones that have received Android Pie update: Xiaomi Mi 8 Xiaomi Mi 8 Explorer Edition Xiaomi Mi 8 Pro Xiaomi Mi 8 SE POCO F1 Xiaomi Mi MIX 2S Xiaomi Mi Max 3 List of smartphones that have received Android Oreo update Xiaomi Redmi 5A Xiaomi Redmi 5 Xiaomi Redmi 5 Plus (Redmi Note 5 in India) Xiaomi Mi 5X Xiaomi Mi MIX Xiaomi Mi MIX 2 Xiaomi Mi 5 Xiaomi Mi 5S Xiaomi Mi 5S Plus Xiaomi Mi 6 Xiaomi Mi Note 2 Xiaomi Mi Note 3 The list is applicable for devices running on MIUI China ROM as well as MIUI Global ROM. Update: The list has been updated with several smartphones that ...

Google Drive Material redesign arrives for iOS and Android to match its look on the web Google is slowly but steadily revamping all its apps to suit the new Material Theme. In the recent development, the search engine giant is working a new look and feel on Google Drive for iOS and Android, making it easier to communicate and collaborate across files in Drive on mobile devices. Google Drive for the web got the feature back in May last year. According to the company, this Material redesign is part of a larger effort to bring the look and feel of our G Suite apps together as a whole, with ease-of-use in mind. The revamped Google Drive is already started rolling out for iOS users starting on March 12, 2019, and Android users will get it starting on March 18, 2019. New Home tab and bottom navigation Similar to Drive on the web, the Home tab will surface the files that are most important to you, based on things like: The last time you accessed or edited a file Who specific files are frequently shared with What files are used at specific times of day. A more intuitive bottom navigation bar that features options to switch between Home, Starred, files shared with you (Shared), and all files (Files), allowing for quicker access ...