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Android 12, the most recent version of the mobile operating system, is presently available, and Google has also announced Android 12L, which should be available soon.
Finally, Google has begun development on Android 13, dubbed “Tiramisu,” which will be the company’s next big update. According to a fresh report from XDA-Developers, there are four major changes in the version. App Languages, Runtime Permission for Notifications, TARE — The Android Resource Economy, and Lock Screen Clock Layout are the four significant improvements or features coming to Android 13. More information on them may be found below.
Languages Used in Apps
With the “App Language” options in Android 13, it looks that users will be able to specify multiple languages for different applications. Android now sets the language system-wide rather than app-by-app.
Notifications Permission at Runtime
Google appears to be concerned about notification malware, and Android 13 has new permission called “POST NOTIFICATIONS,” suggesting that notifications might become an opt-in feature. It suggests that consumers may be able to choose whether or not they want the app to give them alerts.
This is worth noting that Samsung has previously included something similar in the current Android 12-based One UI 4 for notifications permission.
According to new information, Google’s next Pixel Watch will be powered by a Samsung Exynos CPU and will have the next-generation Google Assistant. Before we get into the potential features of Google’s impending Wear OS smartwatch, one issue that remains unresolved is how the firm will brand the gadget.
Fitbit has revealed plans for a Wear OS device and Google’s own wearable with integrations. While branding and marketing of Google’s smartwatch are likely still in the works, our team unearthed evidence suggesting the company was considering releasing a Pixel-branded watch. Since the second year of the Pixel line, Google has included an Android “function” tag in phones called “PIXEL_EXPERIENCE”. Some Google apps look for this tag to know when to offer Pixel-exclusive features. With subsequent generations of Pixel phones, Google has continued to create more features that are exclusive to the latest Pixel phones.
This resulted in annual feature tags like “PIXEL_EXPERIENCE_2021” for the Pixel 6 series, as well as tags like “PIXEL_EXPERIENCE_2020_MIDYEAR” for the Pixel 5a.
Wear OS’s Next-Gen Assistant
That since the launch of the Google Pixel 4, the Pixel series phones have included “the next generation assistant.” This version of the Assistant is unique in that it processes your speech directly on your device rather than through Google’s servers, resulting in incredible speed. The ability to accomplish things in your app with only your voice, such as filtering a gallery in Google Photos, is the most essential feature of the Next Generation Assistant. In addition, some operations, such as updating phone settings, maybe completed totally offline by the next-generation assistant.
While browsing through various Google apps, our team found references to “Rohan,” reported by Front Page Tech and Business Insider as a codename associated with the Pixel Watch. Thanks to these references, we were able to directly link “Rohan” to the addition of the next-generation assistant to Wear OS devices. Since the Next Generation Assistant is still a Pixel exclusive, this also indicates that “Rohan” is a “Pixel” watch.
Exynos chip as a possibility
The next-generation assistant must be able to process speech directly on the device in order to operate like it does on Pixel phones. This would very certainly necessitate the use of a high-end smartwatch chip. We found evidence that the gadget might be powered by a Samsung Exynos CPU when hunting for references to the codename “Rohan” in several locations in Wear OS Code. It’s unclear whether this is the same Exynos W920 processor seen in the Galaxy Watch 4. While not confirmed, the use of an Exynos processor in a Pixel Watch wouldn’t be surprising. Samsung and Google collaborated closely on the development and distribution of Wear OS 3, with the Galaxy Watch 4 acting as the official launch device for the new Wear OS version based on Android 11.
The high-end Exynos chip, the Galaxy Watch 4 is the current pinnacle. what an Android smartwatch can be. Beyond that, the Google Tensor chips that power the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro are basically Samsung Exynos chips that are built into components designed by Google such as the Tensor Processing Unit (TPU). It’s possible that Google will take an Exynos chip, but some of its own hardware in it, and brand it as a Google Tensor chip. Or, it could just be released with an Exynos branded chip.
N4X process technology was introduced, which is appropriate for the severe expectations of High-Performance Computing (HPC) devices. N4X represents the greatest performance and maximum clock frequencies in the 5-nanometer family and is the first of TSMC‘s specialised HPC technology solutions.
The “X” designation is reserved for TSMC technologies developed specifically for HPC products. Leveraging its expertise in 5nm volume production, TSMC further enhanced its technology with features ideal for high-performance computing products to create N4X. These features include:
N4X features for high-performance computing products
⧭High driving current and maximum frequency are maximised in device design and construction.
