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Google to release a new update for Wear OS and Google Fit app

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Most of the wearable watches nowadays are powered by Google Wear OS as it provides seamless integration with Android devices and a lot of similar features. Earlier this month, Google announced that they will be updating their Wear OS with new features and Ui changes and also for the Google Fit App on Android. The update brings an easy-to-view hub on the Google Fit app on Android, which summarizes your metrics, daily and weekly goals for Heart Points and Steps, and your most recent workout. It will also display the heart-rate, steps, and other details related to the recent workout. 

The app has also received a completely redesigned home screen layout for quick access to sleep analytics. There are a lot of new changes that have been introduced in the Google Fit app. The new updates are aimed to offer a much better user experience which is faster and easier to navigate. Since it shows some of the most commonly used metrics in dedicated tile design, it becomes easier for users to access it at a glance. Swiping gestures also provides the user with music controls while working out. 

The new update will also provide push notification for the distance you have traveled along with the time taken for each mile or kilometer with a comparison of your last lap. You can quickly access your heart rate and other details like calories, time, steps in a single tap. While you fulfill the progress, the app will provide you constant notifications about it and also has a new Touch Lock button to prevent accidental touches from disrupting your workout. The update will start rolling out this week for all the users.

Super Mario 3 becomes one of the most expensive games to be sold on bidding

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If you are a gamer and love video games, then you know about one of the most popular games in the world, Super Mario. The games bring back the nostalgia of childhood where everyone has spent hundreds of hours playing the game and listening to that great soundtrack and sound effect. Everyone knows that the game is one of the most valuable and popular among gamers, but do you know that the game is now also one of the most expensive ever. 

Recently, one of the most pristine Super Mario Bros 3 copies, which was completely sealed, was sold in an auction for $156,000, making it one of the most expensive titles ever sold. The sealed variant of the NES game was sold by Texas-based auctioneer Heritage Auctions last Friday, beating the previous title-holder Super Mario Bros, which was sold at $114,000 in July. The game was not only pristine in condition but also very rare when compared to the normal packaging of fame. 

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As per the Heritage Auctions, “Exceedingly rare are sealed copies with the word ‘Bros.’ formatted to the left, covering one of Mario’s signature white gloves. Collectors have spent years looking for such a version – the earliest in the Super Mario Bros. 3 production history – and usually come up empty-handed.” The bidding for the game started at $62,500 and had almost 20 bidders pushing the price to get their hands on the copy. The same auction also saw the selling of Pokemon Red game sold for $84,000.

PUBG Mobile has finally registered itself in India.

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Ramana Rishi
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The wait for Indian PUBG fans is finally over as PUBG Mobile India has some great news announcements for their fans. PUBG Corporation has finally registered a company in India as a subsidiary and it means that we will finally see the PUG mobile coming to the Indian market soon. The company has been registered with the Ministry of Corporate Affairs with a paid-up investment of Rs 5 lakh. It was registered on November 21 and the launch of the game is finally on the doorstep and about to enter the Indian market. 

On the day of registration, the company announced that it will erect an Indian subsidiary, into which an investment of as large as $100 million (roughly Rs 739.72 crore) would go into. For now, the company has confirmed that the game will be initially launched for Android users and a few days later for iOS users. The company has been registered in Bengaluru, India, and will most probably have the headquarters in the same location. 

The company is also looking to hire people for the same who will be handling all the operations for PUBG India Mobile. As per another update, Krafton’s head of corporate development, Sean (Hyunil) Sohn has been appointed as one of the two directors of PUBG Mobile India, with a second director Kuma Krishnan Iyer. The company has already made sure that the new version of the game fulfills all the conditions put forward by the Indian government regarding data privacy and security.

Backward compatibility seems to be better on Xbox Series X than PS5.

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Soon after both the PS5 and Xbox Series X was launched, speculation started coming in about which gaming console is the best in the market right now. Both the next-generation consoles had pretty strong hardware, but they did differ in terms of features. One of the biggest features in both the consoles that users were looking for was backward compatibility, which was offered by both companies. However, it seems like Microsoft has taken the lead on that front. Both the consoles have a list of games that works in backward compatibility, with a few games facing an issue both in the Xbox and Playstation. 

