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NVIDIA's game streaming service comes to Android this fall

August 19, 2019
Consoles and gaming PCs aren’t going anywhere for the foreseeable future — but as compression algorithms and internet connections improve, game streaming is almost ready for prime time. Earlier today, Google announced that Cyberpunk 2077 and other processor-hungry games would be coming to their upcoming Stadia platform. And now NVIDIA has announced it will bring the GeForce NOW…
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Hackers make jailbreaking iPhones a thing again

August 19, 2019
In the iPhone’s early days, hackers would “jailbreak” the iPhone in order to install third-party apps that weren’t available through the App Store. It’s been a while since anyone seriously needed to jailbreak their iPhone, as there are plenty of…
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Nvidia’s Stadia competitor coming to Android phones with GeForce Now app

August 19, 2019
Ahead of the next Stadia Connect livestream where Google will announce more games, Nvidia revealed that its competing GeForce Now streaming service will be coming to Android. Like Stadia, it will be “available later this year.” GeForce Now is Nvidia’s take on cloud gaming with the company leveraging its experience in GPUs — Google is using custom chips from AMD. Offering over 1,000…
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Amazon reveals Xiaomi Mi A3 Indian price ahead of launch

August 19, 2019
Xiaomi is set to launch the Mi A3 in India on August 21, which is also when the official pricing will be announced. However, Xiaomi’s launch partner Amazon went ahead and revealed the price of the phone two days earlier. Mi A3 pricing and variants Twitter user…
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Google now takes longer to approve new Android apps for the Play Store

August 19, 2019
The Google Play Store is the biggest, and safest, way for users to get apps for Android devices. For that reason alone, developers are keen to get their apps in the store, but Google first has to vet those applications in a review process. In the past week, Google has quietly increased the amount of time it takes for a new Android app to go through the Play Store approval…
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First-gen Razer Phone receives Android Pie update

August 19, 2019
The Razer Phone was released back in 2017 and came with the first 120Hz display on any smartphone. It was also one of the first dedicated gaming smartphones, a category which has only grown in popularity over the past two years. The phone launched on Android 7.1.1 Nougat and…
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Google Duo to officially gain low light mode this week on Android and iOS

August 19, 2019
For the past few months, our APK Insight team has been on the trail of low light mode for Google Duo, as it’s been in development since at least last year. Now Google is making things official by launching it on both Android and iOS this week. Video calling apps like Google Duo have made it more possible than ever to keep friends and family connected over long distances. However, video…
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