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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 ...