Last summer, phone maker HTC raised eyebrows by announcing it would enable users to unlock the bootloaders on some of its most popular phones, enabling technically-inclined customers to root the ...

The mid-range HTC U11 Life introduced a few weeks ago is now reportedly receiving the Android 8.0 Oreo update that was promised at its launch. More precisely, as of this writing, the update is ...

Jason is a corporate communicator by weekday, freelance writer by weekend. His Android days go back to the atrocity that was the HTC ThunderBolt, but his love for Android began in earnest with the ...

Update (11/27): As expected, HTCis now rolling out Android 8.0 Oreo to the unlocked U11. Have you received your update yet? Leave a comment and let us know! Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving. The ...

HTC has been awarded a patent for a technology that would let you unlock your smartphone or tablet with your face. However, Face Unlock is already a feature on Android that first appeared on Ice Cream ...

Updates on Android phones are certainly improving nowadays from what they used to be. In the past you may have never received an OS update from the manufacturer of your phone, but were stuck with ...

In June, HTC announced that the era of locked bootloaders would soon be over, and that future devices could have their bootloaders unlocked via a software upgrade. However, there was no word as to ...

Good news for (some) Android users! Those with an unlocked HTC U11 will be able to update their device to the latest major Android release, Oreo, starting today. Mo Versi, the company’s VP of product ...

HTC warns that this is a pretty large download so you’ll need to connect to Wi-Fi before you start. As a reminder, Oreo brings background limits on apps that help to save power, smart text selection, ...

[Image: HTC Dev] The long, arduous wait for HTC’s unlockable bootloader is finally over– if own a global SIM-unlocked Sensation, that is. Sorry, HTC EVO 3D ...

Ryan is a tech/science writer, skeptic, lover of all things electronic, and Android fan. In his spare time he reads golden-age sci-fi and sleeps, but rarely at the same time. His wife tolerates him as ...