nubia Red Magic 7 gets 3C certified with a whopping 165W charging support

nubia Red Magic 7 gets 3C certified with a whopping 165W charging support ZTE’s nubia announced the Red Magic 6 in March with 66W charging, but its successor – nubia Red Magic 7 (NX679J) – could break all records of fast charging on a commercially available smartphone since it got 3C certified with 165W (20V/8.25A) charging support.

The fastest charging nubia smartphones right now are the Red Magic 6 Pro and the Red Magic 6s Pro, going up to 120W. However, you get those speeds on the Chinese models of the phones since their international versions are capped at 66W. Hence, if nubia decides to launch the Red Magic 7 globally, you may not get 165W charging on…

Android 12L Developer Preview is now available for the Lenovo Tab P12 Pro

Android 12L Developer Preview is now available for the Lenovo Tab P12 Pro Back in October Google surprised everyone by announcing Android 12L, an evolution of Android 12 that is specifically designed to be optimized for larger screens than those of phones. We’re talking tablets, foldables, and Chrome OS devices.

Fast forward to today and the first Android 12L Developer Preview is available for the Lenovo Tab P12 Pro. A public beta is coming “soon”, for this tablet as well as Pixel devices – Android 12L will arrive as an update on phones too, even though its main focus is on larger things.

If you’re a developer, you can grab the Android 12L Developer…

Google announces new Android features, including digital car keys for Pixels and Galaxy S21

Google announces new Android features, including digital car keys for Pixels and Galaxy S21 Google is getting into the festive spirit today by announcing a bunch of new Android features, which are coming soon or available today.

Let’s start with the digital car key functionality. This is now live on the Pixel 6 and 6 Pro, as well as the Samsung Galaxy S21, in select countries. It will only work with compatible BMW cars for now.

Next up, there’s Family Bell, which will alert you and your family when it’s time for important moments throughout the day. The alerts come via phone, home speaker, or smart display. Aside from the shared “bells”, you can also set “bells” on your own…

The Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3 is the first 5nm chipset for Windows-on-ARM laptops, 7c+ Gen 3 tags along

The Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3 is the first 5nm chipset for Windows-on-ARM laptops, 7c+ Gen 3 tags along Yesterday was all about the new Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, today Qualcomm is focusing on other platforms. Starting with Windows-on-ARM laptops and two new chipsets for them – one flagship and one for affordable devices that nevertheless need 5G connectivity.

The Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3 is the high-end offering. Qualcomm is keeping hardware details under wraps, so we don’t know what CPU cores are being used here. We do know that it is a 5 nm chipset (a world’s first for Windows devices), while both the original 8cx and the Gen 2 were 7 nm parts.

The company also revealed that the new chip will…

Snapdragon G3x Gen 1 chipset for handheld consoles unveiled, Razer helps create a dev kit

Snapdragon G3x Gen 1 chipset for handheld consoles unveiled, Razer helps create a dev kit All the best gaming smartphones use a Snapdragon chipset, says Qualcomm, but the company has identified a related market that currently doesn’t have a dedicated chip line – handheld game consoles, devices like the Nintendo Switch, which sit between a smartphone and the at-home consoles like PlayStation and Xbox.

The first chipset for such devices is called the Snapdragon G3x Gen 1. Hardware details are sparse, but the chip borrows heavily from the smartphone Snapdragons, as well as the likes of the Snapdragon XR2 that powers the Oculus Quest 2 VR headset.

Qualcomm wants to give…

Samsung Galaxy A13 5G goes official in the US, the A03s joins it stateside in January

Samsung Galaxy A13 5G goes official in the US, the A03s joins it stateside in January The much leaked Samsung Galaxy A13 5G was finally made official today, by Samsung’s arm in the US. The phone is the company’s cheapest 5G device to date, and it will be available online from AT&T on December 3 for just $249.99 or $6.95 per month on a qualifying three-year installment plan. The handset will then land at T-Mobile in January.

It has a 6.5″ 90Hz (adaptive refresh rate) 720×1600 LCD display with a V-shaped notch at the top, the MediaTek Dimensity 700 chipset at the helm, 64GB of expandable storage, and a 5,000 mAh battery with 15W charging support.

Samsung Galaxy A13…

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