Google Translate 6.5 tests Android 10 dark mode support and continues work on Transcribe mode

A system-wide dark mode has arguably been one of the most requested features on Android for quite some time. Google finally delivered with the first stable rollout of Android 10 late last year, pushing a new darker theme for the operating system. The company also rolled out individual dark mode toggles for many of its apps, including Google Keep, Files, Photos, Duo and more. However, the dark mode hasn’t made it to all of Google’s Android apps yet. For instance, the Google Translate app still doesn’t have a dark theme. But the latest update for the app reveals that the company has finally started testing dark mode support for the app.

Our Editor-in-Chief, Mishaal Rahman, managed to manually enable the dark theme in version 6.5 of the Google Translate app on his Pixel 4. As you can see in the attached screenshots, turning on the dark mode switches the white elements in the app’s UI to a dark gray color without changing the color of the elements in blue.

The dark gray color spans across the app’s home page, phrasebook, and language selection menu, but the app’s Settings menu has a black background. As of now, the feature isn’t enabled in version 6.5 of the Google Translate app and our Managing Editor, Joe Fedewa, didn’t see a similar dark theme on his Pixel upon sideloading the latest update.

Along with the dark mode, the app also continues work on the Transcribe Mode which was first spotted back in December last year. The feature essentially allows you to translate uninterrupted speed in Google Translate to facilitate a conversation between users who don’t speak the same language. Google officially showed off the feature late last month at its AI Press Day event. The feature now appears as an icon labeled Transcribe right next to the Camera and Conversation icons in the app. The rest of the UI remains the same as what we spotted last year.

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Firefox Preview adds support for addons/extensions in the latest Nightly

Mozilla released an early version of its new browser for Android back in June last year. The new browser, called Firefox Preview, is built on top of Firefox’s mobile browser engine GeckoView and it’s meant to replace the older Firefox browser on the platform. Back in October last year, Mozilla announced that it was working on bringing extension support to GeckoView through the WebExtensions API. However, the Firefox Preview v3.0 update that followed next month didn’t include the feature. Now, according to recent posts on Reddit, the feature is finally rolling out with the latest Firefox Preview Nightly.

You can now install the popular uBlock Origin extension in the latest version of Firefox Preview Nightly on Android. To do so, you’ll first need to update Firefox Preview to the latest nightly build by following the Play Store link below. Once you’ve installed the update, you’ll have to tap on the three-dot menu icon in the bottom right corner, tap on Settings and then select Add-ons from the Advanced section. Here you’ll find the uBlock Origin add-on which you can install by tapping on the + icon right next to it and then selecting Add in the following pop-up. After the add-on is downloaded, you should see a notification that uBlock Origin has been installed successfully. You can then configure the extension by tapping on it in the Add-ons menu and selecting Settings in the following window.

Do note that since this is a nightly release of Firefox Preview you might encounter some bugs and a few features might not work as intended. As some users on the Reddit thread point out, Firefox Preview may also crash when accessing certain uBlock Origin pages. I installed the browser on my Realme X2 Pro and enabled uBlock Origin without any issues, however, the uBlock Origin settings aren’t as responsive as you’d expect. As of now, Mozilla hasn’t announced when extension support will roll out to the stable version of the browser, but you can expect to see support for more extensions in the nightly version in the following weeks.

Firefox Preview Nightly for Developers (Free, Google Play) →

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Via: Reddit (1,2)

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Firefox Preview adds support for addons/extensions in the latest Nightly

Mozilla released an early version of its new browser for Android back in June last year. The new browser, called Firefox Preview, is built on top of Firefox’s mobile browser engine GeckoView and it’s meant to replace the older Firefox browser on the platform. Back in October last year, Mozilla announced that it was working on bringing extension support to GeckoView through the WebExtensions API. However, the Firefox Preview v3.0 update that followed next month didn’t include the feature. Now, according to recent posts on Reddit, the feature is finally rolling out with the latest Firefox Preview Nightly.

