A community-designed OnePlus jacket will launch alongside the OnePlus 8T

OnePlus relies heavily on its community of fans to constantly improve its products, both on the hardware and software level. The company is known for hosting regular Open Ears forums around the world to directly engage with community members for feedback and it recently launched the new IDEAS program to get user input on new software features for OxygenOS. On top of that, OnePlus regularly hosts contests on its forums and social channels to keep the community engaged and reward its most loyal fans. In keeping with the trend, OnePlus has now announced a new contest over on its forums asking its community to co-design a OnePlus jacket which will be launched alongside the OnePlus 8T.

If you’re interested in taking part in the design contest, you’ll first need to sign up for contest-related notifications before June 5 by following this link. Then you can download the jacket template from the forum post linked below or you can use the online tool here. Once you have the template, you can add elements related to the “We and OnePlus” theme to create your unique design. After you’re done creating your design, you’ll need to save it as a .PNG file and submit it via this link before June 15 20:00 EST.

OnePlus’ internal review board will judge the submitted designs based on three attributes — relevancy to the theme, creativity, and aesthetics. For your design to qualify for this stage, it will have to feature the OnePlus logo, be original and have not been used for any other contests or IP, and the file submitted should be over 120 PPI. All participants who submit a design will be awarded 200 community points, while the top 8 entries will be rewarded 1000 community points.

The top 8 shortlisted entries will also be featured on OnePlus’ social channels and the final winners will receive a special edition of the community jacket. Additionally, the final winners will get a VIP ticket to the next offline launch event (most likely for the OnePlus 8T series), including return flight tickets and one-night accommodation. The company will select two winners based on a community vote on the OnePlus forums and Twitter. It’s also worth noting that OnePlus won’t be selling the community jackets and they will only be offered to users who are active in both online and offline community activities. The company will release more details about how you can win a community jacket at a later date.

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Source: OnePlus forums

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Facebook’s picture transfer tool that lets you transfer images to Google Photos is now available globally

Back in December last year, Facebook launched a new tool to help users transfer their photos and videos from the platform over to Google Photos. The photo transfer tool, which was launched as part of Facebook’s Data Transfer Project, was initially rolled out in Ireland and later made available in countries in Latin America, the Asia Pacific, the EU, UK, South East Asia, and Africa. Then, earlier this year in April, Facebook rolled out the tool in the US and Canada. And now, according to a recent blog post from the company, the tool has finally been made available worldwide.

The tool is quite easy to use and it seamlessly transfers all of your photos and videos on Facebook to Google Photos. To use the tool, open up Facebook’s desktop or mobile site and head to the main settings. On the desktop site, click the “Your Facebook Information” tab and then select “Transfer a Copy of Your Photos or Videos.” Enter your password in the next step, the choose Google Photos from the dropdown menu. Enter your Google password, grant permission, and you’re done. On the mobile site, you’ll have to scroll down on the main settings to access the “Your Facebook Information” section. The rest of the steps remain the same.

It’s worth noting that the transfer process isn’t quick and will take quite a bit of time if you have a whole lot of photos and videos shared on Facebook. The Activity section will show the transfer as “Pending” until it begins, then it will say “In Progress” while the photos/videos are being transferred. Once the process is complete, you’ll receive an email from Facebook notifying you of the same. The transferred photos and videos will appear in Google Photos under albums named “Copy of [Facebook album name].”

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Source: Facebook Newsroom

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Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge are fixing an annoying behavior when dragging and dropping files

For a very long time, web browsers have had a feature that can occasionally be frustrating. Dragging and dropping a file to a browser tab will open the file in the tab. This is fine if it’s intended, but it can be aggravating if you were trying to drop a file into an upload box and then you’re suddenly navigated away from the page. Thankfully, Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge are solving this problem.

The big issue with this behavior is that there’s no warning of what action will happen. You could be trying to drop something into a box to upload a file to a webpage or simply drop a file accidentally while dragging it across the screen. Either way, the page will navigate to the local file without warning, potentially causing you to lose your progress on a form or data.

Microsoft Edge developer Eric Lawrence detailed a change coming to Edge and Chrome that solves this problem. By default, the browser will no longer open the file in the current tab if you drop it on the page. Instead, it will open the file in a new tab. However, you can still open a file in the current tab if you drop it on the tab itself at the top of the browser.

