Huawei launches Watch GT 3 Pro series with ECG in China

Earlier today, Huawei announced its latest foldable phone, the Mate Xs 2. Along with a new smartphone, the firm also announced two new wearables, the Huawei Watch GT 3 Pro and the Huawei Band 7. We will be focusing on the former here as there is a lot to unpack, so let’s get started.

The Huawei Watch GT 3 Pro looks more like your everyday watch thanks to its circular OLED display and classic design that does its best attempt to mimic a traditional wristwatch. The device comes in two different models. A white ceramic version with a case size of 42.9mm, and a titanium variant that comes in at a slightly larger 46.6mm. The Watch GT 3 Pro Ceramic can be purchased with either a bracelet or leather strap. The Watch GT 3 Pro Titanium model also has an option for a leather strap or a can be paired with a sportier rubber band.

Both watches offer roughly the same features with the exception of screen size and battery, which are larger on GT 3 Pro Titanium model.  If you want the full details of both watches, you can take a look at the chart below.

Huawei Watch GT 3 Pro: Specifications

Specification	Huawei Watch GT 3 Pro Titanium	Huawei Watch GT 3 Pro Ceramic
Dimensions	46.6 mm × 46.6 mm × 10.9 mm	42.9 mm × 42.9 mm × 10.5 mm
Weight	around 54g (without band)	around 50g (without band)
Screen	1.43 inch AMOLED round display with full-screen touch operation	1.32 inch AMOLED round display with full-screen touch operation
Case Material	Titanium with sapphire glass	Nano microcrystalline ceramic with sapphire glass
Band	Black Fluorine Rubber Strap Grey Leather Band	White ceramic strap White Leather Band
Sensors	Accelerometer Gyroscope sensor Geomagnetic sensor Optical heart sensor Pressure sensor Temperature sensor	Accelerometer Gyroscope sensor Geomagnetic sensor Optical heart sensor Pressure sensor Temperature sensor
Input	Power key Function key Support for rotation of the crown	Power key Function key Support for rotation of the crown
Charging	Wireless	Wireless
Operating System	HarmonyOS 2	HarmonyOS 2
Protection Level	IP68, 5 ATM up to 30 meters	IP68, 5 ATM up to 30 meters
Connection	GPS NFC  Bluetooth	GPS NFC  Bluetooth
Battery Life	Estimated for up to 14 days or 8 days with heavy use	Estimated for up to 7 days or 4 days with heavy use
Price	Starting at ¥2488 or roughly $375 USD	Starting at ¥2988 or roughly $450 USD

Huawei’s best smartwatch hardware yet

Along with being able to track various sports activities and sleep, the Watch GT 3 Pro has the ability to provide real-time data for diving enthusiasts. This data includes details like monitoring your ascent, dive speed, and depth, chiming in with safety reminders, and providing training to maximize breath control. The watch also caters to golfers, with the ability to analyze your swing, and posture, and give feedback for improvement with visual cues. The watch also has built-in maps for over 300 golf courses.

If all of this sounds appealing and you want to get your hands on these devices, they will be available for purchase in China from select retailers starting on May 6. The Watch GT 3 Pro Titanium will start at ¥2488 — or roughly $375 USD, with the Watch GT 3 Pro Ceramic starting at ¥2988 or roughly $450 USD. As for availability outside of China, that is currently unknown, as Huawei has not released those details.

Source: Huawei

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Windows Insiders can now try dynamic refresh rate on the Surface Laptop Studio

Microsoft has finally begun testing the dynamic refresh rate feature on the Surface Laptop Studio, roughly six months after the laptop was launched. This enables the display on the laptop to automatically switch between a 60Hz or 120Hz refresh rate as needed, something Microsoft has promised since it first launched the laptop. The feature is only available to Windows Insiders for now, though.

As reported by Windows Central, the dynamic refresh rate mode is rolling out to Surface Laptop Studio users enrolled in the Windows Insider program, specifically the Dev and Beta channels. If you’re in that group, you should be receiving a pair of updates via Windows Update – one being a firmware update (version 10.0.156) and the other being a new Intel graphics driver (version 30.0.101.1340).

