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Realme 8, 8 Pro to run Realme UI 2.0, offer Super AMOLED display – Times of India

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BBK-owned smartphone brand Realme has been gearing up to launch the Realme 8 series smartphones in India. To create a buzz, the company and its India CEO — Madhav Sheth — have been revealing information about them online.
In a series of tweets, Sheth has revealed four new features of Realme 8 and Realme 8 Pro smartphones and here is a look at them in detail:
Software
Madhav Sheth has confirmed that the Realme 8 series will run on Realme UI 2.0 out of the box. Realme UI 2.0 is based on the Android 11 operating system.
Display
Sheth also Revealed that the Realme 8 series will feature a Super AMOLED display, which is claimed to offer improved battery life and outdoor visibility.
Battery
Both the Realme 8 and Realme 8 Pro are set to feature 50W fast charging and reach full charging level in 47 minutes, according to Sheth.
Camera mode
Two of the more powerful models — Realme 8 Pro — has been touted to come with a dedicated Starry Mode Time-lapse video mode.
Realme 8 series launch
Realme India is set to launch Realme 8 series phones on March 24. The company has announced a virtual event to be held at 7:30pm.

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Sniper Assassins Coming for Android, iOS; Gamers Won’t Play as Agent 47 This Time

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Hitman: Sniper Assassins. (Image Credit: Square Enix)

Hitman: Sniper Assassins. (Image Credit: Square Enix)

As per the teaser released by the developers, gamers will play as Agent 426 in Hitman: Sniper Assassins. The voiceovers in the teaser are in the voice of Diana Burnwood, Agent 47’s handler, but it is not known what the game’s plot will be.

The famous gaming franchise Hitman is getting a new on mobile platforms which is based on a sniping-based assassination theme. The game will be called Hitman: Sniper Assassins (working title) and is currently under development. The game is being developed by Square Enix itself and this will be the only time throughout the series where users won’t be playing as Agent 47 and will be given an agent with a completely different number. As per the teaser released by the developers, gamers will play as Agent 426 in Hitman: Sniper Assassins. The voiceovers in the teaser are in the voice of Diana Burnwood, Agent 47’s handler, but it is not known what the game’s plot will be.

In a release, Square Enix said that the game is coming in 2021, without giving us an exact launch date. This is less than a year after Hitman 3 was released for PlayStation, Xbox, PC, Nintendo Switch, and Google Stadia. Hitman: Sniper Assassin’s will be launched for both Android and iOS smartphones. The mobile game is a completely separate from the world of the original Hitman trilogy. The Hitman series is owned by IO Interactive. IO Interactive is no longer a part of Square Enix but it gave input to Square Enix on how to fit the game into the existing universe. It seems that there is still some licensing agreement in place for the mobile game.

“Praised as one of the best mobile games available upon its release, Hitman Sniper raised the bar for player expectations of mobile sniper games. Project Hitman Sniper Assassins will be an evolutionary leap forward for the genre, and we can’t wait for players to share our excitement when they get their hands on it in the coming months,” Dominic Allaire, executive producer at Square Enix Montréal said. Square Enix said that the full features of the game will be revealed at a later date.

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YouTube’s Short-Form Video Service ‘Shorts’ Now Rolling Out Globally to Rival TikTok

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Alphabet’s YouTube is rolling out a short-form video-streaming service on its platform in the United States as it looks to better compete with rival TikTok in the hugely popular category. The service, Shorts, let users record mobile friendly vertical videos that can be spiced up with special effects and soundtracks pulled from a music library. “Starting today and over the next several weeks, we’ll gradually expand our Shorts beta to the US,” YouTube said in a blogpost on Thursday, adding it would weave in newer features on the service like the ability to add text at specific points of the video.

YouTube had rolled out the feature in India in September last year, after TikTok was banned in one of its biggest markets. Shorts currently records more than 6.5 billion daily views globally, YouTube said.

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Lava Magnum XL, Lava Aura and Lava Ivory tablets launched, price starts at Rs 9,499 – Times of India

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Indian mobile brand Lava has expanded its product portfolio with the launch of tablets. The company has launched Lava Magnum XL, Lava Aura and Lava Ivory. The new tablet devices are offered in three different screen models.
Lava Magnum XL is priced at Rs 15,499. Similarly, the Lava Aura tablet will be available at Rs 12,999. Lava Ivory, on the other hand, will retail at Rs 9,499. The devices will be available via the e-commerce site Flipkart starting today.
Lava Magnum XL is equipped with a 10.1-inch IPS LCD screen with 390 nits of brightness. The tablet houses a 6,100 mAh battery. The device offers a 2MP camera at the front and has a 5 MP camera at the back.
The tablet has an internal storage of 32 GB which can be expanded up to 256 GB. Lava Magnum XL is powered by MediaTek 2GHz quad-core processor. It is offered in a single colour variant, Dark Grey.
Lava Aura, on the other hand, has an 8-inch display. It is powered by MediaTek 2GHz quad-core chipset and is backed by a 5100mAh battery.
The tablet comes with 32GB internal storage which is expandable up to 256GB. On the camera front, the phone has an 8 MP rear camera and a 5 MP front camera.
Lava Ivory offers a 7-inch screen and comes with a textured hairbrush finish on the back. The device has an internal storage of 16GB which is expandable up to 256 GB. The tablet has a 5MP primary camera and a 2MP Selfie camera.
Lava has also partnered with EduSaksham to offer free courses on the purchase of the range of tablets. Here are the details

