This week’s top stories: OnePlus 3T specs, Andromeda rumors, our Acer Chromebook R13 review, & more

In this week’s top stories: OnePlus 3T announcement and specs, Andromeda rumors, our Acer Chromebook R13 review, and much more.

We kick things off with the OnePlus 3T announcement including all the details on how the OnePlus 3 variant differs from the previous generation.

We break down the latest Andromeda rumor tidbits. The Huawei Mate 9 Pro goes official in China as Samsung’s ‘Blue Coral’ Galaxy S7 edge arrives at Sprint and Verizon. And we give you our review of Acer’s Chromebook R13 as Android apps hit four more Chromebooks including Dell, ASUS, HP, and Samsung models.

These and the rest of this week’s top stories below:

Android |

• OnePlus 3T brings updated Snapdragon 821, bigger battery, 128GB storage
• Full OnePlus 3T specs leak ahead of official announcement, Snapdragon 821 and more in tow
• Andromeda rumor tidbits: OEMs getting dev kits, notification syncing, devices in late 2017
• Samsung’s ‘Blue Coral’ Galaxy S7 edge is now available at Verizon and Sprint
  Huawei Mate 9 Pro goes official in China with QHD curved display, 6GB RAM, starts at ~$685
  
• CyanogenMod 14.1 based on Android 7.1 expands to 9 more devices including…
• Huawei executive confirms why the company passed on building the Pixel

Apps |

• Google’s new AI-powered Quick Draw game is crazy smart and addictive
• Google Play search results now show direct install links and info cards for some users
• Google Play Music redesign uses machine learning
• Google Translate using Neural Machine Translation to improve ‘more in a single leap’ than last 10 years

Chrome OS |

• Review: Acer’s Chromebook R13 w/ apps is a temptingly nice 13-inch 1080P convertible
• Android apps hit four more Chromebooks including Dell, ASUS, HP, and Samsung models

More |

• This is the new Google Fiber TV Box w/ 4K streaming & wireless currently in testing

This week’s top videos |

• OnePlus 3T with Dash Charge goes head-to-head with the Pixel XL’s USB-C fast charging [Video]
• Google’s new tutorial shows how ridiculously easy it is to set up Google Wifi [Video]
• Don’t bother making beats, Google’s ‘Infinite Drum Machine’ has got you covered [Video]

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