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Apple is extending Apple TV+ subscription through February 2021.

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Good news has come across for all the Apple TV subscribers, where Apple has confirmed that it will be extending the Apple TV subscriptions further ahead. The subscriptions were all set to expire in the month of November 1, 2020, through January 31, 2021, through their billing date in February of 2021. Apple gave away a free year of Apple TV to new device purchasers last year and those are all set to end in November. 

Apple has made the decision to extend the subscription as it realizes that the coming months will also be filled with COVID restrictions and most of the subscribers will not be able to renew. Also, a monthly subscriber whose subscription date is before November 1, 2020, will get a deal of $4.99 credit appearing in November, December, and January 2021. You will automatically receive the notification or email for the credit from Apple. It seems to be a very good step that has been taken by Apple, which has made people appreciate the brand even more. 

Apart from this, Apple has been looking out on other subscription services as well, which may soon receive a free extension. They do understand that the pandemic situation will not allow many users to be able to continue the paid subscription, due to which they decided to extend the existing subscription. We can expect Apple to notify people about more such exceptions in the future, which will further help the users to use Apple services without thinking about paying them immediately.

Mediatek MT9602 SOC announced for Smart TV, to be used in Motorola’s new Smart TV series, with launch event tomorrow.

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Mediatek has announced yet another chipset, Mediatek MT9602 which has been custom made for Smart TVs. The chipset will feature many new features such as the AI-PQ(image quality), AI-AQ (sound quality), HDMI 2.1a support, global HDR, AV1, and AVS2 decoding support. The company claims that all these features will be able to improve the audio and image for real-time video. That is not all, Motorola has announced that it will be launching its new range of smart TV with the same chipset. 

Flipkart, which is the biggest e-commerce giant in India has cooperated with Motorola to launch HD, FHD, and QHD resolution smart TVs equipped with MediaTek MT9602 in India. The new lineup is expected to launch tomorrow and it will become the first smart TV in India to use the Android 10 operating system. Before that, all the smart TVs were using the Android 9 operating system. The MediaTek MT9602 uses a quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 design, has a Mali-G52 MC1 GPU, and supports 2GB of storage. 

The new SoC also comes with AI voice technology that would support up to four directional microphones, integrated voice assistant, and hands-free voice control. It would also support integration with other IoT products at home. The SoC also has Dolby Atmos support, Dolby Vision HDR, HDR10+, BBC HLG, dual-band WiFi, and response time compensation feature to reduce blur. The new series of Smart TVs will definitely bring a lot of new features for the Smart TV market in India. More details will be available about Smart TVs after launch tomorrow.

Realme announces festive day sale in India form October 16

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The festive season in the Indian market is about to start and almost all the smartphone companies have geared up, as this is one of the most important times for smartphone sales. In the same attempt, Realme has announced its festive day sale that begins on October 16. The company is offering up to Rs 3,000 off on the Realme X3 model and even on products like Realme Watch and a lot more. During the annual festive sale, the users will also see flash deals at 12PM every day. 

Realme will also be offering free shipping to the customers along with discount coupons and more. The recently launched Realme 7i will also go on sale for the very first time during the sale, along with the Realme 7 Pro Sun Kissed Edition. The company will be making price cuts on several models some of which are Realme C11, Realme C15, and Realme X3. The company will also be providing discounts on other products rather than smartphones, such as Realme Buds Classic, Realme Buds Wireless, Realme Buds Q, Realme Buds Air Neo, and Realme Watch. 

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It is also expected that the newly launched 55-inch Smart TV from Realme could also be made available on the same day and could also get some feature discount on the pricing. The highest discount that the company will be providing will be on Realme X3 and the price-cut will be around Rs 3,000. During the festive offer, the premium smartphone will be available at Rs 21,999.

Instagram adds new audio features to Instagram Reels.

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Instagram has just added a lot of new features to its platform, especially to its existing feature of Instagram Reels. Instagram Reels was basically meant to be a replacement for all the users after the ban of TikTok. Reels was supposed to provide a similar kind of platform to the users where they can record a short clip and post it to their account. Instagram has been trying to make Reels the perfect alternative to TikTok and in the same efforts, they have added new features to it. The latest update brings three major changes to Reels and it’s about audio and making users engage in music-related trends. 

