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Vivo’s latest budget phone model is no slouch in terms of performance and cameras, punching above its weight while pulling a trick for added fun. However, there are a few drawbacks you’ll need to live with.
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Xiaomi has confirmed the date for the Xiaomi 13 series and MIUI 14 announcement.

Google appears to have quietly removed support for Keep and Maps from Wear OS 2 smartwatches.

The music streaming app has picked up ‘Energize’ mood in its activity bar.

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YouTube Music now features the “Energize” mood in its personalized mixes, its fifth mood filter.
The new mood is intended to perk you up after a long day, especially if you need some motivation.
It currently has four featured playlists based on your personal preferences.

YouTube Music has a new way to save you from boredom with the addition of a new mood filter to its personalized daily mixes. The new “Energize” mood joins the music streaming app’s existing four filters for curated personalized playlists.

The new mood includes personalized daily mixes from various genres and artists that match your mood, especially if you want to listen to something upbeat (via 9to5Google). It appears at the top of the app’s home page, alongside the existing mood filters, which include “Workout,” “Relax,” “Commute,” and “Focus.”

Google launched these new personalized mixes late last year, taking a …

Search chips are finding more places in Google’s ecosystem.

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Google launched a new beta for Google Drive to better filter search results.
The new feature works in a similar manner to Gmail’s search chips.
The beta release is available to all Google Workspace editions.

Gmail’s handy feature for narrowing down search results in order to locate certain files faster is coming to Google Drive with a new beta update.

Google announced today that search chips are available on Google Drive as a beta update. As you might expect, it allows you to refine your search results when looking for specific files stored in Drive. This capability makes the search process faster, taking irrelevant results out of the equation.

Search chips appear only after you’ve entered your initial query. Above the list of results, you can use different chips to refine your search further. Multiple chips can be used at the same time as well. These filters include file location, attachment t…

Google News is making a comeback for Spanish readers early next year.

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Google announced today that it will bring back its Google News service to Spain next year.
The Spanish government has adopted a new decree that will let Google negotiate payments with local media outlets.
Google shuttered the service in Spain back in 2014 due to a law that would force the company to pay publishers for their content.

Google News is resuming service in Spain after a seven-year hiatus. The news aggregator will return to the country early next year, after the government overhauled a local copyright law to allow local publishers to negotiate content fees directly with Google.

The country previously forced news aggregators such as Google News to pay local publishers for using their content, even the smallest portions of it like the headline and excerpt, in the News tab of Google Search. That law prompted the search giant to shut down Google News in Spain back in 2014 even befo…

Telegram’s “raise to speak” feature apparently locks the phone’s display to a 60Hz refresh rate when enabled.

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The Google Pixel 6 and 6 Pro are reportedly being locked to a 60Hz refresh rate for some Telegram users.
Telegram’s “raise to speak” feature is apparently responsible for the issue.
There’s currently no official fix for the problem, except disabling the messaging app’s feature.

The Pixel 6 series is Google’s answer to the best Android phones that have so far been released this year, and for obvious reasons. The Google Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro tick all the right boxes and undercut the competition with robust specs, including a powerful custom-built chipset and a smooth display.

However, according to Mishaal Rahman, a strange Telegram issue is currently causing some Pixel 6 phones to be stuck on a 60Hz refresh rate while in the app. The problem was first brought to light by a Telegram group dedicated to the Pixel 6 series.

If you have a Pixel 6 and u…

It’s adding a “More like this” button so you can easily find photos you may have already forgotten.

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Google Photos has a new feature that allows you to find similar images.
The new capability comes in the form of a new button called “More like this.”
It appears that the new button is rolling out to users as a server-side update.

Google Photos has added a new feature that makes it easy to find similar photos taken at different times and locations, further expanding its already robust search functionality.

The Russian Telegram channel called Google News spotted the “More like this” button in Google Photos, which allows you to search for similar images in your library (via Android Police). When you tap the three-dot menu at the top right of a photo, the new button appears.

As its name implies, the feature scans for images that look like the one you’re currently viewing. It does that by scanning your photo and then starting to scour your library for similar i…

Indian customers may expect to see another Xiaomi flagship phone in 2022.

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The Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra has been discontinued in India following a delayed release.
Xiaomi is apparently no longer restocking the phone in the country after its inventory has run out.
The next flagship phone to be sold in the country is expected to arrive in 2022.

Xiaomi has reportedly stopped selling the Mi 11 Ultra in India three months after it became available in the country. The company is apparently no longer replenishing its inventory after the phone has sold out.

According to India Today, the Mi 11 Ultra has been discontinued in the country after only a few months of being available to consumers. The device’s product listing on Xiaomi’s online store for Indian customers indicates that it is “out of stock.”

The phone was released in the country back in July, three months after Xiaomi announced its availability to the Indian market. It was not clear back then what caused the de…

Gmail’s big Compose button is coming back to desktops.

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Google announced a new update for the Compose button of Gmail on the web.
The button will revert to its original large design following a popular demand.
Gmail on the web will bring back the big Compose button on November 3.

Google appears to have recognized that removing the old large Gmail button for creating a new email on desktop did not sit well with the majority of users. The old Compose button is now making a comeback on many of the best laptops.

The search giant has announced that the original big button will return to Gmail on the web starting on November 3. Googled noted that it has come up with this decision after hearing from users that the original version of the button was more intuitive.

Aside from the larger size, there will be a few design changes. The four-color plus button that represented Google’s Material Theme design, for example, will no longer be available. Instead, the web-bas…