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Even though Android Oreo will no longer be the most recent stable iteration of Google’s mobile platform in a couple of months, many compatible devices have yet to be upgraded to Android 8.0. Oreo has gradually been making its way to more devices over the past couple of months and now the T-Mobile LG G6 Oreo update has finally been released.

Even though the LG G6 has received Oreo quite late on T-Mobile, it hasn’t been upgraded to Android 8.1. The firmware build H87220a bumps up the device to Android 8.0. The latest security patch for June 2018 isn’t included as well. The update brings the May security patch.

It brings all of the features that users look forward to in the Oreo update. Features such as autofill apps, picture-in-picture support, notification improvements, and user interface tweaks are also present onboard.

T-Mobile is now rolling out the LG G6 Oreo update in phases so it may take a couple of days for the update to go live for all users across the United States. Those who receive it will soon see an over-the-air update notification on their handsets. It’s also possible to get the update early by trying your luck with the manual check for updates option in the settings menu.

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Samsung introduced its DeX peripheral with the Galaxy S8 last year. It enables the device to power a PC-like experience on an external monitor that’s connected to the handset through the DeX Pad. It’s currently possible to use only one monitor with DeX at this point in time but a new report suggests that Samsung DeX dual monitor support is set to arrive later this year.

Samsung is going to launch its new flagship tablet the Galaxy Tab S4 in the coming months, most likely at the IFA 2018 show in Berlin this September. The new tablet is said to have support for DeX.

The report mentions that Samsung will provide users with the options to use the tablet display as a second monitor when it’s hooked up to DeX. It would make sense to have a tablet in dual monitor mode but the feature could ostensibly work with smartphones as well.

The report doesn’t clarify how the dual monitor mode will work with the tablet since the DeX Pad accessory can’t prop up a tablet. Samsung may have users buy the Book Cover that it’s reportedly going to launch with the Galaxy Tab S4 if they want to use DeX for this purpose.

Compatible Galaxy Note and Galaxy S handsets could get support for the dual monitor mode through a software update not too long after the Galaxy Tab S4 is released later this year with support for this year.

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Samsung introduced its DeX peripheral with the Galaxy S8 last year. It enables the device to power a PC-like experience on an external monitor that’s connected to the handset through the DeX Pad. It’s currently possible to use only one monitor with DeX at this point in time but a new report suggests that Samsung DeX dual monitor support is set to arrive later this year.

Samsung is going to launch its new flagship tablet the Galaxy Tab S4 in the coming months, most likely at the IFA 2018 show in Berlin this September. The new tablet is said to have support for DeX.

The report mentions that Samsung will provide users with the options to use the tablet display as a second monitor when it’s hooked up to DeX. It would make sense to have a tablet in dual monitor mode but the feature could ostensibly work with smartphones as well.

The report doesn’t clarify how the dual monitor mode will work with the tablet since the DeX Pad accessory can’t prop up a tablet. Samsung may have users buy the Book Cover that it’s reportedly going to launch with the Galaxy Tab S4 if they want to use DeX for this purpose.

Compatible Galaxy Note and Galaxy S handsets could get support for the dual monitor mode through a software update not too long after the Galaxy Tab S4 is released later this year with support for this year.

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Instagram has seen a lot of success with the Stories feature that it pinched from Snapchat with more people actually using the feature on Instagram than they do on the ephemeral messaging app. Stories are front and center in the Instagram app as they’re displayed in a bar above the feed. It appears that the Facebook-owned service wants people to interact with Stories more as it’s now testing a fixed Stories bar in the app.

The Stories bar normally stays at the top and doesn’t follow you down the feed but The Verge has noted that Instagram is now testing a persistent approach which will see the Stories bar follow you down the feed.

Some of the over 400 million people that use Instagram Stories on a daily basis might like this change but many others won’t. They might find it annoying to look at the Stories bubble no matter how far down they go in their feed.

Instagram only seems to be testing this change with a small number of users at this point in time. The company confirmed to the scribe that “We’re always testing ways to improve the experience on Instagram and make it easier to share any moment with the people who matter to you,” but didn’t say if it’s planning to make this a permanent thing.

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Google acquired the Waze navigation app some five years ago and it remains popular with users because of one core feature: incident reports. Users can report accidents, road closures, and other traffic problems in the app which then helps other users decide whether or not they want to continue on their route if there’s a problem up ahead. According to a new report, a similar feature is now rolling out in Google Maps.

Many users have reported that they now have the incident reports feature in Google Maps. The feature will display the time when an accident has been reported, if there’s road work up ahead, and whether a user is confident that a slowdown is still active.

The feature was actually spotted in a Google Maps APK teardown a couple of weeks back and it appears that the company has now flipped the switch on this feature for some users. However, Google is yet to confirm if it’s rolling out incident reports for all Google Maps users or if it’s just conducting a test on a small scale.

One might wonder why Waze’s core feature would be added to Maps as that would put the former at risk of losing users. However, Maps is an all-encompassing app which is for public transit, walking, and biking directions in addition to recommendations and local business information. Waze is meant for drivers specifically and is largely preferred for that particular purpose.

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