Notes appear on the chat page that you can access by tapping the Messenger button at the top right corner of your Instagram home feed. Here, you’ll find a horizontal carousel of notes underneath the search bar. A “Leave a note” button with your Instagram profile picture on the left end of the carousel lets you create a note, followed by notes left by others. You can type a note up to 60 characters long....
The iQOO 9T is launching with a base price of $625 which is quite a bit lower than the iQOO 9 Pro. So let’s get the iQOO 9T out of the box and see all the changes that iQOO made to slash almost $275 off the MSRP compared to the iQOO 9 Pro. iQ00 9T Unboxing experience is identical to previous versions So the box looks the same, and how the contents are packaged inside is still the same....
Here’s a rundown of these devices’ specs. The Galaxy Tab S8 devices will use the new Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 SoC. This is the same chip that is powering the OnePlus 10 Pro and other flagship smartphones today. This is a bit surprising, seeing as the Galaxy S22 phones will be using the Exynos 2200 SoC. The smallest variant will have an 11-in LCD display, while the two larger variants will both have Samsung’s Super AMOLED display technology....
According to the latest report by Android Police (via 9To5Google), the latest Android 12’s Material You theme language is now rolling out for the Gmail app via the Google Play Store. Notably, this is not the first Material You update for the Gmail app. Back in September, the update only touched upon the widgets. Fast forward to now, it is now seeding for the entire app, i.e. the theme will take complete effect....
What gets the Material You rework in Beta 4? The biggest change is, of course, to the Google search bar. For clarity, that’s the bar-style widget placed on the home screen featuring the Google “G” logo and a mic icon. And that’s typically used to access Google search or voice search. With the update to Android 12 Beta 4 installed, that bar can be given a new Material You theme. Once applied, the theme takes the Google logo and mic icon and recolors them....
The latest update for the Galaxy S22 trio in India is rolling out with firmware version S90*EXXS2AVDD. Judging by that build number, the devices aren’t getting anything apart from the security enhancements and some bug fixes. The official changelog also only mentions security improvements. However, the file size of the OTA (over the air) package suggests otherwise. It’s a more than 600MB download, which doesn’t likely contain just the new SMR (Security Maintenance Release)....
According to MediaTek’s CEO Rick Tsai, the company is continuously gaining market share globally. “We are now the largest smartphone SoC maker globally,” Tsai said during an investor conference in Taiwan last week. “We continue to gain share across all regions of the world.” Over the past couple of years, MediaTek has undergone numerous strategic changes. Most notably, the company returned to the flagship smartphone SoC market with its Dimensity lineup in 2019....
“We are experiencing supply constraints that are impacting stock of Surface Duo 2 units. The product is not being discontinued,” Microsoft said in the statement. The company didn’t provide any further details on when the stock will be back. However, it suggested the Surface Duo lineup is here to stay. “We continue to update and innovate on this form factor and are excited by customer interest,” it added. Microsoft confirms the Surface Duo 2 has not been discontinued Microsoft launched the Surface Duo 2 in September last year....
There is one app though, that Microsoft intentionally wants you to use, i.e. Microsoft Edge. Since it is the company’s own web browser, it does not want the user to use other alternatives such as Google Chrome, and Firefox. FYI, Windows 11 comes with Microsoft Edge as the default web browser. You may think that is easy to change to Chrome, etc. Sure, why not, but now, you have to jump through some extra hurdles to do that....
In a statement given to iFixit, Microsoft stated they are working with major US retailers to build their own authorized repair network. Users can expect full repair manuals for the Surface Pro 9 to be available by the end of this year and the “broad availability” of parts for individuals and independent repair shops by the first half of 2023. Microsoft Surface Pro 9 repairability With the launch of the Surface Pro 9, Microsoft said that repairability was a “major focus” in its construction....
Motorola Moto G72 specifications Motorola has been teasing the Moto G72 for the past few days. It had already revealed most of the device’s key specs ahead of today’s launch. The handset features a 6.55-inch Full HD+ pOLED display with a 120Hz refresh rate and a billion colors (10-bit). The screen has a touch sampling rate of 576Hz and also boasts HDR10 with a DCI-P3 color gamut. You get 1300 nits of brightness as well....
The Motorola Edge 2022 design & partial specs have been revealed ahead of time If you take a look at the gallery below, you’ll see that the phone will offer a rather familiar design. It will include a centered display camera hole, and thin bezels, while the bottom bezel will be thicker than the rest. Three cameras will sit on the back, in the top-left corner. Those cameras will be vertically-aligned....
Motorola has expanded its list of phones which are getting Android 13 update To be more accurate, Motorola actually doubled the number of devices getting the Android 13 update. From the initial 10 devices, we now have 20 on it. Motorola’s employee notified users in forums about the change. Many users have been asking for Android 13 updates in the forums, and many of them own devices that were not included on the list initially....
The reports note that Netflix has been in talks with Roku and Comcast to “discuss arrangements under which those companies would handle either the ad sales or the technical infrastructure of Netflix’s forthcoming ad-supported tier of service.” That makes a lot more sense, than Netflix just buying Roku. Both Roku and Comcast have their own streaming services, which do serve ads. Roku has The Roku Channel which is providing free content, but at the expensive of seeing ads....
Notably, the international variants of the Samsung Galaxy S10 have already received the November 2021 security update. The company started rolling out the update last month. Now, the time is for the carrier-locked Galaxy S10 series to be served with the update. It is rolling out for the entire Galaxy S10 lineup, which includes the Galaxy S10, S10e, and the Galaxy S10+. The unlocked models in the US have also received an update....
The Nubia Z40 Pro launch date has been revealed along with a ton of additional info Nubia already confirmed that the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 will fuel the device. On top of that, Sony’s IMX787 sensor has been mentioned as well. That is a rather interesting, and powerful sensor, which will sit behind a 35mm lens. You can also expect OIS support, and omni-directional autofocus here. All of that should be able to reduce image distortion by 35-percent, gather 80-percent more light, and improve picture clarity by 78-percent, based on what’s reported....
This is all thanks to the AI-powered virtual background feature that NVIDIA Broadcast provides, which OBS Studio users can now take advantage of. With this background adjustment feature, OBS Studio users can easily upload a compatible image to use as their background. It’s also possible to blur the background if you prefer that over an image. And that has the potential for a really cool effect if you have a nice room design for your streaming setup....
Most of what the official release offers is what users may already know about thanks to a leak earlier this month. Back on July 1, screenshots of One UI Watch 4.5/ Wear OS 3.5 leaked online. Showcasing some of the design changes to the software. Samsung it seemed, was poised to be adding in a handful of convenience and accessibility features. Making the Galaxy Watch 4 and Galaxy Watch 4 Classic that much easier and enjoyable to use....
The OnePlus 10 Pro specifications have been shared online Digital Chat Station is a well-known tipster from China, and he shared the OnePlus 10 Pro specs on Weibo. If you take a look at the gallery provided below, you’ll get to see the specs he shared, and ones from TENAA Needless to say, the OnePlus 10 Pro will be quite a powerful smartphone. OnePlus already confirmed that it will be fueled by the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, Qualcomm’s most powerful SoC to date....
According to the official changelog, the latest update adds two new features to the Ambient Display function on the OnePlus 7 series. Firstly, there’s the screenshot feature for ambient display that lets you capture your custom ambient display setup. The much-hyped Bitmoji clock feature is also coming over to the OnePlus 7 phones. Available under Settings » Customization » Clock on ambient display » Bitmoji, this feature lets you set your personal Bitmoji avatar to “liven up” the ambient display....
