Fresh from the OnePlus Buds Pro 2’s global launch, the company is now gearing up to unveil a new pair of TWS earbuds. The OnePlus Nord Buds 2 will arrive in a few months as the successor to last year’s affordable Nord Buds. The new pair has picked up the FCC certification on its way to launch.
OnePlus Nord Buds 2 spotted on the FCC website ahead of launch
The OnePlus Nord Buds 2 recently popped up on the FCC database with the model number E508A (via MySmartPrice). The documents uploaded on the regulatory body’s website contain the schematics of the in-ear buds, which reveal the design. It appears OnePlus is keeping the boxy stemmed design unchanged. The charging case has been slightly redesigned to make the edges more rounded. Last year’s model has sharp edges which can sometimes be uncomfortable in the pocket.
The FCC listing also sheds some light on the OnePlus Nord Buds 2’s specs. The upcoming earphones will boast Bluetooth 5.3 connectivity and pack 41mAh batteries each, unchanged from the 2022 model. The case has a 480 mAh battery and supports USB Type-C charging.
Once again, OnePlus isn’t changing anything. The OnePlus Nord Buds 2 will seemingly charge at 4.5W speeds. Since these are affordable TWS earbuds, don’t expect wireless charging here.
Likewise, these earbuds may miss out on ANC (Active Noise Cancellation) as well. However, OnePlus may try to make the solutions more appealing by adding ANC. We should get a multi-mic setup (at least two microphones on each bud) and dynamic audio drivers. Last year’s model packed 12.4mm drivers. Other notable features should include an IP55 rating for water and dust resistance, fast pairing, touch controls, and AI call noise reduction.
Launch date and price
OnePlus launched the OnePlus Nord Buds in late April last year. The buds arrived in the US in mid-June. We expect the OnePlus Nord Buds 2 to have a similar launch timeline this year.
Unfortunately, there haven’t been many leaks and rumors about the new affordable earbuds from OnePlus, so details are scarce. As for pricing, the 2022 model sold for just $39 in the US, and its successor shouldn’t come much more expensive than that. We will let you know as soon as we have more information.
Meanwhile, if you’re interested in OnePlus’ latest flagship TWS offering, those are priced at $179. For the additional money, you’re getting better sound quality thanks to an 11mm woofer and a 6mm tweeter, and Dynaudio-tuned audio. You also get a host of premium features, including ANC, Spatial Audio, and MelodyBoost. The OnePlus Buds Pro 2 are currently available for pre-order, with general sales beginning tomorrow, February 16.
Twitter launched its experimental “CoTweets” feature back in July 2022 as a way to give users a tool to “tweet together” and author the same tweet. This feature is now unfortunately being quietly shut down.
The sunsetting announcement was posted as an afterthought in Twitter’s Help pages (via Mashable) where the Co-Tweeting feature is explained. In it, it was explained that the test will no longer be available starting today, January 31st 2023.
Furthermore, CoTweets that have already been created can be viewed for one more month after which point they will be converted into regular Retweets. The team also stated that they will continue to search for ways to implement this feature in the future and all the feedback received to date has been appreciated.
This move is not surprising considering that, since Elon Musk took over the platform, many of Twitter’s features have been either modified or removed in order to speed up how the timeline loads. There have been many instances of Musk himself complaining about how slowly Twitter loads, and the answer almost always came to Twitter having too much bloat.
Although a nifty little feature, CoTweets didn’t exactly take off either. It was a feature that was used mostly by influencers and brands for marketing purposes, and not central to the Twitter experience. Instead, Twitter has been focusing on adding other features such as the “For You” and “Following” tab on both mobile and web, as well as the Twitter Blue features that have yet to launch such as prioritized tweets and a reduced amount of ads.
I wonder if lack of personnel was also, at least partially, responsible for the sudden sunsetting of this feature. Twitter has experienced many challenges since the change in ownership and one of them has been massive layoffs that have left the company running on pretty much a skeleton crew. Let’s hope that Twitter finds its footing again and can start delivering on all those feature promises.
POCO M5s is one of the just launched two new devices in the budget M series. For the first time ever, POCO sent us a device that isn’t black or grey. I believe that in itself is a cause for a mini celebration. Just a new color should hopefully make the unboxing experience slightly different, right?
Unboxing the POCO M5s
The outer box is still yellow with black text but the box itself looks a bit slimmer than other POCO devices that we have seen recently. Upon opening the box you can see why. The traditional yellow insert is gone. You have the POCO M5s followed by a thin yellow card paper separating the clear TPU case, paperwork, 33W charging brick, and a USB-C cable. The SIM tool is cleverly attached to the card stock insert.
Getting rid of the traditional insert means a slimmer box and some potential material cost savings. It will be interesting to see what other corners have been cut with this device. I mean to some extent the first impression is the last impression.
