Call of Duty: Mobile Season 4 update will be called Spurned & Burned

Activision has finally confirmed the name of the Season 4 update to Call of Duty: Mobile, The upcoming update will be called Spurned & Burned and have a Wild West theme. This is not the first time that the game has gone back to that time. The Season 6 update was called Once Upon a Time in Rust and it too features a Wild West theme. That update was a pretty major update and it introduced the Battle Pass as well as the in-game Comics that add a bit of story to the proceedings. The Season 4 Spurned & Burned update will arrive later this week.

 

Season 4: Spurned & Burned Time to saddle up and head back west! New season is deploying in #CODMobile later this week! pic.twitter.com/yTBT7miNT3

— Call of Duty: Mobile (@PlayCODMobile) May 24, 2021

 

Call of Duty: Mobile Season 4 Spurned & Burned update: What to expect

The developers have already revealed a bunch of new additions that players can expect in the Season 4 Spurned & Burned update. This includes two new weapons, a new map, a scorestreak, and a piece of new tactical equipment. 

The two new weapons include the Holger LMG and the MK2 marksman rifle. The base version of both these weapons should be earnable for free to all players. As is usually the case, one of the weapons will most likely be available via the free Battle Pass, while the other will be available via a seasonal challenge. 

The new map is called Dome and will be set in an abandoned NATO outpost in the middle east. This map was first seen in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. The Heartbeat Sensor is a piece of new tactical equipment that will show players the approximate location of enemy players. It is equipped in the tactical grenade slot and has to be manually equipped to use. The device will be available via a Season Challenge called Under Pressure.

The new Scorestreak is called the Hawk X3 and gives the player the control of a drone armed with a machine gun. The drone has limited armour and enemies can shoot it out of the sky. It will most probably control in a manner similar to the MQ-27 Dragonfire, but with a lot more firepower. 

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PS5 India Restock: PlayStation 5 Pre-Orders Restart On May 27

PlayStation 5 India restocks are here. Sony Center website ShopAtSC has announced that the PS5 will be available for pre-order on Thursday, May 27 at 12pm (noon).

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Honor 50 confirmed to arrive with pre-installed Google Apps

Honor looks set to mark its grand comeback in the global market. The phone that will mark the company's return is the Honor 50. The company has confirmed that the device will pack pre-installed Google apps and services. The information was revealed by Honor’s German Twitter handle in response to a user inquiry. 

Losing access to Google Apps and Services put a major dent in Huawei’s global market share. The company was subject to a lot of pressure from US Sanctions and, to cut losses, it ended up selling its sub-brand Honor to a consortium of over 30 agents and dealers for an undisclosed sum. 

Now free of its ties with Huawei, Honor has since been reportedly working hard to re-instate its ties with key US companies and has now managed to regain access to Google Mobile Services. Earlier, Honor had also confirmed its renewed alliances with AMD, Microsoft, Qualcomm, and Intel. 

For the upcoming Honor 50, the company will stick to its Magic UI as the software overlay, but with several exclusive features on top. According to rumours that have surfaced so far, the Honor 50 series will include three phones. Reports suggest that at least one of these will include a 6.79-inch 120Hz AMOLED display, triple-rear cameras with a 50MP primary sensor, an 8MP telephoto camera, and dual-selfie cameras. 

The Honor 50 Pro is rumoured to be powered by Qualcomm’s flagship Snapdragon 888 octa-core chipset, while the Honor 50 is confirmed to employ Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 778G chip. These are both powerful 5G capable SoCs that’ll help the company garner attention. The Honor 50 series is expected to launch globally in June 2021. 

There is still a long road ahead before Honor regains lost ground and returns to where it was. The brand regaining access to Google Play Services is still great news for its fans and for the Android ecosystem in general. 

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Qualcomm will push regular Neural Network API updates via Google Play Services

Qualcomm has partnered with Google to provide regular Neural Network API (NNAPI) updates to Android phones. These updates will be pushed via Google Play Services and install in the background, similar to GPU driver updates that Qualcomm first announced in late 2019. The good thing is that these NNAPI drivers will also be compatible with older Snapdragon chipsets, and will be supported by phones running earlier versions of Android. 

Currently, NNAPI drivers are pushed alongside major OS updates that aren't as frequent. Thus, all devices don't have access to the same APIs and this is a major deterrent for developers using Neural Network abilities for their apps that need to function seamlessly on a variety of phones. 

So, what does this means for Android users?

These regular NNAPI updates will improve the performance and power efficiency of apps that use on-device machine learning, at least on Snapdragon-powered phones. That’s not a very long list as of today, but includes several key services like Google Lens, Google Maps, live captions, face recognition, etc. 

Google says that the performance boost from using NNAPI could be equivalent to that of two extra performance cores on your phone. 

The change will also encourage developers to use NNAPI across multiple versions of their apps. This, in turn, should help reduce app size and boost privacy by keeping the AI processing on consumer devices. 

Google made several other announcements at I/O 2021 to make machine learning on Android phones more consistent and to help its benefits spread evenly across the Android ecosystem. For example, Tensor Flow Lite will now be integrated with Google Play Services so developers don't have to bundle it with their apps, and there will be a built-in list of GPUs that can be used for hardware acceleration. 

When will NNAPI driver updates start rolling out to Android phones?

