Latest Whatsapp Beta Brings A Redesigned Picture In Picture Ui

This redesign may be a minor one but surely not so insignificant. Earlier, the controls were overlaid on top of the video feed. As Android Police notes, that’s how Android’s default PiP works as well. The buttons would appear when you tap on the video, and they fade soon after. With the updated UI, the controls are always visible. This allows for easy reach whenever you need it. You can quickly play/pause the video, close it, or expand it to watch it in full-screen mode....

December 19, 2022 · 2 min · 344 words · Robert Files

Leak Reveals Gpu Clock Speed Of Samsung S Exynos 2200 Chip

According to Ice universe on Twitter (via SamMobile), Samsung’s upcoming chipset will offer a GPU clock speed of 1,300MHz. By comparison, the GPU on the Apple A15 Bionic runs at 1,200MHz. Naturally, a higher GPU clock speed doesn’t always translate to better performance. But this revelation complements older reports about the new chipset’s GPU features. The buzz surrounding Samsung’s new chipset took on a different shape following the revelation that it would leverage AMD’s RDNA 2 GPU for desktop-like graphics performance....

December 19, 2022 · 2 min · 335 words · Justin Wood

Lenovo S Google Home Devices Have Been Bricking For Months Now

Lenovo’s Google Home devices plagued by bricking issue for months now We’ve received a tip regarding this which explained the problem, and pointed us to the official Lenovo forums. Quite a few people seem to be having this issue, and have been asking Lenovo for assistance for months now. The person who emailed us claims that Lenovo reached out to him recently, asking for a detailed description of the problem, and some additional information about the device it started occurring on....

December 19, 2022 · 2 min · 314 words · Hettie Gasaway

Major Nothing Milestone Achieved 1 Million Devices Sold

Nothing managed to reach a major milestone, the company sold 1 million devices The devices in question are the Nothing Phone (1), Nothing Ear (1), and Nothing Ear (Stick). The very first product was the Nothing Ear (1) earbuds, which launched over a year ago at this point. Nothing actually almost managed to reach this milestone within a year since it launched its first product. This is not a small feat for such a new and small company....

December 19, 2022 · 2 min · 306 words · John Christmas

May Update Released To Galaxy S10 Series Galaxy A53 5G

For the Galaxy S10 series, the new update is currently available to users in Switzerland, SamMobile has confirmed. It should reach other European countries in the coming days. The rollout will eventually expand to more regions globally. The latest SMR (Security Maintenance Release) comes with firmware version G97*FXXUFHVE1 for the Galaxy S10e, Galaxy S10, and Galaxy S10+ and G977BXXUCHVE1 for the Galaxy S10 5G. The Galaxy A53 5G, on the other hand, is picking up this month’s security update in the Philippines and Samsung’s homeland South Korea....

December 19, 2022 · 2 min · 371 words · Agnes Acheson

Meta S Oversight Board Told Instagram To Reinstate Drill Music Video

According to the report, the music video referenced a 2017 shooting and could lead to “retaliatory violence” in the London gang scene. As a result, Instagram manually removed 52 posts containing the track and automated systems removed it a further 112 times. The enforcement of the decision was inconsistent, as the creator appealed and had the song reinstated by a reviewer outside the escalation team, only to have that decision overruled, and the song re-banned a week later, following another request from the police....

December 19, 2022 · 2 min · 394 words · Ashley Harian

Microsoft Edge Could Soon Get A Dedicated Games Panel

First spotted by Redditor Leopeva64 (via), this feature is currently available to users in Edge Canary. It’s disabled by default but you can enable it by toggling the “Games button” option under the Appearance menu in Settings. This will add a new Games button on the omnibar. It sits between the Download button and the Web capture button if you have them enabled, of course. Clicking this Games button will launch a vertical panel on the right side of the browser....

December 19, 2022 · 2 min · 371 words · Carla Mclean

Microsoft Redirects Internet Explorer Users To Edge

Internet Explorer wasn’t able to maintain dominance through the rise of Google Chrome. Regardless, Microsoft kept it alive and updated it. Even after 2015 when it released Microsoft Edge, the company continued to support its creation. However, all things must come to an end. Today, Internet Explorer will lose its final bit of software support and fall into the graveyard of lost programs. Now, Microsoft redirects Internet Explorer users to Edge You can’t stop the march of progress, so those Internet Explorer users need to go somewhere to do their browsing....

December 19, 2022 · 2 min · 332 words · Ann Park

Motorola Edge 2022 Arrives To Compete With Samsung S Best

Motorola edge+ (2022) Specs Below are the specs for the Motorola edge+ (2022). They are mostly what you would expect from a flagship in 2022. Motorola is bringing a smart stylus to the edge+ (2022) One of the more interesting features of the Motorola edge+ (2022) is the fact that it is getting a smart stylus. This smart stylus will allow you to write naturally, like you’re using pen and paper....

December 19, 2022 · 1 min · 190 words · Robert Johnston

Motorola Ma1 Dongle Brings Wireless Android Auto To Your Car

At CES 2022, Motorola has announced a new wireless car adapter for Android Auto. This wireless car adapter is called Motorola MA1 and can turn a wired Android Auto unit into a wireless one. This will negate the need to carry or keep an extra USB cable connected to your car’s infotainment system for using Android Auto. Now, all you need to do is connect the Motorola MA1 USB dongle to your car’s head unit, and connect your phone to your car wirelessly....