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Next-generation Apple AirPods may adjust audio based on the ear tips – Times of India

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A new patent suggests that the next-generation Apple AirPods and AirPods Max headphones may be able to identify different earbuds tips and adjust the audio accordingly. The patent is titled “Identification of Cushioning Members in Personal Audio Devices”.
The patent mentions a unique tag system for different earbud tips sizes and headphone cushions. Apple AirPods and AirPods Max headphones in future may be equipped with a special tag sensor. This will enable the device to read these tags and automatically change the audio settings of the earbuds and headphones.
“When the cushioning member is attached to the earpiece, the identification tag is brought into proximity with a tag sensor in the earpiece and the earpiece can read the identification tag to determine identification data for the cushioning member,” reads the patent.
Apple is also looking for ways to make these tags passive i.e. they do not require power. It may use passive NFC tags or some kind of miniature RFID tags for the same. But nothing is clear as of yet.
How effective and helpful the feature will be that only time will tell. As people rarely change eartips on their earphones. But right now it seems that the Cupertino-based company is looking to bring a whole new set of branded accessories- branded eartips and branded headphones cushions. Possible logic? Purely on use cases- while one needs tighter fit eartips during workouts and physical activity, the need is not at all the same when listening to music laying on a couch.

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Google Chrome Gets Live Caption That Shows English Transcriptions of Video, Audio Content

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Google Chrome browser is getting an update that introduces the much-awaited Live Caption feature. As the name of the feature suggests, users can access live transcription of video or audio files being played on the browser, irrespective of the website. The Live Caption is also natively present on other Alphabet-owned platforms such as Google Meet and YouTube. Google had introduced Live Caption at Google I/0 2019 for Google Pixel phones with Android 10. The feature later rolled out to the Samsung Galaxy S20 series, OnePlus 8 series, OnePlus Nord, and more. The option is now available with stable Google Chrome v89 and above. The Chrome update seems to be rolling out in a staggered manner, meaning the complete rollout may take some time. Users can check the version of the browser by heading more (represented by three vertical dots) at the top right > Help > About Chrome.

To enable Live Caption on Google Chrome v89, head to Settings > Advanced > Accessibility. If you’re on Chrome 89 and are unable to see the Live Caption toggle, restarting Chrome should work. As per XDA Developers, the feature works with YouTube and Disney+ Hotstar. At the moment, the Live Caption works with English audio; however, Google may add support for more languages in future. The feature is particularly useful in a noisy environment or for people with hearing disabilities. A toggle for Live Caption will show up in the Chrome toolbar, allowing users to quickly turn on or off the feature without having to dig deep into the Settings.

Additionally, Google Chrome v89 is also receiving new upgrades and fixes. The browser is improving the experience to create and maintain personalised user profiles. There’s a new Reading list added to the latest version of the browser that lets users add content to the reading list. The option is available at the top-left corner. Google is also bringing support for new API, WebHID to Chrome. On the mobile side, WebNFC will now let websites read and write to NFC tags on supported Android devices

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Micromax In 1 vs Poco M3: How the new two big-screen budget phones compare – Times of India

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Micromax has expanded its smartphone lineup series with the launch of In 1 smartphone. The device is available at Rs 10,499 onwards.
The newly launched budget smartphone offers specs such as 6.67-inch FHD+ screen, MediaTek Helio G80 processor, 48MP main camera sensor and 5000mAh battery.
Given the specs and price, the Micromax In 1 smartphone takes on the recently launched Poco smartphone — Poco M3.
The Poco M3 packs 6.53-inch FHD+ screen, Qualcomm Snapdragon 662 octa-core processor, 48MP main camera sensor and 6000mAh battery.
Wonder how the two compare? Read on to find out:

Specs Micromax In 1 Poco M3
Display 6.67-inch display of FHD+ (1080x2400p) resolution 6.53 inch display of FHD+(1080x2340p) resolution
Processor MediaTek Helio G80 Qualcomm Snapdragon 662 processor
Rear camera 48MP + 2MP + 2MP 48 MP + 2 MP + 2MP
Front camera 8MP 8MP
RAM 4GB and 6GB Only 6GB
ROM 64GB and 128GB 64GB and 128GB
Battery 5000mAh with 18W fast charging 6000mAh with 22.5W fast charging
Colour options Purple and Blue Yellow, Cool Blue and Power Black
Operating system Stock Android 10 Android 10 with Poco launcher
Price Rs 10,499 (4GB+64GB); Rs 11,999 (6GB+128GB) Rs 10,99 (6GB+64GB); Rs 11,999 (6GB+128GB)

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Google to soon roll out fix for bug that resets steps to zero in Google Fit – Times of India

