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WhatsApp to bring encrypted local storage backup for Android
Facebook’s own WhatsApp has been recently pushed out the end-to-end encrypted backup feature for Google Drive to protect the privacy of a user from unauthorized access. The company is now developing the same feature for the local storage backups on Android as well.
This feature backs up the WhatsApp history on your Google drive that can be restored in the internal storage of smartphones when a user reinstalls the app.
For your kind information, the end-to-end encryption allows the users to set a security key consisting of numbers and lowercase from “a” to “f”. Only after entering this key, a user is able to access their backups from Google Drive. The only thing to remember is that, if a user forgot the security, WhatsApp won’t be able to help them to reset it, which is necessary to restore chat history.
Earlier, WhatsApp send the WhatsApp HD Photos options on iOS and Android devices. This feature offers three options- Auto, Best Quality, and Data Saver to decide the quality of an image that is being sent by the user.
These options can be found in WhatsApp Setting > Storage and Data > Media Upload Quality. However, as this is a beta rollout, so there is room for further changes, stay connected to get more news.
Tipster Digital Chat Station has confirmed that the Chinese tech giant Huawei will release new phones called the Mate 80 series in November. These new phones will have better designs, cameras, and speed.
The company is expected to compete with Apple’s new iPhone 17 phones. Huawei will make four different Mate 80 phones: the regular Mate 80, Mate 80 Pro, Mate 80 Pro+, and Mate 80 RS. Each phone will have different cameras. The regular Mate 80 will have a 50-megapixel camera.
The Pro version will have a bigger 50-megapixel camera. The Pro+ and RS models will have even bigger 50-megapixel cameras.
The Pro model might have a flat screen and face recognition. The Pro+ and RS models might have curved screens that bend more.
The best phone, the Mate 80 RS, might have a 6.9-inch screen with special technology.
This screen should be brighter, use less battery power, and last longer than normal phone screens. Huawei might also use strong titanium metal for the frame and special glass on the back. Inside the phones, there will be a new chip called the Kirin 9030. The battery might be bigger than 6000mAh and charge very fast – 100W with a wire and 80W without wires. The phones might work with 5G internet and satellite communication.
The phones will use Huawei’s own software called HarmonyOS. This might work better with other Huawei devices and have more AI features. Some people think these improvements will help Huawei compete better with Apple, especially in battery life, communication, and smart features.
A Chinese company called HiSilicon Semiconductor just changed who’s in charge. The old boss, Xu Zhijun, stepped down from his job as the legal representative and chairman. Now the company’s CEO, Gao Ji, is taking over these roles.
Xu has been working at Huawei since 1993 and still has other important jobs there – he’s a vice chairman and sometimes serves as the rotating chairman. Him leaving this position is probably just Huawei moving people around to different jobs within the company.
HiSilicon is completely owned by Huawei and makes computer chips. This change in leadership might mean Huawei is trying to make things work better.
HiSilicon started in October 2004 when Huawei took its computer chip design team and turned it into its own company. The main office is in Shenzhen, but they also have offices in Beijing, Shanghai, and other cities in China.
HUAWEI has introduced the all-new MatePad Mini tablet, in China. As per the specifications, the device is 5.1mm thin, weighs 255g, and boasts an 8.8″ 2.5K 120Hz OLED screen with 2.99mm narrow bezels.
It has support for the HUAWEI M-Pencil Pro, runs HarmonyOS 5.1, has a 3D heat dissipation architecture for cooling, has SIM card support, and has a 6400mAh battery with 66W fast charging support.
It also features a dual rear camera setup consisting of a 50MP main camera and an 8MP ultra-wide camera with macro mode, along with a single 32MP front-facing camera. These are paired with AI photo editing features. Like other HUAWEI phones, the chipset hasn’t been revealed, but it is most likely powered by HUAWEI’s own Kirin 9010 SoC, based on earlier reports.
HUAWEI MatePad Mini Specifications:
- 8.8-inch 2.5K (2560 × 1600 pixels) OLED screen, 120Hz refresh rate, 92% Screen-to-body ratio, 1800 nits peak brightness, 1.07 billion colors
- HUAWEI Kirin SoC (speculated)
- 12GB / 16GB RAM with 256GB / 512GB / 1TB storage
- Rear Cameras: 50MP camera (f/1.8 aperture), 8MP wide-angle camera with macro mode (f/2.2 aperture), LED flash
- Front Camera: 32MP (f/2.4 aperture)
- Stereo speakers
- HarmonyOS 5.1
- Single SIM
- Cellular network support, Wi-Fi 7 (2.4 GHz and 5 GHz), Bluetooth 5.2 LE, GPS/GLONASS/BeiDou/Galileo/WLAN network positioning/cellular network positioning
- 6400 mAh battery with 66W fast charging support
The HUAWEI MatePad Mini comes in Spruce green, obsidian black, and snowy white colors and is priced at CNY 3899 (USD 545 / Rs. 48,120 approx.) for the 12+256GB variant, CNY 4399 (USD 615 / Rs. 54,280 approx.) for the 12+512GB variant, and CNY 4899 (USD 685 / Rs. 60,450 approx.) for the soft light version with matte screen.
There is also a special HUAWEI MatePad Mini Collector’s Edition in Global Red, bundled with a few accessories. It is priced at CNY 5,999 (USD 839 / Rs. 74,040 approx.) for the 16GB + 512GB variant and CNY 6,499 (USD 909 / Rs. 80,210 approx.) for the 16GB + 1TB variant.
