Google leaks the Pixel 4’s design months before its official launch

Google wants the speculation surrounding the Pixel 4 to stop. Its solution? Leak the phone’s design itself. The phone is expected to come out in October, but does this move suggest we’re getting the new phone sooner? Instead of letting leaks or accidental reveals dominate the news, the company decided to tease the phone itself. We see the leak about the big camera module being accurate. The Pixel 4 looks like it has two-rear facing cameras with the flash at the bottom and some sort of pinhole above that we aren’t sure what that could be.

As Wired says, while this move is unusual, it won’t necessarily make that much of a difference. Google’s focus has always been on trying to sell the Android experience. And showing off the design of the phone won’t affect that. A recent report suggests the phone will get hand gesture support. It’s also being rumoured to get some sort of iPhone-like TrueTone display white balance adjustments. But for now, we wouldn’t know for sure. Guess we have to wait and see what surprising move Google pulls off next.

‘The Witcher 3’ gets a new lease on life on the Nintendo Switch

If you liked The Witcher 3 and own a Nintendo Switch, then you’re in for a treat. A “complete edition” of the game is coming to the Nintendo Switch later this year. This means the game’s two expansions—“Hearts of Stone” and “Blood and Wine” are coming to the portable console. CD Projekt Red didn’t specify when the game is making its way to the console, but it shouldn’t be long before you get to play this open-world, role playing game.

Source: The Verge

Huawei has reportedly already shipped 1 million devices with its HongMeng OS

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As expected, Huawei isn’t waiting around for whether the US is going to lift its trade ban against the company. According to the firm Rosenblatt Securities, the Chinese company has shipped one million smartphones carrying its own operating system called HongMeng, which literally translates to Red Dream. It hasn’t been clarified if these phones are market-available products or development products. But the report claims Huawei’s in-house OS works with all Android apps and has “increased security functions to protect personal data.”

According to the China Daily website, Huawei CEO for its consumer business group Richard Yu said the OS “will be available as early as this fall or next spring at the latest.” And the company is preparing to install it on anything that needs an OS—whether that be a smartphone, PC, tablet, car, wearable device, TV, etc. The HongMeng OS has been in the pipeline for years, and it’s said the “HongMeng” trademark is already being acquired at multiple markets, including Canada, Mexico, Europe, and South Korea. As the trade ban reprieve is set to expire soon, we should expect to hear more about Huawei’s plans for its own OS in the coming weeks (or even days).

Source: GSMArena

You might be able to operate the Pixel 4 with hand gestures thanks to the Project Soli chip

Project Soli was first demoed by Google back at I/O in 2016 (you can check out the video above). The radar-based motion sensors will let you operate phones, smartwatches, and even smart speakers by using hand gestures. Now, reports suggest the Project Soli chip will be showing up in the upcoming Google Pixel 4 phone. In December 2018, Google got approval from the Federal Communications Commission to deploy and operate Project Soli sensors at high power levels and even aboard an aircraft, citing the fact that this will “serve the public interest.” The company applied for the waiver in March 2018 to let them capture motion in a 3D space using a radar beam, allowing for the touchless control of devices.

Is this just going to be a different take on what LG has tried to bring back with the G8 ThinQ? Would you want this on your next Pixel phone? The Pixel 4 is slated to come out in October, so we should hear more about this soon.

Source: CNET