Author: Jonjo

Immersion view gained a lot of popularity at the Google I/O 2022 and the feature seems to be a very interesting one. However, since its announcement back in 2022, Google Map users haven’t gotten the immersive view. Well, that is changing now as the feature is rolling out on Google Maps currently. Finally, Google Maps’ immersive view Immersive View, which is marketed as a “whole new way to explore” using Google Maps, augments the current photorealistic aerial views of prominent destinations and landmarks with time and weather contextual flyovers of the specific mapped regions. Google Maps Immersive View combines scenic…

After the initial delay of the March Feature Drop for all Pixel phones, Google started rolling out the update last Monday. That was delayed for the Pixel 6 series users, but the update is now rolling out to all eligible users. The Android 13 QPR2 March Feature Drop update brings many bug fixes and improvements. It also introduced some fascinating features, which include Fall detection on Pixel watches. Direct My Call was enabled with the update and Health connect, among other new features. Meanwhile, the update change log mentioned addressing issues with the display performance. Pixel 6 and Pixel 6…

Apart from the Samsung Exynos modem problem, the March 2023 security update for Android 13 QPR2 patches the Pixel Markup screenshot vulnerability as well. Simon Aarons discovered and submitted this vulnerability (CVE-2023-21036) to Google in early January, with David Buchanan developing the initial proof-of-concept exploit: “Screenshots cropped using the built-in “Markup” app on Google Pixel devices may be retroactively un-cropped and un-redacted under any circumstances.” For reference, the built-in Markup feature on Pixel phones, which debuted with Android 9 Pie in 2018, allows you to modify screenshots (crop, add text, draw, and highlight). The Pixel Markup screenshot vulnerability Let’s imagine…

Here’s the crux of the matter: the latest Google Camera 8.8 is rolling out to the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro and the head feature from the update is the Night Sight feature. Google advertises Night Sight photographs as having reduced motion blur since exposures may be half as long as previously, which was first introduced for the Pixel 7 and 7 Pro. The business attributes the improvement to updates to HDR+ with Bracketing and new ML algorithms to minimize noise. “And Night Sight now only needs half of the normal exposure tim e to produce beautiful low-light images…

As we get deeper into the Android 14 season, it’s conventional to see Android OEMs pull up their Android that will be merged with the stock Android 14 creating their aesthetics and functionalities. In the case of the Korean tech giant, Samsung, it’s the OneUI 6 based on Android 14. Well, sources have revealed the popular Samsung Galaxy phones that might not be a partaker of the OneUI 6. Let’s take a look. OneUI 6 is not for these Samsung Galaxy phones Samsung has promised four significant Android upgrades for its flagship Galaxy S series phones following the debut of…