There were rumours that Playstation 4 exclusive, Horizon Zero Dawn was heading to PC but it has now been confirmed that the game will be available on both Steam and the Epic Store on 7 August. A new trailer was just released that shows off what the game will look like on PC. These include an ultra-wide display mode, unlocked framerates, dynamic foliage, graphical settings and much much more. The trailer is only 90 seconds but it is enough to give gamers a look at what they can expect when the game does come out later this year.
Horizon Zero Dawn is coming to PC on August 7
Herman Hulst, Head of Playstation Worldwide Studios had said, “I think it’s important that we stay open to new ideas of how to introduce more people to PlayStation, and show people maybe what they’ve been missing out on.”. Just so you know, this will be the first time a Sony Playstation 4 exclusive will be making the move to the PC. Who knows? We could also be getting the follow up to Horizon Zero Dawn, Horizon Forbidden West on the PC as well. As of right now though, there is no release window scheduled for Horizon Forbidden West.
In other Playstation news, Sony is celebrating 10 years of Playstation Plus with 3 free games in July. You can read more about that story here. The company is also offering a $50,000 bounty to report critical PlayStation 4 bugs and you can check out more info about that here. In fact, Horizon Forbidden West could be a PS5 exclusive and even include co-op. You can read more about that here.
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The Indian government has banned 59 apps over security concerns, leaving users to find alternatives. Check out our list of alternatives for TikTok, as well as file sharing apps Xender and ShareIt. In this lister we will be looking at alternatives for UC Browser. Most of you are probably using Chrome, which is installed by default on most phones anyway. Two of the options that are better than Chrome are Opera and Firefox. The considerations for a good mobile experience are features oriented towards touchscreens, cloud based acceleration to reduce mobile data usage, a comfortable enough night mode, and the ability to surf with a single hand. Unfortunately, there is not one single browser that meets all of these requirements, with each one having their own strong points. Choosing a mobile browser depends on your usage pattern on the desktop as well, and if you want to continue browsing across platforms. If we had to chose, then best options are Opera Touch on iOS and Firefox Focus on Android. Check out the best mobile browsers and their strong points below.
Opera
Opera has a number of browser options on both platforms, and is not just one single app. The development is continuous and the browser keeps adding an increasing number of convenient features. If you want the best user experience, then this is the browser to go for. On Android, you have Opera, Opera Mini, Opera Beta and Opera Mini Beta. The beta versions obviously are buggier, but still very good and the bugs are only with the latest features. These versions are obviously for pro users. For those just looking for a good all round browser, then Opera is the way to go. There are a few features that really improve the user experience. The first is an AI driven custom news feed, that you need to set up, but then gives you direct links from all your favorite sources in an easy to scroll list. Each of the features have tweaks that let you customise the experience further. For example, you can adjust the settings in the night mode according to what you find the most pleasing. The download manager is powerful, and allows you to share files from the browser itself. If you use Opera on a computer, then you can sync the bookmarks across both versions, so changes in one will be reflected in the other. Opera Mini is the browser that is ideal for spotty 2G connections, or for those with long commutes. You can download pages and read them later. There is also an offline file transfer feature in Opera Mini. Then there is an integrated video player as well. These are the features that will be appealing to many local users. For iOS users, Opera has a very special browser that offers a refined touchscreen experience. There is no Opera Mini available here. Opera Touch is just very minimal and leaves most of the screen estate for the web page, with the buttons being discreet. The entire user interface has been designed for a one hand experience, so it is really easy to use on the side while working on a computer, during a commute, or while relaxing on the sofa. There are gesture options for moving between tabs and accessing media controls. The best thing is the search, which allows you to use your voice or scan a QR code, and is really fast. You can sync bookmarks, nots and links with a web version, adding everything to what is known as the Flow. This is a helpful feature when you want to continue surfing on the go where you left off on your laptop. All Opera browsers have ad blocking, free VPN and cloud based acceleration for loading web pages. The last part means that mobile data consumption is considerably reduced. These features put together mean that Opera is one of the best browser available for smartphones, and the different versions only compete with each other.
