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Microsoft providing beta access to Project xCloud before launching in September

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As soon as Google introduced Stadia as one of the first online game streaming services, many other companies started to work on the sample platform. A similar product offering called Project xCloud was announced last week by Microsoft which provides more than 100 games, starting from September 15. Now, the company has opened up the services before the launch to all the to all Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers. The per release is meant for testing the platform and figure out any problems and optimization requirements before the final launch.

All the Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers will be able to enjoy more than 30 games through Project xCloud, with an Android device. To access the beta limited feature simply download and install the Xbox Game Pass app on the Android device. As per the company, the limited beta period is to ensure that the game has a smoother transition through cloud and users get to experience the smooth gameplay before the actual release of it. The company also made clear that the experience should not be considered as the final version as any kind of bugs and issues that are found during this beta testing stage, will be resolved in the upcoming final launched version.

Microsoft has also been working with many other game studios to developed and modify games in a manner that they are able to support better graphics through online gameplay, without the user having the need to get a PC with good hardware.

A lot of new features are coming to WhatsApp

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The last few weeks have been busy for the Facebook-owned WhatsApp app, as it has been rolling out a couple of new features for its messaging application. All these features were in development for a long time. While some are still in the testing stage, some have been fully developed. The new features that will be added to the platform included multi-device support, advanced search mode, expiring messages, search the web, share chat support, and a lot more. In case you have missed any detail on the upcoming feature, then here is a list of all, which will soon be a part of the app on your phone.

Multi-Device Support: The new multi-device support feature will allow the user to login to the same WhatsApp account through multiple devices, 5 in total, to be exact. You can log in to the same WhatsApp account through phone, tablet, laptop, computer, and more. The feature would also allow the user to sync up chat history in all the devices at once. 

Expiring messages: This new feature will remove the messages from your WhatsApp history after a certain amount of days. For example, if you set the counter to 7 days in the settings, then the messages that are older than seven days will automatically be removed. The feature will not remove your images or screenshots.

Search the Web: This feature allows you to search any information on the browser you have received through WhatsApp message forwarding. It is a great feature to verify if the message received by you is a fact or a rumor. The feature will also allow you to search the images on the web by directly uploading them to the browser.

Advance Search Mode: The advanced search mode allows you to search for a particular chat or overall app with filters like Pictures, videos, files, links, documents, etc.

Pixel 5 spotted on AI benchmark with Snapdragon chipset

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Google has recently launched the Pixel 4a, and there have been a lot of pre-orders for the same. However, as soon as the phone was revealed on August 3, the company decided to reveal that its upcoming Pixel 5 and Pixel 4a (5G) will soon be available. Soon after this, a lot of details and information started coming out for the handset. As per the recent details, Google Pixel 5 was spotted on the AI benchmark, where it is said to have Snapdragon 765G chipset. It is also expected that the phone will come with 8G RAM on board and will have the latest Android 11, that is yet to be released on Android phone yet.

Android 11 is currently in its last beta stage, after which it will be released in Google handsets. Meanwhile, the other details about Pixel 5 reveal that the phone could have reverse wireless charging and could cost somewhere close to $700. Google is also expected to launch another variant of the Pixel 5 smartphones, which will be the XL model, with a bigger screen, battery life, and might host a better chipset as well. Pixel 5 is expected to have a dual-camera setup on the rear and a punch-hole camera at the front.

Google has already made it clear that the new Pixel 5 and 4a 5G will only be available in countries like the US, the UK, Canada, Taiwan, Japan, Germany, Ireland, France and Australia. The phone will be made available to other countries in the coming months. It is expected that more leaks would come out before the final launch of the phone and will reveal a lot more details, not only about the Pixel 5 but also about the large XL model. They are also expecting Google to roll out a lite version of Pixel 5 in the future.

Google adds new features and update to Android Smart TV

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Smart TV’s have become popular in the television segment and has become one of the most popular products due to affordable pricing and feature-filled Android operating system. Adding Android to Smart TV’s has allowed a wide range of features to be embedded into a television. Also, the amount of customization and upgrades that Android allows make the Smart TV even smarter with updates. Something very similar has been done by Google, where the latest Android TV update brings in a lot of new features, some of which include PIN-based purchase and low latency mode.

