Depois de suspender o desenvolvimento do Arcno início do ano passado, a The Browser Company anunciou hoje que está encerrando de vez o funcionamento do seu outrora popular navegador, forçando usuários a migrar para alternativas como o Dia — outro browser da casa.
A empresa explicou no site oficial do Arc que o fim do suporte ao navegador acontecerá em fases, culminando na sua morte definitiva em 22 de dezembro (tanto no macOS quanto no Windows).
We've decided to sunset Arc on December 22, 2026.
That's not an easy sentence to write. We spent years building Arc and celebrating each and every release along the way: we have so much pride and love for what we made alongside the Arc community.
A partir de hoje, não é mais possível criar novas contas no Arc; em 23 de novembro, o recurso Browse for Me e outras ferramentas de inteligência artificial do navegador serão desativados, bem como a habilidade de “logar e sincronizar as suas abas”. Em 22/12, a The Browser Company também removerá o Arc Search do Google Play e desativará todas as contas de usuários.
Como comentamos no ano passado, a desenvolvedora abandonou o Arc para se dedicar ao Dia, que conta com um grande foco em IA. Na época, o diretor executivo da The Browser Company, Josh Miller, disse que sua equipe até considerou transformar o Arc em um navegador de código aberto, mas desistiu da ideia pois o kit de desenvolvimento de software (SDK, na sigla em inglês) do Arc ainda era valioso para a companhia.
Desde então, o Arc chegou a receber atualizações de segurança — algo que também será encerrado agora. Antes independente, a The Browser Company hoje é uma subsidiária da Atlassian (dona do Trello).
A HAYLOU anunciou nesta semana o HAYLOU Velo, um novo smartwatch que combina design contemporâneo com recursos práticos para o dia a dia. Com uma estrutura de liga de zinco, carregamento sem fio e duas pulseiras intercambiáveis incluídas na caixa, o Velo oferece uma alternativa versátil para quem deseja um smartwatch que combine com seu estilo pessoal e sua rotina diária.
Uma tela brilhante e um design diferenciado
O Velo conta com uma tela AMOLED de 1,96 polegada, resolução de 410×502 pixels e brilho máximo de até 1.500 nits, trazendo cores vibrantes e detalhes nítidos no pulso, mesmo em condições externos com muita luz.
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Uma estrutura central de liga de zinco, vidro 2.5D e botões de liga de alumínio conferem ao relógio uma aparência limpa e contemporânea. Disponível nas cores preta e branca, o Velo foi desenhado para combinar com uma série de estilos do dia a dia.
Duas pulseiras, mais maneiras de usar
O Velo vem com duas pulseiras intercambiáveis: uma pulseira texturizada com padrão ondulado (para um visual diferenciado) e uma pulseira de silicone macio (para treinos e dias mais ativos). A troca entre elas permite aos usuários adaptar o relógio a diferentes roupas e ocasiões.
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A personalização continua na tela, com mais de 200 mostradores disponíveis online, suporte a mostradores personalizados, quatro layouts para o menu principal e cinco estilos visuais.
Recursos inteligentes para a conveniência diária
O Velo mantém os usuários conectados com chamadas via Bluetooth e notificações inteligentes, além de ferramentas úteis, como controles de música e câmera, assistente de voz e localização do celular. Os usuários de Android também podem responder a mensagens do WhatsApp diretamente pelo pulso.
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Com mais de 100 modos esportivos e monitoramento diário de atividades, o Velo foi construído para acompanhar os movimentos ao longo do dia, desde as atividades da rotina até os treinos.
Carregamento sem fio, menos complicações
O carregamento sem fio torna a recarga do Velo simples e conveniente. Sua bateria de 300mAh oferece até sete dias de uso, dependendo das configurações e do uso.
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Com classificação de resistência à água de 1ATM, o Velo foi projetado para lidar com respingos cotidianos e chuva leve, mas não é indicado para natação ou banho.
Preço e disponibilidade
O HAYLOU Velo estará disponível nas cores preta e branca por meio dos canais oficiais de venda da HAYLOU e de parceiros varejistas selecionados em todo o mundo. O preço de varejo estimado é de aproximadamente US$45, com o preço final variando de acordo com o mercado, o varejista e o período promocional.
A HAYLOU é uma marca global de tecnologia de dispositivos vestíveis inteligentes e áudio, comprometida em tornar a tecnologia cotidiana acessível. Por meio de produtos de áudio inteligente, dispositivos vestíveis e tecnologias práticas de saúde, a HAYLOU cria experiências confiáveis e agradáveis que ajudam as pessoas a levar vidas mais saudáveis, ativas e conectadas.
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I risultati finanziari di Netflix per il terzo trimestre sono stati tutt’altro che entusiasmanti: il colosso dello streaming ha superato leggermente le stime degli analisti, ma a già quelle non erano molto ottimiste, visto che si limitano a confermare un netto rallentamento della crescita rispetto agli anni precedenti, in una fase in cui la concorrenza è sempre più agguerrita. Il titolo non ha retto granché in borsa, anzi ha registrato un calo del 5%, che in un giorno solo non sarà un disastro ma non va nemmeno troppo bene.
Ma vediamo i freddi numeri. La piattaforma di streaming, che giusto qualche giorno fa ha annunciato il licenziamento di circa 1.000 dipendenti, ha comunicato ricavi pari a 12,87 miliardi di dollari, in crescita dell'11,8% rispetto allo stesso periodo dell'anno scorso, e un utile netto di 3,66 miliardi. Il ritmo di crescita dei ricavi è sceso rispetto al 17% registrato un anno prima, raggiungendo il livello più basso degli ultimi tre anni. Anche le prospettive per il trimestre successivo risultano leggermente inferiori alle aspettative di Wall Street: Netflix prevede ricavi per 13,4 miliardi di dollari nel quarto trimestre, contro i 13,5 miliardi stimati in precedenza dagli analisti. Il margine operativo del terzo trimestre si è attestato al 34,6%, superando le previsioni del 33,2%.
La divisione pubblicitaria se la cava ancora peggio: Netflix ha addirittura ritoccato al ribasso le previsioni per il 2026, scendendo da 3 miliardi di dollari netti a 2,7 miliardi, citando qualche leggero ritardo nella distribuzione di alcune nuove funzionalità dedicate agli inserzionisti. A livello ufficioso, si stima anche che anche il tasso di coinvolgimento degli abbonati sia in flessione: gli analisti di Jefferies sostengono che il tempo medio mensile trascorso sulla piattaforma da ciascun abbonato a livello globale sia sceso dalle 66 ore della prima metà del 2023 a circa 49 nello stesso periodo del 2026. Tuttavia, le ore complessive di visione sono invece aumentate del 2% su base annua nel primo semestre.
