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YouTube now available on Fire TV Stick

July 12, 2019 by T3 Gaming

It’s good news for avid YouTube users if you have an Amazon Fire TV device in your home. The official YouTube app is now available on Amazon Fire TV devices, including Fire TV Stick (2nd Gen), Fire TV Stick 4K, Fire TV Cube, Fire TV Stick Basic Edition, and all Fire TV Edition smart TVs.

Users can say “Alexa, Open YouTube” on their voice remote or go to ‘Your Apps and Channels’- select the app, download and install. Signing in to YouTube will give access to all your personalised recommendations, subscriptions. If you’ve got a 4K TV with a 4K Fire TV device, you can also play videos in 4K HDR at 60 fps.

Not to forget, Fire TV devices in India now come with full Alexa functionality that allows interacting with Amazon’s virtual assistant, control smart home gadgets and more.

Meanwhile, Amazon’s Prime Video is also compatible with Google’s cast service. If you use an Android TV or a Google Chromecast, the Prime Video app now allows you to cast videos on the large screen.

Filed Under: Software

All you wanted to know about the Huawei saga

May 22, 2019 by T3 Gaming

The top tech story this week is not the new Macbooks or the new Redmi device but the fact that Huawei’s smartphone business could cease to exist. Despite being one of the top brands in the world, an executive order by the US President prohibits any US company to deal with the Chinese brand. This, as you’d expect, doesn’t bode well for Huawei as it uses technologies from Intel, Broadcom and Qualcomm along with the Android OS with Play services access from Google. The most recent development is the suspension of support from ARM, which In short, after the temporary license is over (till August 19), US companies will not be able to deal with anything related to Huawei.

The U.S. tech firm Google’s forceful suspension is the pivotal reason of the controversy wherein there will be no Google services access to Huawei phones.  Thus the Chinese brand has been put in the ‘entity-list’ by the US president Donald Trump due to the trade-clash. Presumably, neither of the companies would want to break ties given the gigantic losses they stand to incur. The temporary license is likely to allow companies such as Google to continue providing service and support, including software updates or patches, to Huawei smartphones that were available to the public on or before May 16. It also allows Huawei to engage in the development of standards for fifth-generation (5G) telecom networks.
The Android used on smartphones and tablets is made of multiple layers of software. In the west, these software layers are stacked from top to bottom like this:
• User interface which is the part users interact with called Emotion UI (EMUI) for Huawei or Magic UI for Honor.
• Google services – Google Play and the various Google apps (Gmail etc).
• Android operating system.
• System software that controls the various bits of hardware of the phone.

For Huawei users’ questions regarding our steps to comply w/ the recent US government actions: We assure you while we are complying with all US gov’t requirements, services like Google Play & security from Google Play Protect will keep functioning on your existing Huawei device.

— Android (@Android) May 20, 2019

The Chinese company is still prohibited from buying American-made hardware and software to make new products without further, hard-to-obtain licenses which restricts Google Mobile Services (GMS) for the upcoming devices and limits the earlier system updates as well. Albeit it will not have much impact on the customers in China as most of the Google services, for instance YouTube, etc. are already banned in the country, but it’ll be a major blow for its western users.
As stated by the brand, “Huawei will continue to provide security updates and after-sales services to all existing Huawei and Honor smartphone and tablet products, covering those that have been sold and that are still in stock globally,”.

“In short, this license will allow operations to continue for existing Huawei mobile phone users and rural broadband networks,” Ross said.

Despite of the deprivation of Google’s services, Huawei does not lose all access to Android, as the core operating system is an open source project called the Android Open Source Project (AOSP). Any manufacturer can modify and install it on their devices without having to get permission. Huawei will be able to deliver Android version updates via the AOSP, but will lose early access to the updated versions provided by Google such as the current beta of Android Q. New phones will not be certified, and as a consequence will not be able to have GMS pre-installed that includes a suite of Google’s own apps including:
• The Play stores for apps, music and other media
• Google Photos
• YouTube
• Google Maps
• Google Drive cloud storage
• Google Duo video calls

Some of these services will still be accessible via the web, but many would find that less convenient.

“The U.S. government’s actions at the moment underestimate our capabilities,” Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei said in an interview with CCTV, countering the Pandits’ belief of selling the ‘Android blockaded phones’ being an uphill task, as the company has been preparing for such a scenario since a long time.