⧭Optimizing the back-end metal stack for high-performance designs
⧭metal-insulator-metal capacitors with a very high density for reliable power supply under quality and performance loads
Its HPC capabilities will enable the N4X to give up to a 15% performance boost over the N5 and a 4% performance boost over the 1.2 volt N4P. The N4X can generate driving voltages of more than 1.2 volts and offers improved performance. Customers can also use the N5 process’s shared design standards to speed up the creation of their N4X products. By the first half of 2023, TSMC anticipates N4X to be in production at risk.
“HPC is now TSMC’s fastest-growing business segment and we are proud to introduce N4X, the first in line. “X” of our extreme performance semiconductor technologies. Said Dr Kevin Zhang, senior vice president of business development at TSMC. “The demands of the HPC segment are relentless and TSMC has not only adapted our ‘X’ semiconductor technologies to release maximum performance but has also combined them with our advanced 3DFabric ™ packaging technologies to provide the best platform. HPC. TSMC’s HPC Not only does N4X technology provide performance-optimized silicon, but it also provides maximum design flexibility with its superior 3DFabric packaging technologies and a broad design activation platform through our global partners. TSMC’s open innovation platform is a part of this ecosystem.
In 3D product renderings, the Samsung Galaxy A83 is depicted. Like the Galaxy S22 Ultra, it has an upgraded triple camera with a water drop camera design. We already know a lot about the Samsung Galaxy A series line for 2022 in recent weeks. Consider the Samsung Galaxy A13, A33, A53, and A73. It’s also possible that a more sophisticated Galaxy A83 may be released. The Galaxy A82 was only introduced last year in China and India, where it was dubbed the Galaxy Quantum 2 model. It is the successor of the iconic Galaxy A80, and it has a revolving camera that can be retracted.
In April 2021, the Quantum 2 / A82 was shown. The successor’s details are still scant. That didn’t stop Technizo Idea, a graphic designer, from inventing his own concept template. The phone is available in two colour options: traditional black and cool green.
A flat AMOLED display is included on the Samsung A83.
The Samsung A83 5G designed by Technizo Concept has clear characteristics of the popular A-series, but also the high-end S series. The front shows a beautiful screen filling the screen. Presumably, the device will again be equipped with a large flat screen. Think of a 6.6 “screen – just like the Galaxy S22 Plus. It is most likely a dynamic AMOLED display with a 120Hz refresh rate. Maybe the screen supports a resolution. High QHD +, as is the case with the Quantum 2. This is unlike the Galaxy S21 and S21 Plus – both have reduced image resolution, resulting in a Full HD + display. The Galaxy S22 and S22 Plus are expected to have a Full HD + display again. Galaxy S22 Ultra (S22 Note) will support QHD + resolution. It would be good for Samsung to keep a budget model in its range with this high screen resolution. The A83 would be ideal for this. The fingerprint sensor is also likely to be processed under the screen.
Samsung is known for filing patents for smartphone models with flexible screens on a regular basis. Some, like the Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Galaxy Z Flip 3, can be folded. Others, like the Slideable Samsung Display that debuted earlier this year, are pull-out. LetsGoDigital reported about a Samsung dual-slide smartphone earlier this week, and a Galaxy Z Fold & Slide was also recently touted.
Samsung engineers have a lot of innovative ideas. Of course, not all of these models will be available. Only those models will be published that provide the optimal user experience. The South Korean company was recently given another patent for a novel sliding smartphone with a fixed screen position. This results in a gadget that can function as a smartphone, tablet, and small laptop.
Samsung’s sliding phone has a foldable screen.
Samsung Electronics submitted a patent application with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) on June 10, 2021, for an “Electronic device capable of folding and sliding operations.” On December 16, 2021, the 83-page manual was released. The innovative Samsung smartphone seems to be a standard gadget in its most compact configuration. It’s a fashionable smartphone with a high screen-to-body ratio. At the top and bottom, a very small frame margin is visible. In contrast to the right, the left side of the screen is rounded.
Its user may simply expand the screen area, which is then dragged from the left side of the screen at the front. This stretches the screen to the right, similar to what we saw with Samsung Display’s Slideable early this year.
But, there is a significant distinction to notice, because this time Samsung has placed an additional hinge inside, so that the enlarged screen surface may be bent into the proper position. There are four different ways to lock the screen.
