Sony AR Effect has been updated to new 3.3.13 version on Play Store ( over previous 3.1.12 ). New updated brings improved UI enabling users to download AR Effect themes more easily now from the app itself along with usual bug fixing and performance enhancement. To install AR Effect app, you need android 4.3+ with Sony Social Smart Camera app. Recently we shared some...
Sony’s Album app has got a new update in form of 6.6.A.0.6 version which brings minor bug fixing and performance enhancement. No visual changes spotted in the update. It seems Vivid Mode / X-Reality is working much better in this update ( if you are viewing pics in Album app ). Album 6.6.A.0.6 app update is confirmed on Xperia “Z” handsets, Xperia...
Sony What’s New app has been updated to newer 1.4.A.0.1 version over older 1.4.A.0.0. New update brings enhanced user experience and software performance improvement. From the previous update Sony has removed the What’s New icon coming out when swiped upwards from the home screen. What’s New 1.4.A.0.1 app update confirmed on Xperia “Z” series...
Are you still using Yahoo mail, if yes then this Smart Extension for Yahoo Mail would be great for you if you are also using Sony Smart accessories like Smart Watch 2. To use this app, you need to install Sony Smart Connect app on your device ( along with SW2 app ). This extension can be installed on android 4.0+ running devices. Once Sony SW2 is paired with your device, extension gets automatically activated, check under Smart Connect app settings option. Compatibility with Sony SmartWatch 3 is unknown for the time being. Smart Extension...
It’s festive season and Christmas is approaching, for the same reason we have earlier shared Xperia Winter & Xperia Christmas theme and now Sony is giving Christmas stickers on their Sketch app. You must have Sony Sketch 5.0.A.0.2 app installed to download Christmas sticker app, if you don’t have it download from here. Once installed you will get a...
Two new Sony AR Effect camera app themes viz. Kittens and San Francisco have been launched on Play Store from third party developers who earlier launched Orcs & Poisonous Creature AR Effect themes respectively. AR Effect app allows you to customize your captured pics and videos with installed themed characters. It needs android 4.3+ to work on your device. Both...
A new version of Xperia Home is now available in form of 7.0.A.1.7. Xperia Home 7.0.A.1.7 seems a bit more fast and responsive than previous version. This version is not available via OTA instead extracted out from latest Xperia 4.4.4 KitKat update ( Xperia Z2 Tablet ). You need rooted Xperia handset running android 4.4 KitKat to install Xperia Home 7.0.A.1.7 version....
Sony Movie Creator app has got a new update in form of 2.2.A.0.8 version which brings access to more music on the cloud for videos. You can now start a manual movie highlight creation, no need to wait for automatic creation. You will get a notification also when an automatic highlight video is ready for creation. Movie Creator 2.2.A.0.8 app is rolling as an OTA update...
Walkman 8.5.A.0.6 app update is rolling via OTA over previous build 8.4.A.5.4. Walkman 8.5.A.0.6 app brings support for android wear devices and now you can control music playback on your Xperia device via your android wear device ( ex. SmartWatch 3, Moto 360, LG G3 etc ). You can now download your saved playlist on android wear device. Walkman 8.5.A.0.6 app update...
Sony has updated its Weather app to newer 2.1.A.0.10 version from older 2.0.A.0.74 version which brings resizing feature in the widget and improved language support. A new Walkman 8.5.A.0.6 update is also rolling ( confirmed on Xperia Z3 ). Weather 2.1.A.0.10 update is rolling as OTA via update center app, confirmed on Xperia Z2 ( India region ). Check your update...
Sony has come up with another promotional app of their franchise Spider Man on Play Store in form of Amazing Spider-Man 2 AR effect camera app this time. Earlier we have already seen Spider-Man AR effect camera app and Xperia Theme at Play Store. This app works with Sony’s Social Smart Camera app installed with AR Effect Camera app running on android 4.3+ Xperia devices. Sony is running a promotion in Xperia Lounge app from where you can download Amazing Spider-Man 2 AR effect camera app along with one pre-installed pose of Spider...
