Samsung Internet 12 beta adds support for multiple password autofill apps

Samsung Internet is one of the most popular Chromium-based web browsers out there, as it packs in a number of additional features that you don’t get on Google Chrome. These include things like a built-in autoplay video blocker, the ability to block links that open apps, and much more. What’s even better is that the browser keeps getting new features ever so often. Most recently, a beta update for the browser introduced a privacy feature that helps you prevent sites that stop you from going back. Now, with the latest beta update, the Samsung Internet browser is getting support for multiple password autofill apps.

Up until now, one of the few drawbacks of using the Samsung Internet browser was that it only allowed you to store your login credentials in Samsung’s own cloud storage. This proved to be a bit of a hassle for people who depend on other password managers like LastPass. With the latest beta release, however, the browser is finally getting support for multiple password autofill apps.

As a recent report from Android Police points out, Samsung Internet beta 12.0.1.4 brings partial support for the Autofill API that was introduced with Android 8.0 Oreo. For the unaware, the Autofill API is designed to work equally well with any password manager you use. But since Samsung Internet is enforcing a whitelist system, it currently only supports 1Password, LastPass, and Dashlane. Google’s own password manager and Firefox Lockwise still aren’t supported in the latest update.

Along with the third-party password autofill app support, the latest beta release updates the rending engine to Chromium 79. This is a massive improvement over the Chromium 71 engine core that is currently in use on the stable channel. Sadly though, the browser doesn’t seem to support the dark themes provided by websites; a feature that was introduced in Chrome 76 last year and later improved in Chrome 77. According to the changelog on APK Mirror, the update also brings an option that will allow users to open links in secret mode from the context menu.

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LG is working on a crazy new dual screen smartphone that swivels horizontally

With an increasing number of smartphone OEMs releasing dual-screen devices last year, South Korean manufacturer LG also jumped on the bandwagon with the launch of the LG V50. However, the company’s approach to a dual-screen smartphone wasn’t anything like the Samsung Galaxy Fold or the Huawei Mate X. Instead of a foldable display, the company offered an optional dual-screen attachment with the LG V50, which was later also offered with the G8X ThinQ and the V60 ThinQ. Now, it seems like LG is planning to ditch the dual-screen attachment in favor of a new, more radical design.

According to a recent report from Korean publication ETNews, the company is currently working on a new smartphone, code-named LG Wing, which is expected to hit the market in the second half of this year. Unlike existing foldable dual-screen devices, the Wing features a second 4-inch display hidden beneath the main 6.8-inch display that can be accessed by swiveling the main display into a horizontal position.

As you can see in the image above, the second screen on the LG Wing focuses on increasing content immersion by allowing you to use the keyboard without obstructing the content on the main display. Additionally, the second screen can also be used in the portrait orientation to show related information while you work on the main display. Much like the recently released LG Velvet, the upcoming LG Wing is expected to feature a Qualcomm Snapdragon 700 series processor with 5G capability. The device will be equipped with a triple camera setup on the back, with a 64MP primary sensor, and the rest of the specifications will fall in line with LG’s ‘mass premium’ market strategy.

In order to highlight its premium image, the LG Wing is also expected to come with a personalization service that will allow buyers to choose the color of their device. As mentioned earlier, the device is scheduled to hit the market in the second half of this year with a price tag close to 1 million Won (~$816).

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Source: Heraldcorp, ETNews

Image courtesy of ETNews

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Honor 9X Pro with Kirin 810 and Huawei AppGallery launched in India

Huawei’s sub-brand Honor first unveiled the Honor 9X series in China all the way back in July last year. Earlier this year in January, the company launched the Honor 9X in India, alongside the Honor Magic Watch 2 and Band 5i. However, at the time the company didn’t launch the more-premium Honor 9X Pro in the country. After months of leaks and teasers, the company has now finally launched the Honor 9X Pro in India.