Sony’s semiconductor business announced earlier today that it has developed the world’s first stacked CMOS image sensor with two layers of pixels. transistors in pixels This unique design doubles the sensor’s light-gathering capability when compared to a traditional stacked CMOS sensor. More room is beneficial to both photodiodes and transistors.
Sony was able to considerably expand the space dedicated to each photodiode by shifting most of the transistors to a separate layer of the silicon substrate than that utilised for light collection. The signal saturation level, or the maximum number of electrons that may be held at each pixel point, is thereby doubled. Simultaneously, by shifting most transistors to their own layer, each transistor’s individual size may be enhanced. And, not unexpectedly, Sony has done precisely that.
Now, what does that really mean in terms of image quality? By increasing the sensor’s saturation level, Sony has also expanded the chip’s dynamic range or the span from the darkest to brightest values it can detect. It has also lowered output noise levels by increasing the amplifier transistors.
It’s vital to remember that just because the signal saturation level has been doubled doesn’t mean the dynamic range has been doubled as well. (It also doesn’t indicate a 50% reduction in noise levels.) Other aspects of the sensor’s architecture will also play a role, and Sony has yet to quantify the DR or noise reduction improvements it has made.
First, look for technology in smartphones and small-pitch sensors.
Nonetheless, it’s evident that a significant move forward in both areas is possible. We anticipate that this revelation will have the biggest impact on smaller, higher-resolution sensors like those used in smartphones, before spreading to bigger sensors, as it did when backside-illuminated sensor designs initially became popular.
Because each photodiode has less surface area, to begin with, the potential for improvement in a tiny, high-resolution sensor is larger than it would be in a sensor with low resolution and/or a big surface area. Sony acknowledges this, stating that their technology would enable “the realisation of progressively high-quality photography such as smartphone images.”
The OnePlus Nord 2 CE features a triple camera configuration, a punch-hole display, and a 3.5mm audio port, according to renderings. A 6.4-inch AMOLED display, Dimensity 900, and a 4,500mAh battery are among the highlights. The OnePlus Nord 2 CE will be released in India in Q1 2022.
OnePlus Nord 2 CE, which is internally called OnePlus Ivan, has been the subject of rumours in recent days. We exclusively revealed the specifications of the OnePlus Nord 2 CE and that it will arrive in India and Europe in the first quarter of 2022. 91mobiles now brings your first glimpse of the OnePlus Nord 2 CE as rendered in association with well-known whistleblower products Yogesh Brar. These pictures show that the design of the phone is almost similar to that of the Nord 2, except for the rear camera layout.
The 3.5mm audio jack will be retained on the Nord 2 CE. The OnePlus Nord 2 CE is available with a grey colour scheme (and we also have one in an olive green colour). Due to the lack of a notch for the fingerprint sensor, it may be integrated inside the display, implying that it will be an AMOLED screen.
Front: On the front, it has a hole in front for the selfie snapper and slim bezels. The phone has a flat-screen and the top bezel has a speaker grille. Right + Left: The volume rocker (up and down buttons) is on the left, while the power button is positioned on the right. Back: On the back, there is a rectangular module to house lenses for three cameras (two large sensors and one full size) and an LED flash and the OnePlus logo. Top + Bottom: The top houses a secondary noise-cancelling microphone, while the bottom edge houses a 3.5mm USB TypeC port, speaker grille, and primary microphone.
The specifications for the OnePlus Nord 2 CE have been leaked.
The OnePlus Nord 2 CE spec includes a 6.4-inch AMOLED display with a 90Hz refresh rate. It is said to have a triple camera setup on the rear, with a 64 MP main OmniVision sensor, an ultra-wide lens of 8 MP and a 2 MP macro lens. 16MP snapper on the front for selfies and video chat and a 4,500mAh battery with support for 65W fast charging.
The phone comes with a MediaTek Dimensity 900 5G chipset, as well as up to 8/12 GB of RAM and 256 GB of expandable storage. Most likely, the unique OxygenOS 12 skin based on Android 12 will be launched right away. 5G, 4G LTE, dual SIM, microSD card slot, GPS, NFC, and a USB TypeC connector are among the connectivity features.
