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jeudi 2 avril 2020

Google’s new Art Transfer feature will make beautiful paintings out of your photos

The Google Play Store is chock full of photo editing apps, ranging from simple ones that give you access to a range of filters to more powerful image manipulation apps, like Google’s Snapseed, that let you alter almost every aspect of your photos. However, only a few apps, out of the thousands available on the platform, offer something unique. For instance, VSCO also gives you a platform to share your edits, TouchRetouch helps you easily remove unwanted content from your photos, and Prisma lets you convert your photos into pieces of art. For those of you who have tried, and liked Prisma, Google has now added a new feature in the Google Arts & Culture app that will allow you to edit your photos in the style of well-known paintings.

As per a recent blog post from the company, the Google Arts & Culture app now offers a feature called “Art Transfer” that lets you transfer the style of a renowned masterpiece onto your image. The feature appears in the Camera menu in the bottom bar of the app and lets you choose the art style from over a dozen different masterpieces. Once you select a particular piece of art, the feature transfers its style over to your photo and while you wait for the filter to be applied, it also displays some fun facts about the selected artwork. In case you don’t wish to alter your image completely, the app also gives you the option to select the exact part of your image you wish to edit.

The feature lets you transfer the style of artworks by renowned artists like van Gogh, Frida Kahlo, Edvard Munch, Leonardo da Vinci, and more. It makes use of an algorithmic model created by Google AI, which was developed in collaboration with several cultural institutions around the world, including the UK’s National Gallery and Japan’s MOA Museum of Art. If that sounds interesting, you can give the new feature a shot by installing the Google Arts & Culture app from the link below.

Google Arts & Culture (Free, Google Play) →

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[Update 2: Service Resumed] Hotstar brings Disney+ content to India as “Disney+ Hotstar”

Update 2 (04/03/2020 @ 01:58 AM ET): Hotstar has finally and officially released Disney+ Hotstar in India.

Update 1 (03/20/2020 @ 03:32 AM ET): Hotstar has officially confirmed that the Disney+ Hotstar rollout has been paused. Scroll to the bottom for more information. The article as published on March 11, 2020, is preserved below.

Disney is the world’s largest media production house. About a year ago, it announced its entry into the online streaming business with a new cross-platform service to compete with content providers like Hulu and Netflix. Called Disney+, the service went live in November last year, offering exclusive content from Pixar, Marvel Studios, Star Wars as well as The Simpsons franchises under the same roof. While Disney+ is has been restricted to a handful of countries since its launch, Indians can enjoy its exclusive content with homegrown streaming app, Hotstar. The app has now been rebranded as “Disney+ Hotstar” and the content is available to all Premium members without any extra cost.

The online streaming Hotstar is owned by one of India’s largest TV networks – Star India, which was previously owned by 21st Century Fox. When Disney acquired Fox in 2018, all TV channels under the Star TV network as well as Hotstar became to be owned by the former. With the announcement of the new streaming service, it was also confirmed that Hotstar will host the content in India.

Hotstar’s Android app has recently been updated with a new user interface, logo, and splash screen. The update UI also exudes a Disney+ Hotstar branding along with a color scheme in line with Disney+. While Marvel’s Avengers: Endgame have been available on Hotstar since its release on Disney+, new titles are now being added to the app. Gadgets 360 compiled a list of titles now available on the platform and these include:

While Hotstar operates with a freemium model and has three tiers of subscription. Besides the free tier, there’s Hotstar VIP, which mostly has Indian content but without any ads, and Hotstar Premium, which has paid Indian content along with international hits like Game of Thrones. Disney+ content will only be available for Hotstar Premium users and the membership for the same costs ₹199 ($2.70) a month or ₹999 ($13.50) a year.

We can also expect localization of content through audio dubbing in Indian languages as more Disney+ content is made available on the platform. While the majority of Disney’s content is now destined to be available via Hotstar, some short-form content also continues to be available on JioCinema.

Hotstar (Free, Google Play) →

Update: Hotstar officially pauses rollout of Disney+ Hotstar

Within 24 hours of the content first being spotted, Hotstar had already pulled back Disney+ content from its app and rolled back to the previous state. Now, the company has officially confirmed that it is pausing the rollout.

Mr. Uday Shankar, President at The Walt Disney Company APAC and Chairman at Star & Disney India, released a statement:

“We recently announced that Disney+ would launch in India through the Hotstar service in conjunction with beginning of the Indian Premier League cricket season. Given the delay of the season, we have made the decision to briefly pause the roll-out of Disney+ and will announce a new revised premiere date for the service soon.”

