Report: Google to release new Chromecast Ultra running Android TV with remote

The Chromecast is one of the most successful streaming devices since its launch back in 2013. It was a cheap way for people to stream content directly to their TVs without the need to purchase a smart TV. Thanks go a new report, we're learning that Google might finally change up the way we use the Chromecast. Chromecast Ultra (released in 2016) Today, a new report from 9to5Google cited a source familiar with a new Chromecast device (one to succeed the first-gen Chromecast Ultra) codenamed "sabrina". It will support 4K HDR content, as well as Bluetooth and Wi-Fi. However, the main...

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Samsung Galaxy M11 leaks through Google Play Console, punch-hole selfie cam in tow

Samsung is apparently getting ready to expand its M series of smartphones even further. The company has been working on the Galaxy M11, which, when launched, will become the entry-level model of the family. The M11 has surfaced through a listing in the Google Play Console, which certifies the fact that this handset is coming soon. It also thankfully features a picture of its front: There are some specs listed too. The Galaxy M11 will have a touchscreen with 720x1560 resolution, and, as you can see from the image above, a punch-hole selfie camera in the upper left side. The phone...

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OnePlus 8 and 8 Pro to come with 5G, higher price

OnePlus CEO and co-founder, Pete Lau, talked about the future OnePlus 8-series in a recent interview and although he didn't confirm the actual naming he gave us a few interesting bits. Both the non-Pro and the Pro versions of the upcoming handset will cost a little bit more because of 5G. It's no secret by now that the new OnePlus phones will be equipped with Qualcomm's latest flagship SoC, the Snapdragon 865 along with the Snapdragon X55 modem, which in turn means that the OnePlus 8-series will support 5G connectivity. Coming straight from the CEO himself, the handsets' prices...

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Santa Clara bans mass gatherings, fate of WWDC 2020 uncertain

Apple usually holds its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in early June at the San Jose Convention Center but those plans might change this year as Santa Clara County imposed a temporary prohibition of all public and private mass gatherings due to rising concerns over the coronavirus. The ban is effective from March 11 with initial plans spanning through March 31. WWDC event invites are usually sent out in early April but given the current situation, this might not be the case this year. Santa Clara County moratorium memo Apple usually introduces its latest mobile and...

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This 5 hour long video tour of the Hermitage was recorded on an iPhone 11 Pro in one continuous shot

Now is not the best time to travel, so let Apple take you to an epic journey through the iconic Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The video was shot entirely on an iPhone 11 Pro and is over 5 hours long so you better settle in. The most amazing thing about the video is that it was shot in one continuous take in 4K resolution. Remember the days when phones were capped at 10 minutes of 4K video? Apple sure doesn't. Never mind how much a 5 hour video will stress the battery and storage on most phones. The iPhone 11 Pro still had 19% battery charge remaining after the recording was...

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Redmi Note 9 to use Helio G70, the Pro model will have a Snapdragon 720G

The Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 Pro is expected to be powered by a Snapdragon 720G chipset. But what about the non-Pro model? Geekbench may have given that away, two days before the official launch on March 12. The Xiaomi Merlin - suspected to be the vanilla Redmi Note 9 - ran Geekbench v5.1 with what appears to be a MediaTek Helio G70 chipset. It couldn't go as high as the score of the Pro model, which uses the aforementioned 720G chip. Geekbench v5.1: Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 ("Merlin") • Redmi Note 9 Pro Long story short, both have two "big" cores, but the Snapdragon uses Cortex-A76...

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iOS 14 code: iPhone 9 will have TouchID, iPad Pros get triple cameras

Code for the iOS 14 may have inadvertently revealed some details about upcoming Apple products, claims a report by 9to5Mac. The team dug up information about the iPhone 9 (aka SE 2), the new iPad Pro and the Apple TV (the hardware, not the streaming service). The iPhone 9 will keep Touch ID, the fingerprint reader built into the Home button. This contradicts reports from earlier that claimed that the new budget iPhone will switch to Face ID, but is in line with the hands-on video from February. The phone will support Express Transit, which allows people to pay for public transport in...

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Samsung Galaxy Buds+ now available in Red and Pink colors in South Korea

The Samsung Galaxy Buds+ TWS earphones that were unveiled in Black, Blue and White colors last month are now joined by two more shades - Red and Pink. We already got our first look at the Red-colored Buds+ and today we get to see what the Pink version looks like. You can check out the images of both new colors below. Samsung Galaxy Buds+ in Pink and Red colors The Red and Pink-colored Buds+ are launched in South Korea and cost the same as other versions - KRW179,300 ($150/€130). You can buy the Pink variant from Samsung's official Korean website, Samsung Digital Plaza,...