Honor 9X Pro Specifications

Specifications	Honor 9X Pro
Dimensions and Weight	163.1 x 77.2 x 8.8 mm 206g
Display	6.59-inches LCD 2340 x 1080 resolution 19.5:9 aspect ratio
SoC	HiSilicon Kirin 810: 2x ARM Cortex-A76 @ 2.27GHz + 6x ARM Cortex-A55 @1.55GHz; 7nm fabrication process Mali-G52 MP6 GPU
RAM and Storage	6GB + 256GB
Expandability	Up to 512GB via microSD
Battery	4000mAh
Fingerprint Sensor	Yes, side-mounted
Rear Camera	48MP primary sensor, f/1.8 8MP, ultrawide 2MP, depth sensor
Front Camera	16MP, f/2.2, pop-up
Connectivity	Dual 4G VoLTE Wi-Fi 802.11 ac (2.4GHz + 5GHz) Bluetooth 5.0 LE GPS + GLONASS USB Type-C 3.5mm Headphone Jack
Android Version	EMUI 9.1.1 based on Android 9 Pie

The Honor 9X Pro is a mid-range device powered by Huawei’s HiSilicon Kirin 810 chipset, which is accompanied with 6GB of RAM and 256GB of onboard storage, which is further expandable up to 512GB using a microSD card. It packs in a 6.59-inch display with no notch or hole-punch cutout and minimal bezels on all sides. Much like several other devices from last year, the 9X Pro features a pop-up camera mechanism to house the selfie camera; something that we haven’t seen in many devices launched this year.

Speaking of cameras, the Honor 9X Pro features a triple camera setup on the back with a 48MP primary sensor, an 8MP ultra wide-angle camera, and a 2MP depth sensor. Over on the front, the device has a single 16MP selfie shooter. Rounding off the specifications is a 4,000mAh battery with support for 10W wired charging via the USB Type-C port.

On the software front, the Honor 9X Pro runs EMUI 9.1.1 based on Android 9 Pie but unlike the non-pro variant, it doesn’t include Google Mobile Services or the Google Play Store. Instead, the device ships with Huawei’s alternative to Google Mobile Services and it’s the first device from the company to ship with the Huawei AppGallery.

Pricing and Availability

The Honor 9X Pro will be available exclusively via Flipkart at a price of ₹17,999 (~$238), but users will be able to get the device at a discounted price of ₹14,999 (~$199) during the special early access sale on May 21 and May 22. Registrations for the early access sale are already live and if you’re interested in purchasing the device, you can pre-book it until May 19 to get the extra ₹3,000 discount. Honor has also announced a couple of other launch offers, including no-cost EMI up to 6 months and free one-time screen replacement within 3 months of purchase. The device will be available in two color variants — Phantom Purple and Midnight Black.

Since the Honor 9X Pro has already been launched in other markets, we had the chance to play with the device earlier this year. You can check out our hands-on review of the Honor 9X Pro by following this link or you can check out TK Bay’s video on the device linked above.

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Huawei Y9s with 16MP pop-up camera, Kirin 710F launched in India

Huawei has just launched a new mid-range smartphone in India. Dubbed the Huawei Y9s, this smartphone keeps the basic design language and internal hardware of last year’s Huawei Y9 Prime, but brings along a camera refresh in the form of the 48MP primary camera to better stand against the competition.

The Huawei Y9s features a 6.59-inch IPS LTPS with a 19.5:9 aspect ratio and Full HD+ resolution, wrapped in a glass body with curved sides which Huawei calls it 3D arc design. Huawei has moved around a few things on the back so as not to repeat the exact look of the Huawei Y9 Prime. For example, all three cameras are now housed inside a vertical strip while the fingerprint scanner has been relocated to the right frame and doubles as the power button.

On the inside, the Huawei Y9s is powered by mid-range HiSilicon Kirin 710F octa-core chipset, featuring 4x ARM Cortex-A73 clocked at 2.2GHz frequency and 4x ARM Cortex-A53 efficiency cores running at 1.7GHz frequency, coupled with 6GB of RAM and 128GB of UFS 2.1 flash storage.

The quad-camera setup on this phone is comprised of a 48MP primary – a step up from the 16MP unit on the Y9 Prime – an 8MP wide-angle camera with a 120-degree field of view, and 2MP depth sensor. For selfie needs, the phone has a 16MP pop-up selfie shooter.

