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Battery anxiety is the worst, and Battery Saver is a no-brainer feature that helps at just the right time. Standard Battery Saver steps in at the 20% mark, dims the interface, drops the screen refresh rate, and pauses some non-essential background data that might normally eat away at the battery over time. Calls, texts, and mapped navigation still break through, but almost everything else waits until you plug in again. It's an easy and effective solution.

The Kindle Scribe has a thin design at just 5.4mm with 400g weight. It has an 11-inch matte textured e-ink display. The display has custom miniaturized LEDs for fitting inside the thin bezel. A texture molded glass improves friction to provide the same texture as paper. A new display stack reduces parallax so the stylus feels like it's writing directly on the display with no gap.

Starting with the Echo Dot Max, it features a dual-driver design consisting of a woofer and a tweeter. The new design integrated the speaker directly into the device housing instead of a separate module, which doubles the internal air space for fuller sound. The device can also tune the sound to your surrounding and Amazon claims it can produce 3x the bass of the 5th gen Echo Dot.

vivo recently started teasing the V60e, and today, the brand's Indian branch announced that the V60e will be unveiled in India on October 7 at noon local time. The vivo V60e will be available in Elite Purple and Noble Gold colors. The brand hasn't detailed the V60e's specs sheet yet, but it has confirmed a few features of the V60e, including a 6,500 mAh battery, 90W charging, and an IP68/IP69 rating.

The Honor Magic V Flip 2 is a high-end clamshell coming one year after the original V Flip and improving on every aspect of the pioneer - design, screen, performance, cameras, battery. In addition to its mainstream colorways - purple, silver, and gray - it can also be found in our striking limited Prof. Jimmy Choo Yeang Keat OBE edition in shimmering Blue, featuring an exclusive design, bundle perks, and a custom UI theme.

Samsung has not introduced many significant upgrades to the camera hardware of its flagship Galaxy S series since the Galaxy S21 series, and it appears that the Galaxy S26 family will be no different. According to a Korean news outlet, the company isn't planning any major changes to all three upcoming Galaxy S26 phones next year. A quick reminder that according to the latest rumors, just like Apple, Samsung is planning to replace the Plus model with the Edge,

Following its recent AnTuTu test run, the Honor Magic8 (BKQ-AN80) has now emerged on Geekbench. The device is equipped with the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chip and scored 3,463 single-core points and 10,268 multi-core score. The unit from the test run features 16GB RAM and boots Android 16, presumably with MagicOS 10 on top. Honor Magic8 (BKQ-AN80) Geekbench run In related news, the Honor Magic8 Pro (BKQ-AN90) also emerged in China's 3C certification database.

The Redmi K90 was spotted in a certification database earlier this month, and now it's seemingly been tested on Geekbench, as it has appeared in the benchmark's online database.

Samsung has now started mass production of the Exynos 2600 SoC, according to a new report from its home country of Korea. This was expected seeing as how the chip was deemed to be ready for its mass production journey to start at the beginning of this month. Contrary to a recent report saying the Galaxy S26 Ultra would use the Exynos 2600, today's news says it will be inside the base model, which is expected to be called Galaxy S26 Pro.

The upcoming Oppo Find X9 Pro is getting a Hasselblad branded camera kit, which will extend its zooming capabilities by a factor of 3.28. Thus, the 70mm telephoto lens of the phone will go all the way up to 230mm. The add-on lens will be dubbed the Oppo Hasselblad Professional Teleconverter Kit, and will include the lens itself and two adapters. There's also a magnetic case.

The Honor MagicPad 3 Pro is expected to launch next month in China alongside the Magic8 series. Ahead of the official unveiling, specifications and design of the upcoming tablet have been leaked. Honor MagicPad 3 Pro is confirmed to be powered by the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 SoC. A new leak suggests that the tablet will offer similar specifications as the base MagicPad 3. According to tipster Digital Chat Station, the MagicPad 3 Pro will come with a 13.3-inch LCD display that will offer a refresh rate of 165Hz and a 3200 x 2136 pixels resolution.

The brand has started teasing the Moto X70 Air, and it's all very obvious from that name, isn't it? In case you still had doubts about how this device is meant to be positioned in the market, take a look at the official teaser image below. That's clearly a shot meant to emphasize its thinness. If you're intrigued, thankfully you won't have a lot longer to wait to find out all the details about the X70 Air,

The company is putting a new twist on its color changing technology - a dragon fire-inspired design will change from black to red when warmed up, celebrating Daenerys Targaryen's rebirth. The teaser image hides the details, but the phone will be styled in black and gold with nano-engraved dragon motifs. Additionally, custom UI themes will be pre-loaded - a House Targaryen theme, of course, but also a House Stark theme if you side with the North.