One of the new features is “Save Audio” which will give the users the ability to save sounds in the application and can be used in their own reels. It is the way through which users can create their own background music and later use it in Reels. Another feature is “Share Audio Pages“, which allows the users to share a collection of Reels that use a specific piece of audio via DM. Lastly, the feature called “Audio browser” will help the users to search for sounds and music, and the searched music can be clipped and used in the Reels.

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With the new features in Reels, it could be seen that Instagram is highly focusing on the Audio aspect of the Reels feature. It is something that even TikTok was doing for its users, and it seems the same strategy has been used by Instagram to attract TikTok users.

Google offers Gmail Go for Android Go users.

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When it comes to low powered Android devices, Android Go has been the OS that is used for providing better performance. Based on the same operating system, Google has been trying to make a similar application that can be compatible with Android Go and use fewer resources from the smartphone to operate. In the same effort, Google has now offered Gmail Go which has been created for smartphones with low hardware capabilities and that runs on the Android Go OS. Gmail Go is now available on the Play Store platform and is confirmed to provide a much faster Gmail performance without compromising on the features. 

The Gmail icon will remain the same, with the only difference of Go badge at the bottom. Once launched, the apps will almost be identical to what normal Gmail looks like, but will not consume as many resources from the hardware of the phone. The one thing that you will see missing in Gmail Go is the unavailability of the bottom bar as Google Meet has not been integrated into this version. However, it does bring a question to Gmail Go users as to how will they be able to use Google Workspace through this. You will also see that no UI elements are elevated and there is no layering and shadows in the icons. 

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The overall UI has many cosmetic changes which make the app a lot lighter than the original one. The frame rate is capped which can be seen by a little bit of lag while scrolling, something which can be optimized by the update. Apart from this, other Go apps available for users are Google Go, Gallery Go, Google Maps Go, and Navigation for Google Maps Go. Assistant Go and YouTube Go.

Samsung launches the all-new Galaxy F41 with a massive 6,000mAh battery.

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Samsung has just launched another smartphone in the Indian market, which can become one of the best offerings in the low-mid range smartphone segment. The new smartphone is the Galaxy F41, which comes with a whopping 6,000mAh battery and has been launched in the Indian market at just Rs 16,999. The phone was highly anticipated by the company for launch and is the first device in the Galaxy F41 series. The phone comes with the powerful Exynos 9611 processor and is fully power packed for balanced performance and great battery life. 

The phone comes with a 6.4-inch full HD+ Super AMOLED Infinity U display and has 6GB of RAM and 128GB of onboard storage. The phone runs on Google’s Android 10 and has been topped with Samsung’s UI. The main USP of the phone is the large 6,000 mAh battery which will be paired with the 15W fast charging support. The company claims that the massive battery can provide the user with 48 hours of continuous calling. 

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The phone also comes with a triple camera setup on the rear which has a 64mP primary sensor paired with an 8MP ultra-wide-angle lens and a 5MP tertiary sensor with live focus support. In the front, you will get a 32 MP selfie camera. The phone has been launched at Rs 16,999 for 6GB/64GB variant and Rs 17,999 for 6GB/128GB variant. The device will be available for sale from 16 October through Flipkart, in color options of Fusion Green, Fusion Blue, and Fusion Black.

AMD launches a new Ryzen 5000 series of desktop processors based on Zen architecture.

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Alex Infant
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AMD was working on its next generation of desktop processors for a long time and now they have finally launched them. The company today announced the Ryzen 5000 series of CPU’s which is based on the latest Zen 3 architecture of the company. The company has announced a total of four new models today and the starting price for the same will be from $299, all the way up to $799. One of the processors is the new Ryzen 9 5950X which has 16 cores and 32 threads. The chipset can be clocked at 3.4GHz and 4.9GHz on a turbo boost. 

