Google Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro rumored to get four Android updates, five years of security patches

Google Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro rumored to get four Android updates, five years of security patches Rumors have been cropping up time and again over the past few months that Google’s upcoming Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro would have a wider support window than usual, and today we have some actual rumored numbers to think about.

According to what is a yet-unconfirmed rumor, the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro will get four major Android updates as well as five years of security patches after their official launch later this month.

If this pans out, it means that the two Pixels launched in 2021 will be updated all the way up to Android 16 in 2025, and receive security updates until October…

AMD releases Radeon RX 6600 graphics card for $329

AMD releases Radeon RX 6600 graphics card for $329 AMD today launched the Radeon RX 6600, the new entry-level model in the company’s RDNA2 based desktop graphics cards. The RX 6600 is priced at $329 and will compete against the Nvidia RTX 3060 that has the same MSRP.

The RX 6600 features the same GPU die as the more expensive 6600 XT but with 28 compute units enabled instead of the 32 on the XT model. The 6600 is also clocked lower at 2491MHz for the boost clock and 2044MHz ‘game clock’. This has resulted in 8.93 TFLOPs peak single precision performance compared to the 10.6 TFLOPs of the 6600 XT.

Both graphics cards use 8GB of…

AMD to adopt AM5 platform for some of its 2022 chips, PCIe Gen 5 and DDR5 RAM support confirmed

AMD to adopt AM5 platform for some of its 2022 chips, PCIe Gen 5 and DDR5 RAM support confirmed In a short video, AMD talked about its Zen architecture five years later and what to expect from its future products. In the video, the company’s Director of Technical Marketing and Chief Marketing Officer also shed some light on next year’s Ryzen chips.

The most interesting bit about the video is that they confirmed the shift to the AM5 platform, which will enable support for PCIe Gen 5 hardware and DDR5 memory. Of course, the AM5 will be a new socket design so the upcoming Ryzen chips won’t play well with the current motherboards.

However, AMD said current cooling solutions will…

Apple Watch Series 8 could bring a bigger display in 2022

Apple Watch Series 8 could bring a bigger display in 2022 Apple may be working on an Apple Watch with a bigger display for 2022. According to industry insider and Display Supply Chain Consultants CEO Ross Young, Apple’s Watch Series 8 could have up to three display sizes when it launches next year.

Currently, the fresh-on-sale Apple Watch Series 7 comes in two sizes – 41mm and 45mm, up from the 40mm and 44mm of the Series 6 before it. So it’s possible that the Apple Watch Series 8 would go beyond 45mm.

Don’t be surprised if there are 3 sizes next year…— Ross Young (@DSCCRoss) October 12, 2021

Meanwhile, according to popular analyst…

Apple AirPods 3 rumored to debut alongside new MacBook Pros at October 18 Unleashed event

Apple AirPods 3 rumored to debut alongside new MacBook Pros at October 18 Unleashed event Yesterday Apple confirmed a new “Unleashed” launch event scheduled on October 18. The stars of the show will almost certainly be Apple’s next-generation ARM-based M-series chipset dubbed M1X and all-new 14” and 16” MacBook Pro laptops. Now Weibo leaker @PandaIsBald is also throwing in the long-rumored AirPods 3 to the mix.

AirPods 3 leaked design (images: 52audio.com)

Apple’s regular non-Pro AirPods 2 have been out since March 2019 and are clearly due for an update. The third generation was expected to drop at several previous Apple events though was nowhere to be seen. Based on…

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