PayPal integration is finally rolling out for Samsung Pay in the U.S.

Samsung Pay is one of the most popular mobile payment solutions because it utilizes MST to simulate the magnetic stripe of physical credit cards, allowing for the service to be accepted in nearly any store. Your bank and credit card must support Samsung Pay, however, and support for services such as PayPal has been missing even though integration was announced quite several months back. Now, after nearly 9 months since Samsung first announced PayPal support in Samsung Pay, it appears that the integration is finally rolling out for some users in the United States.

PayPal support in Samsung Pay allows for you to use your balance and/or the credit or debit card connected to your account. Some people like to keep to keep money in their PayPal balance instead of in a bank account, so this is perfect for those users who own a Samsung Galaxy flagship and want to use Samsung Pay.

Credits: /u/Swipp3r

To add a PayPal account, you can select the plus icon at the top right corner of the screen. Then, under “add credit or debit card”, it should say add PayPal. If your phone does not have that option yet, you just need to wait for it to roll out. Currently, it seems to be rolling out to the Samsung Galaxy Note 8 in the U.S. and should be rolling out to other devices and countries soon. I haven’t seen the feature yet on my Samsung Galaxy S9, so it’s possibly going to be a slow roll out. If you do notice this option in the Samsung Pay app, leave a comment below to let us know.

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Unofficial LineageOS 15.1 now available for Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro with nearly everything working

The Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro was released in India in February alongside the Indian Redmi Note 5. Its list of specifications includes the Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 system-on-chip, 4GB/6GB of RAM paired with 64GB of storage, 6-inch Full HD+ (2160×1080) IPS display with an 18:9 aspect ratio, dual 12MP primary + 5MP secondary (depth sensing) cameras, 20MP front-facing camera, and a 4000mAh battery. In India, the phone shipped with MIUI 9 on top of Android 7.1 Nougat.

The Redmi Note 5 Pro was released in China as the Redmi Note 5 with an updated software version (Android 8.1 Oreo along with Project Treble support). The Chinese Redmi Note 5 is not the same as the Indian Redmi Note 5, as the Indian Redmi Note 5 is a re-branded version of the Chinese Redmi 5 Plus. It’s fair to say that the branding is confusing. The Indian Redmi Note 5 Pro and the Chinese Redmi Note 5 are code-named whyred, while the Indian Redmi Note 5 and Chinese Redmi 5 Plus are code-named vince.

The Redmi Note 5 Pro is already a popular device in India. In terms of development, it has received official TWRP support, and an unofficial release of LineageOS 14.1 (based on Android 7.1 Nougat) is also available, with nearly everything reported to be working. The upcoming Android 8.1 Oreo update for the device also contains Project Treble support. (A leaked Android Oreo-based MIUI Global ROM is available for the device.) This means that users can flash a generic system image (GSI) of Android Oreo.

Now, XDA Senior Member vasishath has released unofficial LineageOS 15.1 (based on Android 8.1 Oreo) for the Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro. Nearly every feature is reportedly working, including features such as RIL, VoLTE, fingerprint sensor, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, camera, video recording, video playback, audio, flash, LED, sensors, and GPS.

The instructions to install the ROM are:

• Download the latest build and GApps (the developer recommends Open GApps).
• Reboot to recovery.
• Flash the latest ROM and GApps.
• Flash Magisk, and reboot.

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Download unofficial LineageOS 15.1 for the Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro

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How to make Google Chrome Touchscreen Friendly on Tablets & Laptops

Google Chrome is by far the world’s most popular Internet browser. There’s a version for every major operating system out there, however, the only versions that are best suited for touchscreen devices are the Android and iOS ones. With Chrome OS tablets soon on the way, Google has been working on making the Chrome browser more touchscreen friendly with its “Touchable Chrome” feature. We first caught glimpses of what this would look like last month, but since then the feature has matured a bit and is now suitable for daily use.

