Personal Safety app on Pixel phones gains emergency video recording capabilities

Personal Safety app on Pixel phones gains emergency video recording capabilities Google’s Pixel phones often get exclusive features that differentiate them from the rest of the Android crowd and the Personal Safety app is one of those. With the latest 2021.08.27 update, the app can now record videos in a special emergency mode which is triggered by pressing the power button five consecutive times.

Emergency video recording in Personal Safety app (images: XDA Developers)

The Emergency SOS feature is able to record videos up to 45 minutes in length provided you have the available space on your phone. According to XDA Developers, videos set at 720p resolution…

Report: TikTok is the highest-earning mobile app, PUBG Mobile still on top of the mobile gaming world

Report: TikTok is the highest-earning mobile app, PUBG Mobile still on top of the mobile gaming world At the onset of the pandemic app installs shot up as people searched for something to do. Now with the vaccine rollout app installs on the Google and Apple platforms are down slightly (1.2% and 2.1%, respectively, year over year), but revenues have gone up.

Smartphone users spent a collective $33.6 billion on the Google Play Store and the Apple App Store during the July-September quarter on apps, in-app purchases and subscriptions. This is a 15.1% increase over the same period last year when $29.2 billion was spent. The increase is slowing down, however, last year there was a 32% jump in…

New OnePlus Buds Z2 images leak, specs confirmed

New OnePlus Buds Z2 images leak, specs confirmed OnePlus’ next budget TWS earbuds, the Buds Z2started in a couple of leaks, and today we get a third one. It doesn’t reveal too much we didn’t already know, but rather serves as a confirmation that the previous two were on the right track.

The most notable upgrade of the Buds Z2 will be the 3 microphones used for active noise reduction and an improved design that handles wind better. The headphones are protected against water and sweat having IP55 certification while the charging box gets IPX4.

The buds will support Bluetooth 5.2 but no advanced audio streaming codecs so they will rely…

Honor’s foldable Magic X to be released in Q4

Honor’s foldable Magic X to be released in Q4 According to noted Chinese tipster Honor is about to release its first foldable phone before the end of Q4 this year and will allegedly be similar to Huawei’s Mate X2 as the development strated before the separation of the two companies. The device is internally known as Magic X, but it’s not certain if that will be its final marketing name.

Previously Honor’s CEO George Zhao revealed his company is working on a foldable phone and believed it will be the best one in the industry. Seeing how great the Mate X2 is and how Honor isn’t limited by the sanctions imposed on Huawei we wouldn’t…

Google Pixel 6 appears in new ad, still no official launch date

Google Pixel 6 appears in new ad, still no official launch date The highly anticipated Pixel 6 appeared in a new video ad published by Google Japan. We get a glimpse of the phone’s key features such as its design, custom Google Tensor chip and some of Android 12’s dynamic theming options with the Material You design. Sadly, we still don’t get an official launch date for the phone which is rather unfortunate.

Based on rumors, the Pixel 6 series should launch on October 19 which is the date shown on the phones’ lock screens in previous teasers. We’ve seen plenty of Pixel 6 leaks so far with the most recent ones detailing the phone’s camera modes and…

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