Pixel Watches have received Wear OS 5.1 update based on Android 15.

After a long break, Google has released a new update for Pixel Watch of all generations. The new version of the system brings the following changes:

• Support for Credential Managers (including passkeys and federated identity)
• Playback through the watch speaker: Users can select this speaker as their preferred option for media output if the app is integrated with the Wear Output Switcher.
• New “Modes” settings item to configure the existing “Do not disturb”, “Bed-Time” and “in theater” modes.
• You can now change the Display (UI) size. Previously, you could only change the font size.
• New color accent in settings. Instead of lettuce, a pale purple color is now used.

The following new features were also added along with the March Pixel Feature Drop:

• Loss of Pulse Detection detection for Pixel Watch 3 owners in the US.
• Menstrual cycle tracking in the Fitbit app for Pixel Watch 3.
• Auto Bed-Time Mode is now available for Pixel Watch 2.
• Updated step counting algorithm with improved accuracy - all models.
• New media controls for fast-forwarding and rewinding, adjusting playback speed, or managing playback queue.

❗️Important moment: Google is moving to quarterly (3 months) updates for the Pixel Watch, rather than monthly as it was until November 2024. So now the next update should be expected in June 2025.

Build Number: BP1A.250305.019.W3 (W2 for first gen)
Security Patch: March 2025

To speed up getting the update, put the watch on charge, open the Settings/System/System Update page, and tap the watch icon at the top several times in a row.

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Booted on iPhone 14 Pro for real (sharing pictures from a user)

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That's called being unprofessional and skill issues because Snapdragon 7s Gen supports UFS 3.1 and LPDDR5 RAM officially

Nothing phone 3a series maybe cheap in India but it's definitely not cheap globally as the 3a Pro pricing starts from 450$

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📴 The Xiaomi 15 can be located via Google Find My Device even when it's powered off

The Xiaomi 15 and 15 Ultra are the latest phones to support Powered Off Finding on Android.

More details👇

🔗 https://www.androidauthority.com/xiaomi-15-powered-off-finding-3531103/

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Xiaomi accidentally pushed demo build for Xiaomi 15 Ultra Indonesia LOL

Xiaomi 15 Ultra just got released in Global today, though without HyperOS 2.1, even internally (wtf, even Xiaomi 15 got it).
Anyways, it seems like they decided to push both DM (Demo) build and XM (production build) one for the Indonesian (ID) market, although DM was pushed later on, so it's flagged as latest 🤡
And the most funny thing is that you can update from XM build to DM one, just via OTA update. There's even an incremental OTA from OS2.0.2.0.VOAIDXM to OS2.0.2.0.VOAIDDM
DM build has demo app (Mi Show) which should block mobile data and download demo photos, messages etc and also show demo video

Here are links for firmwares if you need:
OS2.0.2.0.VOAIDDM (DM - Demo)
OS2.0.2.0.VOAIDXM (XM - Production)

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Confidential & Proprietary
This Pixel findable by Google

ok it was fake 👍
Kudos to all those who pointed it was a fake leak

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RIP Microsoft Skype

Inside of the Skype Insider version 8.137.76.425 APK located in ./assets/resources/strings, there's a newly added text string that says "Starting in May 2025, Skype will no longer be available."

Starting in May, Skype will no longer be available. Continue your calls and chats in Microsoft Teams

Skype was first launched back in 2003 and was a very popular VOIP messaging platform in its heyday. Microsoft acquired Skype for 8.5 Billion US$ in 2011.

A couple of years after that, it discontinued some of its in-house communication products like Windows Live Messenger, and then in 2015, Skype was integrated into Windows 10 which lasted about 9 months. In 2016, it introduced a UWP app as it continued to shift away from Win32, only to kill off UWP and return to Win32.

In 2017, Microsoft launched Teams, a collaboration platform built on the backbone of Skype and since then, its been Teams only.

🪦 Skype 2003-2025 (22 yrs)
You will be missed 🙏

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Employees going onto social media to express confusion over their network being hit by Qilin ransomware

Indeed, "Fun day at the office"

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I hope you guys ain't using material theme extension on VS Code

https://fixvx.com/theo/status/1894661673388314710

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The Fake Video Comparison by Nothing

The video which Nothing used for comparison was shot while cycling at 4K 30fps. However, people caught Nothing in 8K that the iPhone's video was shot on ULTRAWIDE camera instead and on 3a Pro it was recorded on main sensor.

Nothing, 3 days later, "quietly" pinned a YouTube comment acknowledging the same that they "mistakenly" edited an UW video of iPhone & exported it instead of one with standard lens and "they had no intent to mislead".
Even after that, Nothing did NOT show the video shot using the iPhone's standard lens, nor did they cared to inform anyone about this mishap on twitter or through any youtube short/video.

2/2
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Nothing Phone 3a Series Essential Key Explained
Source

Nothing Phone 3a series will feature a dedicated button, called 'Essential Key' that will invoke Nothing's custom AI, housed within an app called “Essential Space.” which is an "AI-powered hub" to store digital content like screenshots, voice notes, and photos.

