Vivo Releases OriginOS Update Roadmap Vivofinally revealedOriginOS, the company’s replacement of the existing Funtouch OS yesterday. In case you’ve been wondering if your Vivo phone will receive OriginOS, you will be glad to know thatVivo has announced the official update roadmap on Weibo. First up, Vivo has made it clear that the upcoming phone in its X series, presumablyVivo X60, will be the first phone to run OriginOS out of the box....

YouTube Will Now Run Ads on More Videos Without Sharing Revenues With Creators In a major change to its monetization policy,YouTubeon Wednesday announced that it will start running advertisements on more videos on the platform, irrespective of whether the uploader is part of its Partner Program or not. What it means is thatthe company is essentially giving itself the right to monetize a creator’s content without sharing any revenues with them....

10 Best Music Composer Apps for Android and iOS Contrary to popular belief, you can actually compose music on smartphones. You don’t need a powerful computer withstudio-level audio editing appsto get started with music creation. There are plenty of apps that allow you to create beats, record your vocals, add tunes from music packs, and edit tracks on an intuitive launchpad. So if you are someone who wants to compose music on smartphones then follow along....

Apple’s MagSafe Duo Charger Doesn’t Support 15W Charging Merely weeks after it was revealed that Apple’siPhone 12 mini doesn’t support 15W charging with MagSafe, Apple has now updated its store listing to specify that the company’s upcoming MagSafe Duo charger doesn’t support 15W charging. As first spotted by Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, you getup to 11W of wireless charging with a 20W USB-C power adapter, while apower adapter rated 27W or higher will yield up to 14W wireless charging....

Google Camera 8.1 Adds ‘Storage Saver’ Mode to Help You Save Space on Your Phone Rolled out to thePixel 5andPixel 4aearlier this month,Google Camera 8.1 has apparently added a ‘Storage Saver’ mode under the all-new ‘Storage’ sectionthat was originally supposed to have been rolled out with GCam 8.0, but remained conspicuous by its absence. The Storage Saver option was originally supposed to debut as ‘Low Storage Mode’ in GCam 8.0, but is now finally available in version 8....

Google Chrome 87 Rolling out with Performance Improvements, Tab Search, and More Google is rolling out Chrome 87, an update for the Chrome browser that ‘represents the largest gain in Chrome performance in years’ due to many under-the-hood improvements. Notably, this is thelast Chrome release of 2020. Performance Improvements According to Google,Chrome 87 starts up to 25 percent fasterand loads pages up to 7 percent faster. The company is also claiming that the browser now uses less power and RAM than before, which is good news for anyone using Chrome browser....

Google Fit Updated With Revamped Homescreen; Wear OS Gets Redesigned Weather App TheGoogle Fit appon Android and iOS is getting an update that the company says will make it easier to find all their fitness data in one place. As part of the plan, the app now gets a dedicated easy-to-view hub that not only enables users to view a summary of their metrics on the homescreen, but also to check whether they are meeting their daily and weekly goals for Heart Points and Steps....