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Early impressions about the Galaxy S24 series from SamMobile talk about some imperfections of the series’ certain display aspects. Preliminary insights indicate concerns regarding a dimmer Always On Display (AOD) and a “dulled” Vivid color profile across the Galaxy S24, Galaxy S24+, and the Galaxy S24 Ultra. The “Vivid” color profile on the Galaxy S24 series reportedly has little difference in vibrancy when compared to the “Natural” one. The observation revolves around the Always On Display, which is noticeably dimmer on…

Samsung adopts Apple’s AOD concept for Galaxy S24 UltraOn the Galaxy S24 Ultra, the South Korean tech giant has made changes to the always-on display, according to Android Police. It’s unclear if the feature is available on the vanilla S24 and the S24+.The updated feature now displays your wallpaper in a dimmed but still coloured view when the always-on display is enabled.The implementation closely resembles Apple’s on the iPhone, but Samsung adds a bit more animation to live wallpapers than Apple does.As per reports,…

OnePlus 11 5G has started receiving the Android 14-based OxygenOS 14 stable update in India. The update brings improved Aquamorphic design, aquamorphic-themed ringtones, File Dock feature, and Smart Cutout to the OnePlus handset alongside several performance improvements. The update enhances photo and video-related permission management for safer access by apps and offers system stability improvements. The OnePlus 11 was launched in India in February this year. It is powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC and…

The Google Pixel Watch is getting a new software update, the second since its market debut in October last year. It’s a relatively small release this time around. Google’s official release notes only mention a fix for an issue with third-party watch faces that cause those to turn off automatically after 15 minutes when always on display (AOD) is enabled. Of course, the January 2023 security patch is also part of this update. The latter contains dozens of vulnerability fixes.If you are one of the early adopters of…

Introduction The Chinese smartphone maker Realme has released the new Android 13-based Realme UI 4.0 custom skin on a few eligible smartphones in various regions. The company says the latest user interface is optimised for its devices and boasts a number of new enhancements and a seamless experience. Real Design, Real Fun, Real Seamless, and Real Safe are the company's four main areas that have been updated with new features. Payment protection feature on Realme UI 4.0 One of the features on Realme UI 4.0 is the Payment…

Apple iOS 16.2 users can customise the always-on-display mode on iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Pro. Know how to do it. This year, Apple has introduced the Always-on Display feature for the first time on the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max. However, further customization has always been a feature that most iPhone users demand. Finally, with the release of the iOS 16.2 update, Apple has added the customization feature to the always-on-display (AOD). To make it more like an Android smartphone AOD feature, you will be able…

Apple has added new options to the Always On Display (AOD) on the iPhone 14 Pro and 14 Pro Max with the latest iOS 16.2 Beta 3 release. The iOS 16.2 Beta 3 release brings three checkbox options for AOD with the ability to hide your wallpaper and to disable notifications. iOS 16.2 Beta 3 AOD options When the wallpaper option is disabled, the phone will switch to a black screen while in AOD mode. Users will still see the time, date and any widgets they have set. This approach which is the default option…

Last updated: November 16th, 2022 at 07:48 UTC+01:00 Apple’s iPhones didn’t have the Always-On Display (AoD) mode that has been present on Samsung’s Galaxy phones for generations. With the iPhone 14 Pro, Apple finally brought AoD, but the phones consumed a lot of power. And that’s because Apple’s implementation of AoD was unnecessarily flashy compared to Samsung’s. It displayed dimmed versions of the wallpaper and notifications. After using the feature for a few days, iPhone 14 Pro users started complaining of high…

Last updated: November 8th, 2022 at 11:27 UTC+01:00 Google’s Wear OS has a huge collection of watch faces that have been developed over the years. However, you might want to stick with the newer ones because, as per 9To5Google, watch faces not using the latest development practices trigger a rather unusual error on smartwatches running Wear OS 3. Apparently, older watch faces turn off the AOD (Always-On Display) mode after 15 minutes. Folks at 9To5Google tested this with older watch faces like Looks on a Pixel Watch…

A deep dive into the iOS 16 developer beta by 9to5Mac reveals evidence of AoD (Always on Display) functionality. Several new backlight management frameworks with direct references to the always-on display feature have been discovered for SpringBoard – the iOS home screen manager. In addition, AoD functions were also spotted in the Lock Screen which signals the feature is making its way soon. Developers can even test out the feature on any device capable of running iOS 16 as per several hidden flags. Based on the…