However, it now seems that some of the game developers are only unlocking the potential for Xbox series X and not PS5. Recently Activision patched in 120 frames per second support for Call of Duty: Warzone, but only for Xbox and not for PS5. The same has now happened with Rocket League. It’s not that the hardware of PS5 will not support that, but it seems that developers are preferring Xbox for a particular reason. As per the companies official statement, “Enabling 120hz on Xbox Series X|S is a minor patch, but enabling it on PS5 requires a fully native port due to how backward compatibility is implemented on the console, and unfortunately wasn’t possible due to our focus elsewhere.” 

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So it seems that the implementation of Microsoft is much more easier and efficient when compared to Sony, but can it be changed by Sony as well? The answer is yes, but it would be a big undertaking and something Sony won’t be interested in right now. Due to this, PS5 players will have less advantage of the backward compatibility feature when compared to Xbox Series X players.

WhatsApp Disappearing messages feature finally launched in India

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WhatsApp has finally launched the much-awaited Disappearing Messages feature in the Indian markets as well. After weeks of the official announcement, the feature will finally allow the Indian users to remove the message automatically after seven days. The company announced the feature a few weeks back, after which the feature was first rolled in the US and was later planned for other parts of the globe in phases. The feature will not be rolled out to over 2 billion WhatsApp users by this month. 

The feature will allow individuals as well as group chats admin to enable the disappearing message feature and remove any message once posted, after seven days. The feature is available on all WhatsApp-supported devices including Android, iOS, and Linux-based KaiOS devices, along with WhatsApp Web and Desktop platform. Once the feature has been enabled, new messages sent in the individual or group chat will disappear after seven days. 

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The company has already made it clear that after enabling the new feature, it will not affect any messages that have been sent or received in the past. The feature will also wipe out photos, videos after seven days and can be copied or saved before it happens. One can also activate the auto-download feature to make sure that the videos and images are saved to the Gallery before being deleted. If you are not using the app for seven days, even then the messages will be deleted if the selection to activate the feature has already been made.

One Plus 9 and 9 Pro to have a 48MP main and wide-angle sensor

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Sriram
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OnePlus 9 is expected to launch in the month of March next year but before that a lot of new leaks and renders are actively coming out in the market, providing more and more information about the smartphone. It is expected that the company will be launching two variants called the OnePlus 9 and 9 Pro. As per the new details from 91mobiles, details about the camera module on both the smartphones have been leaked.

As per the details, the OnePlus 9 will have a triple camera setup, which will have a 48MP main camera and a 48MP ultrawide sensor. The leaked images of the phone also show that there is a third sensor on the camera module on the rear, which is smaller in size. There are no details on this sensor, but a dual-LED flash can be seen next to it. The leaked images are the CAD renders of the OnePlus 9 and the phone seems to have a 6.55-inch screen with a new flat screen design. 

It is expected that the phone will come with a 120Hz display as well. Both the smartphones will be launched with Qualcomm Snapdragon 875 chipset and will have 45W charging speed and stereo speakers. The phone will also be an IP68 rating for water and dust resistance. None of these details are official as of now and the CAD renders might not be the final design of the smartphone. But one can expect to see almost the same kind of phone in the final launch.

Apple to discontinue updates for iPhone 6S and original iPhone SE after the release of iOS 15

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Apple has been providing contact and regular updates for all its supported iPhones. However, there seems to be another news coming from the tech giant that it will discontinue the support for iPhone 6S and original iPhone SE after the release of iOS 15 next year. The report was given by “The Verifier” who also accurately reported the discontinuation of iPhone5s and 6 from the Apple updates past iOS 12. As per the details given, only the below-mentioned devices will be getting the iOS 15 updates next year.