TL;DR: Built keeping touchscreens in mind, continuously gets new user friendly features, has an uncluttered interface, and works very well in tandem with the desktop version.
Download links: Opera Mini: Android Opera: Android Opera Mini Beta: Android Opera Beta: Android Opera Touch: iOS Firefox
Firefox is a fierce about protecting your privacy, so all the versions that they have block third party cookies, online trackers and ad delivery networks. All of this means that your browsing speed increases and your data consumption is reduced. The only thing getting on to your phone is the actual content that you want to access. It is like having private mode switched on by default. Another good thing about Firefox is that it works very well with the desktop version, allowing you to sync passwords, open tabs and bookmarks. It is very easy to move to the PC version from the phone and vice versa. One of the good design aspects about this browser is that the tabs are very easy to navigate and switch between. They are displayed as a stack of cards, and inform you at a glance what website it is. Another really helpful feature is the ability to surf the web using a smart TV that supports streaming. This really changes the experience of surfing the web, especially if you have a large TV. You can move your surfing to the living room, and for video streaming sites or social media, or even interactive infographics, this is just an awesome feature that can entirely transform your web surfing experience. Just like Opera, Firefox too has a number of versions available. There are Firefox and Firefox Lite, then there are the beta version, Firefox Beta. Additionally, you can also get the very latest features, as well as the buggy versions which are in the nightly builds, so that one is Firefox Nightly, which used to be known as Firefox Aurora. Then there is Firefox Focus, which has a more advanced version of private mode from the get go. It prevents a wide range of online trackers, so your browsing habits will not be recorded, and there wont be data machines building psychographic profiles based on your digital footprints to deliver targeted ads to you. Then, there is also a built in ad blocker. The Lite mode additionally allows you to browse using the text only, and nukes all images, making the surfing experience even faster, especially on spotty connections. Erasing your passwords and browsing history is also very easy, but for the sake of convenience you can choose to keep them. If you are worried about privacy or are very paranoid, then this is the browser to use. Firefox Focus has a very decluttered interface and if you find yourself wishing away the default links on the homescreen of every browser, then Firefox Focus is the only one on the list without them (these are the icons in the right side screenshots of most of the browsers here).
TL;DR: A browser geared towards privacy, works well with desktop versions, and allows you to surf the web using a smart TV.
Google Chrome is a fast browser for mobile platforms, and one of the best aspects about it is the tab viewing feature. It fits in more tabs in the available screen real estate than other browsers, taking advantage of newer smartphones with higher pixel densities. Syncing with the PC version is very easy, and allows you to use the same tabs, bookmarks and passwords. You can leave off on one platform and continue surfing on another. It only requires users to login with their Google accounts on all platforms. Google claims it uses AI to improve your news feeds, but this is clearly a sneaky way of delivering you more ads and getting more publishers on board their ad delivery network. This is a useless feature anyway. Chrome allows you to download content from web pages, and this includes videos as well. Google uses its in house tech to compress the content before delivering them to you, which reduces data consumption. You can save pages for offline browsing. What all of this means is that by default, Chrome is like the lite versions of other browsers such as Opera or Firefox. Of course, all of Google’s services work very well with the browser, but not as well as the dedicated apps such as Drive, Docs, Sheets or Keep. If you want to reduce the number of apps you have installed and still use Google services through the mobile device, then Google Chrome is the way to go. Another powerful feature is easy translation of all web pages using Google Translate. Like most other mobile browsers, Google Chrome also syncs easily with the PC version, allowing you to sync tabs, bookmarks and passwords. The cutting edge features are available in Chrome Beta, and the unstable version is called Canary, which is not nightly but updates a few times every week.
TL;DR: Probably comes pre-installed with your device anyway, is fast and lightweight, best option for having a lot of tabs open at same time.