As per the company, the 5950X has the highest single and multi-threaded performance of any mainstream desktop CPU. It also comes with 64MB L3 cache and TDP of 105W. The 5950X is priced at $799 and replaces the previous 3950X. Then there is the Ryzen 5900X with 12 cores and 24 threads, which is capable of 3.7GHz base clock, with a turbo boost up to 4.8 GHz. It also has 64MB L3 cache and TDP of 105W, making it a great gaming processor. The processor has been priced at $549. 

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Another processor that has been launched is the Ryzen 7 5800X, which has 8 cores and 16 threads and can be clocked at 3.8GHz and turbo boost to 4.7GHz. It is a single chipset design with 32MB cache and 105W TDP, which has been priced at $449. Lastly, there is Ryzen 5 5600X with 6 cores and 12 threads, with a base clock of 3.7GHz and a turbo boost at 4.6GHz. The processor comes with 32MB cache and a reduced TDP of 65W. It has been priced at $299.

Google Pixel 4a launched in India.

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Pixel devices were not easily available in India before, but with some changes to the phone by Google, the Google Pixel 4a has been finally launched in India. The phones have been launched two months after the phone was officially launched by Google in the US market. The global price for the phone was approximately $349, which turned out to be Rs 25,000. However, in India, the phones have been launched at the price tag of Rs 31,999 for the single variant of 6GB/128GB. 

But for a limited period of time, the phone will be available at a discounted price of Rs 29,999. The phone is the successor to the popular Pixel 3a and has a hole-punch display with a square-shaped camera module in the rear. The phone will go on sale in India through Flipkart.com, which is one of the biggest e-commerce sites in India and will launch on 16 October. The phones run on Android 10 and will receive the Android 11 update as well. It has a 5.81 inch full HD OLED screen and comes with the powerful Qualcomm 730G SoC. 

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The main feature of the phone is the 12MP camera on the back, which might not look as attractive in terms of hardware, but the combination of the camera with Google’s software can beat the image quality of many flagship phones. The phones have connectivity options like 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11ac, Bluetooth v5.0, and a USB Type-C port. There is also a 3.5mm headphone jack.

Google rolls out Chrome 86 updates for users.

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Google has started rolling out the new Chrome 86 for the users after it appeared a month back in the Beta channels of Google. The update will be made available on all platforms, but it is not yet available on Chrome OS, but will arrive next week. Chrome 86 brings out a lot of new features to the browser and makes the browsing experience even faster for users. The new features include a lot of new security features as well. In case your saved password on the Google Chrome browser is compromised in any condition, the browser will let the user know about it and will immediately prompt them to change the password. 

The new update will also support the “well-known/change-password” standard, websites will be able to specify the URL where users can go to change their passwords. With the standards in place, the user will be able to find the page almost immediately where the password was compromised. This update will help the user to make the account more secure and almost immediately if it is compromised. It will also update the user about any kind of encounter insecure forms or downloads. 

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Improvements have also been brought into the menus, which have now become larger and will soon see the addition of icons in the future. Another feature that is rolling out will be where the web pages are able to directly access your computer file system. The changes will only be made to the files that you grant permission for. The update is basically a mix of features that makes the user details more secure and provides them with a better option to deal with compromised accounts.

Apple Airpods Studio might see a delayed launch and availability.

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One of the most anticipated products from Apple was the Airpods Studio which was expected to launch in the same event where the company is expected to launch the iPhone 12. However, the latest news reveals that Apple might delay or push back the dates for the launch of AirPods Studio. As per the leaked details, The new Airpods studio headphones will be ready by the end of October, so we cannot expect them to launch in the October 13 Apple event. The details clarify that the mass production for the headphones will not complete until October 20, which could delay the availability of the product. 

Apple could still decide to announce the product in the same event, but it would not be available to the customer until the end of the month. The information is about the initial batch of the high-end headphones and nothing specific has been informed about Apple’s production line. The Airpods Studio is the new product offering from the company and provides a high-end and premium experience to the user. Due to its expected launch this month, Apple has also removed any third party headphones from their online and offline stores since September 30. 

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It hints that the headphones will be offered to the customers in the store this month. The headphones are one of the first offerings of their kind and are highly anticipated by music lovers across the world who use Apple products. Apart from this device, Apple is also expected to launch a whole new batch of the audio device in the coming months

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