Tuesday, October 29, 2024 at 5:24AM If you're wondering why some of your Instagram videos look blurry while others come out crisp, Instagram is doing that on purpose. According to a recent video AMA with Instagram head Adam Mosseri, the quality of your video changes depending on how many views it gets.
Monday, October 28, 2024 at 10:01AM 
Screenshots: Android Authority
Google is supposedly working on a new Android API that will allow it to show at-a-glance information in a status bar, similar to Apple's Live Activities on the iPhone's Dynamic Island. Android Authority's Mishaal Rahman spotted the code for what it calls Rich Ongoing Notifications in the Android 15 QPR1 Beta 3 release. It could potentially work like the time tracker that appears when you're on a call, with a bit of text in a bubble at the top of the screen you can tap to get more details.
Rahman said the API "will let apps create chips with their own text and background color that live in the status bar." It could potentially show things like tracking a delivery while using other apps. The feature isn't complete yet, so it might take some time to launch. Rahman predicts we might see it arrive with Android 16.
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Thursday, October 24, 2024 at 1:25PM 
Image: Greg Joswiak (@gregjoz) / X
Apple doesn't have a formal product event coming up, but it has new devices to announce next week. Apple Senior Vice President Greg Joswiak teased on X that "an exciting week" of Mac announcements is coming starting Monday, October 28. We can most likely expect the launch of Apple M4 Macs. The first M4 chip-powered device to come out this year was the iPad Pro launched in May. But we should now see it reach different Apple Mac devices like the MacBook Pro, iMac, and perhaps even the Mac Mini. We don't have to wait too long to learn what this "exciting week" entails.
