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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Xiaomi launches its premium flagship, the Xiaomi 12 Pro in India

Xiaomi has become synonymous with a brand that makes value products. No matter what product you pick up that has a Xiaomi branding on it, you are bound to get one of the best value-for-money propositions. People confuse this proposition and brand Xiaomi products as “budget” devices, which is far from the truth on devices like top-tier flagships. To shed this tag, Xiaomi is launching its premium flagship, the Xiaomi 12 Pro, in India, followed by the Xiaomi Pad 5 and the Mi TV 5A.

Xiaomi 12 Pro India Launch

Xiaomi 12 Pro: Specifications

Specification	Xiaomi 12 Pro
Build	Gorilla Glass Victus front and back Aluminum frame
Dimensions & Weight	163.6 x 74.6 x 8.16mm 206g
Display	6.73-inch OLED 3200 x 1440 LTPO 2.0 1500 peak brightness 10-bit color depth HDR10+
SoC	Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
RAM & Storage	8GB LPDDR5  + 256GB UFS 3.1 12GB + 256GB
Battery & Charging	4,600 mAh 120W wired charging Charging brick included Wireless charging up to 50W
Security	Optical in-display fingerprint sensor
Rear Camera(s)	Primary: 50MP, f/1.9, Sony IMX707, 1/1.28-inch, 1.22µm pixels Secondary: 50MP, f/2.2 ultra-wide, 115-degree FoV Tertiary: 50MP, f/1.9, 2x optical zoom Video: 8K @ 24fps 4K @ 60fps
Front Camera(s)	32MP, f/2.45 selfie camera
Port(s)	USB-C
Audio	Dual Stereo Speakers tuned by Harmon Kardon
Connectivity	NFC Bluetooth 5.2 WiFi 6E Dual band GPS, AGPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, NavIC
Software	MIUI 13 based on Android 12
Other Features	IR Blaster X-axis linear vibration motor

The Xiaomi 12 Pro is the second most premium device Xiaomi has launched in India in recent years, with the most premium being the year-old Mi 11 Ultra. With the Mi 11 Ultra, the device was made available in limited quantities as Xiaomi attempted to gauge the demand and reception of the overkill flagship.

Needless to say, it only took a few weeks before all the stock of the product was sold out. So the Xiaomi 12 Pro occupies the spot of the most premium Xiaomi smartphone that you can purchase in India right now.

The Xiaomi 12 Pro is a beautiful smartphone that comes with its own set of features, some of them venturing into Ultra territory as well. For instance, you get 120W fast wired charging on this device, as well as 50W fast wireless charging for the 4,600 mAh battery.

The rest of the device is top-end but practical. For instance, the triple 50MP camera sensor is a highlight of the device, and we found the main camera to be worth it’s salt. So while the device does miss out on overkills like 108MP cameras and 100x zoom and beyond, end users will be happy with the overall package.

Xiaomi India also mentions that they have addressed the performance issues we spotted in our early Xiaomi 12 Pro review with subsequent software updates, so that’s something we will have to check and update. Speaking of updates, the Xiaomi 12 Pro comes with MIUI 13 based on Android 12 out of the box and Xiaomi will offer 3 years of Android upgrades plus additional security updates to the device.

Pricing and Availability

The Xiaomi 12 Pro is coming to India in two RAM variants: 8GB and 12GB, both with 256GB of storage. You can pick it up in three color options: Blue, Purple, and Gray.

• 8GB + 256GB: ₹62,999
• 12GB + 256GB: ₹66,999

The device goes on sale on May 2 at 12PM in India across Amazon India, mi.com, and offline stores. You can avail a bank discount of ₹6,000 with ICICI bank. In addition, Xiaomi has an introductory offer of ₹4,000, which brings the price down further for early buyers.

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Android 13 Beta 1 brings new color and theming options to the Wallpaper & style app on Pixel devices

Google dropped the first Android 13 beta release yesterday, introducing quite a few notable features. As mentioned 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. But Android 13 Beta 1 seems to have more in store for users. A closer look at the beta build has revealed that it also brings fun new animations for media controls and a couple of other features. In this post, we’ll take a look at the new Material You styling options that Google has added for its Pixel devices.