Spotify ha iniziato a distribuire su alcuni modelli Audi una nuova versione della sua applicazione sviluppata appositamente per Android Automotive. Molti sanno già la differenza, ma conviene ricordarla: Android Auto esegue le app sullo smartphone e ne proietta l’interfaccia sul display di bordo dell’auto, mentre Android Automotive gira direttamente sull’hardware della vettura. In questi veicoli Spotify può quindi essere avviato e utilizzato autonomamente dal sistema di bordo anche se nessuno smartphone è collegato.
La piattaforma di streaming lavora a questa versione da oltre un anno e ha scelto di andare oltre i template standard messi a disposizione da Google, realizzando un’interfaccia specifica per l’auto. Ci sono i menu e i suggerimenti personalizzati di Spotify, insieme a un’integrazione più profonda con display e comandi vocali della vettura. Il login è pensato per essere effettuato una volta sola: basta utilizzare un codice QR o un codice di associazione e il gioco è fatto. Da quel momento Spotify può riprendere automaticamente la riproduzione quando si avvia l’auto, senza dover prendere ogni volta lo smartphone in mano.
Durante la guida è possibile utilizzare il comando “Hey Audi” oppure interagire direttamente con Spotify DJ per cercare musica e ricevere suggerimenti senza toccare lo schermo. Poi c’è Spotify Jam, che consente agli altri occupanti dell’auto, ad esempio chi è seduto al posto passeggero, di scansionare un QR code con il proprio smartphone, entrare nella sessione condivisa e aggiungere brani alla coda senza dover controllare l’infotainment. L’app cambia comportamento a seconda che l’auto sia in movimento oppure ferma. Quando si parcheggia o si ricarica un’auto elettrica sul display principale diventano disponibili video musicali, podcast video e testi delle canzoni in tempo reale, poi, quando si riparte, vengono rimossi dallo schermo del guidatore per ridurre le distrazioni.
Google ha deciso di concedere un anno in più di SOS satellitare ai possessori di Pixel 9. Una buona notizia, senza dubbio, che rimanda ancora però la questione delle questioni: il servizio di emergenza satellitare prima o poi diventerà a pagamento?
La funzione era stata lanciata nel 2024 con la serie Pixel 9 con due anni di accesso gratuito. Quel periodo, con il 2026 agli sgoccioli, si stava avvicinando alla scadenza, ma Google ha confermato ai colleghi di PCMag di averlo esteso di altri dodici mesi senza che il cliente debba pagar nulla. SOS satellitare permette di contattare i servizi di emergenza e condividere la propria posizione per avere aiuto nei frangenti in cui né la rete cellulare né il Wi-Fi sono disponibili. È pensato per le situazioni in cui ci si trova in zone remote e isolate, ad esempio durante delle escursioni in montagna.
Il sistema sfrutta l’hardware satellitare integrato nei Pixel compatibili, con l’utente che deve orientare lo smartphone verso un satellite seguendo le indicazioni mostrate a schermo: così può inviare dei messaggi di emergenza senza l’ausilio delle celle telefoniche. Non tutta la famiglia Pixel 9 è però supportata: SOS satellitare c’è su Pixel 9, Pixel 9 Pro, Pixel 9 Pro XL e Pixel 9 Pro Fold, non su Pixel 9a. La funzione è disponibile anche in Italia.
Abbiamo provato i nuovi auricolari di OPPO, gli Enco X4: seppur non si chiamino "Pro", sono secondo noi una delle migliori proposte in commercio al momento, arricchite da funzioni che potranno far gola a molti italiani.Quella di punta? Una volta indossati monitorano la vostra postura e vi avvertono quando la cervicale "è a rischio" e serve un po' di stretching e movimento. L'obiettivo? Abbassare il livello di doomscrolling e, di conseguenza, il tempo che passate allo smartphone. Meglio ascoltare della buona musica durante una passeggiata o in palestra, e questo ve lo fanno fare divinamente.
Il prezzo da pagare per portarseli a casa è 219,99€: non basso, ma in linea con i competitor. Noi li abbiamo messi a confronto anche con i Bowers & Wilkins Pi8, che al momento sono, personalmente, i migliori che io abbia mai provato tra gli auricolari TWS da smartphone in-ear, col gommino. Le OPPO hanno sì una forma più da AirPods classica, ma poi puntano sul gommino anch'esse, per isolare meglio e offrire un ANC degno di nota. Non mancano inoltre l'audio lossless via LHDC e il doppio driver con doppio DAC firmato Dynaudio.
OPPO Find X9 Pro ci era piaciuto così tanto da inserirlo come migliore smartphone top di gamma per equilibrio generale.Ora che OnePlus, il sub-brand di OPPO nato per i Paesi occidentali, ha lasciato questi mercati, OPPO si è concentrata non soltanto su Find X10 Pro, ma anche su Find X10 Pro Max. Due top di gamma, sulla carta, fenomenali. OnePlus ci mancherà, ma questa sembra una strategia più sensata: smartphone sempre top di gamma, ma differenti e dello stesso brand con stessa comunicazione.
Noi stiamo usando OPPOFind X10 Pro Max da circa un mese e ci siamo innamorati delle tre fotocamere posteriori da 200 megapixel. Sì, è il primo smartphone ad averne tre dietro, tutte da 200 megapixel, ma saprete bene che un numero più alto non è per forza qualcosa di migliore.
L’ambito in cui questo Find X10 Pro Max migliora di più, parlando di fotocamere, è l’ultragrandangolare: il sensore è oltre due volte più grande di quello dell’iPhone 18 Pro e cattura quindi circa due volte e mezzo la luce. Anche rispetto alla precedente generazione il salto è netto: il doppio della luce del Find X9 Pro e una volta e mezzo quella dell’X9 Ultra. Difficilmente i nuovi Pro fanno meglio degli Ultra precedenti, ma qui OPPO ha fatto un bel balzo in avanti.
The Oppo Find X9 Pro was my favorite phone of 2025, so of course, I had extremely high hopes for the X10 series. Interestingly, Oppo hasn't released an X10 Pro in 2026 — instead, there's just an Oppo Find X10 and an X10 Pro Max.
The Pro Max isn't larger than last year's Pro, but it is larger than the X10. If I had to hazard a guess as to why the name has changed, I reckon the RAM shortage-induced price hike might have something to do with it.