You can now install the popular uBlock Origin extension in the latest version of Firefox Preview Nightly on Android. To do so, you’ll first need to update Firefox Preview to the latest nightly build by following the Play Store link below. Once you’ve installed the update, you’ll have to tap on the three-dot menu icon in the bottom right corner, tap on Settings and then select Add-ons from the Advanced section. Here you’ll find the uBlock Origin add-on which you can install by tapping on the + icon right next to it and then selecting Add in the following pop-up. After the add-on is downloaded, you should see a notification that uBlock Origin has been installed successfully. You can then configure the extension by tapping on it in the Add-ons menu and selecting Settings in the following window.

Do note that since this is a nightly release of Firefox Preview you might encounter some bugs and a few features might not work as intended. As some users on the Reddit thread point out, Firefox Preview may also crash when accessing certain uBlock Origin pages. I installed the browser on my Realme X2 Pro and enabled uBlock Origin without any issues, however, the uBlock Origin settings aren’t as responsive as you’d expect. As of now, Mozilla hasn’t announced when extension support will roll out to the stable version of the browser, but you can expect to see support for more extensions in the nightly version in the following weeks.

Firefox Preview Nightly for Developers (Free, Google Play) →

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Via: Reddit (1,2)

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Realme C3 launches in India with MediaTek Helio G70, 5,000mAh battery, and Realme UI

Realme will turn two this year and in this short time, the brand has propelled from being an underdog to one of the ten smartphone brands worldwide. In India, Realme has found itself a place among the top five phone brands. Besides a high value for money, Realme’s availability across all tiers of the smartphone market ensures great visibility. The company started 2020 by launching the Realme 5i last month and will be launching its 5G-enabled flagship device at MWC 2020. For India and similar price-sensitive markets, Realme has now announced a new phone in its entry-level C series. The new Realme C3 comes with MediaTek Helio G70 chipset, dual rear cameras, a large 5,000mAh battery, and Realme UI based on Android 10.

Realme C3 is the world’s first phone to be powered by MediaTek Helio G70 SoC, which is designed for entry-level gaming. Along with the chipset, the Realme C3 gets options between 3GB and 4GB of LPDDR4X RAM. There are 32GB and 64GB storage options to choose from and the dedicated microSD card allows storage expansion up to 256GB.

The Realme C3 features a 6.52-inch HD+ LCD display with a screen-to-body ratio of 89.8%. For the phone’s back design, Realme draws inspiration from the sun’s rays with a satiny finish that gives the impression of a frosted glass back despite the use of plastic. The Realme C3 comes in Blazing Red and Frozen Blue colors inspired by lava and glaciers, respectively. The phone does not feature a fingerprint scanner and you’ll be at the discretion of face unlock.

There are dual cameras on the back including a 12MP primary sensor and a 2MP depth sensor. Besides supporting the full suite of Realme’s software features for the camera including a beauty mode and Chroma Boost, the camera also captures Full HD videos and 120fps slow-motion videos at 480p resolution. The selfie camera has a resolution of 5MP and can also capture Full HD video at 30fps.

The phone is designed to cater to the entertainment needs of the users in the target segment and therefore, it comes with 5,000mAh battery. It supports charging at 10W via the micro USB port at the bottom.

Software-wise, the Realme C3 runs the recently announced Realme UI based on Android 10. While there is no promise on the frequency of updates, Reame’s track record gives us hope that we can expect regular security updates at least for the first year. Considering the Realme C2 is also being updated to Android 10 later this year, we might also see an Android 11 update for the new device but only time will tell how soon we get it – if we do.

Realme C3 Specifications

Specifications	Realme C3
Dimensions & Weight	164.4 x 75.0 x 8.95 mm 195g
Display	6.52-inch LCD 720 x 1600 20:9 aspect ratio Gorilla Glass 3
SoC	MediaTek Helio G70 (12nm) 2 x Arm Cortex-A75 @ 2.0GHz 6 x Arm Cortex-A55 @ 1.7GHz Mali G52 GPU
RAM	3GB/4GB
Storage	32GB/64GB eMMC Dedicated microSD slot
Battery	5000mAh, 10W charging via microUSB
Fingerprint Sensor	NA
Rear Camera	12MP, f/1.8 2MP depth sensor, f/2.4 1080p video recording @ 30fps 480p slow-motion @ 120fps
Front Camera	5MP, f/2.0 Full HD video recording @ 30fps
Android Version	Realme UI based on Android 10
Colors	Frozen Blue, Blazing Red

Price & Availability

The 3GB/32GB variant of Realme C3 comes for ₹6,999 while the 4GB/64GB variant is priced at ₹7,999. The first online sale for the smartphone will take place at noon on February 14th, 2020 on Flipkart and Realme’s online store. It will also be available at offline stores starting February 20th.