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Xiaomi Mi Note 10 goes through durability test, lives to tell the story

Xiaomi released the Mi Note 10 with five cameras on the back, curved edges and Gorilla Glass 5 on both sides and an aluminum frame. Now Zack from the JerryRigEverything channel on YouTube went to test how durable the phone really is. The protective glass by Corning scratches at level 6, using the standard Mohs scale, and that's when the Mi Note 10 display gives up as well. The camera department, as well as the multiple flashes, are not susceptible to everyday scratches, and the Mi Note 10 is barely bending or flexing. Check out the full video below. The Mi Note 10 was with us back...

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Xiaomi Mi Note goes through durability test, lives to tell the story

Xiaomi released the Mi Note 10 with five cameras on the back, curved edges and Gorilla Glass 5 on both sides and an aluminum frame. Now Zack from the JerryRigEverything channel on YouTube went to test how durable the phone really is. The protective glass by Corning scratches at level 6, using the standard Mohs scale, and that's when the Mi Note 10 display gives up as well. The camera department, as well as the multiple flashes, are not susceptible to everyday scratches, and the Mi Note 10 is barely bending or flexing. Check out the full video below. The Mi Note 10 was with us back...

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Apple Watch Series 6 to gain native sleep tracking, blood oxygen sensor

Apple's next-gen Watch Series 6 will come with new health tracking features including a blood oxygen saturation sensor for more accurate activity tracking as well as sleep tracking which has long been a standard on most competing smartwatches. We previously saw a screenshot of the alleged Apple Sleep app which suggests Apple is finally bringing native sleep tracking on its next smartwatch. Alongside these, a new watchOS 7 leak suggests a slew of software enhancements are also coming along. Apple will reportedly add a new Infograph Pro feature which will let you add a digital...

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Redmi K30 Pro coming end of March

We already know that the upcoming Redmi K30 Pro will arrive this month but the company still hasn't shared an official launch date. A Weibo post from last month by Redmi GM Lu Weibing, gives us an indication when we can expect the brand new Redmi flagship. Lu Weibing Weibo post Weibing says that the K30 Pro launch event will take place between the launch of the Huawei P40 (March 26) and that of the upcoming Honor 30 series which is believed to come in April. This means we should expect the Redmi K30 Pro launch event towards the end of March with early sales in China commencing in...

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Huawei P40 Red Flag edition will celebrate China's new luxury car

When Huawei unveils a P-series or Mate flagship, there's usually a premium Porsche Design edition with a custom exterior and exclusive features. For the Huawei P40 phones, the company has also partnered with the domestic Hongqi brand. If you haven't heard of it, Hongqi is a marque of the FAW Group (one of China's Big Four car makers). This special edition is specifically inspired by the Hongqi H9, which was unveiled earlier this year - FAW's answer to the Mercedes S-class and similar luxury cars. In the promotional poster you can see both the Huawei P40 Red Flag edition and the Hongqi...

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Google Pixel 4a stars in hands-on video review, most specs revealed

Yesterday, photos of the Pixel 4a appeared and as some of you in the comments pointed out, the phone was connected to a Cuban carrier. What is the next mid-range Pixel doing in Cuba? Well, starring in a hands-on review, apparently, never mind that it is yet to be officially announced The review is Spanish, but YouTube's auto-generated and auto-translated subtitles are pretty good. Plus, the most interesting details are pretty universal - a 5.81" 1,080 x 2,340px screen and Snapdragon 730 need no translation. Before you ask, it's a 60Hz screen this is the budget Pixel, after all....

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vivo NEX 3S 5G arrives with Snapdragon 865, UFS 3.1 storage

vivo just announced a successor of the vivo NEX 3 5G, although it's more of a minor refresh than a proper replacement. It's called vivo NEX 3S 5G and it becomes apparent even from the name itself that the changes are cosmetic. The biggest upgrade is on the inside, where the NEX 3S 5G comes with a Snapdragon 865 chipset employing the 5G-capable Snapdragon X55 modem supporting NSA + SA. There's also a bump in the memory and storage speeds. The memory is now LPDDR5 instead of LPDDR4X offering a 29% increase in bandwidth while the storage inside goes up to 256GB and is of the UFS 3.1...

