In the month of April, Garmin released Venu 2 and Venu 2S GPS with 10 to 11 days of the battery life. Now as the 2021 is near its end, there are reports that there is even more powerful Venu 2 Plus in the store. The report says there is a circular watch face design with 3 buttons on the side opposed to the two buttons or the rotating crown just like Apple Watch series 7. the additional button will be used as an extra function key.
The Venu 2 Plus borrows ragged bezel for some extra grip from all of its competitors. It is still not confirmed that whether the bezel is not rotatable or not. It also supports swappable watch bands, just like Galaxy Watch 4 Classic. It has also been revealed that the Garmin Venu 2 Plus uses 43mm stainless steel construction for its body, 50M water resistance and an unidentified Gorilla Glass for a very stronger display. One of the most highlighted features of Garmin Venu 2 Plus is its support for music. It also include GPS and multi-GNSS technology for accurate step tracking as well as navigation.
YouTube is planning to test a revamped channel interface
YouTube is planning you polish as well as clean up its Android app’s interface once again. They have recently added some cool and dynamic coloring experiments and some new fullscreen features. It finally got rid of the gray status bar. Now the latest test is the full redesign of the channel page.
According to some reports, the profile picture of the channel has moved front and center in the new look with the name right below it. In the redesign there is a red subscribe link (or a gray subscribed) along with the current numbers of the subscribers. Both of them were already visible in the old variant. With the new interface there are more details coming out like it shows you numerous published videos and also a truncated channel description. Tapping on it takes you to the About tab where you can read full text and get more details about the channel. Then there is a Join link that lets you become a paid channel member for exclusive content and it is more prominent in the redesign. The header has grown bigger but YouTube has managed to show you up to three recent videos. That is all because the company only shows small thumbnail of the newset video opposed to the big preview highlighting latest clip.
Facebook’s unnecessary Meta rebrand has reached Play Store
Facebook announcing its name change was the highlight of the year 2021. now the company itself is known as Meta, coinciding with the news of it’s focus on the metaverse. Now the new Meta name pop up across all the Facebook apps. All the app from the company now show on Play Store that they come from Meta Platforms, Inc.
It has been spotted that the Meta-made apps which include WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook are displaying Meta Platforms as their developer, rather than Facebook. From now on, all if the company’s Android apps will be found under this new name. Meta is trying its level best to convince the people that they are more than just an evil social media corporation. They want people to believe that metaverse will be something people are looking for. From now on if you are looking for any Facebook application, you will find it under Meta.
Samsung brengt vierde One UI 4-bèta uit voor de Galaxy Z Flip3 & Fold3 na rommelige stabiele update
De “stabiele” uitrol van One UI 4 naar de Galaxy Z Flip3 en Fold3 is niet soepel verlopen , met meldingen van schermflikkering , vertraging, kapotte functies en zelfs enkele dichtgemetselde telefoons. De problemen waren zo erg dat Samsung de update opschortte. Nu heeft Samsung een vierde bèta uitgebracht in de hoop deze problemen op te lossen.
De update is momenteel alleen beschikbaar voor Zuid-Koreaanse gebruikers die zich hebben aangemeld om bèta-updates te ontvangen, en je kunt de changelog hieronder lezen ( via XDA Developers ):
Het fenomeen opgelost van opstarten in de veilige modus of het openen van de herstelmodus na update – Bij het opstarten na update worden alle waarden die zijn gewijzigd in 16:9 of 4:3 beeldverhouding teruggezet naar de app-standaard
Instagram, Link opent niet in sommige apps zoals Facebook
Kiwoom Securities-app werkt niet
De update bevat de ZUL4-buildversie en hopelijk zal deze stabiel genoeg zijn dat de volledige One UI 4-release binnenkort zal verschijnen. Het officiële bericht op het Samsung-forum zegt dat er een fout kan optreden bij de installatie, dus iedereen wordt aangeraden een back-up te maken voordat u doorgaat met de update.
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Om een back-up uit te voeren, opent u het instellingenmenu en tikt u op uw naam bovenaan de lijst. Open het Samsung Cloud-menu en vervolgens “back-up van gegevens” onderaan. Kies welke gegevens je veilig wilt bewaren en tik op de knop ‘Nu een back-up maken’ onder aan je scherm. Zodra dat is gebeurd, bent u klaar om de nieuwste bèta te installeren. Hopelijk is het de komende dagen beschikbaar in andere regio’s.
Google Photos has brought Memories to web users
Google is planning to roll out its Memories features to Photos on web. It is a very popular addition to the mobile apps since its launch in 2019. the feature initially highlighted the photos and videos in a Timehop-meets-Instagram-Stories- style but it soon expanded to add the spotlights on some particular people, trips, pets as well as recent highlights. The newly introduced roll-out was first seen by a German language smartDroid and it has been confirmed by various different AP writers.
Now in the newly introduced feature for web, users will be able to see a carousel of the memories that when will be clicked once will reveal familiar stories interface spending 10 seconds on every photo or video before moving to the next. By pressing the down key or just tapping on the down arrow located at the bottom of the screen will expand the highlight into a list of boxes so that you can instantly browse them manually.
The New Moto Edge X30 from Motorola is Reportedly Overheating
It has been reported that the latest flagship SoC of Qualcomm, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 is overheating the Moto Edge X30, the first ever phone to use the chipset. The Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has come up with a 20% boost over the last generation, the Snapdragon 888 but this one comes at some cost. The report suggests that Motorola phones are running the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 are getting very hot. It has also been warned that 2022 is going to be very hot year for Android phones because of the new chipset. Despite the new aluminum alloy frame, the overheating is still happening. The aluminum alloy frame was designed with the thermal conductivity in mind. The company has promised that the things will be much cooler but it wont be the case either.
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has been based on Samsung’s 4nm manufacturing process and ARM’s v9 architecture which is very highly power efficient. The extra processing power may be the cause behind the overheating issue.
The iPhone is Finally Coming up with a Huge Design Change After 5 Years
Since 2017, iPhone had been equipped with a wide notch on their displays which was expected to disappear with iPhone 13 but they have made it just smaller in size. Now the reports are that the notch may be laid to rest with iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max. The report is based on the information that has been received from the display suppliers of Apple which say that the upcoming iPhone 14 Pro could come up with a punch-hole in place of a usual notch.
According to this report, Samsung has already received machines for laser cutting punch-holes into OLED panels for next year iPhones. These punch-hole display may be limited to iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max models. The vanilla iPhone 14 as well as 14 mini may stick to same notches. Apple is pretty much confident about the Korean phone maker company’s ability to produce good quality punch-hole displays. Samsung will use HIAA (Hole-in-Active-Area) method for drilling the punch-holes which is the most advanced method of the company so far. Rumors are that iPhone 14 Pro could be equipped with 6.7-inch OLED display with a punch-hole cutout thus providing highest screen-to-body ratio on an iPhone. At the moment, iPhone is relying on Samsung’s LTPO OLED displays but LG is also working on the same technology. LG has not conducted any trials on this technology so Apple will stick with Samsung.