Buy Realme C3 on Flipkart (starting at ₹6,999)

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Netflix for Android now streams some shows in AV1 to save data

The Alliance for Open Media came out with the royalty-free AOMedia Video 1 (AV1) codec all the way back in 2017 in a bid to replace H.264 as the primary codec for online streaming and media consumption. The new codec offered around 30% better compression than Google’s previous VP9 standard without hampering the picture quality. The codec made its way over to Google Chrome with the Chrome 70 update back in October 2018, when Google added an AV1 decoder to the browser with MP4 being used as the supported container (ISO-BMFF). Early last year, following the first rollout of Android 10 beta 1, we learned that Google had added support for the AV1 codec on the platform. Soon thereafter, popular video streaming platform Vimeo added support for the royalty-free AV1 codec and now Netflix seems to be following in its footsteps.

As per a recent blog post from Netflix, the company announced support for the AV1 codec on its Android app. As per the post, selected titles on the streaming service are now available in AV1 for “customers who wish to reduce the cellular data usage by enabling the ‘Save Data’ feature.” The codec will offer 20% improved compression efficiency of Netflix’s VP9 encodes, which will drastically reduce mobile data usage while streaming. Additionally, Netflix also revealed that its AV1 support on Android makes use of the open-source dav1d decoder. For the unaware, the dav1d decoder was built by the VideoLAN, VLC, and FFmpeg communities and sponsored by the Appliance for Open Media, of which Netflix is a founding member. The streaming service has optimized the decoder to play Netflix content, which is 10-bit color. In order to make AV1 widely available, Netflix is also sponsoring an open-source effort to optimize 10-bit performance even further.

As of now, the AV1 codec is limited to Netflix on Android. But as the codec performance improves over time, the company plans to expand support to more use cases. It’s worth noting that the recently launched MediaTek Dimensity 1000 is the only SoC that supports hardware-accelerated decoding on AV1, so devices with other SoCs will have to do software decoding, which is resource-intensive and could lead to higher battery drain. However, Netflix has revealed that it’s working with device and chipset partners to extend AV1 support to more hardware.

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Source: The Netflix Tech Blog

Via: Android Police

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Realme C3 launches in India with MediaTek Helio G70, 5,000mAh battery, and Realme UI

Realme will turn two this year and in this short time, the brand has propelled from being an underdog to one of the ten smartphone brands worldwide. In India, Realme has found itself a place among the top five phone brands. Besides a high value for money, Realme’s availability across all tiers of the smartphone market ensures great visibility. The company started 2020 by launching the Realme 5i last month and will be launching its 5G-enabled flagship device at MWC 2020. For India and similar price-sensitive markets, Realme has now announced a new phone in its entry-level C series. The new Realme C3 comes with MediaTek Helio G70 chipset, dual rear cameras, a large 5,000mAh battery, and Realme UI based on Android 10.

Realme C3 is the world’s first phone to be powered by MediaTek Helio G70 SoC, which is designed for entry-level gaming. Along with the chipset, the Realme C3 gets options between 3GB and 4GB of LPDDR4X RAM. There are 32GB and 64GB storage options to choose from and the dedicated microSD card allows storage expansion up to 256GB.

The Realme C3 features a 6.52-inch HD+ LCD display with a screen-to-body ratio of 89.8%. For the phone’s back design, Realme draws inspiration from the sun’s rays with a satiny finish that gives the impression of a frosted glass back despite the use of plastic. The Realme C3 comes in Blazing Red and Frozen Blue colors inspired by lava and glaciers, respectively. The phone does not feature a fingerprint scanner and you’ll be at the discretion of face unlock.