Although coming from a major tech company, Edge can be considered as an alternative browser because of the negative associations with Internet Explorer. Edge is actually surprisingly good, and for those who have tried it, the experience with Bing is better than Google. For some reason Microsoft claims to have gamified the use of the search engine, and that it gives you rewards for using Bing, they have just become that desperate now. However, we use Bing a lot and could not find these rewards. Bing search is actually the strongest feature in the browser, as it shows you all the information you need at a glance, creating boxes of the relevant contents. For example, searching for “Corona” gives you stats of the confirmed cases, deaths and recoveries in the city, state, country and global levels. It also shows a map of the pandemic, and resources to get help. Then there is a box with news videos. The entire activity of search has been converted into an experience, and the best thing is, that the experience can directly be embedded. At the same time, the search does not give you what you want, for example a search for “Corona Go” will deliver the same Corona widget. Most of the time though, the widgets work beautifully. For example, if you search “Guardians of the Galaxy 2” you get a hotstar link first, a synopsis from the Wikipedia article, a soundtrack listing, critic reviews, a list of cast and characters, images, the IMDB link, and news related to the movie. In the end there is a handy list of additional searches. Seriously, the search experience is unparalleled. Edge is almost as militant as Firefox when it comes to privacy, and takes measures to prevent tracking of your surfing habits. The tracking prevention tech is enabled by default, just like all Firefox browsers. There is also an integrated Ad Blocker, which is not turned on by default. The private mode does not save history or passwords.
TL;DR: The best search experience on mobile devices, strong privacy oriented features, is demanding in terms of data use.
Download Links: Microsoft Edge: Android | iOS Dolphin
This is a strange little browser that has been built from the ground up for touchscreens, and does not have a desktop legacy behind it like most of the other browsers in the list. In the early days of smartphones, around 2010, Dolphin was the go to browser for a superior surfing experience on smartphones. It won a lot of awards back in the day, but has since then lost its lead. Dolphin is still heavily focused on delivering a great user experience on touchscreens. That means that there are a lot of features that have been included keeping mobile devices in mind. One of these is the integrated voice search, but such a feature is there on other browsers as well. The differentiating feature here is the ability to create custom gestures to quickly open up web sites. For example, you can trace a “D” on the screen to fire up Digit.in. The speed dial is also very easy to use. Swiping switches between tabs, which is faster than the two taps required on most other browsers. The laser focus on usability on touchscreens is the best when it comes to Android, but you are better off using Opera Touch on iOS. The browser also allows you to download videos for offline viewing. If you like to customise what little of the browser is visible during surfing, then there are options to add background images and tweak the colours, as well as themes. There are some other features for smartphones, such as a battery saving mode, a speed booster, and the ability to save web pages as PDF files.
TL;DR: If you want to use gestures for accessing web pages quickly, then go for this browser.
Download Links: Dolphin: Android | iOS JioBrowser
The browser is pushy about some content (mostly news and videos), but has some nifty little features. There is an integrated QR scanner to quickly access links, and a voice search feature as well. The browser also shows live cricket scores in a ticker, and actually has a quick search suggestion feature that is faster than Google. The quick search feature works really well when it does, but is otherwise useless. Users can download content through the integrated download manager, and even schedule downloads. All these extra features show that the browser has really been made keeping in mind the browsing habits of Indians, and the localisation goes beyond just supporting more languages. Another feature that is helpful for older people is that the browser allows you to zoom into content on web pages. The browser is made with an entirely mobile experience in mind though, and lacks the features for using it in tandem with a computer, such as exporting or importing bookmarks sending files from the device to a PC. Compared to all the other browsers on the list, it is also a little glitchy. That said, the user interface is very simple to use, and accessing even the advanced features is made easy. The expected features such as private browsing and night mode are there. There is no ad blocker though.
TL;DR: Skip this one unless you really want the live cricket score feature
Download Link: JioBrowser: Android
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OnePlus has officially teased the design of its upcoming OnePlus Nord affordable smartphone. After revealing the name of a new lineup alongside the OnePlus 8 series, OnePlus has been slowly revealing key features of its much-anticipated smartphone that’s slated to launch sometime this month.