Once you have installed the updates, you should be able to find the new dynamic refresh rate mode by going into the Settings app and heading to Display -> Advanced display. Here, where’d you’d usually be able to choose between 60Hz and 120Hz, you’ll now see a Dynamic (60Hz or 120Hz) option.

Image credit: Windows Central

It looks like these are the only two refresh rates available, so you won’t get 90Hz or go as low as 10Hz when the screen is idle, for example, but it’s still good to have the option. According to Windows Central, the laptop does indeed stick to 60Hz when the screen is idle, and it changes to 120Hz while scrolling through a document. However, some animations don’t trigger the higher refresh rate, so the experience isn’t quite as smooth as it could be. Hopefully, that changes by the time this feature is rolled out to everyone. On that note, it doesn’t look like this feature is available for the Surface Pro 8, which also has a display capable of 120Hz. Presumably, it will get it eventually, too.

If you’re more familiar with the smartphone market, this kind of feature may actually be a bit unimpressive. Smartphones have been touting dynamic refresh rates for years, and some of them have much more granular control over how low that refresh rate can go to save battery. We can only hope that laptops like the Surface Laptop Studio kickstart a new trend and that PCs will make this kind of feature much more common. If you’re interested in Microsoft’s latest laptop, check out our Surface Laptop Studio review to learn more about it.

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Source: Windows Central

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Xiaomi’s next foldable, codenamed “zizhan”, could look like this

Foldables will be a running theme for 2022, and we expect to see many more in the coming months. Xiaomi has already entered the foldable space with devices like the Mi Mix Fold, and we’re due for a refresh. Xiaomi’s foldable is following a more relaxed refresh cycle than its glass slab releases, and understandably so. While it’s been over a year since the Mi Mix Fold came to market, information remains scarce on what the next foldable will look like. But now, we may have some clue on how it will look.

XDA Senior Member kacskrz spotted graphical assets within the latest MIUI China builds that show off a foldable that looks different from the Mi Mix Fold.

The latest Xiaomi’s foldable images found in #MIUI. What do we know? Not very much (except of camera positions and look – outer screen’s camera on the top center, and rear camera looking like square rather than rectangle). pic.twitter.com/C4IkQirMeq

— Kacper Skrzypek (@kacskrz) April 26, 2022

The animation file shows off a few angles and folded states of an unidentified Xiaomi device. Notably, the camera bump on the back of the device is a square with rounded corners, instead of the more rectangular bump seen on the Mi Mix Fold. This could indicate that Xiaomi may be keeping the camera setup more practical instead of as bleeding-edge as it was on the Mi Mix Fold, perhaps marking this next foldable as an overall mass-market product.

We also see the cutout camera on the outer screen. The inner screen is clean, indicating that Xiaomi could be sticking with its decision to not have any cameras on the inner display at all.

Kacskrz has shared more information spotted within MIUI China releases. We know the Xiaomi foldable is codenamed “zizhan” (vs “cetus” for the Mi Mix Fold). Further, code within MIUI suggests that “zizhan” will share a display panel used on “umi” which is the codename for the Mi 10. The Mi 10 is a glass slab flagship, so we presume that this means that the outer display on the foldable will be the same panel as used on the Mi 10. This then further points to the cover display being a 90Hz FHD+ panel with possible HDR 10+ support. The display size on the Mi 10 is 6.67-inches, but the device has curved edges, so the measured dimensions could vary when used on the flatter foldable.

We’ll keep an eye out for more information on this Xiaomi foldable.

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Motorola Edge 30 goes official in some regions with Snapdragon 778G Plus

Motorola recently released the Motorola Edge Plus in the United States, confusingly dubbed the Motorola Edge 30 Pro in the rest of the world. “Pro” (or, I guess, “Plus”) would generally indicate the existence of a non-pro Edge device… though that wasn’t the case. However, last week a set of real-life photos leaked that looked like they could be the Moto Edge 30, and as it turns out, that’s exactly what they were. The Motorola Moto Edge 30 has gone on sale in selected regions, and it packs a Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G Plus.