The rollout has thus been paused indefinitely. The decision to postpone the IPL 2020 season was taken in light of COVID-19, and consequently, the same has now pushed back this launch.

Update 2: Disney+ Hotstar finally rolls out officially

Hotstar is finally and officially rolling out Disney+ content in India.

The wait is (finally) over! Your favourite stories are now streaming on Disney+ Hotstar. Enjoy! pic.twitter.com/3KctGF5mLR

— Disney+HotstarPremium (@DisneyplusHSP) April 3, 2020

The VIP plan for the service is priced at ₹399 per year (increased from ₹365 per year for just Hotstar), while the Premium plan is priced at ₹1,499 per year (increased from ₹999 per year for just Hotstar). Existing customers under the plans will get full access to Disney+ content without any additional payment for the remainder of their validity duration. While some of the Disney+ content is available for VIP subscribers as well, you would still need the Premium subscription if you want access to Disney+ original content such as the Star Wars spinoff ‘The Mandalorian’ or all the movies under Marvel, Star Wars, Pixar, and Disney.

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Redmi Note 9 Pro Max Hands-on – The Note 9 Pro on Steroids!

Last month, Xiaomi launched two new smartphones in its ultra-popular Redmi Note series. With this launch, they added the “Pro Max” moniker to the series, which tags the biggest and best phone in the lineup. XDA TV‘s Sandeep Sarma has the Redmi Note 9 Pro Max in hand and he shared his first impressions of the device.

There are several key differences between the Redmi Note 9 Pro Max and the regular Note 9 Pro (review). As Sandeep says, the Max is basically the Note 9 Pro on steroids. It has the same Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G SoC, but it also has 6GB of LPDDR4X RAM, UFS 2.1 storage, 33W fast charging, and a larger 64MP Samsung ISOCELL Bright GW1 sensor.

Redmi Note 9 Pro Max Forums

Check out Sandeep’s video below to see camera samples and his first impressions of the device as a whole. The Redmi Note series is very popular for its price-for-value ratio, and the Pro Max offers a new tier to the series.

Specification	Redmi Note 9 Pro Series
Dimensions and Weight	165.7 x 76.6 x 8.8 mm 209g
Display	6.67″ FHD+ (2400 x 1080) LCD; Center-weighted Punch-hole display Corning Gorilla Glass 5
SoC	Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G 8nm process 2 x Kryo 465 based on Arm’s Cortex-A76 @ 2.3GHz 6x Kryo 465 based on Arm’s Cortex-A55 @ 1.8GHz Adreno 618
RAM and Storage	Redmi Note 9 Pro Max 6GB LPDDR4X + 64GB UFS 2.1 6GB + 128GB 8GB + 128GB Redmi Note 9 Pro 4GB + 64GB 6GB + 128GB Dedicated microSD card slot for up to 512GB cards
Battery & Charging	5,020 mAh battery Redmi Note 9 Pro Max: 33W fast charging Redmi Note 9 Pro: 18W fast charging Respective fast chargers included within the box
Rear Camera	Photo: Primary: Note 9 Pro Max: 64MP Samsung ISOCELL Bright GW1 sensor, f/1.89, 1/1.72” sensor Note 9 Pro: 48MP Samsung ISOCELL Bright GM2 sensor, f/1.79 Secondary: 8MP 119° Wide-Angle Camera, f/2.2 Tertiary: 5MP, Macro with autofocus Quaternary: 2MP, f/2.4, Depth Sensor Video: 4K @ 30fps 1080p @ 60fps Ultra-wide: 1080p @ 30fps Slow-motion: 1080p @ 120fps, 720p @ 960fps
Front Camera	Note 9 Pro Max: 32MP Note 9 Pro: 16MP
Other Features	3.5mm headphone jack IR Blaster Side fingerprint scanner
Android Version	MIUI 11 based on Android 10

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Redmi Note 9 Pro Max Hands-on – The Note 9 Pro on Steroids!

