Telegram 8.0 uncaps live streams and adds loads of other useful features

Telegram is back again with a new update that adds tons of useful features to its instant messaging app. While the last update focused on improving the video calling experience, the latest update brings unlimited live streams, the ability to remove captions and hide the sender’s name when forwarding messages, an improved sticker panel, and much more.

With the latest update, Telegram is removing the user cap on group video calls. Now group video calls can have a virtually unlimited audience. Telegram was clearly not joking when it said last month that it was going to keep increasing the audience limit “until all humans on Earth can join one group call.” Similar to voice chats, viewers can also raise their hand in a live stream and alert the admins that they want to join the broadcast.

Another notable change coming with Telegram 8.0 is that users can now control how the forwarded message will look like. Users can preview the forwarded message by tapping on the “Forward message” label above the message bar. This will open up a preview window showcasing how the message will look, along with some customization options that will let you hide the sender’s name or captions on media messages.

The new update is also making it easier to scroll through channels. When you reach the end of a channel, swipe up from the bottom to open up the next unread channel.

Next up, trending stickers are now easier to find and appear above “Recently Used” stickers. Telegram already shows “typing…” and “recording a voice message” when your chat partner is composing a text or voice message. Now, the app will also show a “choosing a sticker” status at the top of the chat when the other party is searching for a sticker in the sticker section.

Finally, Telegram 8.0 adds more animated emojis and a counter for unread comments for threaded replies.

Telegram 8.0 is rolling out to all major platforms, including Android, iOS, Windows, and Linux.

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[Update: Now available in India] Samsung launches the Galaxy A52s 5G with a much faster chipset

Update (09/01/2021 @ 03:16 ET): The Galaxy A52s 5G has made its way to India. Scroll to the bottom for more information. The article as published on August 18, 2021, is preserved below.

Samsung launched the Galaxy A52 5G and 4G in March this year and six months later, the South Korean smartphone maker is giving the lineup a mid-cycle refresh. As made pretty clear by the naming convention, the new Galaxy A52s isn’t a big departure from the existing models. It retains the same design language and dimensions and shares many hardware similarities with the Galaxy A52 5G. Where the Galaxy A52s differs is in the SoC and charging departments, as it comes with a faster chipset and charger.

As seen in previous leaks, the display on the Galaxy A52s is the same 6.55-inch AMOLED 120Hz panel that you get on the A52 5G. The same goes for the cameras with the device packing a quad-camera setup consisting of a 64MP primary shooter, a 12MP ultra-wide shooter, and two 5MP depth and macro sensors. But here comes the exciting part: the Galaxy A52s swaps the Snapdragon 750G in favor of the much faster Snapdragon 778G chipset, featuring 4x ARM Cortex-A78-derived Kyro performance cores, the Adreno 642L GPU, and the Snapdragon X53 modem. For context, the Snapdragon 778G offers up to 40% faster CPU and GPU performance than the Snapdragon 768G so this is quite a performance bump.

The second upgrade comes in the form of the faster 25W charger, a step up from the not-so-fast 15W charger that Samsung currently bundles with the Galaxy A52 5G and 4G units. But beyond that, we’re looking at a very familiar package that comprises a 4,500mAh battery, IP67 water and dust protection, an in-display fingerprint scanner, NFC, and a 3.5mm audio jack.

Pricing & Availability

The Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G will be available for pre-order in the UK starting August 24, with official sales kicking off from September 3. The phone is priced at £410 for the lone 6GB/128GB variant and it will be available in four colors — Awesome White, Awesome Black, Awesome Violet, and Awesome Mint. Samsung hasn’t revealed any plans to launch the phone in other markets.

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Update: Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G launched in India

Samsung today launched the Galaxy A52s 5G in India. The device, which was released in the UK last month, features a Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G chip, a 120Hz AMOLED display, and a 64MP quad-camera setup.

The Galaxy A52s 5G will be available through Samsung’s website, offline retail stores, and leading e-commerce websites starting today. It’s priced at ₹35,999 for the 6GB+128GB variant and ₹37,499 for the 8GB+128GB variant. Both variants come in three colorways — Light Violet, Black, and White. If you’re in the market for a new mid-range phone that offers a couple of premium features, like a fantastic display and great cameras, you can order the Galaxy A52s 5G by following the link below.

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Here’s our first look at the flagship Xiaomi 11T smartphone

Last month we learned that Xiaomi was preparing to launch a new affordable flagship under its T series dubbed Xiaomi 11T Pro. Shortly after that, the Chinese company announced that it was going to hold a global launch event on September 15. Though Xiaomi hasn’t revealed which products it will unveil at the event, the evidence so far suggests that the Xiaomi 11T lineup will most likely be there. The Xiaomi 11T Pro will be the first global smartphone without the Mi branding, and ahead of its official launch, a new leak has given us the first look at the phone’s design.