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If you have been facing an issue with your Google Fit device where you see that the step count keeps resetting to zero, then you are not alone.
User Joshua Lebowitz has posted the issue on Google support pages and over 200 hundred users have upvoted it signifying that they too may be facing it.
Responding to the bug, John Bowdre, product expert said that the issue has been escalated to Google and a fix is being rolled out in the form of an application update (version 2.52.13) through the Play Store.
Recently, Google announced that it is rolling out the ability to measure heart rate and respiratory rate in its Google Fit app.
The company announced that it is rolling out the new features for Pixel phone users but it will expand the feature to other Android devices in the future.
According to Google, users will be able to measure their respiratory rate by using their phone’s front-facing camera. “To measure your respiratory rate, you just need to place your head and upper torso in view of your phone’s front-facing camera and breathe normally,” said Google.
When it comes to the measurement of the heart rate, users will have to place their finger on the rear-facing camera sensor.
According to the internet search giant, both features are said to be in multiple real-world conditions and for maximum people, however, these measurements still should not be used for medical diagnosis or to evaluate medical conditions.

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WhatsApp working on 3 different playback speeds for voice messages

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WhatsApp will soon add the ability to play voice messages at different playback speeds. Currently, the Facebook-owned company lets you check out voice messages at normal speed. This feature will help those who want to hear a voice message at a much slower or faster speed.

WABetaInfo has shared screenshots of the feature, which shows that users will get three playback speed options. These include 1.0X, 1.5X and 2.0X. The feature will be immediately available and you won’t need to follow any steps to use this. If you receive a voice message, WhatsApp will add the playback speed button on it.

The cited source e reported that “WhatsApp would also support lower playback speeds, but they won’t be released to the public because they make less sense. This feature is under development and it will be available for both iOS and Android beta builds.” WABetaInfo is also claiming that the feature will be rolled out in the coming weeks.

WhatsApp is also working on a feature called “Multi-Device Support,” which the messaging service is expected to add to its platform in the coming months. It will first be available for iOS users and then to Android WhatsApp users, as per the cited source.

WABetaInfo reported that “WhatsApp is developing two different kinds of Multi-Device with WhatsApp Web where you can use WhatsApp Web without your main phone to be connected to the internet. And Multi-Device with other devices where you can connect up to four different devices to your main WhatsApp account.”

Apart from this, the company is also expected to introduce the “Encrypted Chat Backup” feature. WhatsApp chats are already end-to-end encrypted, but you back up your chats on a third-party app, which is Google Drive. WhatsApp is planning to add a new encrypted chat backup option, which will improve user privacy and save your accounts from getting hacked.

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OnePlus 9 Pro to feature 50W wireless charging, confirms company – Times of India

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NEW DELHI: Smartphone maker OnePlus has already confirmed that it will launch its next generation OnePlus 9 and OnePlus 9 Pro smartphones on March 23. Now the company has revealed a new detail about the yet-to-launch OnePlus 9 Pro smartphone.
OnePlus has confirmed that the most-expensive OnePlus 9 Pro will come with the company’s first 50W wireless charging technology. The company introduced wireless charging in OnePlus 8 Pro with WrapCharge 30. OnePlus 8 Pro is backed by a 4150mAh battery and it takes 30 minutes to wireless charge the device from 0 to 100%.
OnePlus has confirmed that the OnePlus 9 Pro will come with 50W wireless charging support and it will take 43 minutes to charge the smartphone from 1 to 100%.
The company said that it used a dual-cell configuration that fills up both batteries at 25W each through the charging coil.
OnePlus has also optimised the entire chain of components, such as coils and charging ICs, and used leading technologies like our charging pump technology.
In a OnePlus forum post the company also explained how this charging technology will work. “Charging speed can be improved by either increasing amperage or voltage. With Warp Charge 50 Wireless, we increased the voltage to around 20V 2.5A. The high wattage is transferred into the OnePlus 9 Pro through the coils, after which 20V 2.5A power goes through our proprietary isolated charge pump, which turns 20V 2.5A power into 10V 5A power. This power feeds into our new twin-battery system, two battery cells in series together. Each battery gets around 5V 5A, which translates to 25W each, 50W in total,” said OnePlus.
New Warp Charge 50 Wireless design
The company has also designed the new wireless charger. The Wrap Charger 50 wireless uses high voltage power and its new design promises to reduce the heat.

  • Twin battery design with customized new battery cell, which has lower internal resistance, meaning it will produce less heat during charging.
  • Increase in the thickness of the coils inside the phone by 10% compared to the 8 Pro to help the heat dissipation.
  • The OnePlus 9 Pro has a larger vapor chamber, thicker copper foil and graphite that helps keep the phone cooler while gaming as well during fast charging.

The charger also comes equipped with two coils placed at the top and bottom. The new charger features a detachable cable design, which enables users to use the red cable of the Wrap Charge 65 given in the box.
Warp Charge 65T for both OnePlus 9 and 9 Pro
The company has also confirmed that both OnePlus 9 Pro and OnePlus 9 will come with 65W fast charging support. Warp Charge 65T for both OnePlus 9 and 9 Pro.

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