This week on the Friday News Update:
- DJI announces a smaller and cheaper version of the Mavic Pro drone called the Mavic Air, with 4K video recording and HDR photo capturing, 1080p 120fps slow-mo recording, panoramas and smart features
- Amazon releases their Echo Spot smart alarm clock with a screen and Alexa in the UK
- Alleged benchmark of the budget Samsung Galaxy J8 found on the internet
- Amazon opens a checkout-free shop called Amazon Go
- Supposed sketch of penta-lens Nokia 10 (that's FIVE lenses!) emerges online
- Apple opens preorders for the HomePod and announces iOS 11.3 which will let you disable the controversial 'power management' mode on iPhones
- Samsung sends out invitation for Galaxy S9 announcement event

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This week on the Friday News Update:

- HTC have announced the new U11 EYEs mid range phone in China, featuring the same main camera as the U11, dual front cameras, AR Stickers similar to Snapchat filters and facial recognition
- Honor have announced the Honor 9 Lite in India, featuring dual cameras on the front and back and an 18:9 bezel-less screen
- OnePlus confirms that their website was hacked to steal card details
- Samsung Galaxy S9 packaging photo posted to Reddit, revealing amazing cameras and AKG stereo speakers
- Google releases update for Android devices after Google Cast crashed people's WiFi routers
- Renders apparently of some of Motorola's phones for 2018 released by Droid Life, revealing some very interesting new phones

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This week on the Friday News Update:
- LG unveils new ThinQ smart home devices, TVs, speakers and headphones with the Google Assistant and a folding TV, but its robot Cloi failed to respond to some of the presenter's questions
- Lenovo announces the Smart Display, an Echo Show rival with the Google Assistant, the Mirage Solo, a Daydream standalone VR Headset and the Mirage Camera, a 180 degree camera, some new Moto Mods and new laptops
- Huawei announces a 3K standalone VR headset called the VR 2 and the WiFi Q2 WiFi extender
- Alcatel announces new budget phones with 18:9 screens - one has facial recognition and another has dual cameras
- Sony announces an updated OLED TV, new mid-range phones with Android Oreo, a Dolby Atmos soundbar and earphones with the Google Assistant
- Google announces that the Google Assistant is coming to Android Auto and new Google Assistant devices
- Samsung announces a TV called The Wall, a smart whiteboard, a new version of their smart Family Hub fridge, that Bixby is coming to their new TVs and that their Gear smartwatches and TVs will get a SmartThings app.
- The Samsung Galaxy S9 will be announced next month
- Razer announces Project Linda which turns your Razer Phone into a laptop
- Nvidia announces Big Format Gaming Displays with 4K HDR, 120Hz refresh rate and an Nvidia Shield TV built in
- HTC announces the Vive Pro

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This week on the Friday News Update:
- Apple buys Shazam for $400,000,000
- Huawei could release a new Android Oreo tablet soon
- Nokia phones in 2018 could have dual cameras
- Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) could have dual front cameras
- Some Android Wear watches are getting an Android Oreo update
- Google Assistant is coming to tablets and Android 5 Lollipop phones
- weMessage brings iMessage to Android... sort of
- Apple releases the iMac Pro which starts at £4,899 and can cost over £10,000
- Google Pixel 2 gets The Last Jedi themed AR Stickers
- LG and Samsung announce new laptops
- Samsung could release its $200 Bixby smart speaker in early 2018

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This week on the Friday News Update:
- Honor announces 2 new phones in London, including the Honor View10, a £449 bezel-less flagship phone with AI features, a dual camera, gaming optimisations and Android Oreo, and the £269 bezel-less mid-range Honor 7X
- Qualcomm announce the Snapdragon 845, the processor that will power next year's flagship phones, and laptops with last year's Snapdragon 835 processor
- Nokia could announce the bezel-less Nokia 9 on the 19th of January
- Apple fix another security issue - this time it let people hack into your HomeKit devices
- The Fitbit Ionic gets more apps
- Google is taking YouTube off the Fire TV and Echo Show due to an argument over Amazon not selling Google products
- Amazon Prime Video is released for the Apple TV

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This week on the Friday News Update:

- Honor announces a mid-range phone called the Honor 7X, with a 5.9” bezel-less screen, a dual camera, a 16nm octa-core processor and a fast fingerprint scanner
- EE announces a budget phone called the EE Hawk, with a Gorilla Glass all-glass design, which costs just £149
- Essential add a Portrait Mode to their camera app and say that a wireless charging dock and a new colour, Stellar Grey, are nearly ready for the Essential Phone
- Apple fixes a serious problem with macOS High Sierra that let anyone easily get root access to your Mac - and breaks file sharing in the process
- Google fixes a... slightly less serious problem in Android - the cheese was below the burger on the burger emoji whereas most other burger emojis feature the cheese above the burger
- Microsoft start selling the Samsung Galaxy Note 8
- Google send out a survey which suggests that they could be working on a YouTube Edition Android phone

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This week on the Friday News Update:
- Razer announce their first smartphone, with Android, a Snapdragon 835 processor with 8GB of RAM, Dolby Atmos and THX certified audio, a 4,000 mAh battery, dual cameras and a QHD screen with an incredible 120Hz screen refresh rate... but no headphone jack
- HTC announce a new 18:9 HTC U11+ with improved Edge Sense, and a mid range phone called the HTC U11 Life with Edge Sense, IP67 waterproofing and Android One with Android Oreo... but no headphone jack
- OnePlus announce the OnePlus 5T with an 18:9 AMOLED screen, Face Unlock, a Snapdragon 835 processor with 6GB or 8GB of RAM... and a headphone jack!
- Microsoft stop a presentation when Microsoft Edge doesn't work... to install Google Chrome
- Google sends out some Google Pixel 2 phones... without Android

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This week on the Friday News Update:
- Huawei announces the new Mate 10 and Mate 10 Pro, which have cool AI features, dual cameras and a rival feature to Samsung Dex, but only the Mate 10 Pro, which has an OLED screen but no headphone jack, will be available in the UK
- ZTE announce a folding phone called the Axon M
- Microsoft announce the Surface Book 2 laptop and release the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update
- Samsung announce Bixby 2.0, which is coming to smart TV and fridges, the Bixby SDK and a $10,500 360 degree camera
- Apple is being sued over the name Animojis
- Google Pixel 2 XL owners report screen burn-in and other screen issues

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In this episode of Friday News Update: Google announces two new Pixel smartphones, Amazon announces a new, cheaper Amazon Echo and Oculus announces a standalone VR headset.