Leaked renders of the Xiaomi 11T Pro and Xiaomi 11T come courtesy of Ishaan Agarwal and 91Mobiles, giving us our very first look at the design of the upcoming phones. As you can see in the renders below, the rectangular camera module on the back holds three camera sensors, with an LED flash, 108MP AI camera branding, and what seems like a multi-dot laser focus sensor. Over on the front, the phone has a centered hole-punch to accommodate the selfie camera module. Both regular and Pro models are said to feature the same design and will come in Meteorite Gray, Celestial Blue, and Moonlight White colors.

Separately, the Vietnamese tech YouTube channel The Pixel has also released high-quality renders of the Xiaomi 11T Pro, which match Ishaan’s renders.

Remember the guy leaked the Xiaomi 11T Pro? Welp, he’s back with a…that’s right! High res renders based on what he saw in real life (to protect the source). Side fingerprint, glass metal sandwich design, triple 108MP cam.https://t.co/OfWA6hGeUT https://t.co/T4rE3KBXhJ pic.twitter.com/chNVmSLkD6

— Chun (@chunvn8888) August 31, 2021

In terms of internals, a previous leak revealed that the Xiaomi 11T Pro would feature an AMOLED 120Hz display, Snapdragon 888 chipset, and a 5,000mAh battery with 120W fast charging support. The regular Xiaomi 11T will reportedly have an OLED 120Hz display and pack a MediaTek chipset. With the official launch just around the corner, we won’t have to wait too long to learn more about Xiaomi’s latest affordable flagships.

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Exclusive: The Infinix Zero X will have a Nexus 4-like speckled back cover

In July this year, MediaTek launched two new budget-friendly SoCs — the Helio G96 and the Helio G88. Early last month, Hong Kong-based smartphone OEM Infinix teased that it would soon launch the first phone featuring the new Helio G96 chipset. While the company is yet to unveil the device, we’ve obtained exclusive images of the phone that give us a great look at its Nexus 4-like design. The upcoming phone will likely be called the Infinix Zero X, and here’s what it looks like.

As you can see in the attached image, the Infinix Zero X features a speckled back cover like the Nexus 4 with a rectangular camera island in the top right corner and Infinix branding at the bottom. The camera island includes three sensors, one large and two small, along with an LED flash.

Over on the front, the device features a nearly bezel-less flat display with a centered hole-punch cutout for the selfie camera. While we don’t have images of the Infinix Zero X from other angles, we can see that its volume rocker and power button are on the right edge. Since the older Infinix Note 10 featured a US Type-C port and a headphone jack, we expect the upcoming model to retain these ports. However, we can’t confirm that at the moment.

Although we don’t have any concrete information about the Infinix Zero X’s hardware right now, Infinix’s teaser suggests that the device will pack MediaTek’s Helio G96 chipset. We believe the device could feature a 120Hz high refresh rate display, a large 5,000mAh battery with fast charging support, and a stereo speaker setup. Its cameras could be a step up from the Infinix Note 10, which featured a 48MP+2MP+2MP setup on the back and a 16MP selfie shooter on the front. On the software front, the phone will likely run Android 11 out of the box. Do note that these specifications are purely speculative and are based on the hardware offered on the Infinix Note 10. We’ll share the official spec list as soon as we come across it.

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Microsoft is booting ineligible Windows 11 PCs out of the Windows Insider Program

When Microsoft originally announced Windows 11, it was quickly discovered that Microsoft had made some drastic changes to the system requirements. Most importantly, there are some strict requirements on which CPUs are supported by the new OS. When it came down to testing in the Windows Insider Program, however, the Redmond firm wasn’t quite as strict.

Here’s how it worked. If you were in the Dev channel prior to the announcement, you’d be allowed to stay up until Windows 11 comes out. Once it’s out, you have to roll back to Windows 10 or you’ll be in an unsupported state, assuming your PC is ineligible (obviously, if your PC is eligible, you’re good to go). For Beta channel Insiders, they were kicked off of the Beta channel and placed into Release Preview for Windows 10 21H2 testing.

Now, Microsoft has started kicking unsupported PCs out of the Dev channel of the Windows Insider Program. If you’re in the Dev channel and your CPU isn’t on the supported list, you’ll likely find that you have to go back to Windows 10 in order to keep receiving updates.

Microsoft has now dropped ineligible systems from the Insider program and tells them to install Windows 10. pic.twitter.com/zfALanmcuq

— BetaWiki (@BetaWiki) August 31, 2021

The transition to the new system requirements hasn’t been an entirely smooth one, but there’s a good reason that things are the way they are. Windows 10 versions 20H2, 21H1, and 21H2 are all enablement packages that build on top of version 2004. But since the spring of 2020, Microsoft has still been releasing prerelease builds in the Dev channel, with none of those features actually shipping in Windows 10. Those prerelease builds eventually became Windows 11.