Redmi Note 9 Pro Max Forums

Specification	Redmi Note 9 Pro Series
Dimensions and Weight	165.7 x 76.6 x 8.8 mm 209g
Display	6.67″ FHD+ (2400 x 1080) LCD; Center-weighted Punch-hole display Corning Gorilla Glass 5
SoC	Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G 8nm process 2 x Kryo 465 based on Arm’s Cortex-A76 @ 2.3GHz 6x Kryo 465 based on Arm’s Cortex-A55 @ 1.8GHz Adreno 618
RAM and Storage	Redmi Note 9 Pro Max 6GB LPDDR4X + 64GB UFS 2.1 6GB + 128GB 8GB + 128GB Redmi Note 9 Pro 4GB + 64GB 6GB + 128GB Dedicated microSD card slot for up to 512GB cards
Battery & Charging	5,020 mAh battery Redmi Note 9 Pro Max: 33W fast charging Redmi Note 9 Pro: 18W fast charging Respective fast chargers included within the box
Rear Camera	Photo: Primary: Note 9 Pro Max: 64MP Samsung ISOCELL Bright GW1 sensor, f/1.89, 1/1.72” sensor Note 9 Pro: 48MP Samsung ISOCELL Bright GM2 sensor, f/1.79 Secondary: 8MP 119° Wide-Angle Camera, f/2.2 Tertiary: 5MP, Macro with autofocus Quaternary: 2MP, f/2.4, Depth Sensor Video: 4K @ 30fps 1080p @ 60fps Ultra-wide: 1080p @ 30fps Slow-motion: 1080p @ 120fps, 720p @ 960fps
Front Camera	Note 9 Pro Max: 32MP Note 9 Pro: 16MP
Other Features	3.5mm headphone jack IR Blaster Side fingerprint scanner
Android Version	MIUI 11 based on Android 10

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OnePlus 8 series MEMC tech will work with YouTube, Netflix, VLC, and more

OnePlus recently announced that the company will be launching its next flagship lineup — the OnePlus 8 series — later this month on April 14th. While we’ve previously seen several leaks and rumors about the OnePlus 8 series, the company is now slowly divulging more information about the devices in the days leading up to the launch. The company’s CEO, Pete Lau, recently confirmed that the OnePlus 8 series will feature a high refresh rate 120Hz display, Qualcomm’s flagship Snapdragon 865 SoC, LPDDR5 RAM, and UFS 3.0 storage. Now, in a string of posts on Chinese social media platform Weibo, Lau has released even more information about the display technology used in the OnePlus 8 series.

Up until now, we’ve already learned that the displays on the OnePlus 8 and OnePlus 8 Pro will feature a 2K resolution with a pixel density of 513ppi, peak brightness of 1300 nits, and 4096 levels of brightness adjustments. The company has also revealed that the panel will feature HDR support, and there will also be an ambient color temperature sensor to adjust the white balance under different lighting environments. In addition, Lau has now elaborated further on the MEMC technology on the OnePlus 8 series and has revealed that it will work with apps like YouTube, Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Hotstar, VLC, MX Player, and more.

OnePlus 8 MEMC supported apps

MEMC (Motion Estimation, Motion Compensation), which OnePlus first talked about earlier this year in January, is a frame insertion technique to convert low frame rate videos to a higher frame rate. On the OnePlus 8 series, this is hardware accelerated through an independent chip. As a result, the OnePlus 8 series will be able to convert 24/30fps videos playing in supported apps to 60/120fps for significantly smoother playback. A sample video of the MEMC tech in action shows exactly what you can expect while playing videos on the OnePlus 8 series. What’s most interesting is that the feature will work with offline video players like VLC and also with videos played using the OnePlus Gallery app. However, we currently aren’t sure if the feature will be available both on the regular OnePlus 8 and the OnePlus 8 Pro.

Additionally, OnePlus has now also revealed that the displays on the OnePlus 8 series have earned DisplayMate’s highest ever A+ display performance rating. As per DisplayMate’s analysis, the OnePlus 8 series display set or matched more than 10 smartphone display performance records in virtually all key categories for the best display on the market, including color accuracy, image contrast, display brightness, and screen reflection, with 4 categories marked “Visually Indistinguishable” from Perfect.

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Peloton launches live fitness class app for Android TV

If you weren’t familiar with Peloton before last Holiday season, the company’s infamous ad probably made you aware. Peloton is a fitness company that produces exercise equipment along with a network of live fitness classes. The idea is to bring the experience of a group fitness class to your home, something that’s very appealing in these times. Peloton announced today that they’re bringing their app to Android TV.

Previously, the Peloton app was available for Android phones and tablets along with Apple and Amazon Fire devices. Starting today, you can join your fitness classes on your Android TV. The company offers a wide variety of live and on-demand classes for activities such as yoga, running, meditation, and spinning (the most popular activity).

Peloton sells its own exercise bike and treadmill with built-in large screens, but the app is a way for people to take advantage of the classes with their own equipment. You can sign up now for a free 90-day trial and try out the classes for yourself. This offer is only good until April 30th. The subscription price is normally $12.99 per month for a single person or $39 per month for a group account. If you do sign up, keep in mind you can also access the service on your phone, tablet, and browser.

Peloton - at home fitness (Free⁺, Google Play) →

Source: Peloton | Via: Android Authority

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