Smartphone owners are, presumably, furious. Photo: Killian Bell/Cult of Android

Watch out for people sending you links to the website CrashSafari dot com, which is causing smartphones and PCs around the world to crash by overloading their browsers with a self-generating address bar text string that causes devices to stop responding.

Although the name refers to Apple’s default browser for Mac and iOS devices, the website also causes Android devices running Chrome to slow down and, in some cases, to actually heat up.

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.

The Galaxy S7 might arrive in the U.S. on March 11th. Photo: Jermaine Smit

We’ve heard a lot about the Samsung Galaxy S7 in the past few months. We know it will look like the Galaxy S6, but have big spec bumps , a better camera and battery. It’ll probably rip-off some of the new iPhone’s best features, and arrive in March.

But when in March? We now have an exact date, from reputable leaker of Android smartphone news. Expect the Samsung Galaxy S7 to land in the ides of March, roughly around the same time as Apple is expected to unveil its latest iPhone, the iPhone 5se.

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.”