December 19, 2022 · 2 min · 381 words · Katherine Ramsey

Motorola One 5G Ace Review An A For Effort But Middling In Some Areas That Matter

There are, of course, some obvious issues to be found and we’ll discuss those momentarily. Those chiefly come down to fixable issues, if and when this phone gets an update. But at under $329.99, as of this writing, nobody expects perfection. Where this handset really stands out is on battery life, the high-resolution display panel, and performance. And it’s good enough in those areas where it excels to make up for where it doesn’t....

December 19, 2022 · 9 min · 1904 words · Carl Williams

Msi Gaming Pcs Get Major Discounts For Prime Day

When it comes to gaming laptops, MSI has the Pulse GL66 on sale for $1,325 during Prime Day. Which MSI says is a savings of 17% off the laptop’s MSRP. This comes with some great components inside like the NVIDIA RTX 3070 GPU, a 12th Gen Intel Core i7-12700H CPU, a 512GB NVMe SSD for storage, and 16GB of RAM. It’s by no means the most beastly laptop out there but it should deliver plenty of power for any games you throw at it....

December 19, 2022 · 2 min · 268 words · Stephen Branson

Mysterious Google Pixel G10 Phone Spotted

This information is based on the leak from 91Mobiles, so you’ll definitely want to take this with a grain of salt. There aren’t any leaked renders or blurry photos of this device. Instead, we have some leaked documents about this device. This phone seems to have the code name G10. That’s really different from the other rumored Pixel devices in the works. Those are code-named Felix and Lynx. So, the G10 could be something completely different....

December 19, 2022 · 2 min · 305 words · Isabel Russell

Netflix Will Replace Categories With A Category Hub

The streaming platform didn’t specify how it would determine the recommendations. But it’s safe to assume that Netflix will use the existing algorithms to ascertain what a user may like. In general, Netflix can recommend content based on annual special events, like Earth Day, as the screenshot shows. “Think of this Category Hub as a more lively version of our old Categories row that’s tailored to your tastes and makes finding what to watch that much more simple (and fun!...

December 19, 2022 · 2 min · 341 words · Francisca Garcia

New Details Emerge On The Battery Supplier For The Galaxy S22

However, ATL will not be the sole supplier of batteries for the upcoming Samsung flagship. Much like in the past, Samsung SDI will also contribute towards a portion of the batteries required for the Galaxy S22. Samsung has instituted rigorous safety standards after the Galaxy Note 7 incident. While ATL was cut off from Samsung for a while, the supplier has since provided batteries for the company’s Galaxy A and M series of phones....

December 19, 2022 · 2 min · 323 words · Matthew Quinn

New Firmware Adds Customizable Eq To Bose Quietcomfort 45 Headphones

While the Bose QuietComfort has received good reviews from the tech world, the one area where it kind of lets down is the lack of customizability. Users need to rely on the system tuning of the equalizer for listening to music, which isn’t ideal for everyone. Some find it decent enough, whereas some find it simply average. Thankfully, that is going to change now with the arrival of the new firmware update....

December 19, 2022 · 2 min · 386 words · Jackie John

New Oneplus Nord 2 Update Brings Several Optimizations Security Boost

This OnePlus Nord 2 update brings several optimizations to the table There are six entries in the changelog for this update, and we’ll start with the security one. This update brings a September 2021 Android security patch to the device. It’s not a security patch for October, but it’s an improvement nonetheless. That being said, let’s move to optimizations. This update will reduce power consumption in specific scenarios, says OnePlus. The company did not specify what those scenarios may be, though....

December 19, 2022 · 2 min · 302 words · Bobby Sanchez

New Samsung Fingerprint Tech Is 2 5 Billion Times More Secure

Under-display fingerprint scanners found in smartphones today are mostly optical solutions. They use light and a camera to take an illuminated picture of your fingerprint and compare it with the stored one to verify your identity. Samsung’s flagship devices already do things a little differently. They pack ultrasonic sensors that use ultrasound to build your fingerprint image. This approach is said to be more secure and the Korean firm is doubling down on it by equipping the world’s largest ultrasonic fingerprint sensor in the upcoming Galaxy S23 series to give users a larger scanning area....

December 19, 2022 · 3 min · 432 words · Sandra Mente

Ninja Discounts Kitchen Gear For Black Friday By Up To 43

For starters, one of Ninja’s most useful kitchen gadgets, the Compact Kitchen System, is $50 off. This is essentially a blender, a food processor, and a bullet blender all in one. It comes with a 1200 watt motor so it’ll basically vaporize anything you toss in there. It also has the Auto-IQ feature which intelligently blends ingredients based on how much it needs blending. This lets you get everything silky smooth with a single button press....

December 19, 2022 · 2 min · 266 words · Richard Thomas

Oneplus Promises To Fix The Gallery App Freeze Bug Soon

Well, this bug isn’t anything that has surfaced recently. Notably, OnePlus users have been complaining and reporting the Gallery app freeze bug for months now. According to the user reports, when they try to share photos, the Gallery app freezes for some seconds. This annoying bug is proving to be a hindrance to the user experience. Thankfully, OnePlus has acknowledged this issue and has also promised that a team of developers is investigating the problem at hand since the time it was first reported....

December 19, 2022 · 2 min · 394 words · Judy Flora