Author: Tawsif Reza
Tawsif Reza
Tawsif Reza is the Editor-in-Chief and founder of Droid Expose. He started the site with a clear goal: to build a reliable, no-nonsense resource where people can find accurate information about technology, from smartphones to software. His interest in tech started early and grew deeper when he began exploring custom ROMs. His first experience was with Lineage OS on the Xiaomi Mi A2 Lite, which opened up a whole new side of Android for him. That curiosity has stayed with him ever since. Tawsif is also the founder of CTG Post News, an online news platform built on the same principle — giving people access to trustworthy information. He has a background in web development and programming, skills he sharpened during the COVID-19 period when he had more time to focus on learning. He also has a genuine interest in photography, particularly mobile photography, and has worked with tools like Gcam to push the quality of smartphone cameras further. A proud Bangladeshi, Tawsif is motivated by more than just technology. A moment he witnessed early in life — a hungry child crying in its mother's arms — left a lasting mark on him. Since then, giving back and helping those with less has been just as important to him as everything else he builds. When he is not working, you might find him on his balcony thinking through his next project, or playing Double Dragon on a Neo Geo emulator.
Droid Expose has identified what appears to be a change to Snapchat’s app icon, visible across both iOS and Android devices as well as the public App Store listing. As of this writing, Snap Inc. has not issued any public statement confirming an icon update, and we have not found prior reporting from another outlet documenting this specific change. We are publishing this as a developing story because the cross-platform consistency of what we observed rules out the most common explanations for a perceived icon difference. And a Reddit thread that surfaced during our reporting may already point toward why…
In April, we covered the moment Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian confirmed on stage that Gemini would power the next generation of Apple Intelligence. At the time, the practical details were thin. We knew Gemini was the engine. We did not know what that meant for the millions of developers who build the apps people actually use on their iPhones every day. On June 9, one day after Apple’s WWDC keynote, Google answered that question directly. Gemini models are now available inside Apple’s own Foundation Models framework, and Gemini is built into Xcode itself, the software every iOS developer uses…
A few weeks ago, we wrote something that turned out to be incorrect. In our iOS 27 supported devices article, we reported that Apple was planning to cut off the iPhone 11, 11 Pro, 11 Pro Max, and 2nd Gen iPhone SE from iOS 27. That report came from a Weibo leaker called Instant Digital, and it spread to nearly every Apple publication in late April including ours. Apple went on stage at WWDC on June 8 and told a completely different story. Not a single device was dropped from iOS 27 support, something that has never happened before in…
I delete most emails without opening them. Security alerts, storage warnings, the usual stuff. Tuesday evening one came in with the subject “New privacy settings for Search services” and honestly, my first instinct was the same. Another policy update nobody reads. But the preview text stopped me. It said new settings were being turned on in my account based on my existing choices. That’s different from a general announcement. That’s Google telling me something changed on my end specifically. So I opened it, read the whole thing, then went straight into my account to see what actually changed. Fifteen minutes…
Most Android version articles read the same way: a long list of developer features, API numbers, and changelog items that mean very little to someone who just wants to know if their phone will feel better. We have been following Android 17 since Beta 1 dropped in February, and I tested Beta 2 on a Pixel 9 in daily use, covering bubbles for multitasking, separate Wi-Fi and data toggles, and generally smooth performance even at that early stage. You can read the full breakdown in our Android 17 features coverage. Now with Beta 4.1 out and the stable release a…
If you own a Xiaomi phone and have ever tried to send a photo to an iPhone user standing right next to you, you know the drill. No shared file sharing system. No direct transfer. You either airdrop it to yourself, use WhatsApp and lose quality, or find some cloud workaround. It was one of those small daily frictions that nobody talks about but everyone who uses Android around iPhone users has felt. Xiaomi confirmed via its official HyperOS X account, that AirDrop support is now available through Quick Share on HyperOS 3. The announcement reads: “AirDrop is now available…
My Intel Celeron N2815 laptop has 2GB of RAM. On Windows 10, that was enough to make the machine a daily frustration slow boot, constant disk activity, apps taking forever to open. At some point it stopped being a laptop and started being a waiting exercise. I started looking for a lighter operating system, and after some research I landed on antiX Linux. Here is what actually happened when I installed it and used it. What antiX Linux Is, Before Anything Else AntiX is a Debian-based Linux distribution built specifically for older and low-resource hardware. According to the official antiX…
When we wrote about the Galaxy Z Flip 8 leak in May, the focus was on the redesigned hinge and the long-overdue crease improvement. What that piece couldn’t cover yet was the bigger picture because Samsung wasn’t just quietly updating one phone. According to multiple leaks and supply chain reports, it has been preparing to reshape its entire foldable lineup at once. Samsung is expected to announce three foldables at a Galaxy Unpacked event on July 22 in London: the Galaxy Z Fold 8, the Galaxy Z Fold 8 Wide, and the Galaxy Z Flip 8. The July 22 date…
Google’s Gemini family keeps moving fast. When Gemini 3.5 Flash arrived, the marketing pitch was familiar- smarter, faster, better. But marketing copy means nothing until you sit down and actually break a model. So I did exactly that. I ran five carefully designed experiments on both Gemini 3 Flash and Gemini 3.5 Flash, the kind of tests that reveal not just benchmark scores, but the real personality of a model. I wanted to know: does 3.5 Flash genuinely think differently, or is it just a minor polish job? Spoiler: the differences are real. Some of them surprised me and here…
Meta launched paid subscription plans for Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp which is a global rollout that puts the company squarely in competition with the subscription models that have defined streaming, music, and more recently, AI tools. The plans are simple on the surface: Instagram Plus and Facebook Plus at $3.99 a month, WhatsApp Plus at $2.99. But the move reflects a much bigger bet Meta is making on its own future. What You Actually Get Instagram Plus is the most feature-heavy of the three. Subscribers can see aggregate rewatch counts on their Stories, create unlimited audience lists beyond Close Friends,…