The Huawei Y9s is powered by a 4,000mAh battery that charges via USB-C port. The phone comes running EMUI 9.1 based on Android 9.0 Pie along with Google apps. In terms of connectivity, the phone supports Bluetooth 4.2, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, GPS/A-GPS/GLONASS, and 4G LTE. The phone does come with Google Apps support, but on the flip side, it runs on EMUI 9.1 based on Android Pie.

Huawei Y9s: Pricing and Availability

The Huawei Y9s comes in two colors – Breathing Crystal and Midnight Black – and will be exclusively available from Amazon India starting May 19 for ₹19,990. There is an option to purchase the phone with a 9-month no-cost EMI, which will get you a ₹1,000 cashback too.

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Vivo V19 with Snapdragon 712 and 33W FlashCharge 2.0 launched in India

Owing to the lockdown imposed by the government to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in India, several smartphone OEMs had previously postponed new smartphone launches in the country. But with the recent lockdown relaxation, manufacturers have once again started launching new devices in the market. In the past few weeks, we’ve seen several new devices hit the market, including the OnePlus 8 series, Xiaomi Mi 10, and the Realme Narzo series. Adding on to the list, Chinese OEM Vivo has now launched the Snapdragon 712-powered Vivo V19 in India.

Vivo V19 Specifications

Specification	Vivo V19
Dimension & Weight	159.64 x 75.04 x 8.5 mm 186.5g
Display	6.44″ AMOLED FHD+ 100% DCI-P3 color gamut Dual hole-punch cutout Corning Gorilla Glass 6
Security	In-display fingerprint sensor Software-based face recognition
System-on-Chip	Qualcomm Snapdragon 712
RAM	8GB
Storage	128GB 256GB
Battery & Charging	4,500 mAh 33W FlashCharge 2.0
Rear Camera	48MP primary camera 8MP ultra wide-angle camera 2MP depth sensor 2MP macro camera
Front Camera	32MP primary selfie camera 8MP ultra wide-angle camera
Software Version	Funtouch OS 10 based on Android 10
Connectivity	USB Type-C Bluetooth v5.0 Dual-band WiFi (2.4GHz/5GHz)
Colors	Mystic Silver, Piano Black

The all-new Vivo V19 packs in a 6.44-inch FHD+ AMOLED display with a dual-hole punch cutout in the top right corner for the selfie cameras. Both the front and the back of the device are protected by Corning Gorilla Glass 6. As mentioned earlier, the device is powered by Qualcomm’s mid-range Snapdragon 712 chipset, coupled with 8GB of RAM and up to 256GB of internal storage.

In the camera department, the Vivo V19 features a quad-camera setup on the back arranged in an L-shaped array. These include a 48MP primary camera, an 8MP ultra-wide camera, a 2MP sensor for depth perception, and a 2MP dedicated macro camera. Over on the front, the device has a 32MP primary selfie shooter and an 8MP 105° wide-angle camera.

The Vivo V19 features a design similar to most other modern smartphones, with a large rectangular camera module on the back and minimal bezels over on the front.  Both the volume rocker and power button can be found on the right edge of the device, with the SIM card tray housed on the left edge. The device has a USB Type-C port for charging and data syncing, along with other connectivity options like Bluetooth v5.0, 2.4GHz/5GHz dual-band WiFi, and OTG support.

Rounding things off is a respectable 4,500mAh battery with support for 33W FashCharge 2.0, which is capable of charging the battery from 0 to70% in 40 minutes with the included charger. As with most other Vivo devices launched recently, the Vivo V19 runs Funtouch OS 10 based on Android 10.

Pricing and Availability

The Vivo V19 will be available in two color variants — Mystic Silver and Piano Black — at a starting price of ₹27,990 (~$370) for the 8GB/128GB variant. The 8GB/256GB variant, on the other hand, has been priced at ₹31,990 (~$424).

The device will go on sale starting May 15th via the company’s own online store, Amazon.in, Flipkart, and partner offline stores. Vivo has also extended a couple of launch offers for early purchasers, including 10% cashback with HDFC and ICICI credit cards, one-time free screen replacement, no-cost EMI options for up to 12 months, and exclusive Jio/Airtel benefits.