That aside, the Find X10 Pro Max does not disappoint. The star of the show is the new camera system, which now features three large 200MP sensors on the rear. The new model also gets a chip upgrade, a larger battery (in some regions), and a faster, professionally calibrated display.
After using this phone for about three weeks, I find myself with almost no complaints. It's super fast, the software is superb, battery life is excellent (I have the larger-capacity version), and the cameras are some of the best on the market.
Honestly, the Find X10 Pro Max's cameras are so impressive that there's a case to be made for picking up this device over a compact point-and-shoot or a vlogging camera. The fact that it's also a phone only sweetens the deal. As a content creator who likes to travel light, it's a dream come true.
What sets the X10 Pro Max's cameras apart is that you can use any lens in any situation without compromising quality. They all share the same 200MP resolution, and they're all at least 1/1.56-inch sensors, so they handle low-light conditions well. The same goes for video, where each lens can capture at up to 8K/30fps or 4K/120fps, and each supports open-gate capture, Log recording, and Dolby Vision. Even the selfie camera is impressive, offering a super-wide field-of-view and reliable autofocus.
Cameras aside, everything else about the Find X10 Pro Max is great, too. Its display is bright and speedy, its software is among the best around, and it games like a champ.
The only real sticking point is the price (spoiler: it's very, very expensive), but if you can stomach the cost, the Find X10 Pro Max is an extremely easy recommendation.
Oppo Find X10 Pro Max review: Price and availability
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£1,499 for 12GB + 512GB
Introductory offers and bundles available
Not sold in the US; Australia availability TBC
The globally available version of the Oppo Find X10 Pro Max only comes in one configuration: 12GB of RAM with 512GB of storage.
As ever, it won't launch in the US, but everywhere else, it'll cost you a pretty penny; the Find X10 Pro Max starts at an eye-watering £1,499 in the UK.
Of course, we have the component shortage going on, so a feature-packed flagship like this was never going to be cheap, and this is a higher price point than most were expecting. Still, the Find X9 Pro launched at £1,099 in the UK, so if you see the Find X10 Pro Max as its successor (which I do), that's a £400 price hike.
That said, the 512GB iPhone 18 Pro Max also costs £1,499, and the 512GB Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra costs even more. Meanwhile, the Find X10 Pro Max's spec sheet is in a completely different league, so perhaps this isn't such an outlandish sum after all.
If you're in the UK, there are some tempting introductory deals to help soften the blow. For a limited time, Oppo is offering £100 off the Find X10 Pro Max, plus you can grab a free accessory worth £500. Options include the Hasselblad Teleconverter kit, Oppo Watch X3, or Oppo Pad 5. Other regions will likely have similar offers.
Value score: 3 / 5
Oppo Find X10 Pro Max: Specs
Here’s a look at the Oppo Find X10 Pro Max’s key specs:
When I first saw the design of the Find X10 Pro Max, I wasn't quite convinced, but it has grown on me over time. It shares some DNA with the Find X9 series, but the camera bump has grown larger, and the lenses are now covered by a single dark pane of glass.
The Find X9 Pro was already a little iPhone-inspired, but that's perhaps even more noticeable with the Titanium Grey X10 Pro Max, which has a raised platform spanning most of the upper rear panel — just like the iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro.
The Luna White model (which is the one I have) looks a little more unique. It has a two-tone rear panel, while the camera island and the module containing the flash and color sensor are completely separated, with no platform underneath.
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It's a little quirky, but it's nothing too outlandish, and I've grown to like it a lot. Crucially, having the cameras shoved up in the corner (rather than being in a central circle like on the Vivo X500 Pro Max) means that this phone works really well with MagSafe accessories. And while we still don't get magnets built into the Find X10 Pro Max itself, almost all of Oppo's official cases come with magnets.
Oppo has ditched the somewhat controversial Camera Control clone, but it kept the Action Button (which Oppo calls the Snap Key). It's not a popular stance, but I actually quite liked the Camera Control, and I'll miss it, but I'm very aware that I'm in the minority there.
The Snap Key is great, too, but Oppo's implementation is on the basic side. It can be assigned to access a number of features, like the flashlight, translation, camera, and Mind Space, but you still can't choose your own app. There are also no options for double- or triple-press actions, as we've seen from some competitors.
Otherwise, the Oppo Find X10 Pro Max has the typical flagship look and feel. You get flat aluminum side rails, and a flat front and rear made from Oppo's own Crystal Guard Glass (co-developed with Corning). It's a sizable phone with a bit of heft to it, but I'm used to that, and I felt immediately at home when picking it up for the first time.
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It's hard to speak much about the durability, as I haven't tortured my device much, but on paper, the Find X10 Pro Max should handle the elements well. It's IP69 rated for dust and water resistance, and it has an SGS Five Star Drop Resistance Certification, too.
The phone comes with a basic opaque white TPU case in the box, a factory-installed screen protector, a charger, and a USB-C Cable — although I expect the charger inclusion might differ from region to region.
Design score: 4 / 5
Oppo Find X10 Pro Max review: Display
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6.78-inch 120Hz LTPO OLED
Can boost to 144Hz in some games
3,600 nits, 3,840Hz PWM
The display on the Find X10 Pro Max is nothing short of excellent. It has super-slim symmetrical bezels that measure just 1.15mm on each side. That's the same size as the bezels on the Find X9 Pro, but it's just as impressive to see such thinness the second time around.
What is new on the Find X10 Pro Max is the refresh rate. It can dynamically adjust between 1 and 144Hz as required. Oppo admits that only a few games will take advantage of the full 144Hz, like COD: Mobile, PUBG, and Free Fire, and you won't see such high refresh rates outside of those titles. Still, if you play those, it's a great perk.
As for brightness, it peaks at 3,600 nits, just like last year's model. In my experience, that's more than enough for just about any situation. What I find even more useful is the fact that it can dim down to 1nit for late-night scrolling without melting your eyeballs.
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On the topic of eye health, the Oppo Find X10 Pro Max supports 3,840Hz high-frequency PWM dimming to prevent screen flicker at lower brightness levels. Above 70Hz, it'll switch to full DC dimming. If you're sensitive to flicker, you'll really appreciate this feature.
One thing that's pretty unique to the X10 Pro Max is that the screen is professionally calibrated and covers 95% of the BT.2020 wide color space — that's 40% more color coverage than most phone screens, which usually target DCI-P3 instead.
