Google has yet to launch its first smartwatch, but the company may already be working on the next steps for its wearable plans. According to a Protocol report , Google is planning to integrate fitness trackers into Google TV and Android TV as part of a broader push to strengthen its product ecosystem. The question is whether the historically fragmented Wear OS platform is up for the challenge. The company purportedly laid out the plans at a closed-door event with its TV partners, Protocol reports. The idea is to let Wear OS and Fitbit users broadcast real-time metrics like heart rate and calories burned on the screen. Better smart home controls are also part of the plan. That said, these efforts may take a while. Google’s fitness plans supposedly won’t show up until 2023 at the earliest, with smart home efforts coming the following year. This is partly because Google’s partners have to create more powerful smart TVs and streaming gadgets to enable all of this. In the short … [Read more...] about Google’s big plans for wearables could include workouts from your TV
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Samsung Unpacked Event: Galaxy Z Fold 4, Z Flip 4, Galaxy Watch 5 and Everything Else Announced
What's happening Samsung's annual August Unpacked, where the company detailed its updated line of foldable phones. Why it matters In addition to showing if foldables are "there" yet for you in their fourth generation, both the Z Fold 4 and Z Flip 4 features may foreshadow features that we'll see in potential competing models from companies like Motorola and Google. As we've come to expect from Samsung's semiannual Unpacked announcement events, for its August 2022 launches the company delivered news about its latest phones, watches and earbuds: the Galaxy Z Fold 4 and Z Flip 4, Galaxy Watch 5 and Watch 5 Pro and Galaxy Buds 2 Pro. The Galaxy Z Flip 3 will get one of our favorite last-gen perks, a $100 price cut . Among its new product announcements, Samsung brought us up to speed on its sustainability initiatives, including incorporating recycled fishing nets in its latest foldables . Plus we got to see a new promo featuring Korea's other major global star: BTS. … [Read more...] about Samsung Unpacked Event: Galaxy Z Fold 4, Z Flip 4, Galaxy Watch 5 and Everything Else Announced
Oppo Reno 8 Pro review: Style and substance
Rating Critic 3.5 Top Features Striking design Great performance Dependable battery life A good-looking smartphone can often tilt the balance in its favour as it does play an important role in the buyers’ minds. Oppo has given us some of the best-looking smartphones with its Reno series. For years the formula had been the same – a spectacular design with impressive but not the greatest internals, and the Reno 8 Pro is no different. Priced at Rs 45,999, the Reno 8 Pro falls in the premium mid-range segment. While the design shouts premium, the internals are not-so-premium. The Reno 8 Pro comes with a powerful, if not the most powerful, Mediatek Dimensity 8100-Max paired with 12GB of RAM and 256GB of storage. Aiding the Dimensity chip is Oppo's own MariSilicon X NPU, promising to handle imaging chops. Then, there's an AMOLED display, a 50MP camera and a 32MP one on the front. , The thing with a lot of Oppo, OnePlus and … [Read more...] about Oppo Reno 8 Pro review: Style and substance