Author: Jonjo

WhatsApp keeps bringing new features to enhance its users experience. The latest addition brings support for email authentication. It doesn’t replace the phone number, but as an alternative in a situation there is no cellular network. WhatsApp, since its creation requires only your phone number to create and authenticate your account when login in from a new device. That would soon change as a new report hints at support for email authentication. It means WhatsApp will soon start associating accounts with an email. The new move to link an Email to a WhatsApp account won’t replace SMS verification. It’s only…

Xiaomi is yet to release the Redmi Note 13 series phones to the global market. And while that will soon change, the Chinese company has officially released the Redmi Note 13R Pro. The latest addition to the Note 13 series has a different design but has the same specs as the Redmi Note 13. We knew Xiaomi would soon release the Redmi Note 13R Pro after releasing a stable build for the device. Though it has a different design language to the Redmi Note 13, it features the same specs. Both run the MediaTek Dimensity 6080 Octa-core processor paired with…

Pixel phones do not wait for a new Android OS upgrade to get new features. Google brings new features to its phones with the Quarterly Platform Releases, which they are testing a new build, expected to arrive in March. The December Future Drop is still on course to roll out next month, and we will see if the new Private Space will be part of it.  Google released the Android 14 QPR2 Beta 1 build to eligible users days ago. The new update brought new features exclusive to beta testers, with the public expected to release them in March. Interestingly,…

Xiaomi is yet to start rolling out the HyperOS update, but that will soon change. While the rollout will commence in China, and the global release tipped for January, both regions could start getting the upgrade simultaneously. Xiaomi 14 Pro and Xiaomi 14 remains the only device running the stable Android 14 based on HyperOS. According to the official schedule, the rollout will start in China before the year’s end, while the global release will commence in Q1 2024. As always, we expect the global rollout to start this year, given how Xiaomi has ignored its rollout plans in the…

Qualcomm has announced a new 7-series SoC as it continues to bring flagship performance to mid-range phones. The Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 is built on a 4nm process, making it more efficient than the Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 and Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2.  Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 uses a 1+3+4 CPU arrangement. The single prime Kryo core runs at 2.63GHz while the 3 performance cores clocked at 2.4GHz. There are 4 efficiency cores clocked at 1.8GHz. These improvements have seen a 15% performance in the CPU, while there’s a 50% faster Adreno GPU performance compared to Snapdragon 7 Gen…