Hardware design of the POCO M5s is definitely derivative
Eagle-eyed readers will point out that despite a really nice-looking white color back cover the overall design looks extremely familiar. And if you can quickly rewind your memory back to early 2021 you start to make out that this POCO M5s is basically a Redmi Note 10 in terms of physical size, display, and camera module layout.
This trend of recycling old parts is nothing new. I mean the most valuable company in the world aka the fruit stand from Cupertino does this every year. Hence, it is no surprise to see other manufacturers emulate this practice.
Even though this is an older device, it is comfortable to hold in one hand and has great weight distribution. It also has a fast and responsive fingerprint scanner embedded in the power button, clicky volume controls, and shiny rails. Haptic motor onboard is impressesive for the price for sure.
It also has some features that are conspicuously missing in most modern smartphones – namely a micro SD card slot and a headphone jack.
You get a fairly large 6.43″ AMOLED display upfront, an IR blaster on the top rail, IP53 splash resistance, and a dual-SIM tray. POCO M5s is available in three colors – Grey, Blue, and White. It is available in three variants starting at €209 for 4/64 GB, €229 for 4/128 GB, and €249 for 6/128 GB.
6.43-inch AMOLED display is great for a €209 smartphone
On paper, it would seem that a 6.43-inch display makes the Poco M5s to be a compact smartphone. But in reality that is not the case due to the fairly sizeable chin at the bottom. In fact, the display is the same size as the one on the LTE version of the POCO M4 Pro. But the chin on the newer POCO M5s is larger yielding a smaller screen-to-body ratio than the M4 Pro.
Aside from the bigger chin, the AMOLED display panel has an FHD+ screen resolution. Refresh rate on the display panel is however only 60Hz. Specs-wise the display boasts DCI-P3 wide color gamut and a peak brightness of 1100 nits.
The display is more than adequate for the budget category but it would have been nice if POCO put the slightly better display from the M4 Pro on the newer POCO M5s. There’s Gorilla Glass 3 on top of the display and there is a film screen protector in the box as well.
Performance on the POCO M5s is good enough for daily tasks
POCO M5s is powered by a MediaTek Helio G95 chip based on the 12nm manufacturing node. Yes, the processor is a couple of years old and yes there’s a newer Helio G99 chip from MediaTek which POCO should have used. For those who are curious, the Helio G99 is basically the same as Helio G95 but it uses a 6nm manufacturing process.
In any case, the Geekbench scores are in line with what you get with the Snapdragon 7 series. Single-core score is 517 and the multi-core score is 1842. Let’s compare these scores to those from a Pixel 5, which happens to be my current daily driver. The Pixel 5 has a single-core score of 590 and a multi-core score of 1616. So you can see that from a performance perspective you should not have any issues with daily tasks including gaming at say medium settings.
During my review period, I didn’t encounter any issues with everyday streaming, gaming, or browsing. My POCO M5s review unit has 128GB storage and 6GB RAM. You can extend the onboard RAM by 2GB via software if you need extra memory.
MIUI 13 with the POCO launcher offers an excellent software experience
Our review unit of the POCO M5s is running MIUI 13 with the August 2022 security update. This is roughly the 11th device from POCO/Xiaomi that we have reviewed at AndroidHeadlines in 2022. So at this point, it is a bit difficult to find a new or wow feature from a software perspective. And this is not POCO or Xiaomi’s fault as Android itself is now a very mature operating system and huge changes are now few and far in between.
As always MIUI is fast and fluid and the POCO launcher keeps things fairly close to what you get on a Pixel device. In addition, there are the extra goodies you get in various settings menus with MIUI which you get regardless of a flagship or budget offering from POCO.
Speaking of budget devices, this is the third least expensive device in the POCO lineup. So the software experience is marred by ads. So do not forget to turn off the pesky ads. Here’s a quick tutorial on how to minimize pop-up ads.
Step-by-step guide to turning off Ads
During initial setup, out of the box ensure that you turn off Personalized Recommendations. Once you have the phone set up and arrive at the home screen, then manually go into Themes, File Manager, Security, and Cleaner apps. Once you are in the app, go to Settings and turn off Recommendations/Ads in each of these specific apps.
After performing these steps you will be able to pretty much eliminate ads from showing up during daily use. Five minutes of extra effort is worth having an ad-free user experience.
POCO M5s battery life is about 4-5 hours SoT
POCO M5s has a large 5,000 mAh battery, which is good enough for a full day of moderate to heavy use. If you want to game for more than an hour or so then you might need the charger. The 33W charging brick in the box will charge the phone to 100% from zero in about an hour. Half an hour should be good enough for about 60% charge which will get you through a light day of use.
The AMOLED screen’s power efficiency is offset by the older 12nm Helio processor so expect to get a reasonably average screen on time. With a slightly poor signal in my geographic area, I managed to get around 4-5 hours SoT consistently during the review period. Your experience may be different (read better) than mine.
