Samsung Smartphones getting OneUI 4.1 (Android 12) Official Update

 By Vaibhav Jain on March 23, 2022       

Samsung has started rolling out Official Android 12 OneUI 4.1 Update for Galaxy Smartphones. OneUI 4.1 first came with the Galaxy S22 Series with some new features.

Samsung OneUI 4.1 (Android 12) will be soon available for Galaxy S21 Series (Samsung Galaxy S21 FE), Latest Galaxy A Series and Tab S7 FE. Samsung plans to extend it to even more devices - S20 Series, Z Fold, Z Flip, Note Series, S10 Series, Galaxy A and Tab S Series in the coming months.

Some Exciting OneUI 4.1 Features includes iOS Style Smart Widget which won’t need much space and can swipe between different widgets allowing users to keep a single widget on screen, saving space, and at same time you guys can use all widgets like clock, Samsung notes, date and time. There are new Quick Settings as well, Samsung have done small changes in the Text, it is now Medium than Bold in OneUI 4. Now I’m gonna show you guys the Animation and System Apps Interface, but there are small changes, but you won’t notice much.

 

In the Camera application Pro mode, you can now switch to Main, Ultra Wide, Telephoto 3x and Telephoto 10X, in ONEUI 4 it just Wide and Main. There are some new features in the Settings, like the Storage Section has an Option RAM Plus, which is like a visual RAM, by default it was 4 Gigs in OneUI 4, and now in 4.1, you can choose 2 Gigs to Max out 8 Gigs. 

Finally the Lockscreen Wallpaper service has a new option Samsung Global Goals, you can get daily messages about the figures, on how much change Samsung have done in the society, so a nice initiative. The OneUI 4.1 is not only about the Features, but the animation is now faster than ever and I really like this change. This is Samsung OneUI 4.1 vs Pixel OS, and honestly speaking, I like the Color Pallet Picker of OneUI.

/ Samsung Newsroom | Samsung Galaxy S21 FE 

Google Android 12 - Material You Battery Widget

 By Vaibhav Jain on March 23, 2022       

The Material You Style Battery Widget is now Live for Google Pixel Devices running Android 12L (It's a Part of March Google Pixel Feature Drop. Google's Material You is next stage for Material Design which is made for You. Yes, Personal Styling, the Widgets and Color Accent, Interface adapts to the Wallpaper Colors. 

The new Material You Battery Widget shows the Battery Percentage Level of your Pixel Smartphone and other Wireless Devices. Battery Widget works on Pixel Buds, Sony Buds, OnePlus Buds, Xiaomi Buds, Samsung Galaxy Buds, but Apple AirPods / Pro. 

We connected our AirPods to the Google Pixel 6 and it doesn't show it's Battery Percentage Level. 

"And the new Pixel battery widget can show up-to-date battery information for your Pixel, as well as Bluetooth connected devices like Pixel Buds). Add the widget to your home screen to keep an eye on battery life across your devices."

 

 

Google Android 12 - Material You Battery Widget pic.twitter.com/QvVzffPplS

— TechDroider (@techdroider) March 23, 2022

OnePlus 10 Pro Goes OFFICIAL

 By Vaibhav Jain on January 13, 2022       

 The OnePlus 10 Pro Flagship Smartphone is now Officially Official. After all the Rumours, Leaks and anticipation, the 10th Generation Flagship Smartphone from OPPO's Sub-brand OnePlus is now available in China. 

The OnePlus 10 Pro comes with a 6.7” Display 2K Display, Second Gen High 120Hz Refresh Rate, this thing can go from 1Hz to 120Hz and vice versa in no time, saving battery and giving an amazing smooth experience. This is an expensive Samsung Panel and there’s a hole punch display on top left corner.

The Specifications are max out for this price, so we’ve Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 Silicon with Adreno 730 GPU which is like really powerful. OnePlus says there’s heating pipe and silica gel for heat dissipation coz this CPU heats a lot. It runs ColorOS 12.1 out of the box which is based on A12, this device is coming with OxyegnOS outside china that is official. See in colorOS 12, you won’t notice huge changes in terms of interface but they say it is smooth, they’re are some privacy settings like Cam and Mic indicators, some changes in Privacy dashboard, there’s Hyper Boost for stable frame rate and low latency, desktop mode and some small visual changes.

Oneplus is using squarish module design which contains 3 Cameras and some supporting sensor, So IMX789 main, is gonna take some awesome day light and night images, here are some Official Camera samples. Surprisingly there’s Super Wide which can shoot 150 degree field of view shots, I guess can also act as macro, and then there’s 3.3X Telephoto lens too. So no fillers, all Flagship Level Sensors in this device.