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Google has seen a rapid increase in the number of Android TV activation in the last few years. For the very same reason, Google has now been trying to add a lot of new features and improving on the existing one. The new feature update from Google brings in instant apps to android TV, which helps the user try out the apps before installing them on their TV. A new feature of PIN-based purchasing has also been added to the Smart TV, through which one can purchase an app or movie from Google Play Store, using a PIn instead of a Password that can be changed or set by the user.

Apart from these updates, Google has added new updates to the Gboard, which adds speech to text and predictive typing on TV. The TV also gets a new low latency mode, which can provide a great and smoother screen transition in gaming. The new update also includes Android TV Emulator with play store support. Also, a Leanback Library update with app navigation and compatibility changes. The new features have been aimed to bring more users to the Smart TV revolution that automatically increase the amount of activation of Android TV.

Google Search brings a new Virtual visiting card feature

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Google has been rolling out many new features recently. It seems like they have added a new feature for social media influencers and businessman who wants themselves to be highlighted on Google search when people search for them. The feature has been specifically designed for people who are into influencing, freelancing, etc., and want themselves to discover online through google search easily. As per the new feature from Google, such people can create their virtual visiting cards now, which will provide similar functionality as to what is available on LinkedIn.

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The feature has been named people cards and can easily be created by signing into the google account and searching the name in the Google search domain. This process will give the user a prompt to add the user information, which will create the people card or virtual visiting card. The option that the user will get on the search engine will be “add me to Search” or “get started“. Selecting the option will take the user to a form that they will have to fill up with the correct details. It will also use the same image as on your Google account unless you change it. It will also list your phone number, education details, e-mail address, and other details.

As per Google, the more information user provides, the better will be search results for them. Also, Google has added a lot of security measures to this feature, ensuring that the details are not misused. The details will not be allowed to be used for spam or used in a falsified way. If you do not want a person to appear in your search, you can delete the people’s card for that person. The feature is going to be helpful for people who are running their own business and will add their visibility in Google search. It seems to be a great way for beginners to get notified to millions of people through Google search.

Leaks for new iPhone 12 display has appeared

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iPhone 12 launch is just around the corner and the leaks for the phone do not seem to stop anytime before the release. recently a new leak has been provided online where it seems like Apple is still not going to get rid of the huge notch on the front of the display. It means that the company will continue to use the same kind of screen in this year’s iPhone as well, which was earlier visible in older iPhones. The images have been leaked on Twitter by “Mr. White“, who has in past leaked a lot of iPhone images, including the popular A14 bionic chipset.

The image shown by him on Twitter seems to be the iPhone 12 panel. The image immediately got removed from the Twitter platform but was captured by many before it happened. The leaks also confirmed that the phone has the same Face ID size. The consumers were expecting a kind of design change for the front panel of the iPhone, where the top-notch has remained the same since the launch of past series. Also, some reports suggested that in the future, Apple would not have a notch, which is sometime after 2021.

As other phone manufacturers in Android are reducing the bezel and notch size in their phones, there has always been an expectation from Apple that they would offer something similar to their iPhone customers as well. With the latest leak, it does not seem like the same is going to happen with this year’s iPhone.

New Microsoft Windows bug, can hack into your printer

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Cyber-crimes and hacking have become very prevalent and more such attacks and new vulnerabilities are being reported every day. Recently, a report from Bleeping Computer Website stated that there is a vulnerability or bug that could let the hacker hack your printer and the worse part is that there is no security patch developed for it. The new security flaw in the Windows operating system will give control of the printer to the hacker and also provide them the access to the private network.

The bug seems to be associated with the Windows Print Spooler, which managers the printing process. The bug was discovered by researchers of SafeBreach labs and is called CVE-2020-1048. As per them, a patch has already been patched for the same issue in May from Microsoft, but the patch still showed a loophole that could have been exploited and used by hackers. The hackers can simply create a Shadow File and pass it through Windows Print spooler to affect it. Microsoft has acknowledged the problem and has assured that the fix for this will be released by August 11.