2021 iPhone lineup

iPhone 12 Pro Max

iPhone 12 Pro

iPhone 12 mini

iPhone 12

iPhone 11

iPhone 11 Pro

iPhone 11 Pro Max

iPhone XS

iPhone XS Max

iPhone XR

iPhone X

iPhone 8

iPhone 8 Plus

iPhone 7

iPhone 7 Plus

iPhone SE (2nd generation)

iPod touch (7th generation)

iPhone 6 and 6S were launched in 2015 and iPhone SE was introduced in 2016. Smartphones have been really popular among users. However, since iPhone Mini has the same small factor as that of an iPhone SE and the second generation of iPhone SE similar to the specs of the iPhone 6S, the company will be discontinuing the updates for the smartphone. There is currently no news about the iOS 15, but it does seem to be logical for the company to discontinue the updates for such an older model. However, we will have to wait for the official confirmation from Apple until iOS 15 details are out or the company takes out iPhone 6S and SE from the update list of support devices.

POCO F2 development in progress, but won’t launch in the Indian market

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Alex Infant
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Without a doubt, one of the most popular launches for POCO has been the POCO F1 which was equipped with one of the best chipsets of its time, the Snapdragon 845, and it still managed to keep it affordable. People have been speculating about the launch of POCO F2 ever since, but it has already been a couple of years before the launch of POCO F1. Now, POCO has finally confirmed that it is currently working on POCO F2, which will be a successor of POCO F1, but the phone will not be launched in the Indian market, which was also confirmed by POCO Country Director Anuj Sharma. 

The phone is still under development and can be expected to be unveiled in December. As per Anuj Sharma, the company does not want to bring a premium flagship model as a successor to POCO F1, which is going to be very costly. In fact, POCO is working on a completely new handset for POCO F2 and not a rebranded version of other sub-brands. Once a new phone is developed as POCO F2 especially for the Indian market, the announcement will be made by the company. 

Since POCO has been launching the phones in the Indian market with aggressive pricing, it is important to choose the successor for popular smartphone models. Apart from that, POCO is also working on Poco M3 Pro, Poco M3, Poco C4, and Poco X4, which will provide a lot of variety to the customer to select phones in any segment.

Realme X7 series might be launched in the Indian market in January 2021

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Ramana Rishi
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Realme has recently launched its all-new Realme 7 5G smartphone in the UK market, with a global launch in the coming months. However, another smartphone from Realme seems to be on its way, which will also be a 5G phone and will be entering the Indian market in the month of January. The phone is the Realme X7 series, which has been spotted on the Indian BIS certification website. The launch of the smartphone in the Indian market has not been confirmed yet, but details have been leaked that it could be launched in Indian in the month of January. 

The phone has already received the BIS certification weeks before the details of the phone were discussed by the company. The X7 Pro 5G from Realme has already been launched in China and the price of the smartphone started at around Rs 23,00. The handset had a 6.55-inch screen along with an AMOLED display and 120Hz refresh rate and touch sampling rate of 240 Hz. The Chinese model also has a quad-camera setup on the rear with a 64MP primary sensor. 

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It had 8GB Ram and 256GB onboard storage. The battery capacity was also kept at 4,500mAh with 64W dash charge support for fast charging. Now, most of these features will also be included in the version that will be launched in the Indian market. However, there does seem to be a bit of change that one would expect in the Indian version of the model, based on user preferences.

Vivo V20 Pro 5G to launch early December under Rs 30,000 price tag

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Sriram
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Vivo is all ready to launch its new 5G enabled handset in the Indian market, called the V20 Pro 5G. The details of the phones have leaked out in the market for a while now and finally, we have the details about the pricing of the phone in the Indian market. It is expected that the phone will be priced under Rs 30,000 and will be very similar to the high-end variant of the OnePlus Nord phone. The phone is expected to be launched in the month of December and the phone will be available for pre-orders as well. 

Oppo has also revealed a poster that has revealed bank offers, including 10 percent cash back through ICICI Bank and Bank of Baroda, easy EMI options, and Jio benefits, among other things. when it comes to the specifications, the phone will be very similar to its global variant and will have a 6.44-inch FHD AMOLED display with a wide notch to house dual front-facing cameras. Powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 765G chipset, the phone will have an 8GB/256GB variant configuration and will be running on the new Android 11 out of the box. 

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The phone will also have an in-display fingerprint sensor and a trip;e camera setup on the rear with a 64MP primary camera sensor. The phone also packs a 4,000 mAh battery along with a 30W flash charge. After the official launch, it will be interesting to see how the phone seems to be in comparison with OnePlus Nord as a lot of similarities are expected between the smartphones.

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