Motorola Edge 30: Specifications

Specification	Motorola Edge 30
Dimensions	159.38 x 74.24 x 6.79mm
Display	6.5-inch AMOLED 144Hz Full HD resolution
SoC	Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G+
RAM and Storage	8GB RAM 128GB storage
Battery & Charging	4,020 mAh battery 33W fast wired charging
Rear Camera	Primary: 50MP f/1.8 Secondary: 50MP ultra-wide Tertiary: 2MP depth sensor
Front Camera(s)	32MP f/2.4
Connectivity	5G sub 6GHz Bluetooth 5.2 NFC WiFi 6E USB-C
Security	Unknown
Software	Android 12 with My UX

Another day, another mid-range smartphone

The Motorola Edge 30 is a more mid-range offering that accompanies the Pro variant, though weirdly, it’s not on sale in the U.S. It packs a 6.5-inch AMOLED panel with a full HD resolution and a refresh rate that goes up as high as 144Hz. It also has 8GB of RAM, a 4,020 mAh battery with 33W charging, and a triple camera assortment on the back. The primary camera comes in at 50MP with an f/1.8 aperture, and the secondary camera is a 50MP ultra-wide with a 114-degree field of view. The third is just a depth sensor.

The Moto Edge 30 launches with Android 12 already in tow, and the company is promising an additional two years of platform updates on top of that. That means you’ll get Android 13 and Android 14, though the company is also throwing in bi-monthly security updates for an additional year, too.

You can pick up this device in Meteor Grey, Aurora Green, or Supermoon Silver, but its availability is… weird, to say the least. Motorola says that it’s available in selected European markets, and will be available in Asia, Latin America, the Middle East, Australia, India, and the U.K. If you’re in the rest of Europe, the U.S., or any other region, then you’re out of luck. Motorola says that it starts at €449.99 in Europe, and it’s already available at £379.99 in the U.K., about average for a mid-range device such as this. If the Motorola Edge Plus 2022 is anything to go by, the phone might at least be decent.

You can check out wallpapers from the phone if you’re interested in giving your a new, inspired-by-Motorola look.

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Qualcomm’s custom Arm processors for Windows PCs are coming late next year

Back in January 2021, Qualcomm acquired Nuvia, a company that was set to bolster its efforts in making custom Arm processors. Right out of the gate, Qualcomm was pretty straightforward about its plans. It was going to use these chips to compete against Apple’s M1 processors, and the first ones would begin sampling to OEMs in the second half of 2022 for Windows on Arm laptops. During the company’s earnings call today, CEO Cristiano Amon confirmed that the firm is on track for products to ship in late 2023, about a year after they’ll start sampling.

There are pretty much two ways that a processor can be made. One is to license the architecture and design from Arm, which is what companies like Qualcomm and MediaTek do. You get cores like Cortex X2, Cortex A710, and so on. Those are assembled into a package that usually resembles Arm’s reference design. The other option is to use the instruction set and design your own cores, which is what Apple does, and it’s what Qualcomm is going to be doing when the Nuvia technology comes to market.

And according to the San Diego firm, this is what it’s going to need to compete with Apple’s M1. However, it also puts Qualcomm in a much better space with OEMs. You might realize that if the Nuvia chips are going to be sampled to OEMs in just a few months, then the second half of 2023 seems like a really long time to wait for a product to ship.

This happens because the PC market is slow. With Intel processors, OEMs have the chips in-hand 12 to 18 months out. Now, suddenly this timeline sounds about right.

Unfortunately, this timeline puts Qualcomm in a rough spot. With mobile processors, Arm announces its new designs in the beginning of the year and Qualcomm announces a chip based on it at the end of the year. That’s why the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 uses Cortex X2. However, the new Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3 still uses Cortex X1.

Intel and Apple don’t have this problem because everything is developed in-house. Intel can sample its chips whenever it wants because it’s not waiting on another company to design them first. That’s what changes for Qualcomm with the Nuvia technology. It gets to own the full stack of hardware development.

