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Chethan Rao

Mangalore

Technology Writer at Freelance

Writer at Android Police

News reporter for Android Police. My siblings have built a fully offline AI chatbot, give it a try while you're here: @private_llm

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  • 5 days ago | androidpolice.com | Chethan Rao

    Official images and specifications of the Motorola Razr+ (2025) have leaked ahead of its launch next week. The flip-style foldable will include a larger primary screen, dust resistance, and some other minor upgrades onboard. Unfortunately, software support might be underwhelming on the Razr+ (2025), with only three years of major updates mentioned. Motorola's flip-style foldables are set to be refreshed on April 24.

  • 1 week ago | androidpolice.com | Chethan Rao

    The US Customs and Border Protection agency has announced exemptions from tariffs on electronics like smartphones, computers, and other products from China. This brings relief to smartphone manufacturers like Apple and OnePlus, who rely heavily on China for production. Brands like Google and Samsung were not expected to be impacted heavily, given that their products are made across multiple countries.

  • 1 week ago | androidpolice.com | Chethan Rao

    The Audio Overview tool made its way to Google Gemini last month, but the feature is currently broken. Trying to generate an Audio Overview returns an error message, with the issue impacting both free and paid tiers of Gemini. Fortunately, Audio Overviews appear to be functioning normally in NotebookLM.

  • 1 week ago | androidpolice.com | Chethan Rao

    Samsung and Google are jointly developing smart glasses featuring the new Android XR software. A new report from South Korea claims these smart glasses could debut sometime in 2026, though no specific date was provided. Samsung is expected to debut its Android XR headset, dubbed Project Moohan, later this year. Since its announcement in December, we've learned a bit about Android XR, Google's software platform for mixed reality (AR/VR) headsets and smart glasses.

  • 2 weeks ago | androidpolice.com | Chethan Rao

    Samsung's Android 16-based One UI 8 may come preloaded on the next Galaxy foldables, likely followed by older Galaxy devices. This means One UI 8 could be available sometime in July 2025, while Google will roll out Android 16 to Pixel devices in June. If true, this potentially means Samsung's foldables will be the first devices to come with One UI 8 out of the box, while the Pixel 10 is expected to release a month later in August.

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Chethan Rao @RaoChethan
18 Feb 25

RT @private_llm: Private LLM v1.9.6 for iOS and v1.9.8 for macOS are here with 12 new models! From uncensored chats to creative writing, th…

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Chethan Rao @RaoChethan
24 Jan 25

RT @private_llm: We tested DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama models (8B & 70B) on math, reasoning, and censorship. But can an iPhone really reason…

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Chethan Rao @RaoChethan
22 Jan 25

RT @private_llm: ⚡️New "Thinking" UI with DeepSeek R1 Distilled models, running completely locally on iPhone https://t.co/pglX6xnJvn