However, until then the users are exposed to this kind of bug. The company also confirmed that Microsoft Edge will be included in the recent updates, after which there ill no option to update or uninstall it as it will be a part of the Windows operating system. There doesn’t seem to be many cases that have been reported by the user for printers. However, the company with its update will make sure that such issues do not exist again.

Apple registers a new Patent for Watch Series 6

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Apple has been prepping up for the launch of the iPhone 12 later this year. But before that, a new rumor has popped up regarding the new patent Apple has just registered. The new feature isn’t exactly new to us. The same feature was revealed in 2018, in the previous generation of Apple watch. The feature is Fall detection and it seems that the company has been able to add a lot of new improvements and innovation in it, leading them to register a new patent.

Apart from the patent, very less is known about the 6 gen series of Apple watch. This Fall detection feature from Apple will be a part of the next generation Apple watch. The feature will send a notification to one of your selected contacts in case it does not recognize any activity after falling down for 60 seconds. The watch will first check if you are alright or not and will try to check your vitals through the device. Once checked, only then will it send the notification or sound the alarm.

The new patent also reveals that the two feature has now been made more effective and precise with almost two years of development. The company has added a new bunch of sensors and has modified the system to understand human behavior and collect more data. The watch measure things like heart functions (ECG, EKG), water content, body-fat ratios, galvanic skin resistance, and combinations thereof, etc, which will help to improve the Fall detections feature.

The feature is going to promote the watch as a perfect health companion for the consumers, but the question remains on whether it will be seen in Apple Watch 6. Since it is right now a patent, chances are very slim and it can come in generation 7 of Apple watch.

A new Dongle shaped Mini-PC is in the Market

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Carrying computers and laptops everywhere might not be an option for everyone and the way technology is shrinking in size, everything is expected to come in a compact size. A very similar device has been recently launched in the name of the T98 Mini PC. The device is in the shape of a Dongle that can easily connect to any screen with the inbuilt HDMI port and turn it into a portable computer. The device was first reported by Techradar, which gave many details regarding the device.

The dongle shaped device measures 38x89x15mm, which is very similar to the size of an Amazon Fire TV stick. The dongle is powered by 4GB DDR3 RAM and 32 GB MMC flash memory. The dongle is powered by a quad-core Cortex-A53 processor and also has a Mali T720 GPU, which has the capability to support 6K video resolutions. To use this portable computer, one simply has to connect it to a screen via HDMI port. The dongle also has 2 micro USB ports, one of which is the 3.0 USB port. It also has a micro SD card slot in case you want to add extra memory.

The device is great for users who like to use Microsoft Office tools and GSuite on any screen at a given point. The dongle does not have Wi-Fi, audio ports, but comes with remote control for specific features. Priced at around $44.59, the product is only available in China but can be imported to other countries

Xiaomi coming up with new flagship Mi 10 Ultra, housing a 120X zoom feature

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Xiaomi is one of the most popular smartphone company which is known to provide the best specification in the smartphones at the best available price. The company has been launching a lot of new mid-range smartphones lately. However, details have been leaked that the company is finally ready for its next flagship phone, which will be a successor to the Mi 10. The new flagship will be named Mi 10 Ultra, which will be the global name of the handset.

The name of the handset was confirmed by the Co-Founder Lei Jun from Xiaomi, on Weibo. He also mentioned that the same phone will be called Mi 10 Supreme Commemorative Edition in China. He has also shared the image of the retail box which will house the 10th-anniversary logo of the company. Apart from the name, a lot of information about the phone has also been leaked out. It is expected that the phone will have a 120x Zoom quad camera, which will be a direct competitor to the 100X zoom feature available in Samsung Galaxy 20 series.

The Phone is also said to have the new Snapdragon 865 SoC chipset which will support the 5G band as well. The company going to launch an anniversary event on August 11, where it is expected that the device will be launched. The leaked images of the phones show that this phone will have a transparent back cover. Apart from these details, the phones will come in 8 GB, 12 GB, and 16 GB RAM variants, which will have to 256GB of memory.

If the mobile handset is launched on August 11, we can finally have a look at the much-awaited flagship successor from Xiaomi. The phone is said to have a performance that will beat all the existing flagship series in the market, which is a big claim to fulfill.

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