As a result, while the image might not look as vibrant or poppy as some competitors, you can be assured that the colors displayed are accurate. That makes a lot of sense on a content-creation powerhouse such as the Find X10 Pro Max, and I appreciate it.
Display score: 5 / 5
Xiaomi 17T Pro review: Cameras
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200MP f/1.5 main (1/1.3-inch)
200MP f/2.2 ultra-wide (1/1.56-inch)
200MP f/2.1 3x telephoto (1/1.56-inch)
50MP f/2 selfie camera (1/2.75-inch)
The Oppo Find X10 Pro Max takes a fresh, zero-compromise approach to the camera system. All three rear cameras have a 200MP resolution, and they all have large sensors, too.
Usually, you have a primary camera that's the best of the bunch, while the telephoto and ultra-wide come with compromises — I wouldn't recommend shooting low-light photos with most ultra-wide cameras, or with that tiny 3x telephoto on the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra, for instance.
With the Find X10 Pro Max, you don't need to worry about compromises; just pick the right focal length for the scene and snap away. It reminds me of the Vivo X300 Ultra (which has even larger sensors on all three rear cameras), but even that beast makes a compromise with the ultra-wide's resolution.
The Find X10 Pro Max's selfie camera shares most of its specifications with that of last year's X9 Pro, but it has a wider field of view (similar to the ultra-wide on the back), so it's much better for group photos. Reliable autofocus helps in that regard, too. Of course, if you want a normal selfie, the camera UI lets you crop in to a standard FOV.
Oppo Find X10 Pro Max main camera in Master Mode (Image credit: Future)
The Oppo Find X9 Ultra has been my favorite phone for photography since launch, and the Find X10 Pro Max shares a lot of the same DNA. The pro-focused Master Mode is what truly stole my heart, and thankfully, Oppo is extending that joy elsewhere.
The standard photo mode now uses the same tone mapping as Master Mode, and the sharpening and noise reduction have been dialled back a little, too. It's still a very different look to Master Mode — it's still sharpened much more heavily, and the HDR effect is more pronounced — but it's much more natural than before, and I think it's a change for the better.
The picture styles have been reworked on the Find X10 Pro Max, too. They're available in most modes, and they're all extremely customizable, with their own tone pad (like on the latest iPhones) as well as individual adjustment sliders. Primrose is my favorite, which simulates the look of Portra film stock, but there are plenty of other excellent options, too.
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To summarize my experience with photography, the Oppo Find X10 Pro Max is unquestionably among the best camera phones, regardless of lighting conditions. The X9 Ultra is really the only phone that beats it. The Ultra still has the edge with long-range zoom and low-light capture, unless we're talking about the ultra-wide camera, in which case the Pro Max easily comes out on top.
Now, photography is only one part of the puzzle, because Oppo put a lot of effort into this phone's video capabilities, too. Again, consistency is the name of the game here.
All three rear lenses can shoot up to 8K/30fps or 4K/120fps, and they all support open-gate capture at up to 60fps. The same goes for Log recording and Dolby Vision. Just use whatever focal length feels right for the occasion, because they can all do everything.
The Find X10 Pro Max is a seriously capable video-making tool. Solid stabilization and microphone performance add to the appeal, too. If you make YouTube content using your phone, this device should definitely be on your shortlist.
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If all that wasn't enough, Oppo also has an external (10x equivalent) teleconverter kit for the Find X10 Pro Max, so you can push the zoom even further, or use it on closer subjects for DSLR-like compression and bokeh. There's also a full-on video rig developed with Tilta, if you want to fully transform this phone into a video workhorse.
The Oppo Find X10 Pro Max is powered by MediaTek's latest flagship chip, the Dimensity 9600 Pro. In most situations, it beats the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 on performance and efficiency, and it trades blows with the new 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6, too.
For the globally released version, the Find X10 Pro Max only comes in one configuration: 12GB of RAM and 512GB of storage. That's less RAM than last year, and of course, we have the data centre-driven shortage to thank for that. Still, these capacities are more than sufficient for my needs — the Find X10 Pro Max never skipped a beat, even under heavy multitasking pressure.
It won't be surprising to hear that the Find X10 Pro Max feels incredibly quick, no matter what you ask of it. You have to boot up a seriously demanding game to get the phone to break a sweat.
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For this purpose, I put a few hours into Neverness to Everness, which has a detailed urban open-world map that makes some phones chug. The Find X10 Pro Max, though, can run it at 60fps on the highest graphics preset without issue.
The phone's frame does get fairly hot after a while, but the performance seems steady enough. In reality, that just means the cooling system is doing its job, drawing heat away from the chip. If you use a case or a gaming grip, it won't bother you in the slightest.
Gamers will have a great time with the Find X10 Pro Max, and other phones are unlikely to come close to the performance limits of this hardware. It's great.
Performance score: 4 / 5
Oppo Find X10 Pro Max review: Software
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ColorOS 17, based on Android 17
Fresh design and new animations
New Mind Space and AI features
The Oppo Find X10 Pro Max runs ColorOS 17, Oppo's take on Android 17. I have become a big fan of this operating system over the past couple of years, and it's a big part of the reason that I daily-drive an Oppo phone.
The latest version doesn't stray too far from the winning formula, but it has been spruced up a bit. The animations have been refined with some extra elasticity that makes interactions feel even more natural. Plus, there are subtle new glowing touches that appear over the Liquid Glass-esque quick settings and notification shades. It's not a dramatic change, but it's an extra bit of polish that you'll notice.
There's a lot of Apple influence in the styling, but I'm fine with that. Apple has always been strong in the design department, and while Oppo's approach isn't too novel, it does look great. Plus, if there's anything you don't like in ColorOS, it's all very easy to customize.
Oppo has been putting a lot of effort into making its software feel smooth, and the OS now apparently uses up to 25% less RAM than previous versions. Apps should open slightly faster, and Oppo says its software should maintain this smooth operation even when your storage fills up — but I haven't come close to doing that just yet.
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Of course, there are loads of AI tools built into the Find X10 Pro Max. There's plenty that we've already seen, like Mind Space, which organizes your screenshots into searchable collections with AI summaries, and there are some new additions, too.
For instance, there's a new tool called AI Photo Agent, which lets you edit your pictures using natural language prompts. Plus, it can give suggestions for edits that might look good, or attempt to recreate the style of another image.
As with anything involving AI, the results can be a bit of a mixed bag, but on occasion, AI Photo Agent works really well. You can do anything you can dream up, from subtle color adjustments to background replacement, subject removal, subject addition — you name it, AI Photo Agent can do it.