That means that when Microsoft decided on the new system requirements, it had to think of a solution for all of the Windows Insiders that wouldn’t qualify for Windows 11, but were already running prerelease builds. After all, you can’t deliver an OTA update from build 20xxx to build 19xxx. The general rule is that if the build number goes down, you have to do a factory reset.

Because of this, the Redmond company decided to let Insiders on the Dev channel tag along for Windows 11 testing. Obviously, those users were used for telemetry. When Microsoft said it would consider Intel seventh-gen and AMD Zen processors for Windows 11 support, it got to look at data from all of the Insiders that were still able to run Windows 11. That’s how the firm came up with stats saying that supported PCs had a 99.8% crash-free experience, while unsupported PCs has 52% more crashes (which really only means that it’s a 99.7% crash-free experience).

But now, that run of testing has come to an end. It’s never fun when you have to reset your PC, but that’s the risk of the Insider Program.

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The Galaxy Book Fold may be Samsung’s first laptop with a foldable display

Samsung has been making waves in the past few weeks thanks to its foldable phones, the Galaxy Z Flip 3 and Z Fold 3. However, while the company has been making foldable phones for a couple of years, it’s never made a laptop with a foldable display. That could be set to change, as references to a Samsung Galaxy Book Fold device have been spotted online.

The information comes from well-known leakster Ice Universe on Twitter, who shared a screenshot with the name of the device. It’s called the Galaxy Book Fold 17, suggesting it sports a 17-inch display. The font used in the image is similar to what’s found throughout Samsung’s website, but there doesn’t seem to be a public page with this text.

However, this does throw us back to May of this year, when Samsung Display teased a device exactly like this. During the SID Display Week 2021 event, the company showed off a number of form factors enabled by OLED displays. That included, you guessed it, a 17-inch foldable laptop. You can see that video below, with the 17-inch laptop concept showing up at around the 52-second mark. 17 inches would be the size when the display is unfolded, and it could be folded into two smaller displays.

Samsung has also teased other innovative concepts with OLED displays, like an under-display camera for laptops. That was first teased all the way back in January, but we ended up seeing that technology first on the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3.

While laptops with foldable displays are rare, this isn’t the first one we’ve ever seen, since Lenovo has attempted this with the ThinkPad X1 Fold. That device was plagued by middling performance, courtesy of the Intel Lakefield chipset inside. Lakefield was Intel’s attempt at having powerful cores and efficient cores in the same package, but it didn’t work out in the best way. However, the upcoming Intel Alder Lake processors seem to be a significantly better take on that concept, so hopefully we’ll see more and better devices with this form factor.

Unfortunately, we don’t have much else to go off of. We’ll have to wait and see if and when Samsung announces the Galaxy Book Fold. The company has been making some great Windows laptops like the Galaxy Book Go and Book Pro, so it would be interesting to see more innovative devices as well.

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Today only: Wi-Fi routers and extenders from Netgear are up to 26% off

The rise in working from home has led many of us to realize our Wi-Fi networks are terrible. There’s inevitably one room where the signal is too weak, or the whole network slows to a crawl when someone starts up Netflix. Thankfully, Netgear has discounted some of its routers and extenders in a one-day sale on Amazon, making today a great time to upgrade your Wi-Fi.

First up is the Netgear AX1800, which is built for homes up to 1,500 sq. ft. with full support for Wi-Fi 6. It’s currently priced at $74.99 right now, a decent savings from the usual price of $90-100. The router is a decent option for smaller homes, especially for under $100, but support for the newer Wi-Fi 6E standard is missing.

Netgear R6700AX Router

This Wi-Fi 6 router is an excellent option for smaller homes, where mesh systems aren't really needed.

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Netgear Nighthawk Pro Gaming XR500

This router has a powerful gaming-focused interface and more LAN connectors, but it doesn't support Wi-Fi 5.

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This can help extend the range of your existing Wi-Fi network, with full support for Wi-Fi 6.

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The other router on sale is the Nighthawk Pro XR500, which delivers faster speeds than the above-mentioned AX1800, and also has a more customizable dashboard. The sale price is $159.99, and the router usually goes for around $190-200. Even though this model has fast speeds on paper, it can’t broadcast a Wi-Fi 6 network, so you might have connectivity problems if you have many other Wi-Fi signals around you (e.g. you live in an apartment complex).

Finally, Netgear is selling its Wi-Fi 6 Mesh Range Extender for $89.99, down from the usual price of $129.99. This is mostly intended to be used with existing Wi-Fi 6 networks, but it will work with just about any router or network. It’s dual-band, not tri-band, so speeds will be lower than a signal coming from your primary router — but that doesn’t matter too much if your router can’t reach a certain area in the first place.

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