Latest MIUI Beta Gets Android 10’s Gesture Navigation Feature Withgesture navigation gaining popularityas a more intuitive way of navigating the UI on touch-enabled devices like smartphones, tablets and convertibles, Xiaomi has finally started rolling out Android 10’s gesture control feature to the latest beta version of its MIUI China ROM for select devices. The functionality will also be available on the MIUI Global ROM“soon”, according to the company. Xiaomi has seemingly added at least four different gestures as part of the update, and these should be fairly familiar to anyone who has used stock Android 10 devices....

Latest Windows 10 Insider Build Brings Linux Files to File Explorer Microsoft has finally integrated support for accessing Linux files ofdifferent distrosinWindows Subsystem for Linux(WSL) directly from File Explorer in its latest Windows Insider Preview Build 19603. With this addition, users will see a small Linux Tux icon in the navigation pane of File Explorer for faster and easier file access.Credits: Windows “We’ve had the ability to access your Linux files since Windows 1903, but now you can easily get to them from your left-hand navigation pane in File Explorer....

LG Teases Upcoming Smartphone Design with Raindrop Camera Array Amidst the rumors of the LG G-series being discontinued, LG has today shared what its upcoming smartphone will look like. This could be theG-series replacementthat’s rumored to arrive on 15th May. In anofficial blog post, LG reveals that it’s switching up its smartphone design (it will no longer be bland) and has picked a ‘minimalist’ design for its upcoming smartphone. It will feature symmetrical front and back curves, a raindrop-like camera array (one of the more intriguing features), and other new design traits....

MediaTek Caught Cheating in Benchmarks; Denies Allegations Most smartphone buyers know too little about performance benchmarks to care about them, and the ones who do, know that synthetic benchmark scores need to be taken with a grain of salt at the best of times. However, that doesn’t seem to be deterring tech companies from resorting to artificial (and often unethical) means of inflating benchmark scores. The problem was thus far believed to have been limited to smartphone vendors, with Samsung, OnePlusand Huaweibeing some of the prominent companies to have been caught up in this controversy from time to time....

OnePlus 8 and 8 Pro Pricing Leaks Online; Are You Ready to Be Shocked? The OnePlus 8 flagship seriesarrives next week, amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. We already know almost everything about the OnePlus 8 and 8 Pro, including the design, internals, cameras,wireless charging support, and more. The only piece missing from the puzzle was the pricing details. Well, not anymore. Earlier today, noted tipster Roland Quandt (via WinFuture.de) revealed theofficial pricing details for all the configurationsof the OnePlus 8 and 8 Pro....

Oppo Ace 2 Confirmed to Have 65W SuperVOOC 2.0 Fast Charging With the launch event for Oppo’s first device in itsnew Ace series– the Oppo Ace 2 set to be held on Monday, the Chinese smartphone giant has now confirmed that the handset will come with support for 65W SuperVOOC 2.0 wired fast charging technology. The confirmation comes from a new teaser posted by the company on Weibo. In the image, the company teases 65W fast charging support and another fast charging feature, which is apparently 40W AirVOOC Wireless charging as per rumors....

Surface Neo Launch Postponed; No Dual-Screen Windows 10X Devices This Year: Report Microsoft was expected to launch theWindows 10X-powered Surface Neoin time for the Holiday 2020 shopping season, but a new report fromZDNetnow suggests that the device might not see the light of day this year. In fact, Microsoft’s Chief Product Officer, Panos Panay, is said to have informed some members of his team on Wednesday that the company won’t even let any third-party vendor ship dual-screen Windows 10X devices in 2020....