This week on the Friday News Update:
- Apple could start using its own processors instead of Intel's in its Macs by 2020
- Apple could start producing microLED screens for Apple Watches this year and might use the screens in AR glasses and future iMacs
- The new Mac Pro is coming in 2019
- OnePlus confirm some specs of the OnePlus 6 and that you will be able to hide its notch
- New wireless OnePlus Bullets earphones could be announced alongside the OnePlus 6
- Samsung is apparently working on Galaxy A6 and A6+ mid-range phones with Infinity Displays
- Galaxy S6 will no longer receive software or security updates
- Samsung announce the Notebook Odyssey Z gaming laptop with great specs
- The Pixel 3 is definitely coming, possibly alongside a mid-range Pixel
- LG G7 ThinQ rumoured renders published online
- The Moto G6 could be announced on the 19th of April
- You can now buy games from Razer via the Razer Game Store

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CORRECTION: The iPad (2018) actually costs £320, not £330 as said in the video.
This week on the Friday News Update:
- Huawei announce the P20 Pro with triple cameras and the P20 flagships with Galaxy S9-beating scores on DxOMark and the P20 Lite budget phone
- Apple announces a new budget iPad with Apple Pencil support and clever updates to Pages and Keynote
- Acer announce the first ever Chrome OS... tablet
- Moto G6 temporarily goes up on Amazon, revealing specs and the price
- The Apple Watch Series 4 could get a redesign

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This week on the Friday News Update:
- HTC announce the Desire 12 and 12 Plus budget phones, with bezel-less screens, curved glass backs and dual cameras on the 12 Plus
- ‎The Huawei P20 Pro could have a 6. OLED screen and amazing triple cameras that match and beat the Galaxy S9's camera features
- ‎Galaxy S9 owners report dead areas in the phone's screen
- ‎The Galaxy Note 9 could launch in July with a fingerprint sensor under the screen and a bigger battery
- ‎HTC Vive Pro now available in the UK with £800 price, original HTC Vive now £500, HTC Vive Focus standalone headset coming to the UK this year
- ‎The Oculus Go standalone VR headset could launch in May at the F8 developer conference
- ‎Full rumoured OnePlus 6 specs posted online, with a 6.3" AMOLED Full HD screen and Snapdragon 845 allegedly coming

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This week on the Friday News Update:
- Fitbit announces a new smartwatch called the Fitbit Versa with Fitbit OS, an Apple Watch-like design and 4 day battery life as well as a fitness tracker for children called the Fitbit Ace
- Google rebrand Android Wear to Wear OS
- Motorola allegedly cancel the Moto X5 and some Moto Mods, possibly including a rumoured VR headset Mod
- Google Lens comes to iOS via the Google Photos app
- Huawei and some online phone stores accidentally reveal the Huawei P20 Lite before its official announcement
- Apple announce that WWDC 2018 will start on the 4th of June and send out invites to a mysterious education-themed event on the 27th of March
- The Essential Phone gets Android 8.1 Oreo
- The LG G7 could be announced in April and released in May, followed by the V35 in November
- HTC U12+ specs and image posted online

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This week on the Friday News Update:
- Huawei announces three new Mediapad M5 tablets and the MateBook X Pro laptop at MWC 2018
- LG secretly shows off its upcoming G7 phone at MWC... but it's caught on camera with a 6" OLED screen, boombox speakers and a notch
- OnePlus 6 rumoured pictures emerge, showing a notch and a glass back, plus it's benchmarked on AnTuTu and beats the iPhone X
- Apple will apparently announce a cheaper HomePod and MacBook Air this year, as well as an exciting new iPad Pro this June
- HiAssistant, Huawei's Google Assistant rival, could be coming soon
- HTC U12 specs tweeted, will apparently be announced in June
- LIFX light bulbs now work with Cortana
- Google Duo now has video voicemails
- Google release the first Android P Developer Preview
- Samsung announce their QLED TVs for 2018

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This week on the Friday News Update:
- Samsung announce their new Galaxy S9 flagship smartphone at MWC 2018, with 960fps slow motion video, a variable aperture for better photos and videos in different lighting and dual cameras on the S9+, plus Dolby Atmos dual speakers
- Sony announce the XZ2 smartphone at MWC, with HDR video recording, vibration in sync to the phone's sound and a new design! Finally!
- Nokia announce the budget Nokia 1, the midrange Nokia 6 and Nokia 7 Plus, the flagship Nokia 8 Sirocco and relaunch the Nokia 8110
- Asus announce a phone that looks exactly like the iPhone X called the Zenfone 5, complete with Zenimojis, facial recognition and a notch