Sources said that the company is working on a ‘plan B’ that could come as a rescue for its users alike the one which is already being used in its smartwatches, but the blockade of Android will be the major issue. Moreover selling a smartphone without Google services won’t be a cake walk as in practice, all the major vendors rely on a lot of support from Google.

Filed Under: Gadgets, smartphones, Software, Technology Tagged With: Google, Huawei

WhatsApp Launches Business App on Google Play

January 19, 2018 by userblog

WhatsApp has been used by multiple small businesses all over the world to effectively communicate with their customers, which is why it made perfect sense for Facebook to launch the WhatsApp Business app.

The business app will enable businesses to have an official presence. Some of the new features provided by Whatsapp business are given below.

  1. Business profiles – Enables businesses to provide a description and contact details, making it easier for customers to know about the business and also contact them.
  2. Messaging tools – This allows businesses to preset messages like answers to FAQs, greeting messages, and busy messages.
  3. Messaging statistics – Analytics like the number of messages read.
  4. WhatsApp Web – Allowing WhatsApp Business to be used at the comfort of your desktop.
  5. Account type – Businesses can list their account as a business account, which becomes confirmed accounts upon confirmation of the account phone number matching the business phone number.

A study conducted by the Morning Consult resulted in above 80% small businesses saying that Whatsapp helps in communication and growth of their business.

Currently, in India, 84% of small businesses think that Whatsapp helps them with communication to their customers, and 80% of small businesses think it helps in business growth.

This launch does not affect the current WhatsApp application in any way, with the ability to block numbers including businesses and reporting spam remaining intact.

Currently, businesses in Indonesia, Italy, UK and USA can download the WhatsApp Business application. The app will be rolled out in other countries in the coming weeks.

Filed Under: Software

The latest Humble bundle features useful PC tools

April 27, 2017 by Ankush Mahajan

Humble Bundle is generally known for providing video game bundles but every now and then they offer special software bundles. The new HAPPY PC bundle brings together 10 utilities which cost $444 when purchased separately but for 12 more days is being offered in 3 tiers which are cumulative. You can also choose to divide your money between Humble Bundle, the developers or a charity of your choice.

Pay $1+:
Smart Defrag PRO – 1-Year License – MSRP: $29.99
Revo Uninstaller Pro – Version 3 License – MSRP: $39.62
EaseUS ToDo BackUp Home – Version 10 License – MSRP: $29.95

BTA (Beat the average):
Advanced SystemCare PRO – 1-Year License – MSRP: $49.99
Driver Booster PRO – 1-Year License – MSRP: $74.85
Speedify VPN – 1-Year License, 5 users – MSRP: $49.99

Pay $15+:
IObit Malware Fighter PRO – 1-Year License – MSRP: $39.95
Connectify Hotspot MAX – 1 Hotspot, unlimited users – MSRP: $49.98
Auslogics File Recovery – 1-Year License, 3 PC’s – MSRP: $49.95
WinZip®21 Standard Edition – Version 21 Standard License, 3 PCs – MSRP: $29.95

Do note that certain licenses for the following software can’t be added onto an existing subscription:
Smart Defrag PRO, Advanced SystemCare PRO, Driver Booster PRO, Speedify VPN, IObit Malware Fighter PRO

Grab the bundle from here.

Filed Under: Software Tagged With: HAPPY PC, Humble Bundle, PC

Samsung Pay is here and it works flawlessly

March 6, 2017 by T3 Gaming

Samsung recently announced the Early Access Program inviting users with compatible devices and cards to use Samsung Pay. The registration was last week and now Samsung has flipped the switch on the users wanting to use the service. I tried out today to pay at Burger King via Samsung Pay today and it worked flawlessly despite some confused looks from the attendant and his manager. Oh, and you still have to put in the card PIN because that is mandatory, thanks to RBI.

Contactless payment is not new. In fact, some of the cards and services like Apple Pay and Android Pay offer them. While Apple and Google are yet to make a move, Samsung has been proactive to provide contactless payment in the Indian market that has seen a surge in digital transactions, post the demonetisation of old currency notes by the government.

The thing that works for Samsung is the support for NFC contactless payments and MST, short for Magnetic Secure Transmission. What MST does is that it allows users to transact at old POS machines that do not have NFC.

Interested users can right now register at this link.

[Props to NDTV’s Roydon Cerejo for clicking the image]

Filed Under: Software Tagged With: Samsung Pay

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