The Xiaomi 15T is powered by the MediaTek Dimensity 8400 Ultra chipset and sports a 6.83-inch Full HD+ AMOLED display that has a refresh rate of 120Hz and 3,200 nits of peak brightness. It features a triple rear camera setup with a 50MP wide, 50MP telephoto, and a 12MP ultrawide camera. The phone gets a 32MP front-facing camera for selfies. It packs a 5,500 mAh battery that supports 67W fast charging.

Qualcomm announced the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 flagship SoC at the recently concluded Snapdragon Summit, held in Maui, Hawaii. Alongside that, the chipmaker also introduced the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5, developed "to give you more choices and flexibility, while still delivering flagship features." While Qualcomm didn't detail the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5, it has shared key details about the chip.

It's almost time for the next nubia flagship release, and the brand's Vice President teased the phone on Weibo, hyping up an impressive camera system and display. Some of the claims were then backed up by a separate leak from Digital Chat Station. nubia Z80 Ultra teaser poster Just like the previous flagships from the lineup, the Z80 Ultra is about to feature a full-screen display without a punch-hole for the selfie camera.

Back in June, Microsoft and Asus announced the first-ever handheld Xbox consoles with the ROG Xbox Ally and Ally X. The pair are now up for pre-order, and we finally get their pricing details. ROG Xbox Ally featuring the AMD Ryzen Z2 A processor, 16GB RAM and 512GB storage starts at $599/€599/£499. ROG Xbox Ally X with the more powerful Ryzen Z2 Extreme, 24GB RAM and 1TB storage starts at $999/€899/£799.

The addition will only impact iOS users as it utilizes Apple's Live Activities feature, which is utilized for other Tesla features, most notably during Supercharging to alert owners of their state of charge, charging rate, session cost, and time remaining. Now, Tesla is using the Live Activities feature of iOS to alert customers of the status of a repair through Service, something that definitely improves the overall interaction between the owner and the company.

Yep, as a thank you for dropping $895 on the ability to buy things and pay for them later with interest, Platinum cardholders won't have to endure the same navy blue app theme as the proletariat. They can join the elite by switching the app to a darker black theme, although, according to users on Reddit, the change is subtle and can be hard to discern when using iOS' Light mode.

Xiaomi capped off its big launch event by bringing a pair of previously announced smart wearables to the global stage. The Xiaomi Watch S4 41mm which was unveiled earlier this year in China is now making its way to European markets. It is joined by the OpenWear Stereo Pro wireless earbuds which also made their debut back in June. Watch S4 41mm starts at €159/£129 for the Black and Mint Green color options with the TPU strap.

WhatsApp has announced a new feature called Message Translations, which, as evident from its name, allows users to translate text messages in chats. The Message Translations feature works with 1:1 conversations, group chats, and Channels. When you see a message in a different language, you can long-press that message, tap "Translate," then choose the language you want that message to be translated from or to.

Google's Pixel 10 series introduced a new AI-powered conversational editing tool in Photos, letting users make edits simply by describing them through voice or text. The feature was exclusive to Pixel 10, Pixel 10 Pro, 10 Pro XL, and 10 Pro Fold users in the US, until now. Conversational editing in Photos is now rolling out to all eligible Android users in the US. To use the feature, users will need to set their Google Account language to English (US).

The new GoPro Max2 360 camera features a 1/2.3-inch sensor and can shoot 360 videos in up to 8K resolution at 30 fps. It supports 10-bit recording and GP-log. The camera can also take 29 MP photos in 360 format and offers Max HyperSmooth with 360 horizon lock stabilization. One of its major highlights is the ability to easily replace the lenses in case of damage. Users can replace a cracked lens without using any tools.

Redesigns are exciting. They promise cleaner layouts, better usability, and a refreshed brand presence. But when your product has millions of active users, redesigning becomes a balancing act between innovation and continuity. Many a times, it involves continuing on projects which was originally desgined by another person no longer part of team for reference. I learned this while redesigning HUD on Country Escape: Farmville 2, a mobile farming game with a player base of millions spanning over a decade.

You can use the new reply filter options in combination with other response filters to further refine your search, while you can also now save these as default filters on the mobile version of YouTube Studio. Up until now, creators could save default filters on Studio Desktop, but this didn't exist on Studio Mobile. We're happy to share that we're launching this so you can pick your preferred default view of comments throughout Studio.