As part of its almost constant evolution, the Google Photos app for Android is set to gain expanded Portrait Blur effects which will work on older images and even more subjects.
Google One and Pixel owners already have access to Portrait Blur effects in Google Photos but this requires depth information within images to be available. Thanks to this update, you’ll be able to apply the faux Bokeh…
Samsung rolling out update to control GOS now says it does not throttle non-game Android apps [U]
March 10, 2022
Earlier this week Samsung was caught seemingly throttling the performance of literal thousands of Android apps through its “Game Optimizing Service” (GOS), and now the company has officially responded to those findings and will add controls in a future update.
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Google Stadia teases support for ‘unmodified’ Windows games, potentially a huge library boost
March 10, 2022
Stadia has had a rough run so far, related in large part to a lack of compelling games in its library. Now, it seems Google is ready to remove a roadblock to bringing games to Stadia, with support for “unmodified” Windows titles on the cloud gaming platform.
Next week…
Samsung Galaxy Watch 5 to launch in August, may add a skin thermometer to the Wear OS watch
March 10, 2022
The Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 is one the best smartwatches you can buy today, in part because of its excellent health and fitness tracking tools. According to a new report, the Galaxy Watch 5 will add a skin thermometer to the package.
ETNews reports that Samsung will be shipping the Galaxy Watch 5 later this year with support for a skin thermometer, in part due to COVID-19’s impact on the…
Geekbench results show iPhone SE 3 has similar performance as the iPhone 13, features 4GB of RAM
March 10, 2022
Before the release of the iPhone SE 3 next week, an early Geekbench score shows that this new phone has a similar performance to the iPhone 13. Not only that but both smartphones share 4GB of RAM.
The Geekbench test is a benchmark tool for comparing the performance of…
Wondering how the new iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 Pro look in green? Wait no more, as an early video shows exactly how both of these phones look in real life.
Shared by Twitter user Majin Bu, who usually leaks iPhone cases before their release, the new iPhone 13 green and the…
Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra torn down by JerryRigEveything
March 10, 2022
We’ve already seen a couple of other teardowns of the Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra, but there’s one more that shows us a bit of what the first two haven’t. JerryRigEverything has posted his teardown of the scratched, burned, and bent Galaxy flagship and in a new video he takes it apart to show how Samsung makes the S Pen compartment waterproof.
After separating the rear panel from the frame by…
Apple will seed iOS 15.4's public build next week, release candidate available for developers
March 10, 2022
Apple released iOS 15.4 beta in January, and after yesterday’s “Peek Performance” event, the company announced it will release the iOS 15.4’s stable build for compatible devices next week.
One of the biggest highlights of iOS 15.4 is it lets you…
Xiaomi India capped off its first in-person event in over two years by announcing the Redmi Note 11 Pro+ 5G, Redmi Note 11 Pro and Redmi Watch 2 Lite for the Indian market. The Note 11 Pro+ 5G features identical specs to the global Redmi Note 11 Pro 5G while the Note 11 Pro…
Xiaomi launched the first Civi smartphone back in September 2021, and it was a relatively compact midranger with a standout design. Sadly, it was never launched outside the domestic market, despite its intriguing specs like a 120Hz OLED, 55W fast-charging and a 64MP triple camera.
Now according to Digital Chat Station, a successor is on its way. It will be a modest update, with the key difference…
