OnePlus’ HydrogenOS 11 comes with redesigned Weather app, Always-On Display, and more

During a live-streamed event earlier today, OnePlus unveiled the latest version of its custom Android skin for China — HydrogenOS 11. The software is based on Android 11 and it brings a ton of new features for OnePlus devices, including Always-on Display functionality, smart gallery, voice notes, multi-user Zen mode, an improved dark mode, and more.

As per a recent report from ITHome, HydrogenOS 11 adopts a new inclusive design that is expected to improve user experience. According to OnePlus’ Creative Director Zeng Xi, HydrogenOS 11 makes use of the simplest elements to create an inclusive design that will help users easily grasp information on the screen at a glance. The new wallpapers in HydrogenOS 11 also echo this design approach and serve to provide relevant information like the current weather conditions and time of day.

Official Video of OnePlus’s HydrogenOS 11 for China. Expect OxygenOS 11 to be heavily influenced by it but with Google Play Services. New Always on Display, Animations & One Hand usage. #OnePlus #HydrogenOS11 pic.twitter.com/IbdXKrj7eg

— Ishan Agarwal (@ishanagarwal24) August 10, 2020

As mentioned earlier, HydrogenOS 11 includes quite a few new features alongside the new design. The company has finally included always-on display functionality in the OS, a new smart gallery with integrated image/video editing features, voice notes with support for AI-powered speech-to-text conversion, a one-handed mode, and a multi-user Zen mode to help users disconnect with friends and family.

HydrogenOS 11 also features an improved dark mode that makes use of different shades of black to highlight important information on the screen. The dark mode also comes with a quick settings toggle and support for time-based activation. It’s also worth noting that the new dark mode has passed the WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines) Double A certification, which means that it will provide a better dark mode experience to users with visual impairments.

Furthermore, HydrogenOS 11 brings a new ORM memory management system that’s expected to improve memory utilization, run more applications while using the same amount of memory, and reduce the chances of an app being killed in the background.

HydrogenOS 11 Availability

As ITHome points out, the software update will be available for all OnePlus devices launched after the OnePlus 5T. OnePlus has already started rolling out the first HydrogenOS 11 beta build for the OnePlus 8 and OnePlus 8 Pro, and the first developer preview build is expected to be released sometime next month. The stable version is scheduled to reach supported devices in Q4 2020. We’ll be posting download links and flashing instructions, along with the complete changelog, for the first beta release shortly.

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Source: Weibo

Via: ITHome

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Amazon will rebrand Twitch Prime to Prime Gaming, in line with other Amazon products like Prime Music and Prime Video

Amazon acquired Twitch, the video live streaming service, back in August 2014. Twitch has flourished since then and continues to be a market leader in the realm of video game live streaming despite competition from YouTube. Back in September 2016, Twitch had announced Twitch Prime, a service that provided premium features to Amazon Prime subscribers. These premium features included ad-free streaming, free add-on content, and even game discounts. Now, news has emerged that Amazon might finally look to rebrand Twitch Prime to Prime Gaming, bringing its branding inline with other Amazon products and services such as Prime Video and Prime Music.

According to an email sent by Twitch to its partners, and as accessed by industry insider Rod ‘Slasher’ Breslau, Twitch and Amazon will be rebranding Twitch Prime to Prime Gaming to “make it clearer” to members, and bring the service branding in line with other Amazon products such as Prime Music and Prime Video.

After four years, Twitch Prime will be rebranding to Prime Gaming to make it clearer for Prime Gaming members to discover all the gaming benefits their membership offers, including must-have content for the world’s most played games, and free monthly subscriptions to help you grow your audience from the millions of worldwide Amazon Prime members.

So what does that mean for you? More opportunities!

It means more chances to grow your viewership across all types of gamers from the Amazon Prime member base and opportunities to be featured in future Prime Gaming promotions.

Apart from the rebranding, there does not appear to be any other real change. With this, all the services that are available under Amazon Prime membership will be self-explanatory to new subscribers. Prime Gaming would thus co-exist alongside Prime Video and Prime Music in selected regions, along with the options of free and fast shipping from Amazon under the Prime membership.

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Source: Slasher

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Qualcomm reportedly wants to sell its 5G Snapdragon chips to Huawei

Last week, Huawei dropped an ominous announcement that the Huawei Mate 40 will likely be the last smartphone with a HiSilicon Kirin chip. Contract chipmakers have been barred from using US-developed tech to fabricate chips for Huawei after September 15, 2020, thus effectively barring TSMC from fabricating Kirin chipsets. Now, it appears that Qualcomm is lobbying for a license to sell its 5G Snapdragon SoCs to Huawei for use in its flagships and other lineups.