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Honor 20 series and View 20 will receive Magic UI 3.0 update from March 15

Huawei sub-brand Honor has announced that it will begin rolling out the Magic UI 3.0 update for the Honor 20, 20 Pro, and View 20 starting March 15. It will also gradually release EMUI 10 for the 9X. Additionally, Honor said that Magic UI 3.0 for Honor 10, 10 Lite, 20 Lite, 8X, 9X Pro and V10 is under testing phase, but didn't share any timeline for its rollout. The Magic UI 3.0 comes with a new UX design that lets users navigate their smartphones more comfortably while minimizing the visual fatigue and increasing the legibility. Besides, the color saturation on the Magic UI 3.0 is...

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Oppo Find X2 promo video shows the advantages of Omni-Directional AF over Dual Pixel AF

The Oppo Find X2 and Find X2 Pro use Sony's new sensor with 2x2 on-chip lens. Oppo calls this tech Omni-Directional Focus and with good reason. The company released a promo video touting the advantages of the new tech, though it aims more at entertainment than education. When Dual Pixel autofocus arrived, it was a massive improvement over basic phase detection AF. Essentially, in Dual Pixel every pixel is actually made out of two photodiodes. This means that every pixel can be used for focus detection, unlike regular phase detection AF where only a small number of pixels (around 5%)...

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Another vivo V19 with dual selfie punch-hole design heading to Malaysia

Earlier today the vivo V19 went official in Indonesia, but now we are seeing the same name on vivo Malaysia's Twitter. Not it's easy to suspect this is just a teaser for the launch of the same phone in a different market, but it's not how vivo goes about things. The teaser shows two cameras, clearly hinting at a dual selfie snapper. The new phone will "change the way you see the night" and will arrive soon. Change the way you see at night. It's coming.#V19 pic.twitter.com/vLE718CZE3— Vivo Malaysia (@vivo_malaysia) March 9, 2020 The dual selfie cameras indicate that the Malaysian V19...

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Oppo Find X2 Pro breaks AnTuTu record

It seems every time a new Android flagship phone comes out, it almost certainly tops the charts on Chinese benchmarking platform AnTuTu. The latest one to do so is the recently announced Oppo Find X2 Pro which managed the highest score recorded on the platform at 637,099 points. The phone also holds the top camera score on DxOMark and was recently granted an A+ rating from DisplayMate. For comparison, the previous highest-scoring Android phone on AnTuTu was the Asus ROG Phone II with its 507,284 points. We've also seen the unannounced Black Shark 3 (620,952 points) and Red Magic 5G...

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vivo V19 debuts in Indonesia with quad-camera setup

Chinese phone maker vivo today announced the vivo V19, which is actually a rebranded V17 that was launched in India last December. The vivo V19 is built around a 6.44" Super AMOLED display of FullHD+ resolution, that has a fingerprint reader underneath for biometric authentication and a punch hole in the upper-right corner for the 32MP selfie shooter. Around the back, you get an L-shaped camera setup, which includes 48MP main, 8MP ultrawide, 2MP macro and 2MP depth sensor modules. The cameras on the V19 have features like Super Night Selfie and Posture Guidance in tow. On the...

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Huawei P40 launch date confirmed once again, will have a massive camera bump

Huawei is preparing its next flagship lineup - the P40 and P40 Pro and even the P40 Premium Edition. The CEO Richard Yu said the launch will take place on March 26 in Paris, France, and today the official teaser of the launch appeared on the company website. The teaser also gives us a sneak peek of the camera setup, which will sit on an impressively big bump that was rumored to hold at least five shooters. All the Huawei P40 phones are coming e with Kirin 990 chipset, although some of them might have the 5G variant of the SoC, depending on the market. According to earlier rumors the...

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Nokia 5.3 appears in flesh again with a quad camera

Last month we saw a couple of pictures of the Nokia Captain America, which is rumored to be called the Nokia 5.3. Today we are looking at a new image of the alleged 5.3 that has surfaced online. You can check it out below. The source of the leak also claims that Nokia 5.3 will be powered by the Snapdragon 665 SoC and will come with two 2MP units (macro and depth) instead of 8MP. Furthermore, the smartphone won't come with a glass back, and it will be available in "Sand" color in addition to Charcoal and Cyan shades. Previously leaked image of Nokia 5.3 HMD is holding an...

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