OnePlus 8T receives new OxygenOS 11023 update with improved power management and heat reduction

Bought the new OnePlus 8T? There’s a new update available that improves power consumption and reduces heat generation. The update is small, but seems to carry important fixes for the newly rolled out OxygenOS 11 software, and is the second update to hit the OnePlus 8T since its launch.

The new update is versioned OxygenOS 11.0.2.3 and is available for OnePlus 8T users across the globe. There are no new features that comes with this update. Instead, the company fixed a few performance issues that were reported by users.

The update changelog states OnePlus has optimised power consumption and reduced heat generation. There was also an issue of icons not being displayed on the home screen that has been fixed. OnePlus has also fixed Bluetooth latency issues and improved connection stability. Furthermore, a gallery app issue where the display behaved abnormally when previewing a photo has been fixed. And for 5G users, OnePlus has improved the intelligent 5G switch function to improve battery endurance.

The OnePlus 8T is the company’s third flagship smartphone this year in India, amidst a busy launch year which saw a bunch of new additions in the budget and mid-range segment. The 8T sits somewhere between the OnePlus 8 and 8 Pro, borrowing and refining features from both of them.

The highlight of the smartphone is a 120Hz AMOLED display measuring 6.55-inches with HDR10+ support. And 65W fast charging, making the OnePlus 8T the fastest charging OnePlus flagship so far. The Snapdragon 865 powers the smartphone combined with up to 12GB LPDDR4X RAM and 256GB UFS 3.1 storage.

The OnePlus 8T rocks a quad camera stack at the back. This includes the good ol’ Sony IMX586 48MP camera with and f/1.7 lens along with OIS and EIS. There’s also a 16MP ultrawide camera, a 5MP macro camera and a 2MP monochrome camera.

The OnePlus 8T is available in two variants. The 8+128GB variant of the OnePlus 8T is priced at Rs 42,999 while the 12+256GB variant is priced at Rs 45,999. You can buy the OnePlus 8T from the OnePlus store, retail stores and on Amazon India. Read our OnePlus 8T review here.

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Tencent Flagship Game Honor of Kings Reports 100 Million Daily Active Users

Tencent's flagship video game, Honor of Kings, has announced a record 100 million daily active users worldwide. The game on its fifth anniversary is also forming a tie-up with British luxury group Burberry.

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Micromax In-series launching in India on November 3: Everything you need to know

Micromax's In-series is set to launch on November 3 in India and the company has started releasing teasers for the upcoming phones across its social media handles. This launch also marks the comeback of Micromax to the Indian smartphone space with rumours suggesting that the company is preparing to launch at least two smartphones.

The details about the upcoming In-series launch in India have been kept under wraps with Micromax releasing teasers in the heads up to the launch. It has been hinted through these teasers and an official partnership announcement that the upcoming phones could be powered by a MediaTek processor under the hood. Here’s everything we know so far about the Micromax In-series launch on November 3.

We know your cherished memories are precious to you. That’s why we’ve made sure you have the space to keep them all. #INMobiles unveiling on 3rd Nov, 12 noon. Are you #INForIndia? #MicromaxIsBack pic.twitter.com/gXWryY5Ptl

— Micromax India (@Micromax__India) November 1, 2020 Micromax In-series: How to watch the live stream

The Micromax In-series smartphone launch is scheduled to launch on November 3 starting from 12 PM. The In-series launch event will be live-streamed on YouTube and the company’s social media handles across Twitter and Facebook. 

Micromax has created a dedicated event page for the In-series launch event on Facebook that you can check out here.

Micromax In-series expected price

Micromax In-series is expected to be priced between Rs 7,000 and Rs 15,000 and will compete directly with the likes of Xiaomi and Realme smartphones in these price segments. The company has previously hinted that it wants to target this highly volatile segment which sees the most number of smartphone shipments in the country.