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Google Maps is rolling out a redesigned real-time location sharing UI

Google Maps is one of Google’s flagship services, having served countless users over the years. Features such as Live View AR navigation, new transit features such as crowdedness predictions, assisted public transit routes, and more — all work together to make Google Maps the de-facto navigation solution for so many users. The app has even adapted itself to the COIVD-19 era when more people are urged to stay home, by providing useful information such as food and night shelter information in India, as well as information on which local restaurants are still working. While COVID-19 advisories are still in place, Google is rolling out a redesigned UI for its real-time location sharing feature, in case you do need to move out.

Real-time location sharing was introduced back in March 2017, allowing users to share their location with their contacts with just a few taps. People who have received a location share can open Maps on their phones to see the real-time location of the sender. The basic idea behind the function has remained the same, but the UI is now receiving a refresh. As reported by AndroidPolice, an update to Google Maps coupled with a server-side rollout has brought a new interface to the app’s location-sharing interface.

This new refresh brings along a new floating action button and surfaces more detailed information and makes them visible at a glance. Within the location sharing interface, the blue bar at the top is replaced by a white bar, while the contacts and links with their details are now present at the bottom in a vertically expanding list. The location sharing prompt has also been changed, now coming in with more rounded edges and a fake drop-down menu. Your own current location is also shown off in a floating card, along with your current address and the phone’s current charge level.

The new changes are rolling out through the Google Maps 10.40.2 update, coinciding with a server-side flag. If you would like to check out the new UI, you can try sideloading the latest update.

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Google Translate 6.8.0 adds a COVID-19 info card and prepares to let you save transcripts

Earlier this year in March, Google finally rolled out real-time translation in Google Translate which allows users to record speech in one language and have them translated on your phone in near real-time. The feature, called Transcribe, differs from Google Translate’s older transcription feature that required you to input text or voice and then wait for the translation. However, despite its usefulness, the feature surprisingly didn’t allow users to save transcripts. But that might change soon, as a teardown of the latest version of Google Translate (v6.8.0) has revealed code which suggests that Google is working to include a save transcripts feature in the app.

An APK teardown can often predict features that may arrive in a future update of an application, but it is possible that any of the features we mention here may not make it in a future release. This is because these features are currently unimplemented in the live build and may be pulled at any time by the developers in a future build.

Once live, the save transcripts option in the real-time translation feature will bring up a prompt that will alert users to save their transcripts after the translation is completed. The new strings of code also reveal that users will be able to delete saved transcripts, rename them, and view all saved transcripts. In case a user tries to exit the Transcribe feature without saving the transcript, the app will also push an alert that states: “If you exit Transcribe, you will lose your current unsaved transcript. Are you sure you want to exit?”

<string name="delete_transcript">Delete transcript?</string>
<string name="hint_save_transcript">Name</string>
<string name="msg_delete_transcript">Are you sure to delete the transcript \"%s\"?</string>
<string name="msg_exit_session_transcribe">If you exit Transcribe, you will lose your current unsaved transcript. Are you sure you want to exit?</string>
<string name="rename_transcript">Rename transcript</string>
<string name="save_transcript">Save transcript</string>
<string name="saved_transcript_title">Saved transcripts</string>

Additionally, a few other strings hint at an upcoming option that will let you choose the audio input source for the real-time translation feature. With this option, users will be able to select either their phone’s microphone or the headset microphone for the real-time translation.

<string name="label_listen_choose_microphone">Choose microphone</string>
<string name="label_listen_headset_microphone">Headset</string>
<string name="label_listen_phone_microphone">Phone</string>

In terms of user-facing changes, Google Translate v6.8.0 adds a new COVID-19 card that will pop up whenever users translate a word related to the ongoing pandemic. As you can see in the screenshot below, translating the word coronavirus brings up the new card which includes a hyperlink to help users easily get the latest information on the pandemic.

While the new COVID-19 card is already live on the latest version of Google Translate, we currently have no information on when the other two features will be added to the app. We’ll update this post as soon as Google releases the feature in a future version of the app.

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