The global chip shortage has brought upheaval to the mobile sector and it continues to rage on and let MediaTek to claim the golden opportunity. IDC has reported that systems-on-chips present in more than 50% share of the Android market in 2021 while the manufacturer has said that is a repeat performance from 2020. With the rumors that Samsung might turn to outside help for prominent smartphone release. Mid-2022 is proving to be exciting time for Taiwanese firm.
It is the first chipset in the firm’s portfolio for supporting millimeter wave 5G spectrum in n257, n258, n260 and n261 bands. Executives have said that their own end-to-end modem solution compares well to Qualcomm’s equivalent offering on peak transmission and even better on the typical transmission as well as power consumption. MediaTek is also coming up with WiFi 7 compliance with its Filogoc 380 solution for embedded devices and Filongic 880 for dedicated network products.

Realme has teased an upcoming tablet few days ago which would be the most powerful slate in Realme Pad series. Realme has confirmed the name and launch date for its new high-end tablet. Realme Pad X is launching on 26th May in China and we have also got the official renders for tablet in fancy green color and more traditional paint jobs.
The green option has got a racing flag in corner while other versions have got plain rear panels. The has got zero LED flash units and there is still no information on camera specs at the moment. The CMO of Realme has confirmed that the tablet will feature Snapdragon 870 SoC and it will be the first Realme tablet with 5G support. it will have a 2K resolution display and 120Hz refresh rate. The front selfie camera will be located in the top right corner. It will also be equipped with a very powerful battery. There are still some days left in the launch and we can expect to hear more from Realme about this tablet.

Google is optimizing the Android apps for the smartphones with the introduction of new features or improving the older ones. But you can not say the same for the tablet apps until recently, the company had shown interest in the form factor by making any given tablet pretty much an over-sized Android phone. With Android 12L, Google has taken interest in form factor and ahead of Pixel tablet launch in 2023. The company is not slowing down and has released an update that makes Google Lens very intuitive for large screens.
Google app was updated to v13.19 on beta channel , letting Google Lens work in landscape orientation on tablets. The landscape version of Lens covers all the horizontal space to display content so that viewing results from filters like Search or Homework is less convoluted. The landscape capability of Lens is limited to tablets which means that phones remains in portrait mode only.

Few days ago Twitter claimed that only 5% of its userbase is made up of spam and fake accounts which is a major factor in determining the value of Twitter as a company. The CEO of Tesla, Elon Musk has responded to this claim by saying that his acquisition of Twitter is on hold at the moment but he is still committed.
Now Elon Musk has once again tweeted that more than 20% of Twitter’s userbase is made up of fake accounts. This is 4 times higher than Twitter’s original claim and it could be much higher than that. Elon Musk is now asking Twitter for proof that shows only 5% of userbase is fake. This means that Musk can leverage a better deal than his original offer at $44 billion but it remains to be seen. He is threatening to stop the acquisition deal until the CEO of Twitter actually clears the air regarding the fake accounts. He said that he could seek to pay lower price for Twitter while talking about the fake account concerns.

YouTube Music and main YouTube app experience are knit together closely. You can play your YouTube based playlists on Music app and whatever you like on an app will affect your recommendations. YouTube Music fulfills most of the listening requirements and it also comes with a feature to watch the music videos right from it without logging onto full app. Normally we watch the music videos on full YT app but if you want to switch quickly over YouTube Music when watching music video. Google has added more shortcuts for you to do exactly the the same.
When you are watching the music video on YouTube if the song is available in YouTube Music audio only-format, you will get a prompt to instantly jump to the app. The shortcut is located inside the player’s view to the left of autoplay toggle and will be noticeable since its full YouTube Music icon. When you will tap it it will begin playing the song which you are listening to inside YouTube Music app. There is a similar toggle in the video’s Settings overflow screen located right below ‘Watch in VR’ option.

Navigation of the apps and notifications on your Android phone has become pretty much smarter and easier. Smart replies has made instant responses easy to send and for the ones who use Google Messages, it is a quick tap to keep anyone off your back while you are busy. But Google is aware that can be done with predictive behavioral suggestions and it looks like some developers need to put it into action.
The current user-facing text explains the shortcuts are triggered when the apps reads the phone numbers, dates and other data that may require to be remembered for later. Starred messages could receive priority in Messages’s home view while times or dates could prompt users to jot down calendar appointment or the reminder. Google Messages has been learning in its attempts to provide automatic context to threads of users, sorting them into different categories like for personal communications, donations and one-time passwords.

YouTube Music has got only an app for Wear OS since the last fall, launching years after the service replaced Play Music which is Google’s Spotify competitor. With the latest update, users can access their favorite albums as well as songs. The latest version of YouTube Music has got new tile highlighting anything that has been recently played from your library. As with all of the other Wear OS tiles you can access it by swiping right from your selected watch face once it is added to your collection.
By tapping on the highlighted album or a song immediately starts playback and when you select ‘Browse’ open the app directly. If you are listening to something you will miss out on ‘Browse’ button and the tile will serve as shortcut to your ‘New Playing’ page. If you are annoyed of opening the app on your wrist it is a very useful shortcut for resuming all of your favorite tunes. It is coming up as part of YouTube Music v5.06.40 on WearOS.