Gear S2 now comes in rose gold and platinum. Photo: Samsung

Samsung finally has an answer to the Apple Watch Edition. The South Korean company today added 18-karat rose gold and platinum Gear S2 Classic options to its smartwatch lineup, and they’ll cost you about $9,500 less than a gold Apple Watch.

OnePlus has today begun rolling out its OxygenOS 2.2.0 upgrade for the OnePlus X.

This release brings a manual mode for the Camera app, the ability to save photos to an SD card — and plenty of bug fixes, performance improvements, and security patches.

Get a massive discount on Play Store rentals right now. Photo: Killian Bell/Cult of Android

Google is again offering 75 percent off movie rentals from the Play Store for a limited time, just a month after running exactly the same promotion. The discount is available until March 31, and it’s available on any of the movies you’ll find in the Play Store.

New features found in the latest WhatsApp beta. Screenshots: Javier Santos

WhatsApp made millions of smartphone users happy with week when it announced it will be ditching its annual subscription fee, but its next move might not be so popular.

According to a hidden option found in the latest WhatsApp beta for Android, the service is planning to share user data with Facebook “to improve [your] Facebook experiences.”

Google has a fix for Android’s Linux bug. Photo: Jim Merithew/Cult of Android

Google has addressed a Linux kernel bug recently discovered by one security firm that has left around 66 percent of Android devices vulnerable to attack. It has already made its patch available to Android partners, but devices running Android 5.0 and above don’t need it.