Motorola One Vision with 48MP camera, Exynos processor leaked

An ARCore support update last month mentioned a Motorola phone that had never previously been rumoured or heard of. The phone was the Motorola One Vision and while the ARCore update didn’t mention any details, we have them today courtesy WinFuture.

In a very comprehensive leak, WinFuture has published press renders and a full spec-sheet of this alleged upcoming device. The most notable features revolve around the display, camera and the SoC. The Motorola One Vision will apparently run on the Exynos 9610, the same chipset found on most Galaxy A-series smartphones. the Exynos 9610 has an octa-core architecture, but with a slightly lower 2.2GHz clock speed. It'll also have 4GB of RAM and a minimum of 128GB of storage. The display is a rather tall 6.3-inch 1080p display with a 21:9 aspect ratio. The main rear camera has a 48-megapixel sensor while the front shooter is a 25-megapixel unit. We’re not sure if the primary sensor is the Sony IMX586 or one made by Samsung, but it will sport a night mode for improved low light capabilities. Powering all of this is a 3500mAh battery. Unfortunately, the leak doesn’t specify any IP rating.

Press render of the alleged Motorola One Vision

WinFuture has also stated that the device will retail for € 299 and will become available for purchase on May 16 in Europe. The phone will be available in blue and bronze colours and the company will even offer the Motorola Verve earbuds for free in some countries to the first few customers. With regards to the phone’s availability in India, there is no official word whether the company will launch the Motorola One vision in the country.

Image Courtesy: Winfuture

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Android Q gesture navigation to be mandatory for all OEMs: Report

Apart from new features like Dark Mode and Focus Mode, Google will also introduce new navigation gestures with Android Q. What’s interesting about these gestures is that they work just like the ones that iPhones have, and will be mandatory for smartphone makers to implement them. The company will also allow the third party navigation gestures along with the two types it will bring in the next iteration of the Android OS.

As mentioned, Android Q will have two types of navigation gestures: the original three-button navigation, and a new iPhone-like one. “In the future for Android, we’re going to be supporting 2 nav modes moving forward. The first one is 3 buttons, you know Android users love 3 buttons. We know that it’s super usable and it also addresses a lot of accessibility needs that gestures just cannot. On the other hand, we also know that there’s a lot of desire for gestures, so we will be supporting 1 gesture mode, which is what you saw, moving forward in Android – and only that one,” XDADevelopers quoted Ronan Shah, Product Manager at Google on the Android System UI team as saying.

According to the tech news platform, the latter will no longer have any buttons for the user to press, the bottom bar is thinner. In simpler words, the latest nav gestures look a lot like the ones in the iOS. The company also asking the developers to make changes to accommodate the new gestures. “Users increasingly want immersive experiences in Android, and one thing that device makers have done is try to approach this from a software side. And what they’ve done is built their own gesture nav,” Shah said.

“And every device maker has a different impression of how gesture nav should work. What we recognize on a platform side is that kind of gets insane for a developer. Thinking about N different gesture navs when you’re trying to develop, design for, test for, your app, it just kind of gets insane. So with that in mind, we introduced this gesture nav in Q and we’re going to be standardizing the ecosystem as of Q on 3 buttons and our model moving forward,” Shah noted.

This shouldn’t be seen as a compulsion because Google says that it won’t explicitly disallow third-party gestures. According to AndroidAuthority, Google sees third-party gestures “as a power user option.” This means that OEMs will be forced to offer Google’s traditional 3-button navigation and new gestures, and they can also include their own navigation gestures, giving users more options to choose from.

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Google could remove ADB Backup and Restore option from Android

Apple’s iOS set the benchmark for the ease of backing up and restoring devices, being literally as simple as a few clicks, resulting in the device being restored in full. Going from an old iPhone to a new one meant that the new iPhone would essentially be a clone of the old one, carrying everything over. Android has taken a few years to get to a point where the backup and restore functionality is usable, but many power users have resorted to ADB backup and restore for their needs. Now, it appears that Google might be taking the functionality away from users.

ADB backup and restore goes beyond what OEMs and even Google offers. It allows you to transfer private data and even installed applications without root. This saves a lot of time when moving to a new phone since you won't have to download potentially gigabytes worth of data from the internet. Now a new commit in Google’s AOSP has shown that the company may be getting ready to remove the ability altogether.

This leaves very little in the form of offline backup methods for those who are not using rooted phones. For those who are rooted, ADB backup and restore won't matter anyway since there are plenty of more powerful tools for the job out there. Unfortunately, those who choose to not root their phones may be left with only one option moving forward, Google’s own backup and restore method, or the phone manufacturer’s method of choice, which we haven’t seen working reliably enough between brands.

As of now, the commit in AOSP is titled “Add deprecation warning to ADB backup/restore,” which means it is just a warning as of now, but it does allude to the feature’s eventual removal.

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John Wick Hex Strategy Game Announced for Consoles, PC, Mac; Get Ready for Gun-Fu Action in Neo-Noir Style

Good Shepherd has announced John Wick Hex, a strategy-based action game based on the John Wick films for PC, consoles, and Mac.

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Minecraft Classic Released as Free Browser Game to Celebrate 10-Year Anniversary

Mojang has released Minecraft’s original version called Minecraft Classic as a browser game and it is playable now with multiplayer support.

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Google Pixel 3a, Pixel 3a XL Reportedly Lack Support for In-House Daydream VR Platform

Google’s new Pixel 3a and Pixel 3a XL phones are reportedly incompatible with the company’s own Daydream VR platform.

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Android Q gesture navigation to be mandatory for all OEMs: Report

Apart from new features like Dark Mode and Focus Mode, Google will also introduce new navigation gestures with Android Q. What’s interesting about these gestures is that they work just like the ones that iPhones have, and will be mandatory for smartphone makers to implement them. The company will also allow the third party navigation gestures along with the two types it will bring in the next iteration of the Android OS.

As mentioned, Android Q will have two types of navigation gestures: the original three-button navigation, and a new iPhone-like one. “In the future for Android, we’re going to be supporting 2 nav modes moving forward. The first one is 3 buttons, you know Android users love 3 buttons. We know that it’s super usable and it also addresses a lot of accessibility needs that gestures just cannot. On the other hand, we also know that there’s a lot of desire for gestures, so we will be supporting 1 gesture mode, which is what you saw, moving forward in Android – and only that one,” XDADevelopers quoted Ronan Shah, Product Manager at Google on the Android System UI team as saying.

According to the tech news platform, the latter will no longer have any buttons for the user to press, the bottom bar is thinner. In simpler words, the latest nav gestures look a lot like the ones in the iOS. The company also asking the developers to make changes to accommodate the new gestures. “Users increasingly want immersive experiences in Android, and one thing that device makers have done is try to approach this from a software side. And what they’ve done is built their own gesture nav,” Shah said.

“And every device maker has a different impression of how gesture nav should work. What we recognize on a platform side is that kind of gets insane for a developer. Thinking about N different gesture navs when you’re trying to develop, design for, test for, your app, it just kind of gets insane. So with that in mind, we introduced this gesture nav in Q and we’re going to be standardizing the ecosystem as of Q on 3 buttons and our model moving forward,” Shah noted.

This shouldn’t be seen as a compulsion because Google says that it won’t explicitly disallow third-party gestures. According to AndroidAuthority, Google sees third-party gestures “as a power user option.” This means that OEMs will be forced to offer Google’s traditional 3-button navigation and new gestures, and they can also include their own navigation gestures, giving users more options to choose from.

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