Amazon’s Alexa app on Android has received a huge makeover

In the war of AI-powered digital voice assistants, Google Assistant and Siri are on the top, while Alexa, Bixby, and Cortana haven’t received much attention. And that is largely due to Apple and Google having already established smartphone platforms of their own. While Cortana is being shut down, Alexa is moving in a different direction. […]

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Xiaomi gives Civi 2 a Hello Kitty makeover

Xiaomi unveiled the Civi 2 back in September as a selfie-centric smartphone. It has two front-facing cameras and two dual LED flashes embedded in the top bezel, and comes with four nice colors. Today, the company revealed a new version – Hello Kitty Special Limited Edition. It is already up for pre-order on the Xiaomi […]

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Google’s Nearby Share to get Material You makeover on your Galaxy device

Similar to Samsung’s Quick Share, Google’s Nearby Share feature allows you to send files between two Android devices. It creates a peer-to-peer Wi-Fi network using Bluetooth pairing to facilitate file transfer between them, and it even works offline. While the feature is nice, the Material You makeover is all set to arrive for Nearby Share […]

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Google Search’s Material You makeover is heading to your Galaxy device soon

Google is now bringing the Material You redesign to the Google Search app. Google Search results and the Discover feed receive makeovers from time to time, but other parts of the Google app aren’t that fast to pick up the changes. Well, thanks to an APK Insight post, we now have a sneak peek at […]

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Google Chrome’s desktop app gets a Material You makeover

Google Chrome on the desktop does not change its theme based on the background wallpaper as it does on Android smartphones and tablets. If you are on Android, all Google apps change the colors of some of their UI elements to match the home screen wallpaper, thanks to the Material You dynamic theme feature. Taking […]

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Google Contacts homescreen widget gets a Material You makeover

While YouTube’s homescreen widget waits for its turn to receive the Material You makeover, Google Contacts, in the meantime, is getting the treatment done and dusted. With this new Google Contacts Material You homescreen widget, you can place a person/contact in a more prominent place on your homescreen. If you have the Contacts widget, it […]

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YouTube homescreen widgets on Android get Material You makeover

After providing convenient shortcuts to its YouTube iOS app via homescreen widgets, the same treatment is now rolling out for YouTube’s Android app. Thanks to the new Material You redesign of the widgets, you can have quick access to the app’s search and other core parts. With this update, you will soon be able to search on […]

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Amazon Prime Video gets its biggest makeover in years

Netflix arguably has the most intuitive UI compared to all streaming services. While Amazon Prime Video is the second biggest streaming service out there, its UI left a lot to be desired. Amazon also did not pay attention to revamping its user interface and making it more appealing for its users. Well, it seems at […]

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Material You makeover arrives for Play Store on tablets and Chromebooks

The Material You redesign, which was a part of the Android 12 OS, has already been applied to almost all Google apps on Android. Now as per 9To5Google, the Material You makeover for the Play Store is live for tablets and Chromebooks. But this is not the real makeover that the Play Store will get […]

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Microsoft OneDrive Windows 11 makeover shown off in leaked images

What you need to know Leaked images of an updated OneDrive client for Windows 11 show a revamped design for the application. The settings section of the OneDrive client now aligns visually with Windows 11, featuring rounded corners, transparency effects, and other UI elements that are seen throughout the operating system. It appears to be […]

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Google details Android Auto makeover, split-screen is the new norm

Among the many announcements at this year’s I/O conference, Google detailed the new look of Android Auto coming to all users starting later this summer. The big change is that the UI will now adapt to the various car screen sizes and orientations with a default split-screen look. The goal is to give drivers fast […]

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