Users can easily lose work if they drag/drop a file or URL into a tab that does not consume the dropped data (e.g. as a file upload). Rather than navigating the current tab (blowing away whatever was in it), instead open the dropped URL in a new foreground tab.

The change is present in Chromium version 85.0.4163.0. Google has already included this behavior change in the latest Chrome Canary update, and it will be coming to Microsoft’s Chromium-based Edge browser soon. Keep an eye out for the updated functionality in stable updates soon.

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Source 1: Twitter | Source 2: Chromium

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Clicking featured snippets in Google Search will now take you directly to the result

Google offers dozens of different Internet services, but its most important one has always been Search. Search has undergone many changes since 1998, and two of those changes were designed to make searching more convenient and accessible to users: Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) and Featured snippets. The former makes loading web content much faster on mobile devices while the latter shows you portions of a webpage that Google thinks has the answer you’re looking for. Since December 2018, clicking an AMP link from a featured snippet would highlight the exact part of the page that was featured, and now, that same functionality has extended more broadly.

If you’re searching on Google and see a highlighted answer from a featured snippet, opening the website link will now take you directly to the part where the answer shows up and highlight that text in yellow. This can help you find the information you’re looking for much more quickly without having to skim through the entire page or using CTRL+F.

This works for both AMP as previously mentioned as well as HTML pages, and there’s nothing additional that needs to be done by webmasters in order to support this feature. If, for whatever reason, the featured snippet can’t be highlighted, the featured website will open up just like it always has done.

A featured snippet and its respective search result highlighted on the page when clicked.

Danny Sullivan, a search liaison at Google, confirms that this feature is now standard for users clicking on HTML and AMP pages from featured snippets.

We’ve done this regularly with AMP pages since December 2018. We tested with HTML pages last year, as noted. We now do it regularly HTML pages, since last week. More info here: https://t.co/z0AP78h1qH

— Danny Sullivan (@dannysullivan) June 3, 2020

The official Google Search Liaison Twitter account also confirmed this and added that the scroll anchoring is done using the Scroll To Text Fragment feature for HTML pages on supported browsers.

There is no markup needed by webmasters. This happens automatically, using Scroll To Text for HTML pages https://t.co/cE9O2cBgKu. See also more background here: https://t.co/vKFmR3HLK3

— Google SearchLiaison (@searchliaison) June 3, 2020

Do you like this feature? Let us know in the comments.

Via: Search Engine Land

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Google Camera 7.4 rolls out with 8X zoom for videos on the Pixel 4, resolution quick toggles, and prepares for Pixel 5 support

A few months ago, we spotted a leaked version of the Google Camera app, version 7.4, on a pre-release Pixel 4a device. Today, version 7.4 of the Pixel camera app is rolling out for users on the Google Play Store, and it brings a few noticeable changes.

8X Zoom for Videos on the Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL

First, upgrading to Google Camera 7.4 will enable owners of the Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL to record videos at an 8x zoom level. Previously, you were limited to recording at a maximum 6x zoom level. Thanks to Google’s Super Res Zoom algorithm, the Pixel 4 can already capture photos at up to 8x zoom levels with minimal loss in quality despite the fact that the phone only has a ~2x telephoto camera.

In order to record at 8x zoom, you can’t use the “auto” or “60fps” frame rate options that are available at the 1080p video resolution mode.

Credits to Telegram user @AAmedeus for the screenshot!

Video recording at 4k60 or 4k24 is still not available on this latest Google Camera release, however.

Video Resolution Quick Toggles

Google is it clearer to users what video resolution they’ll be recording at in Google Camera 7.4. When you tap the dropdown menu while in the video tab, you’ll see new “Full HD (1080p)” and “4K (Ultra-high resolution)” options. In version 7.3, the dropdown only showed the “Flash” and “Frames/sec” options, while the toggle for recording at 4K resolution was only available in the full settings menu.

Finally, in the Manifest, new lines have been added that hint at upcoming support for the Pixel 4a and Pixel 5. The Pixel 4a will be using Google Camera’s “2020 mid year” configuration while the Pixel 5 will be using the “2020” configuration.