Press: Capture and send content directly to Essential Space.
Long-Press: Record a voice note.
Double-Tap: Access all saved content in Essential Space.
Inside the phone's native Camera app, you can single-press the Essential Key to click a photo.

This feature is basically similar to Google Pixel's exclusive Pixel screenshots as Essential Space can retrieve key information from the images saved online or summarize & transcribe your thoughts & record them, but comes with a dedicated button. Some features will even require signing into your Nothing Account and agreeing with their Terms & Conditions before using it.

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Oppo Find N5 Fold launched in China

This OnePlus Open 2 uses titanium flexion hinge, which uses aerospace-grade 5 titanium alloy 3D printing technology. Overall hinge is slimmer by 26%, while the rigidity is increased by 36%.

World’s first IPX6, IPX8, and IPX9 water resistance rating
Folded: 8.93mm thick
Unfolded: just 4.21mm thin

Internal display
• 8.12″ (2480x2248 px) 2K LTPO AMOLED display
• 9.9:9 aspect ratio
• 2100nits peak brightness
• Ultra Thin Glass (UTG)

External display
• 6.62" (2616×1140 px) FHD+ OLED LTPO display
• 20.7:9 Aspect Ratio
• 2450nits peak brightness
• Ultra-thin microcrystalline glass

• 8MP (front & internal) camera
• 1~120Hz variable refresh rate
• Support ProXDR Display
• 2160Hz PWM dimming
• 1.07 Billion colors display
• Oppp Pen Stylus Support
• Snapdragon 8 Not So Elite Edition
• LPDDR5X RAM; UFS 4.0 storage

• 50MP main (LYT 700, OIS)
• 8MP UltraWide
• 50MP 3x periscope telephoto (JN5)
• 6x Optical & 120x Digital Zoom
• Hasselblad branding
CONCLUSION: Camera is "heavily" downgraded when compared to OnePlus Open

• 5600mAh battery; USB-C 3.1 Gen 2
• 80W wired + 50W wireless airvooc fast charging
• Side-mounted fingerprint
• 3 stereo speakers; Alert Slider
4 Android OS + 6yrs SP
Colors: White & Black (Global), Dark Purple (Leather, China)

Pricing (16GB + 512GB):
Singapore= 2499 SGD (~1,865$)

China
• 12GB+256GB= 8999CNY (~1,235$)
• 16GB+512GB= 9999CNY (~1,372$)
• 16GB+1TB= 10,999CNY (~1,510$)

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Qualcomm just announced that its Snapdragon 8 Elite platform will be supported for "up to eight consecutive years of Android software and security updates."

"What this means is that support for platform software included in this program will be made available to OEMs for eight consecutive years, including both Android OS and kernel upgrades, without requiring significant changes or upgrades to the platform and OEM code on the device (a separation commonly referred as “Project Treble” or the “vendor implementation”). While kernel changes will require updating kernel mode drivers, the vendor code can remain unchanged while the software support is being provided. This software support can lower costs for OEMs interested in supporting their devices longer and can show consumers the advantages of Snapdragon mobile processors and software support."

The company worked with Google on this new program, which also extends to the next five generations of Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 and 7-series mobile platforms. It's up to OEMs to take advantage of this program, though meaning 7 years of updates isn't guaranteed for any given device.

FYI: I detailed this new program (called Longevity GRF) in full back in October, in case you want to read more about what Google and Qualcomm have done.

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As something we can only describe as nightmare material — two software engineers from Meta (Anton Pidkuiko, Boris Starkov) demonstrated a more efficient way for AI to communicate.

The scenario of the AI recognizing each other is a demonstration. The communication is real.

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Here's how Android 16 Live Notification will look

Google announced that Android 16 will introduce Live Updates, a special notifications for ongoing activities like rideshare pickups, food delivery alerts, and navigation. At their core is a new type of notification called a progress-centric notification, which contains a progress bar that advances over time and is optionally split into different segments.

Developer vitoksmile/android-16-and-progress-centric-notifications-705cbd14db40">Viktor Mykhaliv created a demo app to show it off, and Android Authority used it to show the full experience.

Tapping the status bar chip reveals the full notification. On AOD, they appear in full as a wireframe, unlike other notifications that appear only as icons.

Live Updates will be enabled by default for any app that creates an ongoing notification (progress-centric or not) and provides a short summary of the most critical information. If an app misuses it, you’ll be able to disable Live Updates for it by toggling “show live info” in Settings

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oh yeah, and, virtualization is only supported on iOS 16.0 ~ 16.3.1

on later versions Apple disabled it

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EvilLoader: Yesterday was published PoC for unpatched vulnerability affecting Telegram for Android.
The exploit has been sold on underground forum since January 2025.✅Don't install external players if requested by received corrupted video file on Telegram.
https://www.mobile-hacker.com/2025/03/05/evilloader-unpatched-telegram-for-android-vulnerability-disclosed/

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eSIM available on Nothing Phone 3a in Japan and on the 3a Pro *worldwide

*Except India

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The Duality of Microsoft
Credits

Searches browser in Bing
Microsoft Bing: Microsoft recommends using Microsoft Edge!
Microsoft Copilot in Bing: Download Google Chrome now!!

