Nintendo has done a solid job of bringing games to smartphone platforms, with the likes of Super Mario Run and Fire Emblem Heroes being two standout titles. Mario Kart Tour is another eagerly anticipated game, and the company has now opened up registrations for the first closed beta.
The sign-up page, spotted by Touch Arcade, notes that the first closed beta will be limited to U.S. and Japanese gamers for now. Registration takes place from April 23 to May 7, with the actual beta period lasting from May 22 to June 4.
The HTC U11 is a return to form for a company that has stumbled over the past few years. Now, HTC is opting for an all-new design and build for their latest flagship, along with the unique squeeze feature that definitely grows on you. Add to that top-of-the-line specifications, an impressive camera, solid battery life, dust and water resistance, and excellent audio experience, what you get with the U11 is a very compelling smartphone.
The Samsung Galaxy A70s has been coming for a long time now, with rumors that it would be one of the first phones with a 64MP camera. Fortunately, we don’t have to wait any longer, because the phone has just launched in India.
Samsung’s phone isn’t the first 64MP phone to be announced though, as the Realme XT and Redmi Note 8 Pro have both been announced in recent weeks. But you’re still getting a pretty capable handset from the looks of things.
Xiaomi Mi TV QLED 4KThe Xiaomi Mi Q1 55-inch QLED 4K TV is once again trying to democratize the television landscape in India by introducing affordable high-quality QLED panels — to great success. The panel looks great and offers value adds like Dolby Vision support. Meanwhile, the PatchWall software interface offers excellent interplay between hardware and software to offer meaningful differentiation. If you are looking to buy a new affordable smart TV, the Mi Q1 QLED 4K TV is a safe bet.
Update: March 10, 2022 (12 AM ET): As promised, we checked for the new Hidden Camera Detection app on our Oppo Find X5 Pro review unit. Unfortunately, it seems the app isn’t available globally just yet. So for now, the feature is limited to the Chinese variants of the Find X5 phones.
Original article: March 7, 2022 (11:13 PM IST): Oppo’s Color OS skin is gaining a useful new feature to detect hidden cameras.
The Google Hangouts team – what many of us picture as a lone guy in a Mountain View basement – have been on a bit of a run lately. First Hangouts 11 added support for video messaging (or embedded video links) and now a new feature is about to be rolled out. In the next few days you’ll be able to invite anyone to a group chat with a shareable link.
While directly controlling your accessories from a device like an Amazon Echo is all well and good, a smart home isn’t very smart if it doesn’t run some things on its own. Here’s how to use Alexa routines, the automation backbone of Amazon’s smart home platform.
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Alexa routines are created via the More > Routines menu in the Alexa app, which is available for Android, iPhone, and iPad.
Update, September 23: A previous version of this post stated that the Huawei Vision is coming to Europe. A Huawei spokesperson has reached out to clarify that’s incorrect. We apologize for the error.
Following the launch of Honor Vision in China earlier this year, Huawei is launching a similar product under the Huawei Vision branding. Alongside the headlining Huawei Mate 30 Pro and Mate 30 announcements, the company took to the stage to talk about their new smart display set.
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Just about every company wants you to download its app these days, even if you probably don’t need to. Take Uber and Starbucks, for instance. I hail a cab and visit a coffee shop once in a blue moon — do those apps have to live on my device permanently? I suspect I’m not alone in this regard either. Many of us have apps that we rarely use but keep anyway — just in case.
Flip phones were all the rage many years ago and LG‘s design team was clearly feeling a little nostalgic when it designed and created the LG Gentle flip phone. Rolling back the years to a previous generation of devices, the Gentle brings the design of old with the specs of modern handsets by using Android Lollipop to power the handset.
[related_videos title=”LG in video:” align=”right” type=”custom” videos=”625608,616170,614646,613020,606876,605090″]The handset is perfect for elderly customers, with a large keypad perfect for those with larger hands and fingers or with poor eyesight.