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There's also something called AI Mind Pilot, which is designed for AI super freaks. It pulls models from Gemini, Perplexity, and OpenAI all into one app, so you can ask the same question to a chorus of chatbots, or switch between them as you see fit.
Mind Pilot was already available on the X9 Ultra, but this version now has more agentic capabilities. The AI can find files and photos from around your phone, move them, rename them, or even create something with them, like a presentation or a collage.
Software score: 4 / 5
Oppo Find X10 Pro Max review: Battery
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7,150mAh battery (EU) / 8,000mAh (APAC)
80W wired charging
50W wireless charging
The battery situation with the Find X10 Pro Max is a little complicated. If you live in Asia, Australia, or the Middle East, you'll get a mammoth 8,000mAh battery pack. Meanwhile, in Europe, shipping regulations mean that you'll only get a 7,150mAh-capacity cell.
There's nothing unusual about that, except for the fact that I have the 8,000mAh version of the Find X10 Pro Max, despite living in the UK. This means that any of my observations about battery life only apply to the APAC version of the phone. Relevant to some of you, less relevant to others.
Unsurprisingly, with an 8,000mAh pack inside, the Find X10 Pro Max's battery life has been excellent. I'm consistently getting at least a day and a half of use per charge, despite lots of camera use and gaming. Two days on a charge is easily achievable, too.
Charging is also pretty quick. You'll get up to 80W speeds with the official adapter or 55W with third-party USB-PD chargers. It'll still take well over an hour to charge from completely flat to full, but that's understandable with such a large capacity.
Battery score: 4 / 5
Should you buy the Oppo Find X10 Pro Max?
Oppo Find X10 Pro Max scorecard
Attributes
Notes
Rating
Value
The Find X10 Pro Max is expensive, especially compared to its predecessor. It's now roughly the same price as the iPhone 18 Pro Max and S26 Ultra. It's not a bargain, but it's not a rip-off, either.
3 / 5
Design
The Oppo Find X10 Pro Max manages to look unique without being outlandish. Meanwhile, IP69 protection and quality materials mean it should last long-term.
4 / 5
Display
Super-slim bezels, a speedy refresh rate, and a bright output make this screen a delight to live with.
5 / 5
Cameras
No other camera system is as balanced as this. Large 200MP sensors on every camera make for unmatched versatility.
5 / 5
Performance
This phone games like the best of them. The slight RAM downgrade is a shame, though.
4 / 5
Software
ColorOS is smooth, good-looking, and feature-packed. Software support terms don't match the best in the biz, though.
4 / 5
Battery
My battery life has been exceptional; however, I have the larger 8,000mAh version. It's a shame that the EU gets a downgrade.
4 / 5
Buy it if...
You want a no-compromise camera beast
The Oppo Find X10 Pro Max has one of the best camera systems of any smartphone. The triple 200MP rear setup with large sensors all around means that you can use any lens on any occasion. If that's not enough, the selfie camera is excellent, and the video features are among the best around.
You want an exceptional all-rounder
The Find X10 Pro Max isn't just about the cameras; the gaming performance is great, the software is brilliant, and the battery life is top-tier, too. No matter what you want from your phone, you'll likely find it here.
Don't buy it if...
You already have the Oppo Find X9 Ultra
The Find X9 Ultra beats the X10 Pro Max in both long-range zoom and low-light photography with its larger main and 3x telephoto sensors. That said, the X10 Pro Max has a far better ultra-wide camera and some additional video features. Many will feel that it's a sideways move, rather than an upgrade.
You want something compact and lightweight
There's no getting around the fact that this is a fairly large, chunky, and weighty phone. If you're looking for something that you'll barely feel in your pocket, you should look elsewhere.
Oppo Find X10 Pro Max review: Also consider
The Oppo Find X10 Pro Max is one of the best camera-focused flagship phones, but it's important to consider the competition, too. Here are a couple of competitors that are worth looking at:
Vivo X500 Pro Max
While it hasn't been released globally just yet, we've tried the Chinese version of the Vivo X500 Pro Max, and it's definitely the closest competitor to the X10 Pro Max. The two trade blows in almost every respect, and both have external teleconverters to expand their capabilities. I feel like the X10 Pro Max is more well-rounded, but the Vivo has some incredible video features that could sway you.
Oppo's own X9 Ultra is one of the few phones that can truly beat the cameras of the X10 Pro Max. The main reason is the dedicated 10x telephoto camera, but larger sensors on the main and 3x help in low light, too. On the other hand, the X10 Pro Max's ultra-wide is far superior.
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I put my SIM card into the Oppo Find X10 Pro Max and used it as my main phone for over three weeks. I used it exactly as I would use any other phone, taking lots of photos, gaming, messaging, working, streaming video, and navigating with Google Maps and Waze.
I also compared the experience of playing graphically challenging games like Neverness to Everness to my experience on other Android flagships like the Galaxy S26 Ultra and Xiaomi 17 Ultra. I ran lots of benchmarks on the handset, including 3DMark and Geekbench, to confirm my performance findings.
I assessed the phone's battery performance based on my real-world usage, and charging times were measured using the official Oppo wall adapter along with the included charging cable.
iPhone Duo, which Apple sells from $1,999 and opened for pre-order on October 16, 2026, uses only eSIM. Apple’s spec page says the phone “is activated with an eSIM and does not support a physical SIM,” so anyone switching from an Android phone has to bring their number across as an eSIM. Apple’s support document […]
In a weird way, I’ve been thinking about the idea of a Googlebook for well over a decade now — despite the fact that such a product has only officially existed for a matter of months.
I’m relatively unusual in the world of tech journalism, y’see, in that I’ve been both writing about Android and ChromeOS since the platforms’ earliest days and actively using devices from both ends of those ecosystems in my own day-to-day life that entire time. Most tech writers tend to be iPhone owners and Chromebook skeptics who see this part of the digital world from an outside view — once a year or so, when significant new devices come along for assessment — without having the perspective of someone who’s truly immersed in it day in and day out.
That distinction is always painfully apparent when you read a review that waxes on endlessly with out-of-touch iPhone comparisons and comments about the limiting nature of Google’s ChromeOS concept — positions that simply aren’t accurate for those of us who live in these ecosystems and embrace the philosophies they offer.
This won’t be one of those reviews, and I perhaps more than anyone have been champing at the bit to get my hands on one of Google’s new Android-ChromeOS-combining Googlebooks since the vaguest concept of these devices first appeared on the horizon earlier this year.
