LG's MoodUP refrigerator gets the Pantone Colour of the Year 2023 treatment

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LG's colour-changing refrigerator gets a refresh ahead of CES 2023. The tech company partnered with the Pantone Colour Institute to bring the 2023 colour to this appliance. With the addition of Viva Magenta, this ref now show 23 colours to suit your style. This four-door French Door model offers over 190,000 colour combinations.

You can switch up its look via the LG ThinQ app. Or you can turn it off altogether and let the Lux Grey and Lux White combination shine. LG plans to display this refresh to the LG InstaView MoodUp at its booth (#15501) in the Las Vegas Convention Center at CES 2023 from January 5 to 8.

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Google Contacts adds a 'Highlights' tab for favourites

First two: Old two-tab UI, Last two: With the new Highlights tab (Source: Android Police)

Google Contacts is getting refreshed to make it easier to reach the people you get in touch with the most. The app adds a new Highlights tab that brings up your favourite and recently searched contacts or those that you recently talked to. It's possible to clear your recent searches if you want. Google Contacts won't default to the Highlights tab, but it'll continue from the last tab you were on. This new feature is coming as a server-side update to all users via version 3.82.22 of the app.

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There might still be a Samsung Galaxy S22 FE in the works

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The missteps surrounding the Samsung Galaxy S21 FE's release might not have hampered Samsung's plans for releasing its successor. Reports are going around that Samsung plans to launch the Galaxy S22 FE in 2023, and it'll be the new home for its Exynos chips. There have been previous reports saying Samsung was moving away from developing its chipsets for its flagship devices in favour of Qualcomm's Snapdragon processors. That doesn't mean we wouldn't see it in its lower-tier devices, like the Galaxy S22 FE.

This rumoured device will reportedly run on an Exynos 2300 chip, which will supposedly also power the Fan Edition of the Galaxy Tab S8. The Galaxy S22 FE is expected to replace the Galaxy A74. It'll supposedly have a 108-megapixel Samsung ISOCELL HM6 sensor. If the rumours are true, we won't see it launch alongside the Galaxy S23, which is for the best. Instead, it's expected to be one of the main products during the second Galaxy Unpacked event in 2023 (alongside the Tab S8 FE). 

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YouTube Music is testing song lyrics casting

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It might not be like the recently launched Apple Music Sing feature, but it looks like YouTube Music wants to at least catch up with Spotify. Reddit user u/PmMeYourChromebook spotted a test running on the music streaming service where scrolling lyrics are shown alongside the album art and track details on a compatible display. The Reddit user tested it on a Pixel 6 Pro and Chromecast Ultra.

The feature looks like it's optimized for larger screens as it shows a few lines of lyrics at a time, with the current line highlighted as the song goes. It's similar to Spotify, although that shows most of the lyrics it can as the track song continues. For songs with lyrics available, they will pop up as soon as it starts. The album art is relegated to the right side with the title and singer. Songwriters are credited near the end of the song. It's unclear when Google plans to bring this to YouTube, but we'll keep our eye out for it.

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