According to a report from the Wall Street Journal, US-based Qualcomm is lobbying the Trump administration to roll back restrictions on the sale of advanced components to Huawei. Qualcomm presents that the export ban will not stop Huawei from obtaining necessary components, and instead, it will hand over billions of dollars of Huawei sales to other competitors. Qualcomm presented Huawei as a customer for $8 billion worth of orders. And because of the license requirements upon US firms, this business now potentially goes to “two foreign competitors”, referring to Taiwan’s MediaTek and South Korea’s Samsung. Denying Qualcomm a license will help Qualcomm’s foreign competitors while hardly affecting Huawei as it can source components elsewhere. Granting a license would generate billions of dollars in sales for Qualcomm and help it fund development fo new technologies, Qualcomm argued.

If Qualcomm is allowed to sell chips to Huawei, it can fill in the large shoes needed in the absence of a Kirin flagship. The next generation of Kirin SoCs to be used in the Huawei Mate 40 have already been fabricated, but flagships and other lineups beyond are now in a limbo. Huawei is already experimenting with high-end MediaTek Dimensity chipsets in a few devices, so that could be the direction for the future. The Snapdragon flagships offer the best performance in the Android space, so it remains to be seen how the situation unfolds if Qualcomm is allowed to sell to Huawei.

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Source: Wall Street Journal

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OPPO Reno4 Z 5G and OPPO Reno4 Lite get certified for a possible global launch

Following the launch of the Snapdragon 720G powered Reno4 Pro (global) late last month, Chinese OEM OPPO is now gearing up to launch the 5G-enabled Reno4 (CPH2091) and Reno4 Pro (CPH2089) globally. The Snapdragon 765G powered mid-range devices, which were launched in China earlier this year in June, recently received Global Certification Forum (GCF) certification. This leads us to believe that the device will be launched in global markets in the coming weeks.

Along with the Reno4 5G and Reno4 Pro 5G, OPPO has also filed for certification for two new Reno4 series devices — the OPPO Reno4 Z 5G (CPH2065) and the OPPO Reno4 Lite (CPH2125). Certification filing for Reno4 Z 5G (CPH2065) has been spotted on the FCC, with the listing showcasing the design of the back panel.

A Bluetooth SIG filing for CPH2065 reveals that the device will feature a 6.57-inch HD+ display, a 4,000mAh battery, a 2.0GHz MediaTek octa-core processor, and it’ll run ColorOS 7.1 based on Android 10. Considering the given specifications, we believe that the Reno4 Z 5G will be powered by a low-end MediaTek Dimensity 5G chipset.

The OPPO Reno4 Lite (CPH2125) has also been spotted in a Bluetooth SIG filing, which reveals that the device will feature a 6.43-inch HD+ display, a 4,000mAh battery, a 2.0GHz MediaTek octa-core processor, and it’ll run ColorOS 7.2 based on Android 10.

Another device with the model number CPH2123 has been spotted on the FCC website, which might be a variant of the upcoming Reno4 Lite. The FCC listing doesn’t reveal much about CPH2123, but it does specify that the device doesn’t have 5G band certification. The Reno4 Lite will, most likely, feature a higher-end MediaTek Helio chipset. As of now, OPPO hasn’t released any official information about the devices mentioned above. We expect to learn more from the company in the following weeks.

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Source: GCF (1,2), FCCID (1,2,3), Bluetooth SIG (1,2)

Featured image: OPPO Reno4

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Gboard rolls out smart completion and undo autocorrect on backspace, tests new Google Assistant dictation

In a recent teardown of Gboard v9.7, we discovered strings of code regarding a couple of new features making their way to the popular keyboard app. These included a new Ask Assistant button to trigger the Google Assistant, smart completion support, and a feature that would undo auto-correct on tapping backspace. Now, Google has started rolling out some of these features in the latest stable release of the Gboard app.

Gboard v9.7.03 has started rolling out on the stable channel and it brings smart completion support to the app, along with a new undo auto-correct on backspace toggle. Our Editor-in-Chief, Mishaal Rahman, has shared the following screenshots of the new features in action.

Nice to see Gboard add support for smart completions. pic.twitter.com/oxCtnv85Qi

— Mishaal Rahman (@MishaalRahman) August 9, 2020

As you can see in the attached screenshots, there’s a new ‘Smart completions’ toggle in Gboard settings that you can enable to turn on the new feature. Much like the Smart Compose feature on Gmail and Google Docs, Smart completions in Gboard makes use of machine learning to provide suggestions to help you complete a sentence. The suggestions appear right next to whatever you’re typing in the text box and you can swipe right across the suggested sentence to autocomplete it.

On another device, I’ve also got an “undo autocorrect on backspace” toggle. Because Gboard’s autocorrections sometimes suck. pic.twitter.com/U75lEDh5ay

— Mishaal Rahman (@MishaalRahman) August 9, 2020

Along with the Smart completions feature, the Gboard update also brings an ‘Undo auto-correct on backspace’ setting. Once enabled, the setting will let you easily revert back to the original text by tapping the backspace key when Gboard’s autocorrect messes up.

