Soon, you can share collage, music, and photo stickers on WhatsApp Status
WhatsApp is preparing to release an update that adds creative tools to enhance Status posts. These new features include music track stickers, customizable layout options, and the ability to transform photos into stickers. The goal is to enable users to create more expressive and personalized updates. The rollout will begin shortly and is expected to be available to all users in the coming months.
No crop, no black borders: Instagram now let user post 3:4 frame shots
Instagram has launched an update allowing uploads of images in a 3:4 aspect ratio, maintaining the original dimensions without needing to crop or add black or white edges. Previously, vertical uploads were confined to 4:5, which often meant trimming the photo or using borders to keep the full frame.
Nothing to ditch signature glyph lighting system on Phone 3
YouTube brings Lens to Shorts for real-time visual search
YouTube is introducing the Lens feature to Shorts, enabling users to perform visual searches directly within videos. As per a Google blog post, the tool will be available in beta over the coming weeks, enhancing how viewers interact with and learn from video content.
Now, Gemini AI can answer questions about videos saved in Google Drive
Google is extending its AI functionality in Drive to include video analysis. This new feature can interpret video files to provide summaries and answer questions about them. Previously, it supported document and PDF summaries, and now it aims to reduce the need to manually view lengthy recordings by offering concise overviews.
AirPods Pro 3 could be Apple's next big health, fitness bet: What to expect
Apple has released a research paper in collaboration with the University of North Carolina, highlighting a project that uses AI to monitor heart rate from acoustic inputs. The AI model, called CLAP (Contrastive Language-Audio Pretraining), was adapted from its original role in speech recognition to detect heartbeats from phonocardiogram data, estimating BPM using sound.
Android 16: Google Pixel phones may soon get theme packs for customising UI
Google is reportedly developing native theme packs for Pixel devices, to be included in the Android 16 update. According to Android Authority, a new “Pixel themes” feature has been spotted in the Android 16 beta version, indicating expanded customization options are in progress.
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