Qualcomm says these driver updates will start rolling out to phones later this year alongside Android 12. The company started rolling out GPU drivers via Play Services in 2020, but such updates had been very few and far between. So, we will have to wait and watch if the new changes have any consequential impact on users.   

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OnePlus TV 40Y1 40-inch TV running Android TV launched priced at Rs 21,999

OnePlus has launched the OnePlus 40Y1 TV in India. As the name suggests, the TV has a 40-inch display and is priced at Rs 21,999. The TV runs on Android TV. OnePlus' Y-series already includes a 32-inch and a 43-inch TV. OnePlus also has a 55-inch TV in its U-series - the OnePlus 55U1 (review). In the premium space, OnePlus sells its Q1 QLED TVs (review). 

OnePlus TV 40Y1 features and specifications 

As mentioned above, the 40-inch TV is an FHD TV with a resolution of 1920x1080p. Just like its larger siblings, the OnePlus 40Y1 covers 93% of DCI P3 color space. The TV runs on Android TV and also comes with OnePlus’ OxygenPlay UI. OxygenPlay is quite similar to what we’ve seen on Xiaomi TVs with their PatchWall UI. Since the TV runs on the Android TV platform, it brings support for the Google Assistant and Chromecast built-in. Running on Android 9, users get access to the Google Play Store. You can download all popular streaming services such as Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+ Hotstar, Zee5 and more from the Play Store. 

Speaking of the design, the TV boasts of a bezel-less display giving the TV a 93% screen-to-body ratio. One of the unique offerings of the OnePlus TV is the Oneconnect app. You can control all the functions of the TV by simply using the smartphone companion app. The TV also boasts of support for Dolby Audio.

When it comes to connectivity options, the TV has Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, two HDMI ports, two USB ports, an ethernet port, an antenna port, an AV port and an optical port. 

The TV comes with the same remote control we have seen on the other OnePlus Y-series TVs. In addition to a Google Assistant button, you also get OTT hotkeys for Netflix, Prime Video and YouTube. The remote control has a minimal design. 

OnePlus 40Y1 price and availability

The OnePlus 40Y1 is priced at Rs 21,999 and is listed as “coming soon” on Flipkart.

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PUBG Mobile's Erangel Map Teased in Battlegrounds Mobile India, But As 'Erangle'

Battlegrounds Mobile India has teased another map that will be present in the game – Erangle. This was one of the most popular and oldest maps in PUBG Mobile but was spelt in a different manner.

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Realme X7 Max 5G with 120Hz display and 64MP triple cameras launching in India on May 31

Realme X7 Max 5G is set to launch on May 31 in India, the company has officially announced. The Realme X7 Max 5G will be the first phone in the country to be powered by the MediaTek Dimenity 1200 5G processor and Realme has also revealed some key features of the phone. Realme has previously scheduled the launch of the X7 Max in early May but it was postponed due to the surge in COVID-19 cases in India. It is also expected that a new Realme smart TV and some AIoT products will launch alongside the Realme X7 Max 5G on May 31.

The Realme X7 Max 5G has been teased previously by CEO Madhav Sheth, revealing its dual-tone gradient design on the back. The pictures suggest that the Realme X7 Max 5G could well in fact be the Realme GT Neo in disguise. The key information revealed by Realme suggests that as well. Apart from that, the alleged pricing of the Realme X7 Max 5G has also leaked revealing that it could start at Rs 27,999 for the base variant with 8GB RAM and 128GB storage and Rs 30,999 for the 12GB+256GB storage option.

Guys, be prepared to be swept by #FutureAtFullSpeed as we bring to you the #realmeX7Max5G with India’s First MediaTek Dimensity 1200 5G Processor. Launching at 12:30PM IST, 31st May. pic.twitter.com/AXxkwklr2n

— Madhav108MP (@MadhavSheth1) May 24, 2021

As per the official website, Realme X7 Max 5G is powered by the MediaTek Dimensity 1200 processor that is manufactured on a 6nm process. It’s got one prime core running at upto 3.0GHz, three performance cores and four power-efficient cores. Additionally, we now also know that the phone has a Full HD+ resolution with upto 1000 nits brightness and supports a 120Hz refresh rate. 

The Realme X7 Max 5G also supports 50W fast charging and has a 64MP triple camera setup on the back. The phone also has a thin and light design that measures 8.4 millimetres and weighs 179 grams. All of this lines up perfectly with what we know about the Realme GT Neo.

Realme GT Neo specifications

Realme GT Neo features a 6.43-inch Full HD+ (2400 x 1080 pixels) resolution display that uses a Super AMOLED display with a 120Hz refresh rate. The phone has a punch-hole cutout in the top-left corner for the selfie camera. It measures 8.4 millimetres in thickness and weighs 179 grams. 

The phone is powered by the MediaTek Dimensity 1200 processor that has been manufactured on a 6nm process. It has an octa-core CPU and Mali-G77 GPU which is paired with upto 12GB RAM and upto 256GB storage options to choose from. 

The Realme GT Neo has a 64MP primary camera with an f/1.8 aperture, an 8MP ultra-wide-angle camera with 119-degree field-of-view and a 2MP macro camera. The rear cameras can record in 4K at upto 60FPS and is backed by EIS. On the front, there is a 16MP selfie camera housed within the notch cutout. 

The phone is equipped with stereo speakers with HiRes audio support. There is an in-display fingerprint sensor as well. The phone is equipped with a 4,500mAh battery that supports 50W fast charging out-of-the-box.

 

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