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This week on the Friday News Update:
- Spotify could be working on their own smart speaker, according to job listings
- Google has rebranded Android Pay as Google Pay
- Cortana is now on IFTTT
- Apple Park workers keep walking into its glass walls
- WWDC 2018 could take place between 4-8 June
- Twitter's macOS app has been discontinued
- LG's next flagship phone could have a bright and power efficient MLCD+ bezelless screen and will be announced in June
- Land Rover announce a phone called the Explore
- Galaxy Tab S4 benchmark on GFXBench reveals most of its specs - it could be announced at MWC 2018
- WinFuture reveals all Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus specs
- WinFuture releases renders of the Huawei Mediapad M5 10 Pro
- Renders of the Sony Xperia XZ2 posted online
- Nokia 1 with Android Oreo Go Edition and Nokia 7 Plus with a bezelless screen and Android One could be announced at MWC 2018

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CORRECTION: The second Zenfone 5 I mention - with dual cameras in the middle on the back - is the Zenfone 5 Lite, not the Zenfone 5 as I said.
This week on the Friday News Update:
- First Snapdragon 845 benchmarks appear online, with the processor getting scores near or more than the iPhone X's scores
- Nokia 2 now available for preorder in the UK from Amazon
- Renders of the ZenFone 5 and 5 Lite appear online
- Renders of the Huawei P20, P20 Plus and P20 Lite from TigerMobile posted online, plus pictures of the P20 Lite from a certification document emerge
- LG confirm new version of V30 smartphone coming at MWC, with Bixby Vision-like Vision AI feature
- Android P will feature support for smartphones with iPhone X-style notches
- Essential announce new Essential Phone colours
- Google Chrome now blocks some types of annoying ads
- HomePod leaves white rings on wood surfaces
- Apple will release a software update to fix bug which causes messaging apps to freeze when sent a certain character

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CORRECTION: The Oukitel U18's dual camera has 16MP and 5MP lenses, not 16MP and 13MP as I said in this episode.
This week on the Friday News Update:
- Intel announces the new Vaunt smart glasses, which use lasers to project notifications, directions and apps onto your eyes
- Oukitel announces the £140 U18 smartphone that copies both the iPhone X and Huawei Mate 10 Pro, with a 21:9 screen, an iPhone X style notch and facial recognition
- Apple starts sending out HomePods, but have an otherwise bad week with code from an iOS security feature posted online, worrying people that hackers could use it to create dangerous viruses, iPhone 7 and X bugs and AirPods apparently... exploding
- Huawei release the budget Honor 9 Lite and Huawei P Smart with bezel-less screens and dual cameras in the UK, and also announce that the Huawei P20 will be announced on the 27th of March. Plus images of the P20 Lite emerge online
- HTC U12 apparently caught on camera at a 5G event
- Google could be working on a game streaming service
- LG could announce a V30s at MWC with an AI camera feature

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This week on the Friday News Update:
- Elephone announces the incredible U Pro budget smartphone, with a curved AMOLED Full HD+ screen, dual cameras and facial recognition (coming soon via an update) and more... for just £200-300. Wow.
- Vivo announces the X20 Plus UD, the first ever phone with a fingerprint sensor under the screen. Plus they could be working on a phone with 10GB of RAM and up to 512GB of storage
- Red announces more information about their Hydrogen holographic smartphone
- Google Play has started selling audiobooks
- A Chrome OS tablet by Acer has been spotted at an education event
- Google I/O will take place between the 8th and the 10th of May this year
- An examination of the Google app reveals that you'll soon be able to change the 'OK, Google' wake word
- OnePlus have introduced iPhone X-like gestures in the latest OnePlus 5 and 5T beta
- Nokia have released a 4G version of the 3310
- Samsung will release the Galaxy X this year
- iOS 12 won't introduce many new features, but Apple will introduce support for iPad apps on macOS
- Surface Pro 4 owners are reporting a screen flickering issue that can only be (temporarily) fixed by putting the laptop in a freezer
- Galaxy S9 will get 'Intelligent Scan' unlock method and 'stickers with depth control' are coming to the S9+, plus photos of the phones and camera samples emerge online

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