Honor launches the Watch GS Pro and ES smartwatches and the MagicBook 14, 15, and Pro laptops

At the ongoing IFA 2020 trade show in Berlin, Huawei’s subsidiary Honor has unveiled a bunch of new devices. These include two new smartwatches — Honor Watch GS Pro and Honor Watch ES — and three Ryzen-based thin and light MagicBook laptops. Here’s everything you need to know about the latest devices from the Chinese OEM:

Honor Watch GS Pro

The new Honor Watch GS Pro is a rugged smartwatch that features a circular dial with a 1.39-inch AMOLED touch screen display. The watch is powered by Huawei’s Kirin A1 chip and it boasts of battery life of up to 25 days on a single charge. The Honor Watch GS Pro comes with GPS built-in, which will help users track their morning run without carrying their smartphones. However, using the GPS feature continuously will drop the battery life to 48 hours.

The smartwatch can be charged back up to full in less than two hours, after which you can make use of all its fitness features again. Speaking of which, the watch offers over 100 workout modes, including hiking, mountain climbing, open water swimming, free training, and more. The Honor Watch GS pro also features a new skiing mode that will help you track your skiing exercise in real-time.

In terms of sensors, the watch includes an altitude barometer, a 24/7 heart rate monitor, and an SpO2 monitor. Additional features include sleep tracking with Huawei TruSleep 2.0, stress monitoring, remote shutter, onboard music player, and weather forecasting. The watch also features water resistance up to 5ATM.

The Honor Watch GS Pro has been priced at €249.9 and it will be available for purchase starting from September 7 across Honor’s official website in UK, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain. The watch will be available in three color variants — Charcoal black, Marl white, and Camo blue.

Honor Watch ES

The Honor Watch ES is a toned-down version of the Watch GS Pro and it features a rectangular bezel with a 1.64-inch AMOLED touch screen display. The watch offers support for 95 workout modes, including outdoor and indoor running, cycling, swimming, yoga, and more and it even offers 12 animated workout courses for a simple home workout.

Honor claims that the smartwatch can last up to 10 days on a single charge and it can be charged up to full in just 100 minutes. Unlike the Watch GS Pro, the Honor Watch ES also includes fast charging support that will help you top it up to 70% in just 30 minutes. In terms of sensors, the Honor Watch ES packs in a 24/7 heart rate monitor and a SpO2 monitor. The watch is geared towards women and it also includes a menstruation cycle tracker.

Additional features include a sleep monitor powered by Huawei TruSleep 2.0, a stress monitor, remote shutter, message/call reminders, and music playback controls. The Honor Watch ES has been priced at €99.9 and it will be available for purchase starting from September 7 across Honor’s official website in UK, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain. The watch will be available in three color variants — Meteorite black, Coral pink, and Icelandic white.

MagicBook 14

The new Honor MagicBook 14 is an AMD Ryzen 5 4500U powered thin and light notebook that features a 14-inch FHD display with minimal bezels on all sides. The notebook comes with either 8GB or 16GB DDR4 dual-channel RAM, coupled with a 256GB or 512GB NVMe SSD.

In terms of I/O ports, the MagicBook 14 packs in a USB Type-C port, an HDMI port, a USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A port, a USB 2.0 Type-A port, and a 3.5mm headphone/microphone combo jack. The laptop features a fingerprint sensor on the power button for Windows Hello biometric authentication, a pop-up webcam, and a 56Wh battery.

The notebook comes with a 65W Type-C power adapter, which is capable of charging it up to 46% in just 30 minutes. The battery is rated for up to 10.5 hours of use on a single charge, which was measured by running a locally stored 1080p video continuously.

The Honor MagicBook 14 will be available for purchase in the UK, France, and Germany starting from September 21. The notebook has been priced at €749.9 and it will be available in two color variants — Mystic silver and Space gray.

