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Google has tons of apps on all its platforms but the Google app, a.k.a. the Google Search app, remains the gateway to most of its functionality. It does more than just search, of course, as it is also the app that houses Google Assistant. It is also your gateway to connected Google smart home devices. And by the time version … Continue reading

Last year in something of a surprising move, Google announced that they will be acquiring HTC’s smartphone development team for a cool $1.1 billion. Now in a blog post by Google’s SVP of Hardware Rick Osterloh, he has confirmed that the deal between Google and HTC has been officially completed.

Osterloh mentions how the completion of this deal will see a ton of experience brought in to Google’s hardware development team. “These new colleagues bring decades of experience achieving a series of ‘firsts’ particularly in the smartphone industry—including bringing to market the first 3G smartphone in 2005, the first touch-centric phone in 2007, and the first all-metal unibody phone in 2013.”

He also points out that this is the same team that they have been working with for the Pixel and Pixel 2 handsets, and presumably with all these employees now essentially being part of Google, the company can leverage that experience to help make new smartphones, presumably the Pixel 3 being one of them.

He adds, “Today, we start digging in with our new teammates, guided by the mission to create radically helpful experiences for people around the world, by combining the best of Google’s AI, software and hardware.” Osterloh also mentions that with the deal being completed, it will see Google’s operations expand in the Asia Pacific region, namely Taiwan which is where HTC is based in.

Google’s $1.1 Billion Deal With HTC Has Been Completed , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.

For those who are hoping to see a completely redesigned Samsung Galaxy S9 or S9+ this year, you might be disappointed to learn that won’t be the case. Instead it seems that Samsung will be keeping the design of the Galaxy S8 and S8+, save for some minor changes here and there, namely to the bezels of the phone.

A recently leaked render of the phone revealed what the upcoming handset could look like, with some claiming that the bezels are actually fatter than its predecessor. Now according to a set of CAD schematics posted by @OnLeaks, we have a slightly better idea of why the Galaxy S9 renders looked the way they do.

On the surface it seems that the Galaxy S9+ looks identical to the Galaxy S8+, but if you look at the bezels, you’ll realize that they’re actually more rounded compared to last year’s model. Some believe that the rounded bezels means that the phone could potentially be better to hold without the possibility of accidentally touching the side displays and launching an app or feature.

It is also said to make the phone play nicely with more screen protectors, although whether or not that is true remains to be seen. In any case take it with a grain of salt for now, but with the phones launch pegged for the 25th of February, we probably won’t have to wait much longer to find out all the official details.

Alleged Samsung Galaxy S9+ Schematics Reveals Minor Changes , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.

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