Samsung has announced that the Google Assistant is now available on Samsung’s 2020 lineup of smart TVs in the UK, Germany, France, and Italy, and is set to come to a further 12 countries by the end of the year.
It seems as though this feature has been delayed somewhat, as Samsung’s own marketing material suggests the Google Assistant was set to arrive by “late October” in the UK, France…
The past few years of smartphone design have seen bezels continue to shrink and, with that, a battle to minimize the space taken up by the front-facing camera. Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 3 may take things a step farther, too, with Samsung going for its first under-display…
iOS 14.2.1 rolls out with fixes for iPhone 12 family
November 20, 2020
Apple is rolling out a new version of iOS today, but this one is unlike most. Usually a new iteration of the software goes out to all supported devices, but this time around we have an exception.
iOS 14.2.1 is only headed to the members of the newly released iPhone 12…
iPhone 12 Pro Max video teardown shows what sensor shift image stabilization is all about
November 20, 2020
This year the iPhone 12 Pro Max doesn’t differ from the Pro in just size (with the usual implications regarding screen area and battery capacity). Apple’s also tweaked the camera setup, bringing to the market its first sensor shift image stabilization system for the main camera of the Pro Max.
YouTuber Zach from JerryRigEverything has thus decided to dilligently go looking for what…
ZTE Blade 20 Pro 5G surfaces with a Snapdragon 765G chipset
November 20, 2020
ZTE participated at the China Mobile Global Partner Conference where it demoed some of its latest technologies. An interesting surprise that surfaced from the depth of the Chinese social media is a smartphone called ZTE Blade 20 Pro 5G – it isn’t officially announced…
Stadia game streaming is coming to iOS via a web app
November 20, 2020
Stadia turns one today. (Happy birthday!) To mark the occasion, Google is making a couple of notable announcements. The first is that “public iOS testing” will start “several weeks from now.” The company will be using a progressive web application, which is no…
Huawei has made a PC powered by its own silicon as well, a HiSilicon-designed ARM CPU
November 20, 2020
Apple is not the only company working on computers powered by in-house silicon – Huawei is too. This is part of a larger project in China to wean itself off Western technology reliance.
Details and photos of the MateStation B515 have surfaced, a desktop computer that will be sold to the government and corporations first, before making it available to the population at large. As such, this needs…
When iOS 14 came out in September, Google was one of the first third-party developers to come out with a home screen widget for one of its iPhone and iPad apps. It’s now rolling out new ones for Gmail, Drive and Fit.
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Some of the new widgets look more useful than…
Images of cases show the Galaxy A12 5G will have a design similar to the A42 5G and M12
November 20, 2020
Yet another “x2” Samsung phone has surfaced, this time it’s the Galaxy A12 5G. As you can tell by the name, this will be a fancier version of the Galaxy M12. It will have 5G connectivity, but it’s not clear if it will get to keep the 7,000 mAh battery.
Anyway, the…
Galaxy Z Fold3 will be Samsung's first phone with under display cam, report explains how it's done
November 20, 2020
Last month we heard claims that Samsung is planning to introduce its first under-display camera (UDC) with the Galaxy Z Fold3 (and that the Galaxy S21 phones will miss out on this feature). Now a new report from reinforces those.
An industry insider says that Samsung Display has developed a screen that will support UDC. The gap between pixels was made wider to allow light to pass through. Even…