Alert Slider has been one of the standout features of OnePlus smartphones over the years. But the company disappointingly removed the key from the OnePlus 10R and OnePlus 10T flagships this year, though the OnePlus 10 Pro had it. Reports suggested that the slider will be reserved for the “Pro” flagship model going forward, while it may also feature in some OPPO phones. In line with those rumors, the upcoming OnePlus 11 Pro does have the alert slider....

OnePlus 7 owners have been reporting a delayed display of incoming calls for months now. Whenever there’s an incoming call, the device would ring but the display wouldn’t reflect that simultaneously. There was a few seconds of delay, which could be annoying or even frustrating to users. OnePlus is finally fixing this issue with the latest update. Once you have installed the new software package, incoming calls should immediately show up on the screen of your OnePlus 7 series phone....

However, the company said that there will be “other releases” though it came short of mentioning what that means. One can assume that the manufacturer is referring to the OnePlus 9RT which has made multiple appearances in leaks already. OnePlus gave out this information to the media shortly after announcing the merger of OxygenOS and ColorOS software for its future phones. The ditching of the T variant this year breaks from the company’s tradition which first started in 2016....

OPPO Find X5 Pro is a flagship device from the brand that is getting its first developer preview for Android 13 and is preparing itself for hosting the stable version in the future. Before the Google I/O, many companies release a preview of the latest Android version for their devices to give a taste of what users will get in the final version. Of course, not all users are able to download and use the Android 13 preview for the Find X5 Pro....

The Paranoid Android team started working on this new release after the Android 12 source code made its way to AOSP recently. The team continues the tradition of naming its releases after minerals, a practice that began with the Paranoid Android Quartz release (Android 10). “These last years we have seen quite a confusion when it comes to our Alpha builds, and we want to give a better and proper information about it....