If you own (or plan to own) a tablet running Chrome OS, a Microsoft Windows-based tablet, or a Windows convertible laptop with a touchscreen, then you may be interested in enabling this feature so that your Chrome experience is a bit more touch friendly. The hidden Chrome flag we’ll be enabling will make Chrome’s tab strip and all of its buttons much larger and more prominent—meaning pressing on them with your finger will be much easier. Here’s how to enable it.

How to make Google Chrome more Touchscreen Friendly on Tablets & Laptops

At the time of this article’s publication, this feature is available in the beta channel for Chrome OS and in Chrome Dev for Windows/Linux. This feature seems to be available in Chrome version 67+ for now.

1. In Chrome’s address bar, copy and paste the following URL: chrome://flags/#top-chrome-md
2. That should bring you to the following in-development feature flag.
3. Depending on what version of Google Chrome you are on, you’ll see different options here. Click on the drop-down to the side and select “Touchable.” At the time of writing, the “Material Design” refresh is only available in the Chrome Canary build.
4. After you select an option, a popup will appear at the bottom asking you to relaunch the browser. Select “Relaunch now” and Chrome will restart with the new UI!

Enjoy Google Chrome’s new makeover with a touch-friendly interface! Google is working on making this interface the default on tablet devices, so eventually, you won’t even have to manually enable this flag!

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Essential Phone Android 8.1 Oreo build with April security patches and Bluetooth 5 certification rolling out

The Essential Phone faced some issues since at launch, but since then the company has attempted to repair their reputation by providing updates with new features and important changes including the addition of Project Treble support. Following a price cut, it seemed that the device was doomed to fail and would later be dropped in terms of software updates and support, yet that clearly wasn’t the case. In another update for the device, Essential has brought the April 2018 security patch, performance and stability improvements, and Bluetooth 5 certification.

We’re rolling out a new Oreo 8.1 build (141) that includes April security patches, Bluetooth 5.0 certified, modem stability fixes, and more. pic.twitter.com/KMoSmjIR47

— Essential (@essential) April 6, 2018

The path to Android Oreo was an interesting one with the Essential Phone, with Essential having to jump straight to Android 8.1 Oreo due to issues the company faced with the initially launched version of Android Oreo. Despite the long wait time to receive Android Oreo, Essential managed to push out the update ahead of some other manufacturers, largely in thanks to their open beta testing of new major software updates.

While the arrival of the April 2018 security patch is fairly self-explanatory, what exactly is meant by modem stability fixes is currently unknown. The proper handling of gaming controllers will also be good news to those who game on their phones, as powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 it’s still able to run just about any game on the market currently with ease. Bluetooth 5.0 certification will allow users to enjoy twice the connection speed with Bluetooth devices, a higher range of connection, a lower power draw and support for lots of Internet of Things (IoT) devices.

If you want to install the update, you can simply reboot your device, navigate to the system settings and manually check for an update. If this doesn’t work, simply wait a few hours and try again.

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The Competition Begins at the Modern Combat Versus Final in Paris

The finals for the Modern Combat Versus International Tournament are now underway in Paris France. TK is at the event giving XDA an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at everything that is going on.

Players will be using the Honor View 10 as they battle it out in Modern Combat Vs. This whole competition is made possible by Honor, which means the winning team is going to be rewarded with €10,000 and four Honor View 10 phones to be split among the four players of the team.

Follow the excitement from our facebook page where we are streaming live from the event.

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Facebook Messenger will allow you to retract messages after Mark Zuckerberg was caught doing it

It has been a rocky few weeks for Facebook. One of the big scandals in the Android world was when Facebook was caught scraping call logs and message data. But that’s just the tip of the iceberg for Facebook’s problems. A recent report stated Facebook had retracted messages from Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook Messenger conversations.

“Unsending” a message is not a feature available to regular Facebook users. To most people, this seemed like a power used solely to remove damaging evidence, but Facebook is claiming they have been working on this feature for all users. Until the Unsend feature rolls out to everyone, Facebook says they won’t use it on any more of Zuckerberg’s messages.

Facebook issued a statement to address the situation and the Unsend feature:

“We have discussed this feature several times. And people using our secret message feature in the encrypted version of Messenger have the ability to set a timer — and have their messages automatically deleted. We will now be making a broader delete message feature available.”

