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ARCore 1.5 hints at support for OnePlus 6T, Huawei Mate 20, and more

ARCore 1.5 hints at support for OnePlus 6T, Huawei Mate 20, and more

September 26, 2018
Before the release of Google ARCore, there was the short-lived Google Tango project. Tango required the use of dedicated hardware for spatial recognition, and thus you needed a new phone like the Asus ZenFone AR if you wanted to experience augmented reality. Tango obviously never took off, but the ARCore augmented reality platform has quietly...
These smartphones will support Fortnite Mobile on Android

These smartphones will support Fortnite Mobile on Android

July 29, 2018
Fortnite Mobile on Android is a long-awaited upcoming release of an already massively popular game. Since launching on Apple iOS, users of Android smartphones and tablets have been wondering when Fortnite would launch on their devices too. The Android release has apparently been delayed as we recently reported that it will be launching as an...
Team OpenKirin opens website to support all EMUI 8 Huawei/Honor devices

Team OpenKirin opens website to support all EMUI 8 Huawei/Honor devices

June 21, 2018
Huawei and their subsidiary Honor ship their smartphones and tablets with their EMUI software. It's a heavily modified version of the stock Android framework that offers a lot of features not found in AOSP. Some people prefer all of the added features while the stock Android purists would much rather have stock Android running on...
Huawei releases the HiAI Engine with the Huawei P20

Huawei releases the HiAI Engine with the Huawei P20

April 3, 2018
Huawei launched the Mate 10 series in October with the HiSilicon Kirin 970 system-on-chip. The Kirin 970 notably has dedicated hardware for AI, in the form of a Neural Processing Unit (NPU). Last month, we also showed how Huawei was developing HiAssistant (powered by HiAI), a Google Assistant + Google Lens competitor for the Chinese...
Huawei Mate 10 sequel will reportedly have Qualcomm’s ultrasonic in-display fingerprint sensor

Huawei Mate 10 sequel will reportedly have Qualcomm’s ultrasonic in-display fingerprint sensor

March 23, 2018
Qualcomm first demoed its ultrasonic fingerprint sensing technology in July in collaboration with Vivo. Since then, we haven't heard anything about the company's ultrasonic fingerprint sensing tech. The Vivo X20 Plus UD is the world's first phone to feature an in-display fingerprint sensor, but it uses Synaptics' optical fingerprint sensor instead. Now, a report by Digitimes states...
DxOMark Reviews Huawei Mate 10 Pro Cameras: ‘Outstanding Still Image Performance’

DxOMark Reviews Huawei Mate 10 Pro Cameras: ‘Outstanding Still Image Performance’

October 20, 2017
Recently, we have seen a lot of controversy erupt over DxOMark's reviews of flagship smartphone cameras. At one time, it seemed the general public wasn't well-aware of DxO's role as a consulting company which helps OEMs deliver better image quality from their cameras, which, depending on who you ask, leads to an inherent bias on...