What about this? @MishaalRahman pic.twitter.com/7Ai88V86Ie

— Sir ‘#EndDiscrimination’ Henry (@TotalSecurily) August 9, 2020

Additionally, Gboard has also started testing a new Google Assistant-powered dictation feature which was first showcased at Google I/O 2019. Strings related to the feature were spotted in a recent teardown of Gboard v9.6.3 beta and it now seems to be rolling out to a few users. While the feature wasn’t available on any of our devices, @TotalSecurily on Twitter has shared the following clip of the feature in action.

As you can see in the clip, tapping on the mic icon in Gboard brings up a new Google Assistant dictation interface that lets you enter text using just your voice. The feature also lets you send the message by saying send or delete whatever is typed out by saying delete. Once you’re done using the feature, you can also close it by simply saying close.

All of the new features mentioned above seem to be a part of a server-side test and they’re only available for a handful of users at the moment. While Google hasn’t released any information regarding a wider rollout, we expect the new features to reach all users in the following weeks.

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Xiaomi Mi 10i revealed as possible Indian Mi Note 10 Lite

Xiaomi launched the Mi Note 10 Lite back in April as a stripped-down version of last year’s Mi Note 10. The Mi Note 10 Lite is a photography-centric device with its 64MP quad-camera setup and features a premium-looking glass design. Xiaomi may be thinking of bringing over the Mi Note 10 Lite to India, but only after rebranding it as the Mi 10i.

XDA Member and frequent Xiaomi tipster kacskrz had found evidence that Xiaomi was working on a new smartphone for India with the codename “tocoin”, back in June 2020. This codename was spotted alongside the marketing name of “Mi 10i” indicating that the device will be rebranded to this name in India. The codename “toco” belongs to the Mi Note 10 Lite, and “tocoin” belongs to the Mi 10i, indicating that this is the rebranding that we will see for India for the same device. Twitter user the_tech_guy brought this news back to the spotlight.

Mi Note 10 Lite XDA Forums

Xiaomi India meanwhile has not shared any indications of the device actually coming to the Indian market, so we might have to wait for a while for the device to actually land here.

The Xiaomi Mi Note 10 Lite is a 4G-only device, which should not be any problem for India as the country is still some months and years away from reliable consumer-friendly 5G. Instead of 5G, the Mi Note 10 focuses on photography without breaking the bank, featuring a 64MP Sony IMX686 sensor in the primary camera on the back as compared to the 108MP sensor on the Mi Note 10. It is powered by a Snapdragon 730G  chipset. The two variants of the smartphone include 6GB/64GB and 8GB/128GB. The phone’s glass sandwich design and an AMOLED display with curved edges make it a good choice for a phone that also looks premium. The Mi Note 10 Lite also has a beefy 5260 mAh battery and a charging rate of 30W. Most of these features should be retained when the device comes to India as the Mi 10i, though we could see some variations in the RAM and storage capacities.

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OxygenOS 10.5.4 for the OnePlus Nord enhances low-light selfie and macro camera photos

The much-anticipated OnePlus Nord is finally here and is already on sale in most markets. The device received its first software update last month, which brought several performance improvements and bug fixes along with support for OnePlus Buds. Now, OnePlus is rolling out yet another software update in the form of OxygenOS 10.5.4 that further improves the front and macro camera performance, display performance, quality of video calls, and fixes some bugs. OnePlus notes this update also improves the launch speed of the Gallery app and fixes a bug which stopped the music playback when launching the front camera.

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The full changelog for the OxygenOS 10.5.4 update is posted below:

• System
  • Improved launch speed of Gallery
  • Improved display experience
  • Fixed issue of being unable to join Red Cable Club
  • Fixed issue of background music pausing when launching front camera
• Camera
  • Improved quality of video calls
  • Improved color accuracy and white balance for low-light selfies
  • Improved vibrancy and color accuracy of macro camera
• Cloud Service
  • Fixed issue of syncing Notes (India only)

The OxygenOS 10.5.3 will be rolling out to OnePlus Nord units gradually over the next few days. However, if you haven’t received the update just yet and don’t want to wait for the rollout, you can also sideload the update by flashing the update package from the below links. We have provided links to both incremental OTA and full OTA zips.

OnePlus Nord Review: Great Performance at a Great Price

Download OxygenOS 10.5.3 for the OnePlus Nord

Global

• OnePlus Nord (Global) – OxygenOS 10.5.4 Full OTA (2.4GB)
• OnePlus Nord (Global) – OxygenOS 10.5.3 –> 10.5.4 Incremental OTA (106MB)

India

• OnePlus Nord (India) – OxygenOS 10.5.4 Full OTA (2.5GB)
• OnePlus Nord (India) – OxygenOS 10.5.3 –> 10.5.4 Incremental OTA (95.3MB)

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