Google Maps goes incognito on Android: Heres how you can enable it

There are a number of reasons why Incognito mode in Google Maps might prove to be useful. Maybe you're exploring your next holiday destination on a shared device and want to keep a lid on it for now. Maybe you're making a quick jaunt to a nearby cake shop to surprise your significant other. Whichever be your reason, Incognito mode is officially available on Google Maps for Android. And here's how you can go about enabling it:

To enable Incognito mode in Google Maps on your Android device, open the app, then click on your profile picture in the search bar on top, and tap ‘Turn on Incognito mode’. Follow the same steps to turn Incognito mode off. Since Google is rolling out this new feature in stages, there's a chance the Incognito mode feature is still not available on your device. You should see it crop up in Maps in the next few days though. Do note that this feature is available only on Android for the moment.

According to Google's support page on the subject, turning on Incognito mode in Maps disables the following in-app features: Commute, For You, Location History (on the entire device, not just on Maps), Location Sharing, Notifications and messages, Search history, Search completion suggestions, Google Maps Contributions, Google Assistant microphone in Navigation, Offline Maps, Your Places, and Media integration.

“During Maps incognito mode, the Google Assistant microphone isn’t available in navigation, but “Ok Google” will continue to work as expected. Google Assistant is a system feature that isn’t a part of Incognito mode for Maps, so any information you share with it will be saved as usual,” warns Google. Incognito mode was first introduced in Google's Chrome browser. It allows you to browse the internet without leaving a trace of your browsing history on the app. Google hasn't mentioned when iOS users will get this feature in Maps.

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Motorola Razr 2019 live image surfaces ahead of imminent launch

Motorola is expected to announce its first foldable phone at an event it is hosting on November 13. The upcoming handset is rumoured to feature a clamshell design, which is touted to resemble the iconic Moto Razr V3. We recently came across some leaked renders of the phone, which gave us an idea of how the company might implement a folding design on the alleged Motorola Razr 2019. Now, the smartphone has been spotted in the wild with a live image posted on Weibo. While the live image barely shows what’s on the device’s screen, its overall design does seen quite similar to what we came across in the previously leaked renders.

The smartphone in question can be seen featuring a tall display with a notch on top. On the bottom is a thick module, which has a button and it is speculated that the button can double up as a fingerprint sensor. It is tough to discern from the image but the phone seems rather slim when it is unfolded, however, the bottom module seems to represent the thickness of the phone. In its folded state. It is a good sign if the handset is already in live testing and is being used as this signifies the device’s imminent launch.

As mentioned above, we previously came across some new renders of the Motorola Razr. The device quite closely resembles the original Razr V3 from 2004. When folded, there’s a small touch screen on top of the phone’s upper half and below is the same thick module that sports a button. An image of the phone shows how it looks when completely unfolded and it shows off its hinge and a tall inner display. There’s a regular square-shaped notch on the device’s display. 

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Mario Kart Tour Multiplayer Testing to Begin in December: Nintendo

Mario Kart Tour currently lacks the option to race against friends, leaving the game without a key element that has helped make it one of Nintendo's longest running franchises.

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Samsung A51 could be manufactured right here in India: Report

After launching the galaxy A50s in India just a few weeks ago, Samsung is reported to be hard at work on the new Samsung Galaxy A51. Scheduled to be released in 2020, the Galaxy A51 is already making its way down the production line. According to report the Galaxy A51 is being manufactured at the company’s manufacturing plant in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh. What this means is not known at the moment, but one thing we can surely say is that the phone should be released in the first quarter of next year. 

Just recently, a Samsung phone was spotted on Geekbench. Dubbed the SM-A515, most experts believed that this phone was the Samsung Galaxy A51. The numbers on the listing were also rather interesting. The A515 scored 323 in the single core test. It also scored 1,185 on the multi core tests. Judging by those results, one could assume that it will be powered by the Exynos 9611 SoC. The Galaxy A50s is also powered by the same chip, so they shouldn’t be too far apart in terms of processing speed. 

The phone could also ship with Android 10, right out of the box as well. According to listings and reports, the Samsung A51 could come in two variants. One with a 4GB RAM coupled with 64GB of storage and one with 4GB RAM and 128GB of storage. The phone could well feature the Samsung A50s' triple camera setup as well. Not much is known at the moment but we will know more in the near future. 