Android 13 Beta 1 brings several new color and theming options to the Wallpaper & style app on Pixel devices. As you can see in the attached screenshots (via Mishaal Rahman), the Wallpaper & style app in Android 13 Beta 1 includes four pages of wallpaper colors and basic colors. This means that the app now offers up to 16 options for wallpaper colors and 16 for basic colors.

There are now FAR more color/theme options in the Pixel’s Wallpaper & Style app. There’s up to 16 options for wallpaper colors and 16 for basic colors. pic.twitter.com/toHGIGW1c1

— Mishaal Rahman (@MishaalRahman) April 26, 2022

In contrast, the Wallpaper & style app in the Android 13 Developer Preview 2 release only offered four wallpaper colors and basic colors each.

Screenshots from the Wallpaper & style app in Android 13 DP2

Although the new options in the Wallpaper & style app in Android 13 Beta 1 are not as comprehensive as what you can currently get on custom Android 12 skins from some OEMs, it’s great to see Google taking steps in the right direction. With these new options, you should be able to customize your Pixel to a greater degree.

Do you use the wallpaper and basic color options in the Wallpaper & style app to customize your Pixel? What do you think of the new customization options? Let us know in the comments section below.

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Xiaomi Pad 5 comes to India at an attractive price

The tablet market has largely been dominated by the Apple iPad, and for good reason. Android tablet releases have been few and far in between, and it’s just Samsung and to some extent Lenovo dominating the space. More recently, we’re seeing interest from more hardware players, with Xiaomi launching the Xiaomi Pad 5 series in 2021. Now, the company is bringing the Xiaomi Pad 5 to India (alongside the Xiaomi 12 Pro and the Mi TV 5A), giving consumers some more options in the tablet space.

Xiaomi Pad 5 India Launch

Xiaomi Pad 5: Specifications

Specification	Xiaomi Pad 5
Build	Glass front, aluminum frame
Dimensions & Weight	254.7mm x 166.2mm x 6.9mm 1.15lbs (511g)
Display	11-inch WQHD+ IPS LCD 2,560 x 1,600 pixels 120Hz refresh rate Dolby Vision 16:10 aspect ratio 10-bit display
SoC	Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
RAM & Storage	6GB LPDDR4X 128GB/256GB UFS 3.1
Battery & Charging	8,720mAh 33W fast charging 22.5W charging brick included
Security	Only PIN code or password
Cameras	13MP main 8MP front-facing
Ports	USB-C
Audio	Quad speakers tuned by Harmon Kardon
Connectivity	Wi-Fi 6 Bluetooth 5.0
Accessories	Xiaomi Smart Pen stylus (separate purchase) Magnetic wireless charging 4096 pressure levels Two buttons TPE soft replaceable tips
Software	Android 11 with MIUI Global 12.5

The Xiaomi Pad 5 has a 16:10 aspect ratio, which might throw you off if you were expecting a 3:2 aspect ratio like the iPad, albeit there is nothing inherently flawed with either choice. A wider aspect ratio would work better for movie consumption, while the other end works for productivity tasks. The tablet curiously misses out on a fingerprint scanner — there is none present. And you get Android 11 with MIUI 12.5. Apart from this, you get a rounded package, complete with the Snapdragon 860 handling processing duties. In our review of the Xiaomi Pad 5, we found it to be a good option in the tablet space, but there are still arguments to be made on using an Android tablet in the first place. If you want a large screen entertainment and productivity device, this is a good option.

In India, Xiaomi is also bringing along the Xiaomi Smart Pen Stylus and Keyboard Case as a separate purchase.

Pricing and Availability

The Xiaomi Pad 5 is coming to India in two storage variants: 128GB and 256GB, both with 6GB of RAM.

• 6GB + 128GB: ₹26,999
• 6GB + 256GB: ₹28,999

The device goes on sale on May 3 at 12PM in India across Amazon India, Mi.com, and offline stores. The tablet will be available at an introductory discounted price of ₹24,999 and 26,999 till May 7. In addition, Xiaomi is offering an extra ₹2,000 off for HDFC Bank cardholders. Xiaomi has not shared the pricing and availability details for the Smart Pen Stylus and Keyboard Case at the moment, but they will be available for purchase separately at a later stage.

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