iOS 14 code hints at home screen widget support and new wallpaper settings

Apple has been working on redesigning its wallpaper settings for its upcoming iOS 14 for quite a while now. In a supposed new leak, twitter user DongleBookPro has tweeted images of the new iOS wallpaper settings panel and its implementation. In iOS 14's code, as explained by 9to5Mac, default wallpapers appear to be separated by collections. Some of the available organisation include “Classic Stripes”, “Earth & Moon”, and “Flowers”. This will help users scroll through each collection to find their specific wallpaper instead of scrolling through the entire list. Another option that is available right below it is "Home Screen Appearance" which appears to let users choose a smart dynamic wallpaper that can be used for the home screen alone. The various options include flat colour, a blurry one and a dark version based on the current wallpaper. According to another code leak, Apple also seems to be working on a better implementation of Home Screen widgets. Currently, widgets are supported on iPadOS 13 when the user swipes right on the home screen. For iOS however, Apple might be working to have widgets in iOS 14 that can be moved around, instead of the pinned layout in iPadOS. This feature however, is still ...

Vivo V19 with 6.44-inch FHD+ Super AMOLED display, 48MP quad rear cameras, 32MP dual front cameras announced

Vivo launched the vivo V17 smartphone late last year in India with a Super AMOLED display, 32MP in-screen camera, and more. The successor to that smartphone i.e., vivo V19 was set to be announced last month but got delayed due to the COVID-19 crisis. After delays, vivo has now announced the vivo V19 smartphone with 48MP quad rear cameras, 32MP dual front camera, and more in Indonesia. Vivo V19 flaunts a 6.44-inch FULL HD+ Super AMOLED Ultra-O display with a resolution of 2400 x 1080 pixels. It is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 712 SoC paired with 8GB of RAM with up to 256GB of internal storage which can be expanded with microSD. It features a glass sandwich design with "ergonomically-designed 3D curves". Coming to the optics, the vivo V19 sports quad-rear cameras which are a combination of 48MP (f/1.79 primary ) + 8MP (f/2.2 wide-angle) + 2MP (f/2.4 depth) + 2MP (f/2.4 macro) and the front-facing camera is a dual 32MP f/2.0 + 8MP f/2.2 shooter. This is the first vivo smartphone to sport dual punch-hole display. It packs Copper Tube Liquid Cooling for heat dissipation. Lastly, it runs on Funtouch OS 10 based on Android 10 and packs a 4500mAh ...

Infinix Note 7 and Note 7 Lite with Infinity-O display, quad rear cameras, 5000mAh battery announced

Earlier last month, Infinix launched the S5 Pro smartphone in India with a pop-up camera, triple rear cameras, and more. Following that, Infinix has now announced its new Note 7 and Note 7 Lite smartphones with a punch-hole display, quad rear cameras, and more. Infinix Note 7 flaunts a 6.95-inch HD+ Infinity-O LCD display with a resolution of 720 x 1640 pixels and is powered by the MediaTek Helio G70 SoC. It is paired with 6GB of RAM with 128GB of internal storage and the storage can be expanded through microSD. It has a 'gem cut finish', sports a side-mounted fingerprint scanner and has support for Face Unlock. Coming to the optics, the Note 7 sports quad-rear cameras and are a combination of 48MP (primary) + 2MP (macro) + 2MP (depth) + low-light video camera and the front-facing camera is a 16MP shooter. It runs on Android 10 and packs a 5000mAh battery with support for 18W fast charging through a micro USB port. Infinix Note 7 specifications 6.95-inch (1640 x 720 pixels) HD+ 20.5:9 Infinity-O display Octa-Core MediaTek Helio G70 12nm processor (Dual 2GHz Cortex-A75 + Hexa 1.7GHz 6x Cortex-A55 CPUs) with ARM Mali-G52 2EEMC2 GPU 6GB RAM with 128GB internal storage; ...

OPPO teases new audio product for April 7, could be wireless earbuds

OPPO introduced its Enco Free True Wireless Earbuds back in December in China, and it was launched in India last month. Now the company has announced that it will introduce a new audio product in China tomorrow, April 7th. The teaser just shows a circular device along with the launch date. This could be the OPPO Enco W31 wireless earbuds with intuitive touch controls in white, black and pink colors that was introduced in India at Rs. 4499 last month along with the Enco Free. The company also didn't share much info. Even though it was announced in India, sale for the earbuds got delayed due to the current situation. It was also introduced in Russia last week. However, the design of the Enco W31 charging case is slightly different, so it could be an entirely a different earbuds. Some rumors say that it could be a compact Bluetooth speakers with support for Breeno voice assistant. We should know all the details about this mystery audio product from OPPO when it goes official tomorrow. Source

Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy Buds ‘Bean’ true wireless earbuds surface

Samsung introduced Galaxy Buds+ (SM-R175) with improved sound, triple microphones, and up to 11 hours battery life in February along with the S20 series, but there was no change in the design compared to the first Galaxy Buds, but the company is now said to be gearing up to introduce  new Truly wireless earphones  codenamed "Bean" with the model number SM-R180, and the design resembles that of a bean. This will offer a more compact and will fit well inside the ear, thanks to 2.8cm (approx.) body. It should also offer improved ambient noise isolation, and is said to come with two small speaker units, one of which should provide treble and midrange or low tones. To get a better sound, the speakers seem to have an outside channel, similar to what you would find on a subwoofer. In addition, as usual, there are also several built-in microphones and use beam forming technology to offer much improved audio capture for calls. It will likely come with Ambient Sound feature, giving users to choose from four levels of background noise pass-through. These are also said to come with sensors which detect whether the earphones are in the ear or not. The development of the internal ...

