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OPPO’s new under-screen camera solution claims to solve many of the issues affecting devices like the Axon 20 5G.

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OPPO has unveiled its next-gen under-screen camera (UPC) for phones.
The company claims the new solution strikes the perfect balance between screen and camera quality.
Sadly, it doesn’t look like OPPO plans to launch a phone with the new under-display camera (UPC) tech anytime soon.

Back in September last year, ZTE launched the world’s first phone with an under-display camera. While the tech looked promising, it was plagued with several major issues — including poor image quality and inconsistent display quality in the area right above the under-screen camera. OPPO has now unveiled its next-generation under-screen camera technology, which brings several major improvements and promises to take the full-screen experience to new levels.

To solve the technical challenges that have plagued first-gen under-screen camera technologies, OPPO has made…

Google is introducing phones that feature custom silicon — just like Apple and Samsung.

Google makes some of the best Android phones money can buy, and a large part of what makes its phones stand out is the cameras. Although Google hasn’t changed the hardware sensor itself in over three years, it was able to leverage its software prowess to deliver truly outstanding photos from Pixel phones — including the $350 Pixel 4a.

While Google likes to focus on software as a differentiator for its phones, the company is now turning to custom silicon to give Pixels an added edge. With the Pixel 6 announcement, Google has confirmed that the upcoming Pixel 6 and 6 Pro will run its custom Tensor SoC, a custom silicon platform that offers huge gains in on-device AI.

The custom chipsets could end up eventually powering all of its phones and even its Chromebooks, and with it set to debut in the Pixel 6 later this year, we don’t have to wait long to find out what’s in store. Here’s everything y…

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AT&T has the best 5G experience according to RootMetrics Everyday 5G experience score.
T-Mobile has the best availability with at least 25% 5G availability in every market tested.
Verizon’s 5G network has the best reliability for devices getting and staying connected.

RootMetrics has released its 5G report for the first half of 2021, and Verizon is the big winner with the Best Everyday 5G experience. This is a combination of RootMetrics Everyday 5G availability, data speed, and reliability. While AT&T didn’t come out on top in every category, it scored well enough in all of them to come out ahead with all things considered.

Regarding availability, T-Mobile won easily with a score of 80 markets compared to AT&T with 44 and Verizon with just nine. T-Mobile had some level of 5G coverage available in all of the 125 tested markets. Notably, T-Mobile had greater than 25% availability in every market tested, and 72 markets showed more than 85% availabi…

The Galaxy Watch 4 is going to be all about choice.

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A new rumor claims the Galaxy Watch 4 will let users select their assistant.
Previous Galaxy watches only gave users access to Bixby.
Google Assistant isn’t known to be very reliable on the current iteration of Wear OS.

Samsung is gearing up for the launch of its next smartwatch, but until then, there are many questions surrounding the device. With it running the upcoming Wear OS 3 update, one point that remained unclear is whether or not the Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 would include Google Assistant or stick with Bixby. The latest rumor might give fans a good reason to celebrate.

According to known leaker SnoopyTech, the upcoming smartwatch will allow users to select between the two AI assistants.

Also: Google Assistant or Bixby— Snoopy (@_snoopytech_) August 2, 2021

It’s not much to go by, but 9to5Google was also able to find a line of code in the Wear OS app that may help support the claim:

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We should at least see a bigger launch than the Pixel 5a.

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Google officially announced the Pixel 6 and 6 Pro this week.
The company did not provide details around availability, but splash pages give us an idea of where it will launch.
Google will provide full details during the launch later this fall.

The Google Pixel 6 and 6 Pro are official, thanks to the company’s teaser announcement on Monday. And while the company gave us a good idea of what to expect from these devices, many details were still left out, like availability. However, thanks to some internet sleuths, we might have an idea of where the Pixel 6 will launch.

As pointed out by Android Police, the landing page for the Pixel 6 is live in several countries, including the United States, making it likely that the upcoming flagship will launch in these countries:

United States
Canada
Australia
United Kingdom
Germany
France
Japan
Taiwan

The current batch of Pixel phones isn’t widely available, w…

Blizzard is bringing the Diablo series to your mobile phone, and we cannot wait.

Diablo Immortal was announced in late 2018 by Blizzard, and will be the first Diablo entry designed for play on mobile devices. While there are many mobile RPGs to play, Immortal will be the first full Diablo game designed from the ground up to be played on a mobile device, and thus carries a ton of excitement with it. Ever since its announcement, we’ve gotten a slow trickle of Diablo Immortal footage, including some gameplay.

With two Technical Alpha’s for Diablo Immortal having been released in 2020, Blizzard has also released a ton of new information on the game, including news on how monetization works, gameplay, and much more.

Here is everything we know about the game so far.

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What is Diablo Immortal?
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Closed Alpha
Paragon leveling
PvP gameplay
What is gear like?
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Is it free-to-play?
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