The OnePlus 10 Pro gets 80W of Insane Charging Speed with a massive 5000mAh battery, yeah this device can charge full in half an hour, So overall awesome specs, it do support wireless charging, , fast storage and max out RAM, and yes a power brick inside the box

So an amazing package, I like the new look of and ofcourse the 8 Gen 1 CPU, 80W Of Fast Charging, Samsung’s E5 LTPO Display. The Official Pricing of OnePlus 10 Pro is 4699 Yuan which is awesome, that is 737 us dollars and 55000 INR.

OnePlus plans to launch the OnePlus 10 Pro soon in markets like India, US, and UK with OxygenOS 12.

It's OFFICIAL! The OnePlus 10 Pro Arrives January 2022

 By Vaibhav Jain on December 21, 2021       

It's OFFICIAL, OnePlus will be announcing the OnePlus 10 Pro next month that's January 2022. OnePlus plans to use the first batch of Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 SOC in the OnePlus 10 Series. OnePlus CEO says with the next Flagship Series will focus on user experience and our new software and hardware will efficiently with the 8 Gen 1 for max out Performance. So OnePlus is planning something big for The OnePlus 10.

Last month we saw the CAD Renders, Metal Models and Specifications of The OnePlus 10 Pro, and now here is the LIVE likely OFFICIAL Case of this new flagship confirming the Design. So you can see the case has 5 circular cut-out, Some Cameras, a led flash and a microphone, the case also got USB C protection. 

Now a huge news coming in, OnePlus is now an OFFICIAL sub brand of OPPO. OPPO at Qualcomm event says we plan to use the 8 Gen 1 CPU in both OnePlus and OPPO. The 8 Gen 1 is like really powerful and has Cortex X2 Main Core in CPU, there’s 30% Faster Adreno 730 GPU and 18 bit ISP, the SOC Support 8K HDR Video. The 9 Pro can do 8K without HDR, so in 10 Pro with new Sony 50MP Sensor, OnePlus is surely gonna enable HDR Option when shooting 8K Videos, yeah not to mention The OnePlus 10 Pro is gonna have a 32MP Selfie Shooter, so 4k front Videos are for sure coming.

Max J says, OnePlus is planning for a China exclusive launch and then after a few month they plan to launch it in the US, UK and India, which is quite shocking coz OnePlus always had Global launches for main flagship, but now with OPPO merge things can change.

Xiaomi Mi MIX 4 Looks AMAZING!

 By Vaibhav Jain on November 01, 2021       

So the Xiaomi Mi MIX 4 is now Official,we've come a long way, this is the first ever device with a proper In-Display Camera, Finally a device without any Notches or Punch Hole or Moving parts like Sliding Mechanism. The Official Specifications are now out, so is the design, So this is all about the Xiaomi Mi MIX 4.

Now main highlight of this device is a 6.67 inches display, this is a 1080P Panel, with Gorrila Glass Vicus on top, Display contains all elements which you can find in a Max out Flagship device, what you cannot find is the In-Display 20MP Camera, Display on top of Camera contains space in sub pixel, so that the Sensor can grab light and take some amazing shots, this along with hiding the Camera inside display... So this is an amazing solution, you can see how it hides itself.. Xiaomi says with the MIUI Camera, this can take some amazing selfei images. This is a 60 hz 90 hz 120Hz Quad Curve Display, but with a rectangular boxy finish, nothing like the XIaomi Mi 11.

Mix 4 is getting some new colors, Shadow Greenish Blue, Ceramic Grey and Ceramic White.Back Finish is quite similar to Samsung S20 Ultra, Main HMX Sensor, supports OIS, 13MP Super Wide, 8MP Telephoto lens with 5X Optical zoom with OIS. I'm not a fan of that HMX Sensor, coz it got some serious focus issues, can be seen the Camera Specificattions is not their main highlight. Here are some Camera samples, and as always they look nice.

There were some last minute changes in the Specifications, We have a 120W Fast Charging, Xiaomi claims it can go 80% in 10 mins, and in 21mins, full 100%. The Battery size is 4500mAh, not that huge, Wireless charging is tone down to 50W due to some helth laws in China,So i guess if this goes on we wont see any massive 80W or 200W fast charging ever.

Some other Specifications are IP68, Nice, Qualcomms 888+ in which Cortex-X1 has got a clock speed of 2.995GHz, there are some AI improvements too. LPDDR5 RAM and UFS 3.1 Storage.

Xiaomi have made varitey of cases official, they all look nice.

So now about the Pricing, The Xiaomi Mi Mix 4 Starts 4999 Yuan which is Insane, like I was not expecting such amazing pricing. It goes to 6299 yuan for max out variant.