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Image shows the Galaxy S22+ will feature thinner bottom bezel than its predecessor If you take a look at the gallery below, you’ll see two images. The first image shows the Galaxy S21+ bottom bezel, while the second shows the bottom bezel of the Galaxy S22+. These are close-ups of the leaked renders. You can clearly see that the bottom bezel is thinner on the Galaxy S22+. The side bezels seem to be similar in terms of thickness on both devices....

Allstate conducted three types of drop tests, including face-down, back-down, and side-down. As the video illustrates, all drops are from a height of roughly six feet on a “rough sidewalk.” The presence of a rear glass panel on the Galaxy S22 is the primary reason for the subpar durability scores. This is in contrast to the vanilla Galaxy S21, which featured a plastic back panel. In the face-down drop test, the displays of all three phones shattered completely....

The Samsung SM-S911U, aka the Galaxy S23, will feature an octa-core processor codenamed Kalama. It is none other than Qualcomm’s upcoming Snapdragon 8 Gen 2. The chipset has its single prime CPU core clocked at 3.36GHz, four mid cores at 2.80GHz, and three power-efficient cores at 2.02GHz. We should be looking at ARM’s latest Cortex-X3, Cortex-A710, and Cortex-A510 cores, respectively. The Geekbench listing also reveals the Adreno 740 GPU. The new chipset should boast an improved NPU (neural processing unit) as well....

As of this writing, the big Android update for the Galaxy Tab A7 10.4 is rolling out in Europe. The rollout is also currently limited to the LTE variant of the tablet (model number SM-T505). The update brings a whole lot of new features, improvements, and optimizations to the device. To start with, we have Samsung’s Color Palette feature that lets you customize your tablet’s UI elements with unique colors that match your wallpaper....

The company has replaced the Continuous Heart Rate graph with a new graph that shows the data in segments. Each day is separated into time bars displaying the highs and lows from that part of the day. While this appears to be a rather innocuous change, some users are not happy with the update. It can’t be denied that this is a downgrade from the older version of the Samsung Health app....

Samsung recently released a beta update to its Health app. In the new version, Redditor u/thedrunkmayor spotted a toggle for “skin temperature during sleep” (via). A brief description of the toggle says the feature will help “forecast your cycle more accurately.” It’s unclear if this feature will be readily available whenever you want to measure your skin temperature or if it only works during sleep. Since skin temperature can vary quickly depending on outside environments, making accurate readings with a tiny wrist-worn device would require quite a powerful algorithm....

According to DSCC, a total of 6.1 million foldable smartphones were shipped globally in Q3 2022. Samsung shipped 5.2 million of those. Its latest clamshell foldable accounted for 52 percent of all foldable sales this past quarter. The Fold model that arrived alongside it in August had a 27 percent market share. Huawei’s P50 Pocket, which is also a clamshell model, followed the duo distantly with an 8.6 percent share of the market....

As expected, the Galaxy Z Fold 4‘s display consists of multiple layers. These include the digitizer to detect the movement of the S Pen on the screen and read input. Interestingly, Samsung has replaced the thin metallic layer from the display assembly with fiber-reinforced plastic. The company says the new material is as strong and durable but weighs lesser. Samsung has also increased the pixel density above the under-display camera....

Since its humble beginnings in 2010, the company has grown into an estimated worth of $100 billion, and it takes its account verification process very seriously. Many bogus online companies claiming guaranteed instagram verification have outright fooled thousands of people, companies, and brands out of their money by making promises that are not only false, but may have done irreparable damage to the account. For this reason it is time to have a frank discussion on whether you can really “buy Instagram verification” and if it is worth considering the use of an agency....

Most people, especially those in certain industries, accrue a stunning number of emails on a daily basis. It can be hard searching through them to find one important email they got just days before. This is why there’s a search feature. Now, the Gmail search filters will make searching easier If you’re looking in your labels or folders for something in particular, you will see a new addition to the UI....

As Google explains, Speaker labels are an optional Recorder feature that, if enabled, will “automatically detect and label each speaker when recording”. Speakers are identified in real time with the app automatically starting a new line within your transcripts on each speaker switch. The labels appear as Speaker 1, Speaker 2, etc. in the transcript. They are color-coded to make it easy to distinguish between multiple speakers. You can also edit and change the name of each speaker in a recording....

Family Bell is coming to mobile devices To start with, Google is bringing Family Bell to mobile devices. The feature is currently available in smart speakers and smart displays and helps users stay on top of their daily routines. Family Bell will also soon add new, customizable bells that will initiate a checklist on your Nest Hub. This will remind kids to make their beds, brush their teeth, pack their backpacks, and get dressed for school, among other things....

Google shows off its ‘Photo Unblur’ feature in a new video ad As many of you know, Google debuted a truly compelling new software feature with the Pixel 7 series, the so-called ‘Photo Unblur’. That is just one of the features that got announced, but it’s one of the most compelling ones. It can help you unblur your photos, basically. It not only unblurs faces, like the Face Unblur feature, but images in general....

Google brings the ‘Journeys’ feature to Chrome Let’s start with the desktop, shall we. The ‘Journeys’ feature will allow you to “revisit past explorations grouped by topic’. This feature could come in handy if you get distracted while you were looking for something online. You can simply type a related word into your search bar, and click on “Resume your research”. Alternatively, you can visit the Chrome History Journeys page. There, you’ll see a list of relevant sites you visited, so that you can continue your search....

Google would just have to turn around and refund those anyway. So why sell them? The controller has also been out of stock at retailers like Best Buy for a little while now. But all of that aside, this sheds light on another issue with the controller. Wireless connectivity for non-Google platforms. With Google halting Stadia controller sales, will it ever get Bluetooth support? In a brilliant method of connectivity, Google’s Stadia controller connected to devices like the Chromecast Ultra through the use of communication between the streaming device and the controller being on the same WiFi network....

Google is fixing the Pixel Buds A-series bass slider bug This issue has been around since December last year. Truth be said, this is not a huge problem for most people, but it sure was annoying. So, what exactly is happening? Well, the Bass slider in the Sound menu allows you to decrease one increment or increase by four. The thing is, the earbuds would forget that you made that change the next time you use them....

But modern devices’ display prices are high and getting them repaired can sometimes come around the cost of a budget phone. Well, Google has an answer for this, especially for the 2021 mid-ranger Pixel 5a. Google has announced a one-year extended repair program that will also cover the display-related issues of the device. Notably, this program is available for Pixel 5a users in the US and Japan. The Google Pixel 5a isn’t even a year old and is getting the extended warranty treatment from the company....

Some users say that the Google Maps accent would change to an Indian accent Users took to places like Twitter and Reddit to voice their concerns about this issue. They report that, even while actively navigating, the voice would suddenly switch to a different voice with a different accent. Right now, we know that the complaints are coming from English-speaking countries. We’re not sure if any other countries are affected by this issue....

That’s because the change works by allowing users to remove old and unused devices that Assistant can be accessed from. In effect, any device that users haven’t used in more than 3 months for accessing Google Assistant. It’s not immediately clear how that speeds Assistant AI up and Google hasn’t detailed exactly how much speed is there to be gained. But it has also included options to sort the list of devices to remove by one month and even one-week intervals....

This is a really useful tool to have because a lot of the time, people are unaware of the myriad of features that Google Lens has. There are a handful of helpful tools that people can use to ascertain text present in their surroundings, but people opt to capture a photo with their default camera app rather than Lens. Google Photos is testing out the Chip toolbar There is good news, however....