So keep that in mind when I tell you, coming from the perspective of someone who very much wanted to love this: Using a Googlebook is an extraordinarily strange experience — especially when you’re treating it like a regular laptop, as it’s being positioned by Google, and relying on it to get real work done.
But amidst all the oddness, there are some true high points along with plenty of intriguing, if unfinished-feeling, potential.
Here’s what it’s been like trying to actually work on a Googlebook — specifically, the Lenovo Googlebook, which sells for $1,149 (and was provided to me as a short-term loaner from Lenovo for the purposes of this article).
The Googlebook groundwork
First things first, let’s back up a minute and set the stage for what we’re even talking about here.
It’s meant to represent an evolution of sorts from the Chromebook, the initially simple laptop Google launched in 2012 and slowly morphed from a barebones web portal into an “everything OS” — a system that runs web apps, Android apps, Linux apps, and even sometimes Windows apps, for businesses that have specific needs that can’t be addressed in any other way.
But while ChromeOS and Android grew closer and more connected over time, Googlebook OS — the awkwardly clunky name of the operating system at the heart of every Googlebook — sets all of that aside to aim for a fresh start. The software here sports Android at its core alongside a variety of optimizations designed to bring in bits of ChromeOS-like elements and make everything seem more suited to a laptop setting.
With that in mind, starting to use a Googlebook is both immediately familiar and vexingly confusing. The interface feels a lot like Android, which is nice, but it also doesn’t quite feel in line with how you expect to work on a desktop computer. It’s a jarring sort of mashup, and it’s tough to wrap your head around to get comfortable working.
That’s true for relatively small touches like having the clock in the upper-left corner of the screen instead of in the lower-right corner, where’d you expect it on most non-Apple-made computers. It’s a little thing, but it keeps throwing me whenever I try to glance at the time during the day. That approach is similar to Android, yes, but it just doesn’t feel right in this environment or with what pretty much all of us who’d be considering this kind of device have been trained for ages to expect with a desktop computer experience.
The Googlebook’s desktop is similar to Android — but that doesn’t immediately feel natural in a desktop computing environment.
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It’s true, too, for keyboard shortcuts, which don’t work the same as they did on ChromeOS — even just basic, common things like opening items on the taskbar. (Googlebook OS does have an impressive array of customizable keyboard shortcuts, if you find ’em, but there’s a ton of new combinations and muscle memory to be learned.)
The confusion is probably most prominent, though, on the app front, where Google is really leaning hard into the Play Store and the idea of Android apps being the primary way to get stuff done, despite the fact that Android apps often aren’t ideal — or even available, in some instances — in a productivity-oriented, desktop computing scenario.
The Googlebook app experience revolves primarily around the Play Store — which can be a pro or a con, depending on the moment.
JR Raphael / Foundry
At least one of Google’s own apps addresses this elegantly. Installing Google Calendar from the Play Store basically just gives you an app-like shell around the Calendar website, and you can use the Android app’s widget alongside that, if you want. (The downside is that you can’t use the equivalent Android app in full even if you want to, as there’s no straightforward path to install it — and, strangely, the same web-widget combo is not available with other Google apps, like Gmail or Drive, which give you only the web version and no option to use any associated Android widgets.)
The Google Calendar app on a Googlebook is basically just the Calendar website, though you can still use the Android app’s widget alongside that.
JR Raphael / Foundry
And since the version of Chrome on a Googlebook looks and feels like the full desktop version of the browser — like what you’d expect on a Chromebook or any other desktop computer — relying on this unusual mix of web and Android interfaces for productivity is mostly OK. Mostly.
Working in Docs, with as few as five or six tabs open, I continue encountering an occasional issue where the tab just blanks out for a second or two and then comes back — which, suffice it to say, isn’t exactly optimal for working.
The email app I use, Superhuman, appears to be completely incompatible here. The web version (which is powered by a Chrome extension) errors out anytime I open it, and the Android app is clearly not meant for large-screen, keyboard-and-mouse use and presents an incredibly awkward experience as a result.
The productivity tool Notion, meanwhile, came up for me as one of the Googlebook’s suggested tools that’s optimized for desktop use, so I followed that direction and installed the Notion Android app — only to find that the app is much more awkward and limited on a laptop than the regular Notion web experience, where all the functions are available and the keyboard shortcuts work as expected. So I decided to try to install the Notion web app for easy ongoing access to that, and I encountered a mysterious error.
Trying to install certain common web apps results in a frustrating error.
JR Raphael / Foundry
D’oh.
Then there’s something like Slack, which you can install from the Play Store but with an accurate warning that it’s “better on the website.” So, OK: You go to the website, try to sign in and install the web app version of it from there, and…there’s that blasted “cannot be installed” error again. (Google says it rolled out an update last week that allows any web page to be installed as a web app, but as of this writing — even with that update present on my device — the same error-encountering pattern persists.)
Other apps appear to work fine but then behave in odd and unexpected ways. I tried to install the Android version of Vivaldi, for instance, and it installs and opens without issue — but then returns an error anytime I try to actually open a website within it. That definitely doesn’t happen on a Chromebook, nor do the other aforementioned issues.
There’s just a lot of weird stuff like that, where it feels like a typical Google not-quite-fully-baked product. To be fair, that may be at least in part because of third-party app developers not yet supporting what needs to be supported for full optimization in this new environment — but either way, that’s the experience you get on a Googlebook right now, and it’s an all-too-familiar chicken-and-egg challenge that there’s no telling how long might take to see resolved.
On a somewhat related note: While the ability to install Linux apps is technically present on a Googlebook, it isn’t at all a user-friendly experience. Linux app installation is available only in a limited manner within the confines of a command-line terminal, and any such programs consequently don’t integrate into the launcher or the main Googlebook interface. That means there’s no real way to use them as a part of the standard Googlebook experience — which is a shame, as having those more traditional desktop apps available on ChromeOS went a long way in filling in pertinent function gaps for a lot of people and businesses. (Google says better Linux app support is vaguely “on the roadmap.”)
The various layers Google created to make Windows apps available for businesses in ChromeOS aren’t present in this environment, either. The official line, as relayed to me by a Google spokesperson, is that “Googlebook takes a fundamentally different architectural path than previous platforms” and they “aren’t attempting to patch together legacy PC software layers or rely on Windows emulation to make a laptop functional”:
Instead, Googlebook OS is built directly on the Android tech stack with the desktop foundations of ChromeOS, pairing the world’s largest native app ecosystem with an uncompromised, full desktop Chrome browser.
This makes it easier than ever for developers to build a true desktop-class app experience.