MagicBook 15

The Honor MagicBook 15 is essentially a larger MagicBook 14, with a 15-inch FHD display and the same Ryzen 5 4500U processor. The notebook also comes with either 8GB or 16GB of DDR4 dual-channel memory, coupled with a 256GB or 512GB NVMe SSD.

The notebook features the same selection of I/O ports, including a USB Type-C port, an HDMI port, a USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A port, a USB 2.0 Type-A port, and a 3.5mm headphone/microphone combo jack. The MagicBook 14 also includes a fingerprint scanner embedded in the power button and a pop-up webcam, but it features a smaller 42Wh battery.

The notebook comes with the same 65W Type-C power adapter, which is capable of charging the smaller battery to about 53% in 30 minutes. Honor hasn’t released any information about the expected battery life for the device, but we expect it to be significantly lower than that of the MagicBook 14 due to the larger display and smaller battery.

The Honor MagicBook 15 will also be available for purchase in the UK, France, and Germany starting from early October. The notebook has been priced at €699.9 and it will be available in two color variants — Mystic silver and Space gray.

MagicBook Pro

The Honor MagicBook Pro is the most powerful notebook in the new MagicBook lineup. It packs in the Ryzen 5 4600H processor with AMD Radeon graphics, coupled with 16GB of dual-channel DDR4 RAM and a 512GB of NVMe SSD. The notebook features a much larger 16.1-inch FHD display with minimal bezels that measure in at just 4.9mm. This gives the notebook a screen-to-body ratio of 90%.

The display on the Honor MagicBook Pro has been calibrated for professional use and it offers a contrast ratio of 1000:1 and it covers 100% of the sRGB color gamut. The I/O port selection on the notebook is also extensive and it includes three USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A ports, a USB Type-C port, an HDMI 2.0 port, and a 3.5mm headphone/microphone combo jack.

The notebook packs in a 56Wh battery and it comes with a 65W fast charger that is capable of charging the notebook to about 50% in just 30 minutes. Thanks to the larger battery pack, the Honor MagicBook Pro can last up to 11 hours on a single charge while playing a locally stored 1080p video.

Much like other notebooks in the new MagicBook lineup, the MagicBook Pro also features a fingerprint scanner embedded in the power button and a pop-up webcam. The notebook also features a significantly larger trackpad and a full-sized backlit keyboard. Since the notebook packs in a more powerful processor, Honor has also included dual fans and dual heat pipes to keep it running cool under load.

The Honor MagicBook Pro will also be available for purchase in the UK, France, and Germany starting from September 7. The notebook has been priced at €899.9 and it will be available in a single color variant — Space gray.

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[Update 2: Still works on DP4] The OnePlus 8 Pro’s color filter camera is still accessible with an ADB command

Update 2 (09/04/2020 @ 05:46 AM ET): Apparently, the commands are still accessible on Android 11 Developer Preview 4 builds.

Update 1 (08/24/2020 @ 02:25 AM ET): OnePlus has silently patched the ability to truly access the color filter camera through ADB. Scroll to the bottom for more information. The article as published on July 17, 2020, is preserved below.

The OnePlus 8 Pro’s color filter camera has been mired in a bubble of controversy ever since the phone launched. First, this auxiliary color filter camera was written off by many for largely being of no real use. Then, news emerged that the color filter camera with the Photochrom mode was capable of seeing through thin plastic objects and very thin clothing too! Consequently, the Photochrom mode was disabled in the next updates — first in China and then even on global variants (albeit accidentally for the latter). The device even went on sale in India with the Photochrom mode disabled out of the box! OnePlus then finally fixed the color filter’s see-through issues with the OxygenOS 10.5.10 update by layering information from the sensor onto an image from the main sensor. But as it turns out, if you still really wish to use the auxiliary camera as it was originally set up, you actually can as the color filter camera is still accessible through a hidden app.