OnePlus 7T and 7T Pro latest OxygenOS stable update brings March security patch, slow-mo video improvements and more

After rolling out beta update last month OnePlus has started rolling out OxygenOS 10.0.9 [10.3.2 in India] for 7T, OxygenOS 10.0.8 [10.3.2 in India] for the OnePlus 7T Pro that brings March Android security patch, improved RAM management, stability improvements for recording videos in slow-mo and some fixes in Gallery. The OxygenOS 10.0.5 [10.3.2 in India] for the OnePlus 7 Pro and OnePlus 7 was rolled out earlier this week brining the same features. OnePlus said that the OTA will have a staged rollout and will be available to limited number of users now and will have a broader rollout in a few days after making sure there are no critical bugs. As usual, it said that using VPN to download this build might not work as the rollout is not based on regions and is randomly pushed out to a limited number of devices. Check out the complete changelog below. Changelog System Optimized the Ram management Improved system stability and fixed known issues Updated Android Security Patch to 2020.03 Gallery Improved stability for recording videos in slow-mo. Fixed the random disappearance of screenshots in Gallery Now play videos without any lags Source 1, 2, 3

Skype’s ‘Meet Now’ feature allows users to join video meetings without sign ups or downloads

In a move to connect users during the ongoing crisis, Skype has rolled out new Meet Now feature that allows you to easily set up a collaboration space and invite both Skype contacts and friends or family who are not on Skype. Participants can then easily join meetings whether they have an account or not. With this you can generate your free unique link with one click, share it with participants and enjoy unlimited meetings with Skype. It is fully free and the meeting link does not expire and can be used anytime, says the company. Skype will also hold call recordings for up to 30 days and media shared in the chat even longer if you want to access them later. How to create a meeting in Skype? Sign in to Skype and selecting the Meet Now universal Meet Now button. You'll get a call link and a Share invite button to easily to invite others. Once you're ready, set your call to audio or video and select the Start call button. You can also create a meeting directly from the web. How to join a meeting in Skype with 'Meet now' ? Click the Meet Now link that will open on ...

Google shuts down Neighbourly beta app due to low user interaction

Google launched the Neighbourly app beta back in 2018 as a local information sharing and Q&A app for select cities in India. However, it looks like that app will never leave beta as Google has announced that it is shutting down the app completely due to low user growth. In an answer to a question posted on Google's support page, Google announces that it will be closing the Neighbourly app data, with its last day of operation being May 12, 2020. However, the last date for users to download a copy of your Neighbourly data is October 12th, 2020. Users will be able to download: Their posts Their replies Their comments Content they liked Polls they voted on Their saved posts Content they reported Content they moderated Google had hoped that the user base for the app would grow at a faster rate and that more Q&As would be posted on it. It initially started in Mumbai and was later expanded to a few more states, with Google adding features like the ability to create photo posts, events, polls and more. However, the app never did really gain popularity and always had very low user interaction. Hence it has decided to shut ...

Amazon to launch game streaming service, several massively multiplayer online games

The gaming industry has been on a steady growth with some spiked increases in the last few years. Now, Amazon is planning its entry into game development next month with the launch of its first science-fiction shooter game called Crucible. Along with Crucible, it plans to launch "New World" which is a massively multiplayer online game. The game "Crucible" has been in development by Relentless in Seattle since 2014 and is the result of Amazon's long term investments in the Gaming industry and the original entertainment industry. Along with Crucible, Amazon plans to release another game called "New World", which is a massively multiplayer online game developed by another game studio in Irvine, California. Amazon is heavily focussed in bringing its cloud computing technologies into the video gaming space. They are reportedly working on a competitor to Google's Stadia, called Project Tempo which may debut next year, and they have also developed a game processing engine called Lumberyard that incorporates Amazon's cloud computing power. Amazon is also interested in developing interactive games for Twitch, where streamers will be able to interact with their viewers as part of the game mechanic. Commenting on the upcoming launch, Mike Frazzini, Amazon’s vice president for game services ...

realme announces Android 10-based realme UI Early Access for realme 3 and realme 3i

realme announced Android 10 based realme UI a couple of months ago and started rolling out the update for eligible devices as per the schedule shared by the company. realme UI brings tons of new features such as dual earphone connection, animated wallpapers, screen-off display, customizable icon shape, new charging animation, realme Share (cross-brand file-sharing technology) and more. The company rolled out a new update bringing VoWiFi and March security pacth to realme 3 and realme 3i a couple of weeks ago, realme 3 and realme 3i are supposed to receive Android 10 based realme UI update this month as per the official schedule. Now the company has announced realme UI Early Access program for both the devices. As per the community post, realme UI update will be rolled out to the limited number of realme Community users of realme 3 and realme 3i respectively. Interested users can fill a Google form by providing the realme Community username and IMEI of their devices, but the users must have updated their device to latest RMX1821EX_11.A.26 version. realme Community team will verify the provided information, post which A.27 version will be rolled out to the verified users. After updating to A.27 versions, users need to apply again under Software Update ...