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Google Pixel Launcher Mods to Change Icon Packs, Widget Sizes, and Labels If you’ve been around the Android block lately, you probably know that Google makes a few home screen alternatives to Android’s default launcher. One’s the Google Now Launcher , which puts Google Now, a card-based scroll of useful information, in the left-most panel. Another’s the Pixel Launcher, a launcher exclusive to Google Pixel smartphones. Both are highly optimized and fast, but don’t offer much in the way of customization. Luckily, Pixel Launcher Mods, a new root application from XDA Recognized Contributor  Quinny899 , fixes that. We’ve seen modded versions of the Pixel Launcher in the past which have included some highly requested modifications , and some that don’t require root. But Pixel Launcher Mods offers more choices and options than many of them, and modifies rather than replaces the Google Now Launcher and Pixel Launcher. Here’s the list of availa...

Nokia 6 (First Gen) Receives Android Oreo Beta – Download & Install with Nokia Beta Labs Last month, HMD Global rolled out an Oreo beta for the Nokia 5 and promised that the Oreo beta for the mid-range Nokia 6 would soon follow suit. Making good on its promise, the company announced on Saturday that a beta version of Android Oreo is now available for the Nokia 6, adding that owners residing in India can now enroll their device in the Nokia Beta Labs to get a taste of Android Oreo. HMD Global Chief Product Officer, Juho Sarvikas, took to Twitter to announce the news: https://twitter.com/sarvikas/status/949595526000971777 The beta update, which carries build number (V5.140), is based on Android 8.0 and weighs in at 1799.3MB in size. If you have got a Nokia 6 and are interested in trying out an early version of Android Oreo, you can register your device in the beta program at Nokia’s “Beta Labs” . You will need to provider details like the IMEI number and ...

Xiaomi’s Yeelight Speaker Uses Alexa and Looks Like an Amazon Echo Dot Smart speakers with voice assistants are becoming increasingly popular. Amazon leads the market with its Alexa -powered  Echo lineup of speakers, and Google’s close behind with the Google Assistant -powered Google Home , Google  Home Mini,  and Google  Home Max . Xiaomi, on the other hand, doesn’t sell a smart speaker internationally, but that won’t be the case for much longer. In July, Xiaomi took the wraps off the Mi AI smart speaker . Now, its subsidiary Yeelight has launched a spiritual successor, the Yeelight Voice Assistant, that it looks a little like the Amazon Echo Dot — complete with volume buttons on the top and a blue LED ring. Xiaomi’s calling the Yeelight Voice Assistant a “Dual AI” speaker: The Chinese model features Xiaomi’s AI voice assistant, and the global model has Alexa. The speaker packs six microphones, a single 2-watt loudspeaker, and re...