OnePlus 8 XDA Forums ||| OnePlus 8 Pro XDA Forums

XDA Member piskel found out that the color filter camera still remains accessible through the Factory Mode app on the latest update on the OnePlus 8 Pro. However, this app needs to be launched through ADB. Once the app is launched, you can keep it locked into the phone’s memory to access it without ADB. The best part about this discovery is that you do not need to be rooted or even have your bootloader unlocked.

To use the Color Filter camera on the OnePlus 8 Pro, connect your phone to ADB and run the following the commands:

adb shell
am start -n com.oneplus.factorymode/.camera.manualtest.CameraManualTest

This will start the Factory Mode app. Once in the app, use the camera switcher icon in the bottom right corner to cycle through the different cameras. The color filter camera is positioned at number 4 within the app.

The question still remains of the camera’s overall utility. The x-ray/see-through effect can be reproduced only on very thin plastics. The overall utility of the OnePlus 8 Pro’s color filter camera mode is very narrow in scope, and you are much more likely to appreciate its novelty just a few times and then forget about it altogether.

[GUIDE] Access color-filter through command shell – XDA Thread

The images above are from Max Weinbach. I tried out the same on my OnePlus 8 Pro, and I could not locate any objects around me with a thin enough plastic shell to actually see-through. As far as clothing is concerned, the same results were observed. So the possibility of using this for nefarious purposes remains very, very limited, if at all.

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Update: OnePlus has silently patched the OnePlus 8 Pro’s color filter camera to no longer be accessible through ADB commands

Somewhere along the way, through intervening updates, OnePlus has silently patched the ability to access the OnePlus 8 Pro’s color filter camera through ADB commands. You can no longer run the commands to access the color filter camera. The command no longer launches the factory app anymore and returns “Activity not started because the current activity is being kept for the user” instead. You now need to rely solely on OnePlus’ implementation to get some use out of this hardware.

Source: /r/OnePlus

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Update: Still works on Android 11 Developer Preview 4

According to XDA Senior Member cyberbandit1998, the ADB commands still work to surface the OnePlus 8 Pro’s color filter camera, but only on the Android 11 Developer Preview 4-based build of OxygenOS 11 that was recently released. However, we do not expect the functionality to remain present on the stable builds when they do get released.

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Forums for Realme 7 series and ZTE Axon 20 are now open

There has been a significant uptick in the smartphone launches in the last few weeks, with the likes of Realme, ZTE, Xiaomi, and Samsung bringing their latest offerings to the market. Last month, we opened forums for the ASUS ZenFone 7, Moto G9, Realme C12/15, Galaxy Z Fold 2, and Galaxy Tab S7. Today we are launching XDA forums for three new smartphones, namely, the Realme 7, Realme 7 Pro, and ZTE Axon 20 5G.

Realme 7

The Realme 7 is a direct successor to the Realme 6 that was launched six months ago. The phone continues to feature the same 6.5-inch LCD with a 90Hz refresh rate as its predecessor but brings along an upgraded silicone in the form of MediaTek Helio G95, a bigger 5,000 mAh battery, and a switch to a 64MP Sony IMX682 sensor. We also see a bump in RAM, with Realme now offering 6GB of RAM on the base variant and up to 8GB on the top model. Other specs are more or less the same as the Realme 6, including an 8MP wide-angle camera, 2MP depth, and macro cameras, a 16MP selfie camera, a 30W fast charger, and a side-mounted fingerprint scanner.

Realme 7 XDA Forums

Realme 7 Pro

The Realme 7 Pro succeeds the Realme 6 Pro and brings improvements in the areas of display, camera, and charging speed. The phone packs a 6.4-inch Super AMOLED display, Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G SoC, up to 8GB of RAM and 128GB UFS 2.1 flash storage, a 64MP Sony IMX682 primary sensor, and a 4,500 mAh battery. The biggest highlight of the Realme 7 Pro is the 65W SuperDart charger, which comes inside the box and claims to fully charge the phone in just 34 minutes.

