Under a new partnership between Adobe and YouTube, the free Adobe Premiere mobile app (launched last month for iOS) will soon add Create for YouTube Shorts. The new content-creation space will provide access to Adobe's video-editing tools including exclusive effects, transitions, title presets and more tailored to YouTube Shorts.
While Natzir was analyzing his access logs, he found an undocumented user agent string "GeminiiOS" that didn't appear anywhere in Google's or public documentation. After he did some digging, he was able to confirm that it corresponds to visits generated from the WebView embedded inside the Gemini app on iOS. The example user agent Nazir sent me was: Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 18_7_1 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/605.1.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) Mobile/15E148 GoogleWv/1.0 (WKWebView) GeminiiOS/1.2025.4170000
For a while now, Google has been AI-ifying everything it owns, and the latest AI infusion just went straight to the Play Store on Android. This is now showing AI generated review summaries for apps listed in the store, which should save you a lot of time skimming various app reviews to get a feel for how good or bad a specific app is.
A YouTuber named Michi NekoMichi recently posted a slow-motion video that recorded him typing the phrase "thumbs up" on his iPhone keyboard. The video showed that even when the correct key was pressed, the phone would enter the wrong character, typically one surrounding the key he pressed. For example, typing the letter u would insert the letter y or h instead, while typing the letter m would insert the letter n.
Tariffs have been a major topic in the tech world this year, with the ongoing US-China trade war, but it seems we've reached a turning point. President Trump came to an agreement with Xi Jinping to reduce tariffs on Chinese goods from 57% to 47%. In addition, China is suspending its restrictions on US rare-earth mineral imports for one year.
Today, Gemini for Home has started rolling out in the US, but there's a catch. Gemini for Home is currently in early access mode, and if you want to be among the first people in the US to be able to test it, you need to request access. To do this, go to Google Groups settings > Global Settings, and make sure "Add me to their groups" is checked.
During the event, Oppo also shared the global release timeline for its ColorOS 16 update. While the ColorOS 16 rollout for compatible devices is scheduled to begin in China on October 30, global users will have to wait a little longer. Oppo's ColorOS 16 update will be first available on the Find N5, Find N3, Find N3 Flip, the Find X8 series, Reno 14 lineup, Reno 13 series, and the Pad 3 Pro in November.
Honor launched the Magic8 and Magic8 Pro in China earlier this month, but it's also rumored to be working on the Magic8 Ultra that will arrive at some later point, probably early next year. This is now said to be powered by the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 SoC, unsurprisingly. It allegedly boasts a quad-curved 6.71" LTPO OLED screen with "1.5K" resolution, with an ultrasonic embedded fingerprint sensor and support for 3D face recognition.
Earlier this month, Motorola listed the X70 Air on the Lenovo China website, but did not reveal pricing or availability details. The company has now confirmed the pricing of its new 'Air' phone. The Moto X70 Air is priced at CNY 2,399 ($340) for the 12GB/256GB variant, whereas the 12GB/512GB option will cost you CNY 2,699 ($380). The phone is available in Bronze Green, Gadget Gray, and Lily Pad colors.
However, this is now very unlikely to happen, a tipster on X says. The rollout is delayed, and it's all connected to the Galaxy S26+. This model was initially scrapped by Samsung, only to be brought back to life recently in the face of the Galaxy S25 Edge's dismal sales (the S26 Edge was supposedly replacing the S26+, but now the S26 Edge has been canceled and the S26+ is back on track).
We had the chance to handle the vivo X300 Pro at the launch of the X300 series in China, but the phone is now at the office and in for a proper review. We can also put it side by side with its predecessor, which reveals a few differences. Most notably, the new phone is smaller in all dimensions. The vivo X300 Pro, right, and the X200 Pro on the right
Round, square or visor - those are the usual shapes when we're talking about smartphone camera islands, but Realme has its eyes set on bringing a more personalized look. Realme GT8 Pro is the brand's first smartphone with an interchangeable camera housing, which allows you to completely change your phone's look in a few simple steps. Realme GT8 Pro's camera islands
Mobian Trixie is the new stable version, available in two main variants: one with Phosh, GNOME's Phone shell, and one with KDE Plasma Mobile 6.3. There are versions for the PinePhone, PinePhone Pro, and PineTab, both sizes of Google's Pixel 3a, the OnePlus 6 and 6T, and Xiaomi Poco F1. All run the current kernel from Debian 13, version 6.12.
A couple weeks back, I wrote about tipping via screens: It's down across the board, percentage-wise, and I think the suckiness of the tipping prompts is at least partially to blame. One common strategy people employ to deal with the prompts is to ignore them, walking away from the counter when a screen asks whether they'd like to tip $1 or 25 percent or whatever, opting out of the transaction completely. You have likely walked up to a counter to buy a matcha latte only to see that the person on line ahead of you has abdicated this opportunity to tip. Maybe you even thought, I could leave a tip for them.
Tesla just made servicing your vehicle even easier and more convenient than it already is. All it did was add a new section to its smartphone app. Tesla has officially launched a new Maintenance tab that estimates the repair date and cost, and uses vehicle data to determine if any part is in need of replacement. It can be found by accessing the app, going to Service, then hitting Request Service, and then Maintenance.
The majority of people prefer that only folded dimensions are used when filtering phones based on their thickness, width and height. People had a simple reason for voting this way - most of the time, the phones stay folded. You carry them closed, of course, but with the rapid improvement of cover displays (especially on flip foldables), you can get a lot done without opening the phone.
vivo held a big Chinese event this week, announcing the new OriginOS 6 and the X300 series in the X300 and the X300 Pro. OriginOS 6 is redesigned with a similar visual style to iOS 26 with transparent elements and a multi-layered look. OriginOS 6 is here to replace FunTouch OS and will get its global rollout later this month.
