How to Trun On Whatsapp's New Dark Mode

Android: It’s always worth celebrating when your favorite app gets a dark mode—at least, for those of us who prefer white text on a black background than the more annoying, brighter alternative. WhatsApp is the latest app to join the gloomier fun (on Android, at least), but you’ll have to jump through a hoop or two if you want to invert your colors right now.

Facebook is currently testing dark mode for WhatsApp, which means you won’t find a toggle for it in the app’s regular settings. You’ll have to grab a beta version of WhatsApp to make the switch, which wouldn’t normally be an issue except for this fun little announcement that awaits you when you scroll to the bottom of WhatsApp’s listing on the Google Play Store:

I normally don’t recommend sideloading apps onto your device as a matter of security, but I think it’s fine to use a trusted source (APKMirror) to grab the beta version of WhatsApp that you need for dark mode (version 2.20.13). To get started, click that link on your Android’s browser and scroll down to this download section:

Tap the green link, then scroll down a bit on the subsequent screen until you see the big green “download APK” button. Tap that and download the WhatsApp .APK to your device.

From there, navigate to your Android’s Files app, tap on the .APK, ignore the scary warning, and install it.

Pull up WhatsApp, tap on the triple-dot icon in the upper-right, and tap on Settings. Tap on Chats, and you’ll see a new listing for “Theme.” Tap on that, and you’ll be able to pick whether you want WhatsApp’s look and feel to follow your device’s look and feel, or default to Light or Dark mode.

I think dark mode looks gorgeous, personally. If you’ve forgotten how to change your Android to dark mode, I can help you out—if you’re on a Pixel 3, at least. Pull up your Settings app, tap on Display, and enable “Dark theme.” If you’re on a Samsung Android, I believe you’ll be looking for “Night theme,” instead.

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Xiaomi Mi Watch just got brand-new features even though you can't buy it yet

The Xiaomi Mi Watch is still only available in the company's home market of China, but the device is now better than ever thanks to a software update.

The latest upgrade for Xiaomi's Wear OS device brings a body energy feature to the smartwatch for the first time.

It's currently unclear how that feature will work, as Xiaomi hasn't shared the full details of the update, but we would expect it to be similar to Garmin's Body Battery feature that uses heart rate variability with other stats to work out your energy levels.
We imagine we'll hear more from the company - including an explanation of exactly how this feature works - if and when the smartwatch is brought to other markets.

The update also brings a new stress monitoring mechanic to the Xiaomi Mi Watch as well as a way for it to light up when you get a notification.

We're not currently certain that Xiaomi will bring the Mi Watch to the US, UK or Australia, but considering the company often introduces its wearables to these markets a few months after their China release, we wouldn't be surprised to get this one too.

Given that the Mi Watch was announced back in November, we're hoping Xiaomi will launch the watch more widely soon, but we won't know for certain until we hear official word directly from Xiaomi.

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WILL OPPO FIND X2 SPORT SONY IMX708 WITH 1/1.3-INCH OUTSOLE?

Today, Shen Yiren, Vice President of OPPO, disclosed on Weibo that ‘it will come with an exclusive custom outsole sensor that is large enough to make people impressed’. Undoubtedly, this is definitely the description of the OPPO Find X2.

Actually, before the launch of the OPPO Reno 3 Pro, at the OPPO INNO Day conference, some sources disclosed something like this. Particularly, they said the OPPO Find X2 will be equipped with a sensor customized by Sony. Moreover, they said this CMOS will adopt the first all-pixel omnidirectional focusing technology. As the name suggests, it will greatly improve the focusing performance.

Combined with the news released previously, this custom sensor of OPPO Find X2 may be the Sony IMX708. Although IMX586 has a 48MP resolution, the sensor area will exceed 1/1.7-inch of IMX686, reaching 1/1.3 inches.

However, there is no official confirmation that Sony has developed the IMX708 CMOS. Instead, we know much about the IMX689. The latter will appear not only on an OPPO handset but on Huawei and OnePlus smartphones as well.