<uses-library android:name="com.google.android.camera.experimental2020" android:required="false"/>
<uses-library android:name="com.google.android.camera.experimental2020_midyear" android:required="false"/>

We’ll be digging more into this version of the Google Camera app to see if we can uncover details on any new camera features. Version 7.4 is rolling out to users now on the Google Play Store so visit the link below to check for an update.

Google Camera (Free, Google Play) →

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TicPods ANC are truly wireless earbuds with active noise cancellation for $89

Truly wireless earbuds are a hot product category right now, but there’s a new trend within the genre that we’ve been seeing a lot recently. Earbuds with active noise cancellation are not new, but the feature was popularized by the Apple AirPods Pro. Mobvoi is the latest company to release wireless earbuds with ANC as they continue their TicPods series.

We’ve covered Mobvoi’s TicPods several times in the past. The original TicPods launched in 2018 with a somewhat bulky design and silicone ear tips. Early this year, the TicPods 2 (our review) arrived with a slimmed-down profile and “open-fit.” The TicPods ANC are sort of a merging of those two designs with the addition of active noise cancellation.

The TicPods ANC include three different active noise cancellation modes: Quiet Mode, Sound-Passthrough Mode, and ANC-Off mode. As you can probably guess, Quiet Mode is full ANC, while Sound-Passthrough will allow some sound to get through, and ANC-Off is basically like any other headphones. You can switch modes by pressing the button on either bud for two seconds.

If you’re not familiar with active noise cancellation, it essentially blocks out the sound around you and isolates the audio you’re listening to. That’s why ANC earbuds typically feature silicone ear tips as they help create a seal in your ears. The design of the TicPods ANC is very reminiscent of the AirPods Pro, even down to the charging case.

Speaking of the charging case, battery life is said to be around 5 hours and you can expect a hit of about 30 minutes if using active noise cancellation. The case provides 21 hours of battery life and charges over USB-C (no wireless charging). The TicPods ANC have a 13mm driver for audio. Both earbuds have microphones for voice calls and you can use the buds independently.

The TicPods ANC are available now for pre-order from Mobvoi’s website. You can snag a 10% discount through June 10th, which puts the price at a very affordable $80.99. After June 10th, the full retail price of $89.99 will go into effect and they will be available from Amazon as well. The TicPods ANC are only available in white.

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The new ROG Phone SDK for Unity will help game developers support the ROG Phone II and 3

ASUS is joining hands with Unity Technologies, the company behind the Unity development platform, to make it easier for game developers to optimize their games for the ASUS ROG II and the upcoming ROG Phone 3.

The ASUS ROG Phone II and ASUS ROG Phone 3 have multiple gaming-centric features that game developers can hook into. These features include:

• View Dock — a dual-screen accessory for gaming
• Kunai Gamepad — a physical controller
• Aura Lighting — RGB lighting on the back
• Refresh Rate Control — to let the developer choose between running the game at 60/90/120fps
• Performance Boost — to choose the device’s performance profile

The issue for game developers is that, previously, ASUS’s ROG Phone SDK was only available to game developers on a case-by-case basis. ASUS would reach out to game developers and share the SDKs with them so they could incorporate the features. With this partnership, all game developers using the Unity platform will have direct access to ROG Phone SDK, enabling them to fully take advantage of various gaming features and hardware accessories of the ROG ecosystem.

“This partnership aims to enhance the world-beating ROG Phone mobile gaming ecosystem, by making it easier for game developers to incorporate ROG Phone’s uniquely powerful hardware capabilities into their games.”

Bryan Chang, General Manager of the Phone Business Unit, ASUS

ASUS ROG is now a “Verified Solution Partner” of Unity Technologies, which means that ASUS is ensuring its new ROG Phone SDK is “optimized for the latest version of the Unity Editor.” The plugin will allow developers to support all five aforementioned ROG Phone features (TwinView SDK, Gamepad SDK, Aura Light SDK, Refresh Rate Control SDK, and Performance Boost SDK) as well as more SDKs that may be added in the future. There are currently over 200 Android games that support 120fps gameplay on the ROG Phone II, and today’s announcement with Unity will hopefully expand that list even further.

The ROG Phone SDK is available on the Unity Asset Store today and can be downloaded from the link given below.

Download ROG Phone SDK

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