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Xiaomi 14 Pro Renders
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Xiaomi 14 Pro will comes with a FLAT display instead of curved screen and will also have TITANIUM FRAME like the iPhone 15 Pro models.
Which grade of titanium it will be is currently unknown

For comparison, iPhone 15 Pro models uses Titanium grade 5
Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra will have Titanium Grade 9 but cold forged for increased strength

Some tipsters says Xiaomi 14 pro renders are missing some details:
1. Renders are missing IR Blaster
2. NO dividing lines in camera module
3. Punch Hole camera is too low from edge

Just minor differences anyways

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Spotify Free tier is USELSSS Now?

Spotify is restricting features for the free tier users in India to force more users towards its paid subscriptions

Now, Spotify free users will NO longer be able to play songs in a specific order, repeat songs, or tap back to their previous songs. These features will only be available to premium users

Taping Back, Repeat and shuffle is such a BASIC feature and that also Spotify made it a premium feature πŸ’€

India is one of the TOP 5 countries in terms of monthly active users of Spotify
Spotify is also the top player in terms of the number of streams in India.

FunFact: acc to a survey from the Indian Music Industry, the digital piracy rate in India is about 73% while the Global average is just 30%

Anyways I use Apple Music & YouTube Premium Music, What about you?

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First Look at Spotify Supremium Tier

Spotify is preparing to launch its new β€œSupremium” Tier that will cost 20$ per month to users

Acc to references discovered in the Spotify app’s code, the tier includes features like:

1. "Your Sound Capsule": Tells you about your listening habits and lets you discover what mix of sounds is β€œuniquely yours.”

2. Advanced playlist mixing tools:
Allows you to filter your library by vibe, mood, genre, activity, BPM (Beats Per Minute) etc.

3. AI playlist: Allow users to create unique playlists using prompts

4. Highlights: This could be related to Last.fm-like listening stats

5. 20-30 hours of audiobook listening

6. 24-bit Lossless Audio

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The Dragon Ball Daima
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Dragon Ball is returning back in the form of a new streaming web anime called Dragon Ball Daima
It’ll be incorporating some spin-off ideas from Dragon Ball GT even and is also separate from Dragon Ball Super

Dragon Ball Diama trailer was showcased at NewYork Comic Con and it will be released next year

In the teaser, a mysterious new character appeared to use a wish with the Dragon Balls to turn Goku, Vegeta, Piccolo, Krillin and the rest of the cast into children
They will then need to work together to become adults again and in b/w their journey, they will go to different realms & planets to fight enemies

Although this does sound very much like Dragon Ball GT but it will NOT be a recreation of that series.

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Honor Watch 4 Pro launched in China

Specifications:

β€’ 1.75-inch 464 x 464 px resolution
β€’ LTPO AMOLED Display
β€’ Stainless steel body with a matte finish
β€’ Rotating Crown
β€’ Powered by MagicOS

β€’ 6000+ customizable watch faces
Sensors: Optical heart rate sensor, air pressure, Blood Oxygen Monitoring, sleep & stress tracking etc

β€’ 5 ATM Water Resistant
β€’ Bluetooth v5.2, NFC
β€’ e-SIM support

Up to 10 days of battery life in a smart mode that includes LTE network usage for 2hrs/day
Up to 3 days in eSIM mode

Colors: Dark Green (leather), Brown (leather), and Black (silicone)

Prices
Silicone strap: CNY 1599 (~220$)
Leather strap: CNY 1799 (~250$)

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Honor Magic Vs2 launched in China

External display:
β€’ 6.43" (2376Γ—1060 px) FHD+ LTPO OLED display
β€’ 1~120Hz Variable refresh rate
β€’ 3840Hz PWM dimming
β€’ 1.07 billion color display
β€’ HDR 10+ certified
β€’ 2500nits peak brightness

Internal display:
β€’ 7.92" (2272Γ—1984px) FHD+ OLED LTPO display
β€’ 1~120Hz Variable refresh rate
β€’ 3840Hz PWM dimming
β€’ 10bit color depth
β€’ HDR 10+, Dolby Vision, IMAX enhanced
β€’ 1600nits peak brightness

β€’ Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1
Unique Luban Titanium hinge
Self-developed shield steel material

β€’ 16MP selfie camera (external)
β€’ 16MP front camera (internal)

β€’ 50MP main (NO OIS)
β€’ 12MP UltraWide
β€’ 20MP telephoto (OIS support)
2.5x optical & 40x digital zoom
β€’ Flicker Sensor

β€’ 5000mAh battery with 66W fast charging
β€’ Stereo speakers, DTS X Ultra
β€’ NFC, USB-C 3.1, DP1.2 support
β€’ MagicOS 7.2 based on Android 13
Colors: Velvet black & glacier blue (feather fiber), Coral purple (plain leather)

Prices:
β€’ 12GB+256GB= 6999 CNY (~960$)
β€’ 16GB+512GB= 7699 CNY (~1055$)

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Smartspacer is a supercharged version of Google's At a Glance widget.