There are dual cameras on the back including a 12MP primary sensor and a 2MP depth sensor. Besides supporting the full suite of Realme’s software features for the camera including a beauty mode and Chroma Boost, the camera also captures Full HD videos and 120fps slow-motion videos at 480p resolution. The selfie camera has a resolution of 5MP and can also capture Full HD video at 30fps.

The phone is designed to cater to the entertainment needs of the users in the target segment and therefore, it comes with 5,000mAh battery. It supports charging at 10W via the micro USB port at the bottom.

Software-wise, the Realme C3 runs the recently announced Realme UI based on Android 10. While there is no promise on the frequency of updates, Reame’s track record gives us hope that we can expect regular security updates at least for the first year. Considering the Realme C2 is also being updated to Android 10 later this year, we might also see an Android 11 update for the new device but only time will tell how soon we get it – if we do.

Realme C3 Specifications

Specifications	Realme C3
Dimensions & Weight	164.4 x 75.0 x 8.95 mm 195g
Display	6.52-inch LCD 720 x 1600 20:9 aspect ratio Gorilla Glass 3
SoC	MediaTek Helio G70 (12nm) 2 x Arm Cortex-A75 @ 2.0GHz 6 x Arm Cortex-A55 @ 1.7GHz Mali G52 GPU
RAM	3GB/4GB
Storage	32GB/64GB eMMC Dedicated microSD slot
Battery	5000mAh, 10W charging via microUSB
Fingerprint Sensor	NA
Rear Camera	12MP, f/1.8 2MP depth sensor, f/2.4 1080p video recording @ 30fps 480p slow-motion @ 120fps
Front Camera	5MP, f/2.0 Full HD video recording @ 30fps
Android Version	Realme UI based on Android 10
Colors	Frozen Blue, Blazing Red

Price & Availability

The 3GB/32GB variant of Realme C3 comes for ₹6,999 while the 4GB/64GB variant is priced at ₹7,999. The first online sale for the smartphone will take place at noon on February 14th, 2020 on Flipkart and Realme’s online store. It will also be available at offline stores starting February 20th.

Buy Realme C3 on Flipkart (starting at ₹6,999)

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Netflix for Android now streams some shows in AV1 to save data

The Alliance for Open Media came out with the royalty-free AOMedia Video 1 (AV1) codec all the way back in 2017 in a bid to replace H.264 as the primary codec for online streaming and media consumption. The new codec offered around 30% better compression than Google’s previous VP9 standard without hampering the picture quality. The codec made its way over to Google Chrome with the Chrome 70 update back in October 2018, when Google added an AV1 decoder to the browser with MP4 being used as the supported container (ISO-BMFF). Early last year, following the first rollout of Android 10 beta 1, we learned that Google had added support for the AV1 codec on the platform. Soon thereafter, popular video streaming platform Vimeo added support for the royalty-free AV1 codec and now Netflix seems to be following in its footsteps.

As per a recent blog post from Netflix, the company announced support for the AV1 codec on its Android app. As per the post, selected titles on the streaming service are now available in AV1 for “customers who wish to reduce the cellular data usage by enabling the ‘Save Data’ feature.” The codec will offer 20% improved compression efficiency of Netflix’s VP9 encodes, which will drastically reduce mobile data usage while streaming. Additionally, Netflix also revealed that its AV1 support on Android makes use of the open-source dav1d decoder. For the unaware, the dav1d decoder was built by the VideoLAN, VLC, and FFmpeg communities and sponsored by the Appliance for Open Media, of which Netflix is a founding member. The streaming service has optimized the decoder to play Netflix content, which is 10-bit color. In order to make AV1 widely available, Netflix is also sponsoring an open-source effort to optimize 10-bit performance even further.

As of now, the AV1 codec is limited to Netflix on Android. But as the codec performance improves over time, the company plans to expand support to more use cases. It’s worth noting that the recently launched MediaTek Dimensity 1000 is the only SoC that supports hardware-accelerated decoding on AV1, so devices with other SoCs will have to do software decoding, which is resource-intensive and could lead to higher battery drain. However, Netflix has revealed that it’s working with device and chipset partners to extend AV1 support to more hardware.

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Source: The Netflix Tech Blog

Via: Android Police

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