The OnePlus Nord page on Amazon India was updated with a new teaser image, revealing the design of the upcoming phone. While the picture is blurry in nature, it does tell us that the OnePlus Nord is going to feature a rectangular camera module on the back, tucked away in the top-left corner, along with an LED flash. There’s the OnePlus logo in the centre with the world “OnePlus” imprinted on the bottom.
Additionally, the company has revealed that it's going to give fans a sneak-peek into the features of the OnePlus Nord and as part of the first reveal, the company has confirmed that the phone is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 765G chipset. This has previously been confirmed by the company separately in an exclusive interview, but it's only now that OnePlus has officially revealed this.
OnePlus Nord has also been confirmed to feature dual punch-hole cutouts for the two selfie cameras on the front. As a part of the marketing hype, OnePlus opened 100 pre-orders for the OnePlus Nord on Amazon India earlier this week that got sold out in a matter of seconds.
OnePlus Nord leaked specifications
OnePlus Nord is rumoured to feature a 6.55-inch Full HD+ (2400 x 1080 pixels) AMOLED screen with a 90Hz high-refresh-rate. The leaks have indicated that the phone could have a dual punch-hole cutout in the corner for the selfie camera.
The phone will reportedly be powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 765G chipset with an octa-core processor and Adreno 620 GPU. This is paired with 6GB RAM and 128GB storage and there could be more variants as well.
The OnePlus Nord could come with a triple camera setup on the back that consists of a primary 64MP camera, a 16MP ultra-wide-camera and a 2MP macro lens. On the front, there is a 32MP primary camera supported by an 8MP ultra-wide-angle camera for selfies.
It is rumoured to be fitted with a 4,300mAh battery with support for 30W fast charging out-of-the-box. Carl Pei even suggested the phone could be priced as much as the original OnePlus One, which launched at around Rs 22,000.
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Realme 6i could launch in India very soon and looks like it is going to be a rebranded version of the Realme 6s that was unveiled back in May. This information comes courtesy of a leaked poster of the phone that reveals the Realme 6i along with its key specifications.
The poster was spotted by OnPhones in an exclusive report which also states that the phone could launch as soon as next week in India. However, Realme hasn’t announced anything officially yet. The Realme 6i is a mid-range offering by the company which comes with a MediaTek processor, high refresh-rate display and quad cameras on the back.
Realme 6s specifications and expected pricing
Realme 6s features a 6.5-inch Full HD+ (2400 x 1080 pixels) resolution display with a 90Hz high refresh rate. The screen has a punch-hole cutout on the top-left corner and is topped by a layer of Gorilla Glass 3.
The 6s is powered by MediaTek Helio G90T chipset with an octa-core CPU and Mali-G76 GPU, paired with 4GB RAM and 64GB storage. There is an option to expand the storage via a dedicated microSD card slot. The phone runs on Android 10 based Realme UI.
Realme 6s features a quad camera setup on the back which consists of a primary 48MP camera, a secondary 8MP ultra-wide-angle camera with 119-degree field-of-view, a 2MP macro camera and a 2MP depth sensor. On the front, there is a 16MP selfie camera housed within the notch cutout. The rear cameras can shoot in 4K UHD at 30FPS with support for gyro-EIS.
The phone has a side-mounted fingerprint sensor and comes with a 4,300mAh battery with support for 30W fast charging out-of-the-box.
Realme 6s was launched in the European market for EUR 199 which roughly translates to Rs 16,700 by direct conversion but since the Realme 6 starts at Rs 14,999 in India, the 6s could be priced even lower.
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World Cricket Championship 3 (WCC 3) mobile game has been updated with a new career mode. The sequel to the popular World Cricket Championship 2 mobile game, the WCC3 comes with better visuals and commentary from renowned international players like Matthew Hayden and Aakash Chopra.