Google's At a Glance widget can already do a lot of things like show you timer and stopwatch info, flashlight reminders, and more, but it has limited support for showing info from other apps. It can show the status from ridesharing apps like Uber, doorbell alerts from Nest, safety check countdowns from Personal Safety, fitness tracking info from Adidas Running and Strava ... but not much else.

Smartspacer, though, has 20 different plugins to pull info from a variety of apps and OS settings, including:

* Aftership
* Amazon
* BBC Weather
* Google Finance
* Google Keep
* Google Maps
* Google Wallet
* Health Connect
* Pokemon Go
* Samsung Health
* Uber
* Yahoo Sports
* YouTube

There are also plugins for showing the battery (of the device, connected devices, and remote devices), notifications, sunrise/sunset info, data usage, and energy monitor.

Oh. And it HAS A PLUGIN FOR TASKER! That means you can basically program Smartspacer to show ANYTHING you want.

Using Smartspacer, you can do things like show your loyalty cards or Keep lists when you're at certain locations. You can also show more advanced flight tracking info, better delivery alerts, and so much more.

Best part: It doesn't require root access and works on both Pixel and non-Pixel devices. On Pixel devices, Smartspacer even keeps all the original At a Glance functionality, so you lose nothing by switching to it.

My friend Kieron Quinn has been working on Smartspacer for nearly a year and a half now and is getting ready to release it. Right now, it's in a preview state and is only available to a handful of testers. If you're interested, then join the Discord group!

(Developers: Kieron says he's making an SDK for launcher integration. Documentation and the SDK for plugin development will also be released soon.)
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Google is working on Google Glasses and a Pixel Ring

In January 2022, it was reported that Google was building an AR headset under the β€œProject Iris” that is meant to compete against Meta & Apple.

But in June 2023, Insider reported that Google has killed off its plans for Project Iris & the project’s leader already left Google even

However, the report does noted that the AR Headset is still in development & now a leaker also confirms the same

Apart from the AR Headset, Google is currently developing a wearable controllerβ€” 'Pixel Ring' for Augmented Reality (AR). This Pixel Ring will be fitted onto user's index finger & will be linked to control Google Smart Glasses

Well, Google's XR Division is still alive anyways
Google is just now focused more on software than hardware.

It’s building a β€œmicro XR” platform that it could license to other headset manufacturers like it does with Android

Also, Google’s Goggles β€œwere actually the foundations” of the upcoming Samsung headset.

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Google confirms Lossless USB Audio is coming soon

The Lossless USB audio feature was first introduced with Android 14 beta 2 & promises an audiophile-level experience over compatible USB-wired headsets.

Google has now confirmed that Lossless USB Audio is coming in a future update

In a recent Reddit AMA session, a user raised a question regarding the need for apps like Tidal to activate an exclusive mode in order to seize control of their Digital-to-Analog Converter (DAC) and transmit audio in a lossless manner.

Google’s VP of Engineering, Dave Burke said that "The lossless USB audio ensures bit perfect audio, so audio bypasses the audio mixer, any processing effects, etc."

But before Google rolls out the feature, app developers will need to adopt the new API for lossless audio
Then the audio can be sent directly over USB without mixing, volume adjustment, or processing effects.

Since its a pure software feature, it will come to ALL Android 14 powered smartphones of any OEM

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Xiaomi Teased HyperOS

Xiaomi so-called self-developed OS has been named Hyper OS & will debut with Xiaomi 14 series in China on 27th October
HyperOS will gradually replace MIUI

Now, Xiaomi has NOT named it MiOS because of Apple, as the name MiOS has 'iOS' as a suffix which can lead to a legal dispute.

In short, Apple owns "iOS" trademark and MiOS is essentially adding a letter 'M' as a prefix.
But ironically, even if Xiaomi cannot use word MiOS, Xiaomi registered a domain as "mios.cn"

Nearly 5000 s
oftware engineers have worked on HyperOS & the development started way back in 2017 only.