Realme 7 Pro XDA Forums

ZTE Axon 20 5G

The ZTE Axon 20 5G is the first commercial smartphone to bring the under-display camera tech to the market. It flaunts a 6.9.2-inch 90Hz OLED display that also hides the selfie camera and an in-display fingerprint scanner underneath it. On the inside, the phone is powered by the familiar Snapdragon 765G SoC coupled with up to 8GB of RAM and 128GB/256GB of storage. In terms of optics, the phone carries a quad-camera setup on the back comprised of a 64MP primary shooter, an 8MP ultra-wide camera, and two 2MP depth and macro sensors. The phone runs Android 10 out-of-the-box and packs a 4,220 mAh battery with support for a 30W fast charger.

ZTE Axon 20 5G XDA Forums

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Pentastic is a new Good Lock module to theme the Galaxy Note’s S Pen

Samsung’s Good Lock app offers a great set of first-party customization tools that lets you personalize almost every aspect of your Galaxy device. It packs in a ton of different modules with which you can customize everything from the lock screen to your device’s theme. And the best part is that the company keeps introducing new modules ever so often, which give you access to even more personalization options.

Earlier this year, the company updated Good Lock to support devices running One UI 2.0 based on Android 10, and shortly thereafter, the company updated the LockStar, Clockface, and NavStar modules to support the new software release. Since then, the company has rolled out new features for the One Hand Operations+ module and introduced the new Home Up module for One UI Home customizations. Now, just a few weeks after the Galaxy Note 20 launch, the company has released a new module called Pentastic for S Pen customizations.

Pentastic pic.twitter.com/Qd4GtVYm0d

— Max Weinbach (@MaxWinebach) September 3, 2020

The new Pentastic Good Lock module has started rolling out on the Samsung Galaxy Store, and it lets you theme the S Pen experience on your device. The module gives you the option to change the look of the Air Commands menu, choose a new on-screen pointer for the S Pen, play a different sound when you pull out the S Pen, and customize a Double tap shortcut.

The Pentastic module includes 4 Air Command menu choices, six pointer options, and six sound effects. It also has a custom option for the pointer and sound customizations, which will let you use a custom pointer and play any sound effect when you pull the S Pen out of the device. The Double tap shortcut option lets you launch an S Pen feature by double-tapping the pen on the display while holding the S Pen button or launch any app of your choice.

If you’re interested in trying out the new Pentastic Good Lock module on your Galaxy Note device, you can either download it from the Galaxy Store or sideload the APK from the APKMirror. The module works as intended on the new Galaxy Note 20 series and the Galaxy Note 10 series from last year. In case you have an older Galaxy Note device lying around, be sure to let us know if the module works on your device in the comments section below.

Download the Pentastic Good Lock module from APKMirror

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Mozilla rolls out Firefox 80 for Android, bringing back the back button

Towards the end of July this year, Mozilla rolled out Firefox 79 for Android with a year’s worth of changes. However, the release was met with criticism from users as it was missing several features and extensions that were previously available on the browser. For instance, Firefox 79 offered support for only a handful of extensions at launch, it didn’t include the about:config page, it had local password migration issues, and design problems with the revamped tab switcher. In an attempt to address these issues, Mozilla is now rolling out Firefox 80 for Android with the following changes:

• Firefox 80 brings back the back button based on the feedback from users. The update also introduces a view tab history feature that can be enabled by long-pressing the tab.
• Enhanced tracking protection on by default
• The update now lets users open as many tabs as they like and organize them into Collections.
• Private browsing mode can now be accessed with a single tap.
• The bottom navigation bar now facilitates a more ergonomic browsing experience.
• The update introduces a dedicated Dark Mode switch.
• Users can now multitask with videos playing in picture-in-picture mode.
• Firefox 80 is powered by the independent GeckoView engine.

