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Google recently announced the latest version of Android i.e., Android 12 with an entirely new design that they are calling Material You which features big buttons with shifting color functionality and smoother animations. Android 12 takes a bold move by shifting towards a big bold and more playful design without any fear. Material You design in Android 12 allows the OS to use color extraction protocol to lift design elements from the wallpaper that is being used meaning the colors of the entire system will change depending on the home/Lock Screen background. This functionality allows an easy and automatic way for a device to look unique. Pulling down the notification shade shows a whole new design with big round rectangles at the top panel and they operate similar to the previous quick tiles. These larger tiles can now accommodate more information.  The increased size also means that fewer tiles can be seen at once i.e., four tiles on the first pull of the notification share instea...

Google launched its first Pixel smartphone in 2016 with the vision to have a better and smarter phone and now in 2021 Google has announced its Google Pixel 6 with its own custom silicon by the name of Tensor processor which would allow Google to display the power of their years of machine learning experience. Tensor is Google's biggest bet to gain popularity in the smartphone market and is centered around ML and AI-boosting TPU that will help in improving photos, videos, search, captioning, text-to-speech, and more. Even though the Tensor SoC might not launch at the same height as the iPhones, but can allow Google to become more competitive in the smartphone market. Google still hasn't revealed a lot about their SoC i.e. their CPU, GPU, modem, or any other major components. Speculations suggest that Google might use third-party components for the same, which means that Tensor will perform in similar lines to that of Qualcomm and Samsung. Some XDA notes state that Tensor will li...

Mountain Everest Max is unlike any other gaming keyboard in the market. Mountain has created a very innovative and well-made keyboard with modular functionalities meaning the keyboard comes in a TKL form factor, but can be converted to a full-sized keyboard with its Numpad attachment that can be attached to either side of the keyboard. Design & Performance Mountain has an eye for detail as the keyboard arrives in a large box which has exceptional quality and the presentation is unlike anything I have ever seen before for a keyboard. The box has the keyboard along with pull-out drawers that contain all the accessories that come with the keyboard.  The keyboard is built sturdy with nice weight and rigidity. The keyboard on its own has a TKL form factor and comes with Cherry MX Switches with the options being Red, Blue, Brown, Speed Silver ($10), and Silent Red ($10). Per-key RGB is also present on the keyboard with a number of preset effects along with a diffuser ring around the...

  Valve recently announced their new hardware their handheld switch-like gaming device that will ship in December 2021. The console comes in with an AMD APU with a quad-core Zen 2 CPU with eight threads and eight compute units’, 16GB of LPDDR5 RAM, with 64GB/256GB/512GB SSD and the ability to expand the storage with the help of a microSD card. The overall design of the steam deck shows that there are multiple input methods that are available to the user with two thumbsticks, two trackpads beneath the thumbsticks to provide better precision to the user while playing First-Person shooters, the steam deck also has ABXY buttons, a D-Pad, two shoulder trigger buttons, and a 7-inch 1280x800 touchscreen. The device also consists of a gyroscope that allows the user to use motion controls. Most of the features are similar to that of the Nintendo Switch, but unlike the switch, the Steam Deck also has four back buttons along with built-in microphones. Steam claims that the Steam Deck will las...