Samsung has patented a smartphone that can be expanded in both width and height, giving users a variety of new alternatives. The number of smartphone vendors offering foldable smartphones is gradually expanding. Consider the Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Galaxy Z Flip 3 from Samsung. One or more foldable devices have also been introduced by Huawei, Lenovo (Motorola), and Xiaomi.
The brand’s first foldable phone, the Oppo Find N, was also unveiled. However, manufacturers are working on developing pull-out cellphones with a roll-up screen in the background. Other prototypes, such as the Oppo x 2021 and the TCL Fold ‘n Roll, have now been showcased. Samsung is also working on a slider phone, with the company’s display group demonstrating one in May. LetsGoDigital has previously reported on the Samsung Dual Slider Phone. We spoke about a Samsung dual-slider phone that could be moved up and down earlier this year. This time around, Samsung is exploring the possibilities of folding the screen both upwards and to the side. This creates many new user options.
Dual Slide Samsung Galaxy Z Fold
The information is based on a patent that Samsung Electronics filed with the World Intellectual Property Office (WIPO) on May 21, 2021. 152-page documentation titled “Electronic device including multistate display and control method “was released today, December 16, 2021. The patent images show a modern Samsung phone, with a rounded screen on the right side and top. This gives the device a unique look. The images show an almost full-screen design, with only a narrow bezel border visible at the bottom.
The ability to stretch the phone screen in both widths (right) and height (left) is a unique feature of this smartphone (top). The user has the option of zooming in on both pieces or just one of them. To begin the extraction procedure, press the button on the left side of the phone. The user can then use an upward or sideways pinch motion to determine which direction the screen should roll in or out on the touchscreen. between the screen, the surface is stored in the housing and is added to the front panel from the side and/or from the top. The screen can be enlarged approximately 30% in width and approximately 25% in height.
Samsung’s Dual Slide smartphone has a lot of features.
Whenever the device is opened in both width and height, a new form factor is generated, providing the user with additional alternatives. These protrusions on the other side of Samsung’s revolutionary roll-up smartphone can likewise be turned 180 degrees. In other words, the component that protrudes above will suddenly point downwards, and the interface will adjust accordingly – for example, a virtual keyboard or a calculator may emerge.
In the patent paperwork, many usage choices are provided and defined. Flex Mode, which we already know from the Galaxy Z Fold and Galaxy Z Flip smartphones, will be upgraded. For example, the extra screen space may be utilised to show control components or launch a new programme (split-screen). Another software, such as a messaging app, may show on the second section of the screen, for example. So the user can easily switch between apps at a glance, without having to close an app. It can also be useful when viewing the photo gallery to work with multiple display parts. The user can also modify the interface layout himself.
It’s a uniquely designed smartphone like we’ve never seen before. We know that Samsung has been involved in the development of sliding smartphones for several years. In early 2020, there were already rumours that Samsung would bring a retractable Galaxy phone to the CES show, so they could show it off to a small group. In the spring of 2021, the South Korean manufacturer also filed various trademark applications that the company could use as a name for these new types of mobile devices, such as the Samsung Galaxy Z Slide and the Galaxy Z Roll. At the moment, it is not known when the first removable Samsung smartphone will be officially released. We may know more in 2022.
The most recent version of Android Studio’s Wear OS 3 emulator showed off what look to be the watch faces for Google’s widely anticipated Pixel Watch. During Google I/O 2021 in May, the firm revealed an emulator for the next Wear smartwatch.
While Samsung has since released the Galaxy Watch 4, which was the first device to run on Wear OS 3, this smartwatch has a number of Samsung-specific changes. As it stands, other OEMs like Fossil and Mobvoi won’t have watched with Wear OS 3 until 2022. This leaves the emulator in Android Studio as the only way to find out what the stock version of Wear OS 3 on future watches. Over the past few months, Google has constantly updated this emulator with new apps and software.
Android Wear OS emulator has undergone a lot of modifications since we originally saw it in May, as Android aficionados on Reddit demonstrated last week. Our APK Insight team noticed a movie in the Wear OS 3 emulator files when digging further into this upgraded experience. The video purports to demonstrate a number of watch faces that will be available on a Wear OS device in the near future.
A total of 10 different watch faces are displayed, including one that prominently displays the Fitbit logo. More importantly, however, two of the watch faces, pictured below, were also seen in the Pixel Watch’s internal renderings which were shared by Front Page Tech on YouTube earlier this month. This strongly implies that this collection of watch faces is for the Google Pixel Watch which has been the subject of rumours for some time.