That’s all noble enough in theory — but as a prospective Googlebook owner right now, what good does any of that do when most developers haven’t yet built those “true desktop-class app experiences” for this environment? Or when you’re a business user whose company has the very same sort of “legacy” software requirements that led Google to work so hard on Windows app support for Chromebooks and maintain that option in that arena?
Pros, cons, and more Googlebook confusion
Let’s break from the strange stuff for a minute to focus on some positives — because, again, there is something undeniably cool about experiencing Android in a laptop form and seeing all the ways a Googlebook works hand in hand with an Android phone to make life easier.
First and foremost, Googlebooks stray from the longstanding minimalist Chromebook standard to give you a fully customizable desktop — with the ability to create any arrangement of shortcuts and widgets, just like you can on an Android home screen. That is absolutely a welcome progression from the more limiting ChromeOS approach and something I’d long hoped to see in that domain, and having those familiar forms of interactive info right in front of you while working is an incredibly helpful addition.
Having a fully customizable desktop, with regular Android widgets available, is a significant leap forward for the Googlebook.
JR Raphael / Foundry
Being able to easily access the files on your phone without any extra hoop-jumping is also a nifty touch, for the moments when such a need arises. Once your Googlebook is paired with your Android phone, you simply open the Files app on the laptop, and you can see and interact with any files on your phone right then and there. (That said, the Files app is otherwise much more barebones and limited than its ChromeOS equivalent, unfortunately — so you can’t, for instance, drag and drop directly from the phone to any specific folder on your local or Google Drive storage.)
The Googlebook makes accessing files on your Android phone delightfully easy.
JR Raphael / Foundry
As far as hardware is concerned, Lenovo did a bang-up job with its inaugural Googlebook device. This is one seriously nice laptop — a pleasure to hold, with an almost silky-feeling smooth texture on the top and a thoughtfully ridged bottom for extra grippiness when you carry it. The system has a beautiful (and big!) 15.3″ display, an excellent keyboard and trackpad, and surprisingly great speakers. Those boxes are all checked off.
The Lenovo Googlebook is a sleek and premium laptop with all the right elements in place, as far as hardware is concerned.
Lenovo
But it’s the experience inside the hardware that means the most, here in particular — so, back to that:
Native app installation aside, one key selling point of the Googlebook is how it’s able to stream apps from a connected Android phone — letting you run an app from your phone on the computer, in other words, without having the app installed locally on the Googlebook itself.
It’s a slightly confusing concept to wrap your head around, especially since you can also install most of the same apps from your phone directly onto the Googlebook if you want (and, given that this is a native Android device, installing and running Android apps on it is absolutely smoother and snappier than what you typically experience on a Chromebook). Because of that — just like with the equivalent streaming option that had been available on ChromeOS in recent years — it seems like something that’s bound to be more befuddling than beneficial for most people, most of the time.
Android app streaming presents some perplexing overlap by allowing you to remotely run many of the same apps you could also install directly on the Googlebook.
JR Raphael / Foundry
That being said, I have had a couple of situations come up where it seemed like the feature might be handy. First, I needed to get a two-factor authentication code out of Authy, which is available only as a mobile app. A perfect use-case, right?
Well, not exactly: The Googlebook wouldn’t let me stream the Authy app from my phone and instead gave me an error: “Can’t cast content. This content is restricted.” So then I thought maybe I’d just install Authy directly onto the Googlebook instead, but alas: The app “isn’t available on Google Play on this device.” Bah.
Another time, I tried to open Google Wallet from my phone to get some info off my insurance card, which I have stored in that service. That worked, at first — but then the app kept hanging on a loading screen anytime I tried to open anything.
The one scenario where the app streaming has been helpful is with notifications: Anytime you get a new notification on your connected Android phone, it shows up as a pop-up in the upper-right corner of the Googlebook display. The same actions that’d be present on the notification on your phone, such as marking something as read or replying in-line, are also present on the computer, and you can click on the notification to open the associated app in full on your laptop — just like you would on your phone, only everything happens within a window on the Googlebook.
That’s a clever little sleeper feature and arguably the best part of the app streaming capability, even if you don’t necessarily think about the fact that you’re using app streaming when it happens.
Another key selling point is the addition of AI-oriented features into the Googlebook operating system. This includes a Magic Pointer feature that lets you wiggle your cursor to summon Gemini and ask it about any specific area of text or visual on your screen — which is fine but not something I find myself actually using often. Its most useful-seeming promise is being able to act on information, like creating a calendar event based on a specific area of an email or text message on your screen, but its accuracy in getting the details right in such scenarios has been pretty hit and miss in my experience.
Then there’s the integrated Rambler system for conversational voice-to-text conversion (as seen on Google’s recent Pixel phones). It works well, but by design it isn’t a direct dictation tool; instead, it adjusts and rewrites your rambling speech (hence the name) to make it better, in its view. That makes a lot of sense when you’re spouting off a quick text message while walking or driving, but unless you don’t mind losing your own specific style, intentions, and voice with longer computer-crafted communications, it doesn’t seem like something you’d be using much in a business capacity — though it can certainly be handy to have available on occasion.
As is often the case with Google products and AI features in particular, some of the smaller, less headline-making touches on the Googlebook are much more interesting than the flashy marquee features.
All in all, it’s a perplexing picture.
The Googlebook productivity puzzle
More than anything, the question that keeps coming to my mind — again, as someone who fully embraces Android and frequently works on a Chromebook — is simply: Who is this meant to serve? And, in its current state, for whom will it be a meaningful upgrade and enticement over other existing options?
I keep thinking how this exact setup would make for an absolutely brilliant souped-up Android tablet interface, with the right kind of hardware around it. You’d have the familiar Android-like environment, optimized for a larger screen, and the ability to pair that with a more desktop-like experience in the core Google apps — including Chrome, for a less limiting active web experience when you connect a keyboard (or flip around a convertible device to have one present).
As the Googlebook stands now, though, I just don’t know that it’s a great replacement yet for a Chromebook — or any other laptop — particularly when it comes to getting actual work done. At best, it feels like a fairly linear progression with some awkward adjustments and asterisks. At worst, it’s gonna be a real challenge for some people to use in the way they need a laptop to work. And I’m just not sure what’s being added, from a practical perspective, that makes it all worthwhile.
What we can say is that Google has a history of launching products that are still rough around with the edges, and sometimes, those products evolve over time — sometimes quite quickly! — and end up becoming incredible. Heck, think how much ChromeOS changed from its earliest form to the way it is today.