SMS Small app allows you to send and read SMS without leaving your current activity. SMS Small app allows you to reply users from same screen, calling facility is also there. You can also change the background of the app if you like to from transparent to any wallpaper of your choice. You need to give access to app for notifications under settings ( if you want to...
Sony has updated its What’s New App to newer 1.4.A.0.0 version from older version 1.3.A.0.3. Much annoying feature of What’s New shortcut when swiping upwards from the bottom of the screen has been finally removed from Sony now. You need to open the app directly clicking the shortcut icon now. What’s New app is Sony’s app database where you...
Sony Movies 8.0.A.0.6 app was updated recently over 8.0.A.0.4 version which brought support for Sony Movies Small app. In the Movies app, tap the “Movies Small App” icon in the player bar, to play videos in minimum size ex. when checking your social networks or browsing the web. Sony Movies Small was released as an OTA update recently on selected Xperia handsets...
Google has now officially rolled Gmail 5.0 and Calendar 5.0 version which goes in sync with Android 5.0 Material Design UI. We have already shared Gmail 5.0 apk for manual download and now today we are sharing Google 5.0 Calendar apk for all android devices running android 4.0.3+ ( non rooted and rooted also ). Now you can add events from your Gmail app into the...
Sony’s Sketch app is now officially available on Play store as 5.0.A.0.2 version which was earlier only being updated via OTA through update center app. It is a major update in terms of build number if we compare from previous 2.0.A.1.7 version but no noticeable visual changes in terms of features are present. You get notifications whenever new stickers are...
Sony has updated its myXperia app to newer version 0.0.A.0.71 just after this app was surrounded in a Baidu spyware controversy. It was seen that myXperia app was pinging to Chinese servers and a “baidu” folder was being created in the internal storage of the device ( which can’t be deleted manually ). myXperia 0.0.A.0.71 update brings enhanced...
A new AR Effect theme “Poisonous Creatures” for your Social Smart Camera App has been released on Play Store by a third party developer. AR Effect app allows you to customize your captured pics and videos with installed themed characters. App and Theme needs android 4.3+ to work on your Xperia device. With Poisonous Creatures theme you can add creepy...
Sony Music TrackID app has been updated to to newer version 4.0.B.7.0 from older 4.0.B.6.0 at Play Store which fixes the losing history bug as mentioned by Sony in the changelog. TrackID 4.0.B.7.0 update brings faster recognition speed, new UI, syncing feature of search history with Facebook and SEN account and support for Android Wear Sony SmartWatch 3 ( just like...
Google recently started sending Google Inbox invites to users which created a lot hype among android users and now they have started rolling officially Gmail 5.0 update which brings Exchange Support with material design in sync with android 5.0 Lollipop Material Design system UI. New Gmail 5.0 UI is much similar to Google Inbox UI. Gmail 5.0 is rolling out to android...
Sony Movies app saw 8.0.A.0.4 version update recently but now another minor update has come in the form of 8.0.A.0.6 version. Movies 8.0.A.0.6 app update brings no noticeable changes over the previous version. As Sony talked about “Movies Small App” in the changelog, it is still not available for download. Movies 8.0.A.0.6 update is confirmed rolling...
Sony is gearing up fast for the market launch of Sony SmartBand Talk and Sony SmartWatch 3. We have already spotted listing of Sony SmartWatch 3 on Play Store for $249.99 and now it’s time for Sony SmartBand Talk. Sony SmartBand Talk SWR30 is listed for pre-order on Sony UK site for £129.99 / $208 and shipping will soon start in November. Sony has officially...
Sony updated its Album app to newer version 6.5.A.0.10 today which brings supports for redesigned list views for a more appealing appearance like Folder and Faces. New Welcome screens for PlayMemories Online, with a more streamlined login experience along with usual bug fixes and performance enhancements. Album 6.5.A.0.10 update is confirmed rolling for Xperia “Z”...
Sony has updated its Movies app to newer version 8.0.A.0.4 which brings support for Movies Small app for a few Xperia devices. In the Movies app, tap the “Movies Small App” icon in the player bar, to play videos in minimum size ex. when checking your social networks or browsing the web. To use this function download and install the “Movies Small...
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