Wednesday, August 31, 2016

Qualcomm releases details for the Snapdragon 821, the processor likely to power the next Nexuses

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Qualcomm's latest generation Snapdragon 821 chipset was announced back in July, but details have remained scarce until now. Today, Qualcomm has shared a lot more information on what we believe will likely be the processor that powers the next generation of Google's flagship phones.

In addition to having CPU speeds of up to 2.4 GHz, we now know that the GPU on the Snapdragon 821 is an Adreno 530 running at 653 MHz, representing a 5% bump over the same chip on the Snapdragon 820.

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21 Best Android Wear Apps And Watch Faces From 6/1/16—8/31/16

ap_resizeYour wrist is looking rather bereft of apps and watch faces, but we can assist with this roundup. Contained herein are all the best things to hit Android Wear in the last couple months. Slap on your watch and get ready to test.

Wear Apps

Rithmio EDGE Beta

Rithmio EDGE is a different kind of workout tracker. It claims to use the sensors in your watch to monitor weightlifting. It uses the data to spit out various charts and graphs to help you lift more heavy stuff.

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Press photos for Xperia XZ and Xperia X Compact leak ahead of launch

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Xperia Blog has gotten its hands on press photos for the Xperia XZ and Xperia X Compact — two of the products that Sony is widely expected to launch tomorrow at IFA in Berlin. We had already seen images of the the Xperia X Compact earlier this week, but it's the first time we get to view official photos of either device.

The images confirm that Sony's new phones will support USB Type-C, adding to the growing list that are upgrading from microUSB.

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Snapchat gets more features, and custom geofilters are easier to make now

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Snapchat for Android is getting some fun formatting features (gotta love some alliteration!). Now you can make your caption italic, bold, and underlined simply by press and holding on the text, and if you're taking a video Snap, you can press and hold to pin a big caption anywhere in your video.

It's no exaggeration to say that Snapchat brought substantial changes to the social media world. Everyone wants to do what Snapchat does: Instagram has Stories, and Facebook is more video-centric than ever. Hell, it even introduced its own app called Lifestage, which is essentially Snapchat for – and only for – teens.

Snapchat-how-to-use-3See also: Snapchat is buying a company you've never heard of for $110 million9

So it's not surprising that the folks behind Snapchat are keeping themselves busy to bring more and more features to the app. With the most recent update, Snapchat users can now press and hold on a caption to make it italic, bold, and underlined as shown below.

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Not only that, if you're sending a video Snap, you can click on the T on top to create a big caption; you press and hold on it, and you will be able to pin the caption on anywhere within your video. It's kind of like tracking autofocus: you pin a caption on your friend's head, it will stay there even when your friend is moving.

Another neat change is you no longer have to press and hold on a face to bring up the Snapchat Lenses. Instead, a light single tap on the face will do the trick. I'm glad they changed this because on several occasions, I've had trouble getting Snapchat to register my long-press on the screen.

One last thing for all the Snapchat aficionados out there: custom geofilters are now really easy to make now. Earlier this year, Snapchat introduced an option for anyone to create their own geofilter through Snapchat's website, and it's perfect for weddings, fraternities, big parties, etc. The only drawback was you still needed some Photoshop skills, so it wasn't really accessible to people without any editing experience.

Well, Snapchat now has multiple templates – which are fully customizable in color, photo, text, etc. – and all you need to do is log in, pick what you like, enter your location, and boom, you now have your own geofilter. Don't worry, you still have the option to create your own from scratch if you prefer. It's a brilliant idea for any event with more than just few selfie-loving millennials. Mind you, however, custom geofilters are not free. Depending on the duration and the parameter you set, it will set you back a few hundred dollars.

All you need to do is log in, pick what you like, enter your location, and boom, you now have your own geofilter.

Are willing to dish out a few hundred bucks to create your own geofilter? Let us know by commenting below!



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Chinese regulators appear to verify alleged Lenovo Vibe P2’s rumored specs

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The suspect still hasn't been fromally ID'd, but a handset rumored to be the Lenovo Vibe P2 was just patted down by regulators in China, and it appears to be carrying a robust 5,000 mAh battery.

TENAA might have even confirmed the name of the phone when the Chinese regulatory agency posted specs and a codename "P2c72" for a device we last saw creeping through Geekbench in late July.

The translated listing indicates that the suspected Lenovo Vibe P2 will include a 5.5-inch display with a full HD resolution. It'll come with a card slot to add more space to the phone, which comes in 32GB and 64GB versions.

lenovo-vibe-p1-turbo-launchedSee also: Alleged Lenovo Vibe P2 shows up in benchmarks8

The P2 will sport a 13 MP primary and 5 MP secondary camera. The TENAA listing indicates that the phone will have an eight-core processor, though the Geekbench profile went a little further and reported that the P2 will employ a Qualcomm Snapdragon 625.

The 5,000 mAh battery isn't new to the Vibe series, as the Vibe P1 and P1 Turbo were both fueled by cells of the same capacity. However the battery, along with the phone's curious codename, adds more weight to suspicions fingering this suspect as the Vibe P2.

So what's your take? Have you come to a verdict on whether or not this suspect is indeed the Vibe P2? Let us know your decision in the comments!



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Meet the Team: Corbin Davenport

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The boxes of all my Android devices (minus the watches).

When I started writing for Android Police earlier this month, some of you recognized me from when I installed Windows 95 (among other things) on my watch. But outside of me shoving emulators on my watches, I've worked on some cool projects and spent way too much on electronics.

I started trying to learn development when I was around 12, armed with a copy of Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 and my iMac G5.

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Moto adds its file manager app to the Play Store for easy updates

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Motorola was the first major smartphone maker to start putting its stock apps in the Play Store. Before that, OEMs would only update those apps as part of an OTA update. It sounds positively barbaric by today's standards. Motorola isn't done yet, though. Just today it added its stock file manager to the Play Store. You won't see much in the way of improvements this time, but who knows what the future could bring?

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Google Photos v1.27 includes clues about printing a photo book, searching for 360 photos, and more about a faster sharing method [APK Teardown]

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There's a new update for Google Photos rolling out, but on the surface, it doesn't look like any notable changes have been made. However, we aren't just interested in the things that have gone live, but also improvements we can look forward to in the future. The latest version of Google Photos hints at a printing capabilities for albums and a search suggestion for 360 photos. Some new information is also available for a previously teased interface that promised to be a faster way to share photos with friends.

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