Google Home’s Calling Feature Could be Released Soon HOMTOM S8 Smartphone with...

Google Home's Calling Feature Could be Released Soon HOMTOM S8 Smartphone with... xda-developers Aug 16, 2017 10:05 PM • by Doug Lynch Google Home's Calling Feature Could be Released Soon Back in February of this year, there was a report going around that talked about a new calling feature that was being worked on for both Google Home as well as Amazon's Echo devices. The report seemed credible at the time, but we shouldn't ever get excited about something that hasn't been officially announced because there could be conflicts that keep it from being launched. Then in May we actually saw Amazon roll out this on-device calling feature to their Alexa devices. Google I/O 2017 was held in May as well and the Mountain View tech giant indeed confirmed that hands-free calling capabilities was coming to Google Home sometime in the future. The service is said to let you call any phone number in the United States and Canada and it is also setup to use your own numbers as the outgoing numbers (for caller ID purposes). However, we didn't hear anything about a release date for the feature and many of us have been waiting for it to roll out. While we still don't have a release date for the feature, we may be getting incredibly close to the official rollout. Reddit user andybaseclef over in the /r/GoogleHome subreddit discovered the feature was live and working on their device. They uploaded a video of it in action (which you can watch here), and it showed them successfully placing a call to a local business. It was all initiated hands-free and the call was ended by saying "OK, Google…hang up." However, it seems as if the feature was short lived. Within the same hour that they uploaded the video and made the post on Reddit, they came back with a new comment saying the feature was now gone. So it's possible that Google jumped the gun on the rollout and then quickly reverted back/disabled the feature until they were ready to announce it. Whatever happened though, it looks like we're getting very close to the feature being live for everyone. Source: /r/GoogleHome Android Advices Aug 16, 2017 7:02 PM • by Karunakar Donthamshetti HOMTOM S8 Smartphone with 5.7″ HD+ Display & Dual Rear Cameras Announced Chinese ODM handset maker HOMTOM has recently unveiled the HT3 phone which would be including colorful family colors like Silver, Black, Pink, Blue, and Orange. Now, this brand has announced HOMTOM S8 phone which would be offering a slender body with 18:9 unique aspect ratio likes of Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8 Plus. This phone comes with a composite plate metallic frame structure and adopts an edge-to-edge narrow bezel design with a 7.9mm thickness. The Homtom S8 smartphone would offer Coral Blue, Maple Gold, Arctic Silver and Midnight Black color options. It has a fingerprint sensor at the back panel which runs accurate & fast and also supports 5 fingertips at most. On the front, there is a 5.7-inch HD+ display with a 1440 x 720 pixels resolution and has a body to screen ratio up to 83%, which enables true-to-life viewing experience. Also, it provides 2.5D curved glass, that enhances the vibrant and saturated color of the images on the screen. It is supercharged with a 1.5GHz MT6750T octa-core processor coupled with Mali T860 graphics, which performs faster and more efficient. There is a 64GB of inbuilt memory packed with 4GB of RAM which also further be expandable up to 128GB via microSD card slot. For optics, it bears a dual rear camera setup which contains 16MP main camera and a 5MP RGB sensor, which enhances the image processing ability, stimulate natural colors for the best color match, thus makes final photos sharper and clear. On the front, there is a 13MP selfie camera for capturing beautiful selfies. It is a dual SIM phone that comes packed with a 4G LTE connectivity. This phone comes powered by 3,400mah capacity battery with a 5V/2A fast charging support which is rated to deliver up to 42 hours of talk time and lasts a standby time around 680 hours. Other connectivity options include 3.5mm audio jack, Wi-Fi, OTG, Hotnot, OTA support, Bluetooth 4.0, FM Radio and more. This phone also has a Wakeup and SmartGesture support. This email has been sent by Froze ONE (isnanmm0@gmail.com). It is the potion result of 'Tech: Topic watch' from the dashboard 'Personal Dashboard', tab 'Tech > Android'. Turn off or edit this potion © Netvibes 2005-2017 | Terms of service | Privacy Policy Find Netvibes also on: Facebook Twitter Google+ Flickr

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