Google gets better at identifying songs with its Sound Search feature

Google first took on Shazam’s core functionality of identifying songs in your area when it launched Now Playing song recognition on the Pixel 2 last year. It was rather limited, though, not only with what devices it was available on but because it used an on-device database. This means the number of songs it was able to identify is limited.

Now, Google is making this available to more users and devices by bringing the technology to the cloud through Sound Search. This now works through Google Assistant, Google Search app, or any other Android phone. You can start it up by simply asking “Hey Google, what’s this song?” Or you can launch a voice query when there’s music playing near you, the prompt “What’s this song?” will pop up and then you can tap on that for the system to start identifying the songs.

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LG set to launch V40 ThinQ on October 3rd

October is really turning into a month of big smartphone launches. LG is set to launch its newest flagship on October 3^rd at an event in New York. The LG V40 ThinQ will then be making an appearance in Seoul the day after for a second launch. LG released a teaser video for the launch and it looks like there are hints of a triple camera system. It’s rumoured to pack in a regular 12MP f/1.5 unit with large 1.4µm pixels, an ultra-wide 16MP f/1.9 1.0µm shooter, and a 2x telephoto 12MP f/2.4 camera with 1.0µm sized-pixels. In the front it’s said to have an 8MP regular lens combined with a 5MP wide-angle lens.

Other rumoured specs include a Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 processor, 6GB RAM, and up to 128GB for its internal storage. Its dimensions are said to measure 158.7 x 75.8 x 7.79mm combined with 169g weight. Battery seems to be paltry though when combined with the rumoured 6.4-inch QHD+ AMOLED display.

Source: GSMArena

‘Assassin’s Creed III’ is finally getting remastered

Ubisoft just confirmed that there is going to be a remastered version of Assassin’s Creed III. It’s going to be part of Assassin’s Creed Odyssey season pass or you can get it as a standalone title. While Odyssey launches next month on October 5^th, the remastered version of this 2012 game is coming in March 2019. It’ll be available for the Xbox One, PS4, and PC.

The Odyssey season pass will include another remastered game and two other story add-ons. The other remastered title is the 2014 game Assassin’s Creed III: Liberation and the two add-ons are divided into three episodes: Legacy of the First Blade and The Fate of Atlantis.

Source: GameSpot

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