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Going back to believing the leak is real as it was just a lockscreen text and anything can be written there

The apps in that video seem like all legit internal apps including better bug, flag flipper, gyotaku, camera obfuscator etc. The droid food box is also real

A clear all button to remove all notifications is also visible. This aligns with another a16 leak posted by mystic leaks channel a few days ago.

Atp, just believe what you want to.

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Google is cooking Android 16 in the design area
Credits: @/pixelgang_tg (tiktok)

This Pixel 9 Pro is running a real dogfood build btw and apart from the QS design changes (inc. blur addition) and smoother lens transitions, ambient wallpapers on the AOD is also coming

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Nothing is alleging that a [company] has been offering people money to downplay the Nothing Phone

On the redacted word, the corner of the first and last letter are visible and thus if you connect the dots, the company is none other than Xiaomi

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You all are racist Trump.
~ Apple Intelligence

https://9to5mac.com/2025/02/25/iphone-trump-siri-racist-bug/

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Microsoft Edge stable finally ships the RAM Limiter feature to everyone. Dubbed "Resource controls", it lets users control how much memory the browser uses. If you're someone who enjoys gaming on your computer, this could be particularly helpful because it allows you to allocate resources more efficiently.

To access this feature, open the browser settings and navigate to System and Performance, then select Performance Management. Here, you can set the amount of memory the browser can use, ranging from 1 GB up to the maximum available on your device. You also have the option to apply these limits all the time or only when you're playing games.

Microsoft was testing this for almost a year. Now it is rolling out gradually to Edge stable users.

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Nothing smartphones cameras are so trash that they’re comparing them to the iPhone 16 Pro Max to fake impress

Nothing recently released a YouTube video, wherein they compared 400$ Phone 3a Pro cameras with 1200$ flagship iPhone 16 Pro Max. The comparison included 5 pics and 1 video. To make it look fair, Nothing even posted the google drive containing files in their original quality with the metadata of the pics, however with the video, metadata was stripped as it was later edited by davinci resolve studio.

With the food pic, Nothing "claimed" that they used iPhone's 5X Zoom, while with 3a Pro, they used 6X Zoom and still Nothing's image was "super stunning." Now if you look at the metadata:
iPhone 16 PM: f/1.78; 152mm
Nothing 3a Pro: f/2.55; 140mm

The catch is, iPhone 5X takes pic at 120mm on f/2.8 telephoto. Thus, Nothing deliberately used iPhone's main camera and took images at 6X~7X as it is 152mm and compared it to 3a Pro's Periscope telephoto shots.

Click HERE to check out FAKE Video comparison
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OnePlus Watch 3 Launched Globally

There is a new temperature sensor for wrist temperature measurement, an 8-channel optical heart rate sensor, and a 16-channel blood oxygen sensor. There is also a ‘circular polarized antenna,’ for improved GPS maps. It also has an EKG option which will arrive in Europe in Q2, 2025, after FDA approval in US & Canada.

Specs:
• 1.5-inch (466x466 px) LTPO AMOLED screen
• 2200nits peak brightness
• Rotating Crown
• 2.5D sapphire glass protection
• Titanium bezel, stainless steel body

• Snapdragon W5 main
• BES2800BP co-processor
• WearOS 5 based
• 2GB RAM + 32GB storage
• Mics & speakers for Bluetooth calling
• eSIM (China only)

100+ Workout modes including 11 Professional sports such as Skiing, Mountain climbing, Elliptical & Rowing machine etc

• Water resistant (5ATM + IP68)
• MIL-STD-810H certified
631mAh battery ; 48hrs with heavy use
16-day battery life in Power Saver Mode

Pricing: 330$/ 300 €
Watch X2 starts at SGD 499/ 2499 CNY

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Why would one need DeepSeek AI inside an air conditioner 💀

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Worst Volume Control UI
Source

In 2017, a group of developers hilariously competed for who could create worst volume control interface in the world

Which one is your favourite?

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Introducing NEO Gamma Humanoid

NEO Gamma is the next generation of home humanoids designed & engineered by Norway's 1X Technologies.

NEO now walks with a natural human gait & arm swings, squat down to pick things up & sit in chairs, all while maintaining balance. These dynamic control skills – running at 100Hz – are learned using Reinforcement Learning from human motion capture data. This range of motion allows NEO Gamma to experience household scenarios & tasks that would be otherwise inaccessible to other robot form factors.

1X trained a visual manipulation model capable of picking up a large variety of objects in different scenarios. NEO Gamma leverages neural networks trained to predict teleoperated actions directly from raw sensor data.

NEO Gamma features 4 mics with beamforming & echo cancellation, and a 3-speaker system—one in the chest for AI voice interactions and 2 outward-facing speakers in the pelvis for bass, 360° sound effects & music.

You can read more about it HERE

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📸 Android 16 lets you take proper screenshots of your beautiful HDR photos

Android 16 is implementing support for true HDR screenshots, enabling you to take screenshots of HDR content.

More details 👇

🔗 https://www.androidauthority.com/android-16-hdr-screenshots-3528355/

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