Micromax In-series rumoured specifications

The names of the smartphones under the In-series is not official yet, however, as per previous leaks and rumours, Micromax could announce the In 1 and In 1a as its first two phones under the new lineup. The phones are expected to feature a 6.5-inch HD+ and Full HD+ displays respectively and could be powered by the Helio G85 and Helio G35 processors. 

Moreover, in an exclusive interview with YouTube channel Technical Guruji, Micromax co-founder Rahul Sharma showed off the upcoming phones and confirmed that one variant does come with a 48MP primary camera housed in the rectangular camera module. 

From the video, we can also see a punch-hole cutout in the centre for the selfie camera and both the phones have a gradient design on the back. There’s a fingerprint reader as well and the phones will likely come with triple and quad-camera array on the back.

The upcoming phones in the In-series are expected to be equipped with a 5,000mAh battery and will likely run on stock Android out-of-the-box.

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Spider-Man: Miles Morales Will Come With the Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Suit

Spider-Man: Miles Morales will offer a Spider-Man suit that is borrowed from the 2018 Oscar-winning animated movie, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. The Into the Spider-Verse suit can be unlocked in the game, or you can get it instantly by pre-ordering Spider-Man: Miles Morales for PS5 / PS4.

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Far Cry 6, Rainbow Six Quarantine release date pushed back past March 2021

It's the season of delays as Far Cry 6 and Rainbow Six Quarantine have both been pushed past March  2021. This news comes after the disappointing announcement that Cyberpunk 2077 had also been delayed by 21 days and will now launch on 10 December instead of the planned date of 19 November. Far Cry 6 and Rainbow Six Quarantine also faced major delays as Ubisoft CFO, Frédérick Duguet, stating that the company expects to release both games by the first half of 2021. 

Important message from our #FarCry6 team. pic.twitter.com/8YGlmjXS67

— Far Cry 6 (@FarCrygame) October 29, 2020

To be fair, 2020 has been a disastrous year for most major businesses as the COVID-19 pandemic literally brought the world to its knees. Although this wasn’t the reason for the delay, working from home and production challenges meant that Ubisoft had to delay both games. Originally set to release on February 18, 2021, Far Cry 6 was the anticipated next chapter of the Far Cry open world FPS franchise while Rainbow Six Quarantine was set to hit markets in early 2021. 

As the next generation of consoles are just around the corner, we should be getting more game announcements soon as well with Ubisoft even saying that if plans to offer present gen games with next gen, enhanced features and performance. We’ll just have to wait and see how of this comes into play when the PS5 and Xbox Series X/S are both launched. 

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WhatsApp could release Disappearing Messages feature in a future update

It looks like we’ll soon be getting a ‘Disappearing Messages’ feature on WhatsApp. As per a report on Wabetainfo, WhatsApp is looking at releasing the feature in a future update. So what exactly are disappearing messages. Well, If you receive a bunch of messages and don’t read them for about 7 days, those messages will disappear. Users will have the option to enable this feature when it does eventually arrive. 

A key thing to remember though is that when you do enable the feature, there is no option to customize the time frame for when the messages are deleted. All unread messages will expire after 7 days. Although, if you do not clear your notification panel, the messages will still be available to be read. 

The cited source in the Wabetainfo report goes on to say, “When you reply to a message, the initial message is quoted. If you reply to a disappearing message, the quoted text might remain in the chat after seven days. If a disappearing message is forwarded to a chat with disappearing messages off, the message won’t disappear in the forwarded chat.”. You can still backup your chats on Google Drive and view them there but you will not be able to restore those particular chats once the Disappearing Messages feature is enabled. The Disappearing Messages feature will be hitting for iOS, Android, KaiOS, and Web/Desktop users as well. 

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Intel Iris Xe Max Discrete GPU for Slim Laptops Announced, Promises AI and Encoding Performance Boost

The Intel Iris Xe Max discrete GPU is not just about entry-level gaming performance, but AI acceleration and video encoding for content creators.

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