Make no mistake, Qualcomm is going to have some catching up to do. If the chip that ships in late 2023 is the one that’s going to compete with Apple’s M1, and Apple is already shipping the M2, then Qualcomm is still behind despite years of a head start. Still, this technology is what’s going to give the company the tools that it needs to compete.

If you’re hoping what will presumably be called the Snapdragon 8cx Gen 4 is announced at Snapdragon Summit this December, you probably shouldn’t hold your breath. If it is, you’ll have to wait a while before we see a shipping product.

This technology is going to come to mobile too. Qualcomm has been clear since the day that it announced the Nuvia acquisition that this technology is going to come to its computing portfolio first, and that this is the chip that will compete with Apple’s M1, but that’s not where the technology ends. You should start seeing custom processors across the entire portfolio, but of course, if the PC chip is coming in late 2023, mobile wouldn’t arrive in products until 2024 at least.

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Nokia 8.3 5G receives stable Android 12 with April 2022 security patches

The Nokia 8.3 5G was introduced back in September 2020. The phone comes packed with solid internals that make it such a steal when considering its price tag. These include a 64MP main camera, 120Hz refresh rate display, 1080 x 2400 FHD+ display, a headphone jack, and much more. More importantly, though, the phone remains supported through software updates to this date. Nokia is currently rolling out the Android 12 update to the Nokia 8.3 5G, bringing a Privacy Dashboard, Conversation Widgets, security patches, and much more to the device.

Credit: warre1 on Nokia Forums

As pointed out by user warre1 on the Nokia Forums, Android 12 is rolling out to the Nokia 8.3 5G. The user is based in Finland, and the over-the-air (OTA) update seemingly hasn’t rolled out in other regions yet. This update comes with the build number V3.380 and packs April 2022 security patches. Apart from that, it introduces a Privacy Dashboard, accessibility improvements, Private Compute Core, and Conversation Widgets.

It’s common for Nokia phones to receive OTA updates in a phased manner. If you reside in Finland, you should be able to grab Android 12 on your phone right away. Otherwise, you will have to wait until the company starts rolling it out to more regions down the road. It’s hard to tell when this will occur, but it should be relatively soon.

If Android 12 has landed on your phone, make sure you download it over a Wi-Fi network if you’re subscribed to a limited mobile data plan. Additionally, keep your Nokia 8.3 5G connected to a power source to ensure that it doesn’t turn off during the installation. If you don’t see the update just yet, you’ll likely have to wait a few days before it reaches your device.

Have you received the Android 12 update on your Nokia 8.3 5G? If so, what region are you from? Let us know in the comments section below.

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Source: Nokia Forums

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Android 13’s new clipboard editor overlay rolls out with first beta release

Google rolled out the second Android 13 Developer Preview release for its Pixel devices early last month. The update introduced a couple of user-facing changes and several new features for developers. In addition, it included a couple of hidden features, like a new clipboard popup that helped users easily edit text and images before pasting. This new clipboard popup was disabled by default in the second developer preview release, but it’s now rolling out with the first Android 13 beta builds.

Google started rolling out Android 13 Beta 1 to its Pixel devices yesterday. As noted in our original coverage, the first beta build brings more granular permissions for media file access, better error reporting in Keystore and KeyMint, and anticipatory audio routing. Along with these features, the beta build introduces new color and theming options for the Wallpaper & style app on Pixel phones and new animations for media controls.

As mentioned earlier, Android 13 Beta 1 also includes the new clipboard editor overlay that was spotted in the second developer preview release. It pops up in the bottom left corner of the display when you copy text, images, or other content to the system clipboard. If the clipboard content is an image, the pop-up shows a tiny image preview, and if it’s text, it displays the first few words.

Credit: Esper

As shown in the attached screenshots, the pop-up also has an edit button, which lets you modify the clipboard’s contents without needing to paste them into an editor first. The edit button opens up the Markup application for images and a lightweight text editor for text. The clipboard overlay shows another button if there’s a suggested action available for the copied content. For example, when you copy a URL, a button to open it in Google Chrome shows up, and if you copy an address, you’ll see a button to open it in Google Maps.

What do you think of Android 13’s new clipboard editor overlay? Let us know in the comments section below.

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Source: Esper

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