This week on the Friday News Update:
- Vivo announces their incredible new NEX S flagship, with a 91% screen-to-body ratio, 4000mAh battery and in-screen fingerprint sensor, and a cheaper NEX A
- The next XBOX will be released in 2020
- Lenovo announces new bezelless Legion Y530 and Y730 laptops with great specs for a fairly low price at E3
- Samsung announces their updated Chromebook Plus V2, with a 13MP back camera, Intel Celeron processor and 12" Full HD screen
- The BlackBerry Key2 is now available for preorder from Carphone Warehouse, with a Snapdragon 660, dual cameras and a new Speed Key
- The LG G8 ThinQ could have a 4K screen
- The Huawei Mate 20 Pro could have a massive 6.9" AMOLED screen

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This week on the Friday News Update:
- Apple announces the new iOS 12, with Siri Shortcuts, Screen Time restrictions and MeMoji, as well as macOS Mojave with Dark Mode and new News, Home, Stocks and Voice Memos apps, watchOS 5 with a Walkie Talkie app and auto workout detection and Dolby Atmos for the Apple TV 4K at WWDC 2018
- Sonos announces a new soundbar called the Beam with HDMI... and Alexa
- ASUS announces their new ROG Phone, a gaming phone with a 90Hz AMOLED screen, binned Snapdragon 845 with 8GB of RAM and a cooling fan and LED on the back, plus the new ZenBook Pro with a 4K screen, up to an Intel Core i9 and a ScreenPad instead of a trackpad
- Motorola announces their new Moto Z3 Play mid-range phone, now with a bezel-less screen, dual cameras and a Snapdragon 636

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This week on the Friday News Update:
- Xiaomi announces the new Mi 8 flagship phone range for their 8th anniversary, with great cameras and specs and a design identical to the iPhone X's, as well as a new smartwatch, a huge TV and a standalone VR headset
- Nokia announces three new budget phones, the Nokia 2.1, 3.1 and 5.1, with 18:9 screens, great specs for the price and... microUSB??
- First Pixel 3 rumours tell us about the design and cameras

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This week on the Friday News Update:
- HTC announces their new U12+ flagship, with four cameras, including the highest-rated dual cameras on DxOMark, Edge Sense 2, a bezelless screen and pressure sensitive buttons... for some reason
- LG announces their new Q7 budget phone range, with bezelless screens, octa-core processors and single cameras with Portrait Mode
- Razer announce new Razer Blade 15 laptops and the budget Core X external graphics card enclosure

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This week on the Friday News Update:
- OnePlus announce the new OnePlus 6, with a notch, glass back and upgraded cameras plus lots of optimizations to make it faster, plus Bullets Wireless earphones that have amazing sound quality, Dash Charge and magnetic control for just £69
- Honor announce the Honor 10 with an incredible colour-changing glass back, a notch and AI dual cameras
- Samsung's next smartwatch could be called the Galaxy Watch
- Microsoft could be working on a cheaper Surface device
- Google could release a Pixel Watch this year

This is our 25th episode. Thanks for listening and watching and for making the podcast such a success!

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This week on the Friday News Update, from Google I/O 2018:
- Google Photos gets AI suggestions and Colour Pop
- Gmail can now autocomplete sentences
- Google Assistant gets 6 new voices, some handy new features and smart displays coming in July
- Google shows off Google Duplex, an AI that can call up a restaurant and book a table for you and will come to the Google Assistant soon
- Google Lens gets new features, real-time recognition (coming soon), and is now built in to many phones' camera apps
- Google News gets redesigned and now features tweets, videos, Q and As and subscriptions
- Android P features announced, including App Actions, Slices, a gesture-based interface and Adaptive Brightness
- Google Maps is getting AR navigation

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This week on the Friday News Update:
- LG announces their new G7 ThinQ flagship phone, with a Super Bright Display, Google Assistant button and a Boombox Speaker
- Facebook announce a Clear History feature plus lots of new Instagram, Whatsapp and Facebook Messenger features and release the Oculus Go at the F8 developer conference
- The Windows 10 April 2018 Update is released with some useful new features
- iTunes comes to the Windows Store
- Apple is working on an 8K AR and VR headset
- The Galaxy A8 and Essential Phone are now available in the UK
- Sonos could announce a soundbar with Alexa on the 6th of June
- The Samsung Galaxy Tab S4 gets certified by the WiFi Alliance
- The HTC U12/U12+ will be announced on the 23rd of May
- Samsung announces the Galaxy A6 and A6+ budget phones with bezelless screens
- Xiaomi phones are coming to the UK

CORRECTION: The LG G7 ThinQ's power button is on the right side of the phone, not the left.

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This week on the Friday News Update:
- Gmail gets a massive redesign with Snooze, Nudges, Smart Replies, Confidential Mode and more
- Nokia could announce their first phone with a notch - the mid-range Nokia X6 - today, and have teased a relaunch of the Nokia N9
- The OnePlus 6 will be announced on the 16th of May with waterproofing, super slow-mo video and a glass back
- Apple are replacing some 13" MacBook Pro batteries for free
- Samsung are trialling six 360-degree TV series for their VR headsets in the new 'Pilot Season'
- Something called the Amazon Fire TV Cube is coming
- Microsoft are working on a new version of Windows called 'Windows 10 Lean'

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This week on the Friday News Update:
- Motorola announces the new Moto G6, G6 Plus and G6 Play and E5, E5 Plus and E5 Play budget phones in Brazil
- Sony announces a baffling new smartphone called the XZ2 Premium
- Google rolls out a new Android Messages feature called Chat
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This week on the Friday News Update:
- HP announces another Chrome OS tablet called the Chromebook X2
- Apple releases a red iPhone 8 and 8 Plus for (PRODUCT)RED
- OnePlus tweets a teaser image of the back of the OnePlus 6, showing... not much has changed
- iOS 11.3 is bricking devices with unofficial screen replacements
- Gmail is about to get a redesign
- Google's upcoming Android TV dongle gets certified
- The Google Store stops selling the original Pixel
- The Galaxy Note 9 could have a 4000mAh battery and a 6.4" screen
- LG confirms their next phone will be called the G7 ThinQ and will launch on the 2nd of May; meanwhile Android Headlines post some features of the phone

Today is our 20th episode. Thanks for listening to the Friday News Update and helping me reach 1000 listens!

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