Play Store Will Now Start Auto-playing Promo Videos The Google Play Storerecently receivedthe much-a Material Theme treatment, swapping out the signature green for an all-white UI and squircle icons. Well, an eye-blinding white theme has already become a nuisance for many users – waiting for dark mode to roll out sooner than later. But, the Play Store will further the annoyance with auto-playing promo videos. On itsPlay Console help page, Google reveals,“Beginning September 2019, Google Play will start autoplaying store listing videos to help more users discover your content at a glance....

PUBG Lite Now Has a Dedicated Indian Server PUBG Lite for PCmade its way to Indiaa couple of months ago, steadily expanding its reach across the world to offer low-end PCs to enjoy this battle royale phenomenon for free. The title has since bagged plenty of updates, including a4vs4 Team Deathmatchmode, a smaller map, and additional optimizations. Well, it appears like the game has caught on in the country asPUBG Lite has now added a dedicated India server....

Some Apple Watch Series 2, Series 3 Models Will Get Free Screen Replacement Apple has started a free screen replacement program for some of its smartwatch models after admitting that their display panels may develop cracks spontaneously under some circumstances. The affected devices include Aluminum Apple Watch Series 2 units sold between September 2016 and October 2017, as well as a whole host of Series 3 models sold since September 2017....

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s Account Was Hacked on Friday A stream of racist and anti-Semitic tweets were posted from the account of Twitter CEO, Jack Dorsey, after it was reportedly hacked on Friday, allegedly by a group called‘Chuckle Squad’. Confirming the security breach, Twitter said that the company has initiated an investigation into the issue, and assured that the account is now secure and back under Dorsey’s control. All 17 tweets and 6 re-tweets made by the hackers have since been deleted....

Xiaomi Invites Redmi K20 Pro Users to Test Android 10-Based MIUI 10 in India Xiaomi may have been rebuked for its slacking behavior towards Android updates in the past, but it has fixed its update cycle and is delivering updates more regularly than ever. Now, with theofficial announcementof Android Q being called Android 10 (forgoing the dessert nomenclature), Redmi is gearing up to test out Android 10-based MIUI 10 on the flagship Redmi K20 Pro....

YouTube Kids Gets a Dedicated Desktop Website YouTube Kids was revealed to be getting a dedicated desktop website earlier this week. Well, if you have been waiting for the kids to be able to watch videos on YouTube right from the browser (with appropriate scrutiny), then the YouTube Kids website has today gone live. It offers a familiar experience, which parents who use the mobile app would recognize right away....

Android 10 Was Set to be Named ‘Queen Cake’ Before Google Ditched Desserts During the latest episode of theAll About Android podcastthis week, VP of Android engineering, Dave Burke, and software engineer, Dan Sandler, set the record straight about why the company ditched dessert names for upcoming Android releases. The two Googlers also spoke at length about a number of different subjects, including gesture navigation, Easter Eggs and more as part of a freewheeling discussion that was recorded on Tuesday, August 27....