 

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New Midway trailer gives fans of war films something to look forward to

If you remember the iconic scene in Independence Day, the one where the White House is obliterated by an alien death ray, you have Roland Emmerich to thank for that.  This time, the director is back with a film that is sure to appeal to fans of war films. Starring Ed Skrein, Patrick Wilson, Woody Harrelson and Nick Jonas, the film tells the story of the brave men who fought off the enemy at the Battle of Midway. 

The film follows the life of US Navy Bomber pilot Richard Best who is played by Skrein. The other cast members round out the ensemble in what looks to be a thrilling, action-packed ride through the real-life battle that claimed a decisive victory for the US over the Japanese. 

The trailer is full of action and gives us a better look at the thrills and air battles that will surely be a big part of the film. The actual incident of the Battle of Midway took place a mere six months after the brutal attack on Pearl harbor by Imperial Japanese forces. This was the incident that forced the US’s hand and pushed them into the larger conflict. It was in the Battle of Midway where American forces took control of the situation and emerged with a decisive vitroy over the Japanese. This marked the turn of the war as well.

You can check out the trailer below. 

This article has been posted in collaboration with PVR Pictures

 

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Google Pixel 4s Recorder App to be made available to older Pixel devices

By now, we all know that the Pixel 4 is not coming to India. We will not be able to check out one of the more hyped phones this year. The reason being the 60Hz SOLI Radar. The chip is prohibited in India and the Pixel 4 uses it to enable motion gestures. But there is some good news for users of older Pixel models, of which there are many. The company confirmed that older Pixel models will receive the Recorder app through a software update.

Up until now, it was thought that the Pixel 4 and 4 XL were the only phones to come with the Recorder app. The app is used to transcribe audio recordings and was exclusive to the Pixel 4 up until the announcement by Google. In a Reddit post, a Google employee confirmed that the app will be rolling out to older Pixel devices. We still don’t know when the update will be rolled out or which models will receive the update first. The post said,” Thanks for expressing interest in the Recorder app. We plan to roll it out to older Pixel devices in a future software update”.

The app itself used machine learning to transcribe audio while recording. This will make it easier for users to search for audio clips and other such audio queries. You could theoretically even search for bits of music and even sounds like an applause. As of right now, the app only has support for the English language but we’re sure that once the app rolls out to a mass audience, we sill start seeing different language packs. The one thing that separates this Recorder from the pack is that it will even function without an active internet connection. 

 

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Intels 10th generation Comet Lake desktop CPUs leaked

Intel’s 10th generation processors have so far only been seen in mobile devices, but still have been exciting in their own right. Intel has had some challenges locking down their 10nm lithography process, but finally, the company came through with the 10th generation mobile processors. However, Intel has been fairly quite about their 10th generation desktop processors. Turns out, a massive leak reported by WCCFTech has revealed everything there is to know about the upcoming 10th generation Comet Lake desktop processors.

Meet LGA 1200

The new 10th generation Comet Lake CPUs will require a new motherboard with the LGA1200 socket. The new socket is the same size as the  LGA1151 socket, but there are subtle changes that make Comet Lake CPUs mechanically and electrically incompatible with the LGA 1151 socket. The LGA 1200 will also have a higher pin-count and will not be backwards compatible with Intel’s CPUs. The 400-series boards will come with multiple chipset options, with he Z490 being aimed at the enthusiast user and the W480, Q470 and H410 being aimed at more mainstream users.

New CPUs abound

The 10th Generation Comet Lake line up will include 12 Core-series processors alongside 2 new Celeron chips and 2 Pentium G processors. The flagship processor leaked so far is the Intel Core i9-10900. The chip will have 10 cores,20 threads, a base clock of 3.0GHz and a boost clock of 5.1GHz. The leak highlights that there is a K-variant of the i9 as always, but doesn't reveal its clockspeed, base or boost. The entire list of the CPUs and their leaked specs are below.

Table courtesy WCCFTech

Expected Release Date

Intel is expected to announce the new Comet Lake CPUs at some point next year. The leak does not specify a timeline, so far.

 

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