The Secret Messaging feature does include an expiration timer, but Zuckerberg’s messages were removed from normal conversations well after the fact. Facebook does not have the trust of most people right now. “Announcing” the plans for a new feature after getting caught using it on the CEO doesn’t look good. Facebook did not give a timeframe of when to expect the Unsend feature to be available to all users.

Do you believe that Facebook Messenger was working on this feature and Mark Zuckerberg was essentially a “beta tester” for it?

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Source: TechCrunch

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Google Chrome is getting a full-scale Material Design 2 revamp on its birthday

Back in February, we reported on a mysterious reference to “Material Design 2” in Google’s open source repository for Chrome and Chrome OS. Shortly after the publication of that article, the reference was quickly scrubbed as the commit was made private. One month later, Google quietly re-opened the commit for public view with some interesting changes made. It appears that the reference to Material Design 2 was a misnomer as the intended term for the linked change is supposed to be “Touchable Chrome.” However, a comment made by a Googler doesn’t rule out the possibility of a revamp of Material Design and instead hints that the browser will receive a full-blown redesign on Chrome’s birthday: September 2nd.

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Material Design 2—Touch Optimized Chrome or Something More?

For context, Material Design is the term for Google’s design language that launched with Android Lollipop. You’re probably familiar with the interface by experience if not by name: Its flat, pastel color palettes are a staple of Android apps across the ecosystem. The design has even made its way over to other software products made by Google.

When we first spotted references to a successor, there was little information available about it. Our very own Kyle Wiggers put together some excellent mock-ups of the color changes he spotted, but unfortunately, there was no way to actually see for ourselves what it would look like on an actual app. The commit that first mentioned MD2 has since resurfaced, and we can see that all references to “Material Design 2” have instead been replaced with “Touch Optimized.”

So what’s going on here? It appears that, internally, Google was working on a revamped UI for Google Chrome but hadn’t settled on a name. One engineer who was responsible for implementing the UI changes for the Chrome tab and tabstrip accidentally referred to this revamped, “touch optimized” design as our mysterious MD2. After this was pointed out by us (and dozens of other websites), the commit was quickly made private as it was sending the wrong message—not that Material Design 2 didn’t exist, but rather that this instance wasn’t it.

For reference, this is what Google is talking about when they refer to “touch optimized” Chrome. We’ve been tracking something called “Touchable Chrome” for the past few months. According to the various commits that we spotted, this appears to be a revamping of Chrome to be better optimized for tablets and Windows convertible devices. It’s possible to enable this new UI by going to chrome://flags/#top-chrome-md in the latest builds of Chrome Canary or Chromium and setting it to “touchable.”

The biggest difference is that all of the elements become much, much larger. This makes it easier to hit the buttons with your finger. The Touchable Chrome interface is clearly in preparation for a wave of Chrome OS tablets that are now confirmed to be coming, starting with an Acer device. Mystery solved, right? Wrong.

Google Chrome with Material Design 2 coming in September

A very interesting comment was made on this commit while it was private. The comment states that this touch optimized revamp of Chrome isn’t MD2 (which we know already), but it does say that the Material Design revamp is “still being designed and won’t look like this in any case.” But the real kicker is what I believe was accidentally slipped in here from a Googler: “Are these actually MD colors? They’re not in the Chrome Birthday deck with the full-scale MD2 design.”

The implication is rather obvious: Google is planning on a full-blown Material Design 2 UI revamp on Google Chrome’s birthday: September 2nd. The MD2 revamp can be enabled at the same flag listed above, though currently, it doesn’t seem to change very much. We’re pretty far away from September 2nd, however, so expect to see a lot of changes being made to Google Chrome’s interface in the coming months.

As for the relation to Android P, it’s possible that this redesign also encompasses the changes we’re seeing in the first developer preview of the latest Android release. Chrome OS 67 is testing similar changes already, though we don’t have any confirmation that Google intends to roll out a new unified design language for Android, Chrome OS, and Google Chrome. We’ll probably hear more about Android P during Google I/O next month where we also expect to learn more about MD2.

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