Along with the changes mentioned above, Firefox 80 for Android also includes a bunch of security fixes. You can check out all the security vulnerabilities fixed in the latest release by following this link. Additionally, Firefox 80 brings the following changes for web developers:

• Developer Tools
  • You can now block and unblock network requests using the :block and :unblock helper commands in the Web Console.
  • When adding a class to an element in the Page Inspector’s Rules pane, existing classes are suggested with autocomplete.
  • When the Debugger breaks on an exception, the tooltip in the source pane now shows disclosure triangle that reveals a stack trace.
  • In the Network Monitor request list, a turtle icon is shown for “slow” requests that exceed a configurable threshhold for the waiting time.

For a full list of changes for web developers, you can check out the ‘Firefox 80 for developers’ post by following this link.

Firefox Browser: fast, private & safe web browser (Free, Google Play) →

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Source: Mozilla

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Google Maps is preparing to add a dark mode for menus and settings

Over the past year, Google has been gradually updating all its app with a new dark mode setting. The company recently released dark mode support for Google Translate, Google Docs, Google Sheets, and Google Slides. And now, the company is preparing to add a dark mode option for menus and settings on Google Maps. While Google released a dark mode for navigation on Google Maps back in 2018, the app didn’t include an option to turn on dark mode for the menus and settings pages. According to a recent tweet from Alessandro Paluzzi (@alex193a), the company is finally working on adding a universal dark mode toggle to the app.

#Google is finally working on the dark mode for Google Maps pic.twitter.com/DhbLeaiY9G

— Alessandro Paluzzi (@alex193a) September 3, 2020

As you can see in the screenshots shared in the tweet, the new dark theme option in Google Maps can be found within the Appearance section in the app settings. Tapping on the option brings up a pop-up window with three options — Light theme, Dark theme, and Default to device theme. Selecting the Dark theme option and tapping on the Save button converts all of the app’s white UI elements to a dark gray, with the text going from black to white to maintain visibility.

The Default to device theme option, on the other hand, will let Google Maps automatically pick the system-wide theme currently in use. This means that if you’re using a scheduled system-wide dark mode, the app will conform to the current theme based on your global settings. As of now, it isn’t clear which version of the app will introduce the new Dark theme setting. Paluzzi managed to manually enable the feature in version 10.5.0 of the app, but it isn’t available for users at the moment. We will update this post as soon as the feature starts rolling out to users.

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Source: Twitter

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Samsung rolls out the September 2020 security update to the Galaxy A21s, Galaxy A51, and Galaxy A70

Samsung on Thursday began rolling out the September 2020 security update for a handful of its mid-range smartphones, including the Galaxy A21s, the Galaxy A51, and the Galaxy A70. The firmware versions are A217FXXU3ATH4, A515FXXS3BTH4, and A705FNXXU5BTH4, respectively.

News of this rollout was first published by SamMobile, who said the new OTA updates are rolling out in a handful of markets, with larger availability expected in the coming days and weeks.

Samsung Galaxy A21s Forums

SamMobile claims the September 2020 security update was first seen on the Galaxy A21s in Ukraine and Russia; the update for the Galaxy A51 was seen in Russia, and the Galaxy A70 update was seen in Ukraine.

Samsung Galaxy A51 Forums

Samsung is typically pretty good about pushing out monthly security updates, with the Korean company recently releasing the September 2020 security update for the Galaxy Note 9, the Galaxy S10 series, and the Galaxy Note 10 Lite.

Samsung Galaxy A70 Forums

You can check to see if the update is available to download by going to Settings > Software update. We don’t know if the update introduces any new features or changes, so it looks like this month’s update is simply aimed at improving your device’s security. Google publishes the Android Security Bulletin on the first Monday of each month, so we don’t have all the details on what vulnerabilities have been patched in the September 2020 security update. These devices also aren’t on Samsung’s big list of phones getting the One UI 2.5 update but it’s unlikely that Samsung won’t bring feature updates to these devices anyway.

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