At the same time, Google also has a pesky habit of pivoting, giving up, and failing to follow through on once-heavily-hyped products. A fair amount of the Googlebook’s early shortcomings come down to convincing third-party developers to buy into the platform and invest the resources in making their apps work well on it, too — which is the exact same chicken-and-egg challenge that’s kept promising Google concepts from blossoming before.
For now, the Googlebook is an awkward start with plenty of potential. Where it goes next is anyone’s guess — and something that, to some degree, may depend on how many people are willing to take the leap with it early and wait for it to evolve.
Le prix du Xiaomi Redmi Note 17 passe à la moulinette chez Amazon ! Avec 21 % de remise, ce smartphone à grand écran AMOLED et à l’autonomie généreuse devient encore plus tentant pour changer de mobile sans se ruiner.
A mais recente versão beta da aplicação de mensagens mostra novas opções de visualização do mapa nas conversas, mas a Google ainda não confirmou se, nem quando, a novidade chegará a todos os utilizadores.
Great hardware let down by software flaws on these pricey machines that combine ChromeOS with Android
Google’s attempt to create a new type of laptop to compete with Windows and macOS machines is finally here, combining the best of ChromeOS and Android into the new Googlebook. With advanced links to Android phones and the best of Google built in, can these Googlebooks really compete with a MacBook Air or Surface Laptop? I took two for a spin to find out.
For years, Chromebooks have been the boss of budget laptops, but Googlebooks take a different, far more premium approach. Made by a range of traditional PC makers, including Acer, Asus, Dell, HP and Lenovo, they start at £999 (€1,099/$899/A$2,299) – a far cry from the £160 Chromebooks.
In the [EU age verification] README, the following is listed:
App and device verification based on Google Play Integrity API and Apple App Attestation
I would like to strongly urge to abandon this plan. Requiring a dependency on American tech giants for age verification further deepens the EU’s dependency on America and the USA’s control over the internet.
The European Union’s open-source age-verification project has drawn criticism after a maintainer confirmed that hardware-bound attestation is a mandatory architectural requirement, raising concerns about Linux, custom Android ROMs, and independently compiled applications.
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The solution lets users prove they are over a certain age without revealing their name, exact birth date, or full identity document. To prevent credentials from being copied, cloned, or reused by modified clients, the project relies on keys stored in protected hardware like Android TEE, StrongBox, or Apple’s Secure Enclave.
However, critics claim that this approach endangers the system by making it dependent on a small number of approved devices, operating systems, and attestation providers.
Cloudflare’s new “signed agents” pitch sounds like safety but it’s a wolf in sheep’s clothing. They’ve built an allowlist for the open web and told builders to apply for permission. That’s not how the internet works. An application form is not a standard.
Apple and Google are gradually expanding their use of hardware-based attestation. They’re convincing a growing number of services to adopt it. Google’s Play Integrity API and Apple’s App Attest API are very similar. Apple brought it to the web via Privacy Pass, which Google intends on doing too.
Google’s Play Integrity API requires hardware attestation for the strong integrity level and is gradually phasing in requiring it for the more commonly used device integrity level. Apple already has it as a requirement. Over the long term, this will increasingly lock out hardware and OS competition.
The purpose of these systems is disallowing people from using hardware and software not approved by Apple or Google. This is wrongly presented as being a security feature. Banks and government services are the main ones adopting it but Apple and Google are encouraging every service to use it.
When issuing the PID, the WB confirms to the PP (via OpenID4VCI Key Attestation) that the
keys to which a PID is to be bound are controlled by an authentication means that meets certain security requirements with regard to resistance against attackers with a certain attack potential (see ISO/IEC 18045).
It’s great that App Attest is coming to Mac with macOS 27. It means I can ship Canvases’ intelligence and sharing features with much more confidence, knowing I can protect the endpoints with App Attest.
The panel compares the M5 Pro Mac mini and Mac Studio, examining performance, pricing, upgrades, and video rendering capabilities. They also discuss Android app compatibility problems on Google’s new computers, Meta’s controversial Muse AI collecting personal relationship information, Facebook’s continuing relevance for content creators, and ChatGPT’s new virtual clothing try-on capabilities.
The flagship Alexa Tablet 12 Pro starts at $499.99 with 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage, aiming to rival the iPad Pro at a significantly lower price point. It features a MediaTek Dimensity 8400 chip, a 12-inch display with an adaptive refresh rate of up to 120Hz and a 3:2 aspect ratio, a 6.5mm-thick aluminum body, Wi-Fi 6E, and quad Dolby Atmos speakers. Amazon claims that the device has up to 16 hours of video playback.
A $549.99 version adds a “Nanomatte” display, using precision-etched glass developed with Corning to reduce glare. Higher configurations offer up to 16GB of RAM. Unlike Apple’s nano-texture display option, which requires a 1TB or 2TB iPad Pro, Amazon’s matte finish is available with 128GB of storage.
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The Alexa Tablet 11 starts at $329.99 with 8GB of RAM and 64GB of storage, offering an 11-inch 2.5K display with a 90Hz refresh rate. A 128GB version costs $379.99. The smaller Alexa Tablet 8 starts at $229.99 with an 8.7-inch display, 4GB of RAM, and 64GB of storage.
Amazon has dropped the Fire branding in favor of Alexa, and the new Alexa Tablets are now Google-certified Android devices.
Throughout the history of Fire Tablets, Amazon downplayed its use of Android. They ran Android apps from the company’s Appstore platform, but there was no Google integration with “Fire OS.” However, Amazon shut down its app store last year. The new Alexa Tablets run full-fledged Google-y versions of Android with the Play Store and all the apps you’d expect.
So the question is if these new Amazon Alexa Tablets can do what the previous Android tablets never could in tailoring software for the form-factor. I remain skeptical of that but perhaps stock Android plus some good Amazon + Alexa+ (as well as Prime Video) integration will be good enough?
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The screen – namely the fact that it's a matte texture – sounds interesting[…]
If you were holding out for a lower price on a Samsung smart phone, you might be out of luck, as a wave of price hikes on Samsung devices has been revealed.
The panel looks at macOS 27 ending Time Capsule backup support, then debates Google’s new Android-based laptops and its attempt to build a tighter ecosystem. Other topics include Chrome’s retro-style bookmark launchpad and GM’s geolocation privacy settlement before a deep dive into cloud storage, AWS data loss, redundancy, service agreements, and why cloud storage is […]
Google Photos continues to receive regular software updates, and its September rollout is particularly exciting, thanks to a couple of useful new features.
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