Generally, we know many users like to put all flagship and even unannounced features into one favorite smartphone. The OPPO Find X2 is one of them. Previously, it was assumed the phone will sport the company’s under-screen camera technology. But the latter is not mature yet. Moreover, we know it will sport a 120Hz refresh rate screen with a 2K resolution. Of course, under the hood, it will carry a Snapdragon 865 chip paired with an LPDDR5 RAM.

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Sony Usung Slogan Baru untuk PS5?

Jakarta - Sony tampaknya ingin membawa pengalaman yang lebih menarik untuk gamer lewat konsol terbarunya PlayStation 5 (PS5) nanti. Hal itu terindikasi dari kalimat yang akan jadi slogan terbarunya.

Rumor itu tercium, setelah salah satu akun Twitter PlayStation Europe mengedit di bionya menjadi "For the Players" atau "Best Place to Play" jadi "It's Time to Play".

Dari bio yang sama juga, PlayStation Europe menjanjikan bahwa para penggemar konsol ini akan kedatangan berbagai update di PlayStation, PS4, PS5, PS VR, PlayStation Store, dan banyak lagi.

Sekilas, kalimat "It's Time to Play" tidak berarti apa-apa. Tetapi bagi pecinta game dan konsol PlayStation, kalimat pendek ini sarat akan makna. Begitu yang diucapkan PushSquare seperti dikutip dari IBTimes, Selasa (21/1/2020).

Di pengujung tahun kemarin, Sony menyebutkan PS5 baru akan dirilis oleh mereka ke pasar pada akhir 2020. Pada kesempatan tersebut, Sony tidak menyebutkan secara pasti bulannya kapan, hanya menyebut "holiday 2020".

Mengawali 2020, Sony memperkenalkan logo PS5 dalam sebuah konferensi pers di CES 2020.

Logo PS5 ini sama seperti yang sebelumnya sudah diduga, karena masih sejalan dengan logo PlayStation versi sebelumnya, seperti PS3 dan PS4. Perbedaan logo antara PS5 dan PS yang sebelumnya hanya pada angka '5', bahkan font yang dipakai pun masih sama.

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Desain iPhone 12 Mungkin Mengejutkan

Jakarta - Dari beragam kabar yang lalu lalang, iPhone 12 disebut akan mirip dengan iPhone 4, tentunya dengan balutan desain lebih modern. Akan tetapi informasi terbaru menyatakan hal berbeda.

Dikutip dari Independent, iPhone 12 akan cukup menyerupai iPhone 11. Hanya saja bentuknya lebih tinggi dan juga lebih langsing.

Setidaknya itulah klaim yang dikemukakan oleh website asal Jepang, Macotakara. Mereka mengklaim mendapat informasi itu dari rantai suplai. Perbedaan mencolok terletak pada kombinasi kameranya.

Itu kontradiktif dari kabar yang sebelumnya dihembuskan oleh Ming Chi Kuo, analis industri Apple terpercaya. Juga mengklaim sumbernya dari penyuplai komponen, ia menyebut iPhone 12 terindikasi terinspirasi oleh iPhone 4. Jadi patut ditunggu pihak mana yang benar.

Di sisi lain, iPhone 12 diperkirakan akan menjadi seri iPhone pertama yang menggunakan empat kamera belakang. Ming-Chi Kuo mengatakan kamera keempat yang akan menghiasi punggung iPhone 12 adalah kamera Time-of-Flight (ToF).

Kamera ToF ini akan disandingkan dengan kamera wide, ultrawide dan telephoto. Kamera ini sudah digunakan oleh beberapa ponsel flagship lainnya seperti Galaxy Note 10 Plus yang bisa mengukur depth objek dengan lebih akurat.

Adapun notch sepertinya belum akan menghilang dari iPhone 12, tapi ukurannya akan mengecil dengan cukup signifikan. Walau ukurannya menjadi lebih kecil, sensor TrueDepth untuk FaceID tetap akan berfungsi secara normal.

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