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Google Stadia’s free trials don’t require an account, will add more games soon [Updated]

October 28, 2021
After announcing platform-exclusive features in two new games today, Google Stadia is quietly adding another new feature. Starting today with one title, Google Stadia is adding support for free trials to games and it doesn’t even require a Stadia account. Spotted by Gem, Google Stadia has opened up the ability to get a 30-minute free trial to its exclusive title Hello Engineer. This option…
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HTC True Wireless Earbuds Plus offer ANC and IPX5 rating

October 27, 2021
HTC isn’t confined to making VR headsets and a few phones each year. If you needed proof, the company’s True Wireless Earbuds Plus are now official as HTC’s latest TWS earphones. They bring an in-ear design with rubber tips and short stems and a charging case that…
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Watch the new Sony Xperia flagship debut live

October 27, 2021
Sony unexpectedly scheduled a smartphone event in the early hours of tomorrow, where it will unveil its new flagship. We have no clue what the name will be, but we expect to see “a camera with a phone attached”, as the company put it. The unveiling will be broadcast live, and we have embedded the stream below. The YouTube link has a 46-second teaser which will be replaced with a live video…
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Apple releases iOS 15.1 with SharePlay support

October 27, 2021
Apple today is rolling out iOS 15.1 and iPadOS 15.1 to compatible devices. The major change in this update is the inclusion of SharePlay, one of the headlining features of iOS 15. With SharePlay, users will be able to listen to songs, watch a movie or a TV show, complete a…
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Sony Xperia Pro-I brings 1.0-inch sensor and variable f/2.0-4.0 aperture

October 27, 2021
Update: Check out our Sony Xperia Pro-I hands-on review. Out of the blue, Sony has a new Xperia Pro phone. The Xperia Pro-I (where ‘I’ stands for ‘Imaging’) is the first phone outside Japan to deliver a 1.0-inch camera sensor with phase-detect autofocus. That 1.0-inch type imager is taken straight off the company’s very popular RX100 VII compact camera, but it has…
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Xiaomi to bring 108MP camera to Redmi Note 11 series

October 27, 2021
Xiaomi is bringing the Redmi Note 11 series in China on Thursday, and today we got to learn another key feature about the new lineup. At least one of the phones will have a 108 MP camera with 2.1 μm large pixels, just like the Redmi Note 10 Pro/Pro Max. Xiaomi Redmi Note…
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Honor sheds light on the X30i with more official images

October 27, 2021
Honor introduced its new Play5 Youth smartphone today and the company will only take two days before it unveils another device. The company promised to officially announce its X30 lineup on Thursday, October 28, with the X30i and X30 Max scheduled to take the stage. We saw the phones earlier this month, and now Honor posted even more photos on its Weibo page, essentially confirming the X30i will…
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