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Google Maps to Support AR-based Live View

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Android Police reported that Google is rolling out an app called Live View that will overlay information onto the real world for users in some cities (London, Los Angeles, New York, …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Google| GPS

Apple TV with Samsung Sets Gets HDR10+ Support

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Up to now, the Apple TV box and the Apple TV+ service have not supported the HDR10+ dynamic metadata protocol developed by Samsung. Apple has tended to support Dolby Vision, which …

Tags:Apple| Google| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Samsung

Amazon on Announced a New Hardware Partnership with TCL

by Bob Raikes

What They Say TCL has launched a new series of TVs based on Amazon’s Fire TV OS. The 55″ and 65″ sets will be sold in Germany, Italy, Spain, and the UK. What We Think …

Tags:Amazon| Android| Google| Operating Systems| Smart TV

Google makes AV1 codec support mandatory for Android 14

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Google has said that it plans to require hardware makers to support the AV1 codec in tablets and smartphones to allow support for Android 14, which is due to be in …

Tags:Android| AV1 Codec| Google| Smartphones| tablets| TVs (TV Sets)

Links Week Ending 7th October 2022

by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the end of this week.  The WSJ tests Apple Crash detection, by crashing …

Tags:Absen| Augmented Reality| Daktronics| Desktop Monitors| Drone Displays| Flexible Displays| Foldable Devices| Forecasts| Game Playing| Google| MicroLED| Samsung| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Smart TV| Sports and Stadiums| TVs (TV Sets)| Xiaomi

Google Shutting Stadia – Logitech Goes for Cloud Gaming

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Google is shutting down its Stadia cloud gaming platform from January 2023 it said in a blog post. Specialists in gaming suggest that the service suffered from a weak selection of …

Tags:Cloud Gaming| Consoles| Google

Links Week Starting 26th September 2022

by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the first part of this week – only a few as I have …

Tags:Apple| Augmented Reality| Broadcast| Colour Grading| Desktop Monitors| Epson| Game Playing| Google| iPhone| LCD Projectors (3LCD)| MMD (AOC Philips)| Nvidia| Retail| Streaming Dongles| Testing

Google’s Project Caviar Aims at Dolby

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Protocol Entertainment has revealed that Google has developed alternatives for Dolby Atmos and Dolby Vision in a project it is calling ‘Project Caviar’. The formats are intended to be open and …

Tags:Dolby Atmos| Dolby Vision| Google| HDR - High Dynamic Range

Google Discontinues Own Chromebook Development

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Verge reported that Google has discontinued its next Pixelbook notebook and dispersed the team that was developing it, although it confirmed its plans as recently as May and was expected …

Tags:Chromebooks| Google| Notebooks

Google reportedly considering making Pixel phones in India

by Milos Pavlovic

What They Say Two separate reports this week suggest that more smartphone handset assembly may be moving to India. Reuters reported analysis from JPMorgan that a quarter of Apple’s iPhone production could be in …

Tags:Apple| Google| India| iPhone| Smartphone Market

JVC Launches VGQ8200 Series of QLED Frameless Google TVs

by Artem Alekseenko

JVC is set to deliver a next-level personalised, cinema-at-home viewing experience with the introduction of its eye-catching VGQ8200 series of 43/50/55/65-inch QLED Frameless Google TVs. With Google TV TM, the range offers a world …

Tags:Google| JVC| QLED