FunFact:
you will still see HyperOS a fork of Android which Xiaomi claimed it as self-developed just because of different kernel πŸ€“

Also, Xiaomi will make HyperOS as a 1st COPY iOS once again & it will also look similar to MIUI only.
Xiaomi's creativity is DEAD anyways

Xiaomi confirmed that HyperOS will come Globally too in 2024 & won't be China exclusive.
This means MIUI can finally Burn in Hell

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Canon enters semiconductor industry by unveiling 5nm chip tech

Japanese Firm & Camera maker Canon has announced that it has developed a new tool called as FPA-1200NZ2C which is a nanoimprint Lithography (NIL) machine and it can be used to fabricate 5nm semiconductor chips for smartphones, PCs, servers etc
Canon has been developing this technology since 2004 but it faced several setbacks

In NIL, the equipment fabricates a chip by pressing a mask imprinted with the circuit pattern on the resist on the wafer, like a stamp.
Canon claims that the circuit transfer process can be more faithfully done with NIL compared to optical technologies like EUV (used by ASML machines)

Canon's NIL technology enables patterning with a minimum linewidth of 14 nm, equivalent to the 5nm node required to produce most advanced logic semiconductors.

With further improvement, NIL can even enable circuit patterning with a minimum linewidth of 10nm, which corresponds to 2nm node.

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Google blocking Pixel 8 reviewers from benchmarking Tensor G3 chip is FAKE news

Recently, 3D Mark & GeekBench apps were not available to download from PlayStore for Pixel 8 series

Some so-called tech-enthusiasts came up with their "own conclusion" that Google is intentionally blocking reviewers from benchmarking Tensor G3 chip due to its poor throttling performance

But if Google wants to block benchmarking, they would have had their lawyers add that clause to the reviewers' NDAs

So this was likely API mis-match level problem that lead to apps NOT showing as the Pixel 8 was the 1st Android device to directly ship stable Android 14

Recently, CPU throttling app
was NOT available to download from PlayStore for Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra which runs Android 14 based OneUI 6
So this means Samsung blocked it but the same app is available if you're on Android 13 ?

Anyways, 3D Mark & GB6 are now available for Pixel 8 & Stay away from opinions of users who just "copes" over smartphone-specs

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OPPO A2x 5G launched in China

Specifications:

β€’ 6.56" (1612Γ—720 px) HD+ resolution IPS LCD Display
β€’ 90Hz refresh rate
β€’ 720 nits peak brightness

β€’ MediaTek Dimensity 6020 SoC
(Rebranded Dimensity 700 chip)
β€’ Upto 8GB +(8GB Virtual) RAM
β€’ UFS 2.2 storage
β€’ MicroSD Card slot

β€’ 13MP single rear camera
β€’ 5MP front camera
β€’ Side-mounted fingerprint scanner
β€’ 5000mAh battery
β€’ HUGE 10W charging
β€’ 3.5mm audio jack; IP54 rated
β€’ Android 13 based ColorOS 13.1
Colors: Midnight Black, Muguang Gold & Feishuang Purple

Prices:
β€’ 6GB + 128GB = 1100 CNY (~150$)
β€’ 8GB + 256GB = 1400 CNY (~195$)

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Honor Play 8T 5G launched in China

Specifications
:
β€’ 6.8" (2412Γ—1080 px) FHD+ resolution IPS LCD Display
β€’ 90Hz refresh rate
β€’ 850nits peak brightness

β€’ MediaTek Dimensity 6080 SoC
(Rebranded Dimensity 810 chip)
β€’ Virtual RAM support
β€’ MicroSD card slot

β€’ 50MP main + 2MP useless Dual rear camera
β€’ 8MP front camera
β€’ 6000mAh battery
β€’ 35W fast charging
β€’ Side-mounted fingerprint sensor
β€’ 3.5mm audio jack; Hi-Res audio
β€’ Stereo Speakers
β€’ Android 13 based MagicOS 7.2
Colors: Midnight Black, Ink Jade Green & Streaming Silver

Prices:
β€’ 8GB + 256GB = 1100 CNY (~150$)
β€’ 12GB + 256GB = 1300 CNY (~175$)

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Spotify is now rated at just 2.7β˜… on Playstore in India

Spotify has been downloaded by more than 1 Billion users from Playstore and 27 Million People have given their review on it

But due to Spotify's greed for money, its now removing even the basic features for the free tier users in India

In the latest update, Spotify has restricted non-premium users from:

1. Repeat a song
2. Go back to the previous song
3. Shuffle
4. Play songs in order
5. Listen to a specific part of the song

Spotify is also working on launching a new "Supremium" subscription for 20$ per month for users

Is this rating justified for Spotify ?

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Apple unveiled the Apple Pencil with a USB-C Port

Apple has introduced a new Stylus for iPads but now with Type-C Port.
This Apple Pencil costs $79 or Rs.8,000 and comes with a sliding cap that reveals the USB-C port

Now since it gets a new hardware change at a cheaper price, Apple also removed 4 useful features.
β€’ No Engraving
β€’ NO Pressure sensitivity
β€’ No wireless pairing & charging
β€’ No double tap

However, it still supports hover with M2 models of the iPad Pro.

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