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The concept of full screen smartphones has been quite popular for several years. During the past 5-6 years, we saw various forms of notch screen, lifting front camera, water drop screen, and hole-punch screen. However, to achieve a true full-screen effect with no addition structures and notches, there is only one way – under-screen camera. Xiaomi vs ZTE Recently, Xiaomi and ZTE have had a war of words around the under-screen camera technology. ZTE officially released the Axon 20 5G on September 1. It is known as the world’s first commercial under-screen camera phone. And though Xiaomi hasn’t announced a similar phone yet, it released the so-called ‘third-generation under-screen camera technology’ on August 28. Mass production of this technology will have to wait until next year. ZTE Axon 20 5G In fact, the first-tier China-based manufacturers have been preparing for under-screen camera technology for a long time. Although many products using lift camera technolo

Qualcomm might have allowed Xiaomi to leak its new Snapdragon 768G 5G SoC even before launch. Earlier, a new K30 5G Speed Edition with the SoC, got listed on JD.com. While many thought it could be a typo, a tipster has recently posted the specifications of the SoC on twitter and it looks like the SoC is already commercially ready now. Going into the details, a tipster named @xianjingmaoxian has posted the specifications of the SoC on twitter. The new Snapdragon 768G SoC has 5G support like the 765G that launched a few months back. It is shown as an Octa-core CPU with similar cluster arrangement as the 765G, but with different clock speeds. The Snapdragon 768G seems to have two High-performance cores clocked at 2.8GHz and 2.4GHz, while the power-efficient Cluster made up of six cores are clocked at 1.8GHz. This makes us believe that the same Cortex-A76 arrangement found on the 765G, is likely to be on the new SoC as well. On the GPU side of things, it is supposed to have th

Chinese manufacturing giant, Xiaomi, recently announced that the Xiaomi Bluetooth Air 2s headset will be getting its first system upgrade. Xiaomi’s product director, Li Chuangqi, shared a post by Pan Jiu Tang, a partner of the Xiaomi Industrial Investment Department which shows that this update will come with a couple of new features. Xiaomi Bluetooth Air 2s headset changelog Two new [volume up] [volume down] voice commands. Currently supports 7 words like Xiao, previous, song, next, volume, up and down. Users can use these words together like “Volum Up”, “Previous Song” and so on. Updates the local voice library. Optimized for Xiaomi Mi 10, Mi 10 Pro, and K30 pro phones. Fixes the issue of irregular Bluetooth disconnection. Resolves iPhone monaural – call murmurs. Solves double-clicking issues Takes care of all auto-play misn0rmal Solve the problem of being able to wake up Xiao Ai after turning off the “hotword function” on Xiao Ai. Optimizes the occasional double-click in

With hundreds of millions of people still confined to their homes due to the Covid-19 pandemic, applications and services for making video calls are more popular than ever. Developers also take the opportunity to adapt their offers. This is the case for example for Google Duo. According to Google, the service will soon make it possible to take advantage of video calls directly via the web. Group video calls soon available on the Google Duo web version Until now, calls on Duo were only available via the iOS or Android mobile app. According to an official press release from Google, “in the coming weeks, you will be able to make video calls with Duo on the web, starting with Chrome, and also take advantage of a new on-screen layout allowing you to see more people at the same time”. This is a very welcome improvement. We even wonder why this was not possible until today. The fact remains that this novelty will undoubtedly allow us to further increase its user base. Recall that,

Xiaomi's patent for an under-display camera shows how it could leapfrog Apple and Samsung. While the iPhone 12 and Galaxy Note 20 will be two of the most exciting phones released in the second half of this year, both are expected to keep a notch of some kind on the front of the display to make room for the selfie camera. But Xiaomi's latest patent application points to it releasing a device with a feature neither Apple nor Samsung can match. The patent was found by LetsGoDigital, who then brought the illustrations to life with the renders you see here. It shows how a smartphone like Xiaomi's new Mi 10 would look and work with its front camera built underneath the display, eliminating the need for any kind of notch. Under normal circumstances, the phone looks like it doesn't have any front camera at all. However, when you open the Camera app or another app that requires the front camera, part of the screen is turned off, allowing the camera beneath to take pi

iPhone users yesterday after many reported their apps were crashing at launch. Detailed in a GitHub thread, major iOS apps including Spotify, Tinder, Pinterest and Quora were apparently crashing due to an issue in the Facebook software development kit (SDK) used by many apps for sign in. However, even people who don’t use Facebook to login to their iPhone apps were reportedly having issues. This is because the SDK will often be part of apps as an option even if it’s not actually used. The problems started yesterday afternoon pacific time. If you take a look on Downdetector, you can see a spike in reports about apps including Spotify, Pinterest, Tinder and TikTok in the afternoon and evening PT on May 6. When users launched their iOS apps, they simply crashed, so people were unable to use them at all. At a time when many are locked down at home, not being able to use social networking and music apps is frustrating, to say the least. However, reports of app crashes are dying

As the  2020 Consumer Electronics Show  draws to a close, it is time to look back at a few of the devices, gadgets and innovations that garnered the most buzz on its show floor. With more than 4,400 companies having exhibitions, 307 of which were in the 2018 Fortune Global 500, this year’s show has already proven to be larger than ever before. As you can imagine, it is almost impossible to narrow down all that tech into any kind of definitive best of list. But here are a few of the best gadgets and innovations, in no particular order, that we feel have the most potential for changing the technology landscape in the years to come. FOLDABLE DISPLAYS Foldable displays appear to be all the rage in the technology world right now, and we’ve seen quite a few emerge out of the CES show floor this past week, from laptops, to phones, and even tablets. One particular standout was the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Fold, a 13.3-inch Windows 10 laptop that also functions as a ta

Google is going big on its Assistant. The feature is now available for any smartphone with at least Android Marshmallow, and more and more people are using it to help optimize their daily lives. These tips and tricks will help you master the Google Assistant and make the most of your new helper. Getting started with Google Assistant Set up Google Assistant for the first time If you've never used Google Assistant before, don't worry - despite its complex capabilities, it is simple to set up. If your phone is running any version of Android from Marshmallow and up, then long press the home button to open Google Assistant (or say "OK Google" if your voice activation is already turned on). If you don't have Google Assistant yet, the update is coming to you soon. Start Google Assistant by long pressing the Home button. On the "Meet your Google Assistant" screen, tap  Continue . Give it permission to access the information it needs to function by ta

Welcome to the 299th edition of android apps weekly and the first one of 2020! Here are the headlines from the last week: Android 11 might have some neat stuff. A couple of features may include the ability to take scrolling screenshots like on web pages for easier capture of more content. However, another potential feature is the ability to record video in longer than 4GB segments. We’ll learn more about Android 11 later this year but it’s nice to see Google fixing some basic problems and adding some fun features already. WhatsApp and Telegram had some decent updates this last week. WhatsApp now includes disappearing messages and  you can click here to see how those work . Meanwhile,  Telegram’s update is a bit more substantial . It includes a new theme editor, the ability to send messages when you return online, better message scheduling control, better location sharing, and support for podcasts and audiobooks. The Pixel Launcher is experiencing some weird problems . Namel