Camera performance is good for the price
POCO M5s has a triple camera module on the back. And if you are wondering if the rear cameras are a carryover like some other things from the M4 Pro then you are right. The only thing new is the physical shape of the camera module which as we discussed before is from the Redmi 10 series.
On the triple camera module, there is a 64MP main camera, an 8MP ultrawide, and a 2MP Macro camera. There is a 13MP selfie camera on the front which is actually a carryover from the Redmi Note 10 series.
The camera app hasn’t changed in a while. The various modes in the app can be accessed by swiping left and right. From Photo mode, you can access 0.6X, 1X, and 2X digital zoom. In the More section, you can access Panorama, Time-lapse, Slow motion, and 64MP mode. Night Mode can now be accessed directly from the main slider. You need to turn on Night Mode manually and it only works on the main 64MP camera.
Take a look at some camera samples in our Flickr Gallery and also check out the POCO M4 Pro review for more photos as both these smartphones have identical rear camera hardware.
Bottom line is that day time pictures are great from the main and ultrawide cameras considering the price. Night-time pictures are decent from the main camera. The macro camera is a pure gimmick and I would stay away from it. Selfie camera is passable and I am surprised at the downgrade from 16MP to an older 13MP sensor but I guess for the price it is good enough.
POCO M5s has the best dual speakers in the budget smartphone category
One area where this device shines is the dual audio speakers. I believe the POCO M5s has the best speakers in the budget smartphone category. They are extremely loud although past 80% output on the slider there is considerable distortion.
Poco M5s has separate grilles for top and bottom-firing speakers and even has a very good headphone jack! Wired and wireless audio is excellent. Every time I review a phone with a headphone jack I wonder why all the smartphone makers decided to copy Apple and get rid of something so useful and so easy to use.
Connectivity is excellent as always with any POCO device
The Poco M5s got LTE or LTE+ signal out of the box on the T-Mobile network in Southern California. As I have written before, data speeds are horrible where I live. Consequently, POCO M5s download speeds were bad but definitely comparable to my Pixel 5 on the T-Mobile network.
During my review time, I did not encounter issues with calling, texting, updating apps, browsing the web, or watching videos. And since this is a POCO/Xiaomi device, thanks to MIUI you have tons of great connectivity options such as Mi Share, Nearby Share, Screen Cast, and IR blaster. My review unit did have NFC and for some bizarre reason, the constant NFC on notification has made a comeback in the latest MIUI 13 version. Contactless payments via Google Pay did work without issues, however.
Should you buy the POCO M5s?
The Poco M5s is somewhat of a mixed bag. On the one hand, it has solid specs like an AMOLED display, a 5,000mAh battery with 33W charging, stellar dual speakers, expandable storage and 64MP / 8MP main and ultrawide cameras. But on the other, it runs a two-year-old 12nm MediaTek Helio G95 chipset and refreshes at just 60Hz.
Granted the overall hardware and form factor looks really nice, but it is still a carryover from the Redmi Note 10 series from early 2021. In addition, there are a few really oddball downgrades from the excellent POCO M4 Pro such as a lower resolution selfie camera and a slightly larger size. The only thing POCO has managed in this sky-high inflation era is to hold the base MSRP to €209. While it is a good smartphone for the price it makes too many compromises to achieve it. You may want to shop around a bit or pay a bit more and get a better POCO smartphone instead.
Application Block helps organizations easily thwart unwanted applications from launching on Windows endpoints.
Malwarebytes is excited to announce Application Block, a new module for Nebula and OneView for MSPs which helps organizations easily thwart unwanted applications from launching on Windows endpoints.
For as many applications out there that help you keep business running as usual, there are just as many that can spell big trouble for your network security. Threat actors can embed malicious code in seemingly legitimate applications, which end users then innocently execute on their Windows endpoints. (And the bad guys are in).
Or threat actors can find an application on your network with a known vulnerability for which no patch has been developed. (And again, they’re in.)
Application threats also don’t just stop at hoodie-wearing hackers: organizations also just might not want employees using unproductive or unapproved applications and the security risks that follow.
All of this is to say that having the ability to blocklist certain applications from running is a key part of an effective layered defense. We released Application Block for Nebula to make it easy for under-resourced orgs to meet this important security requirement.
Let’s dive in to see how it works!
Features
Log and monitor blocked application activity on endpoints.
Block device access to specified software applications, though this does not include cloud applications.
Block list rules are created and applied to policies across the console or sites.
When setting or modifying a policy in the Nebula console, go to the Software management tab at the bottom.
There you’ll find the Application block option for Windows. Let’s go ahead and check it and then save this policy.
Block Rule Creation/Management
Heading over to the Monitor tab, we’ll find Application block near the bottom of the drop-down menu. Let’s click into that.
We’re taken to an activity log dashboard of blocked applications. Find the Rules tab near the top and click “New”.
Rules in Application Block for Nebula define which software applications and executables are blocked across your endpoints. We can apply this rule globally or to specific policies only. Basic application block rules select the Application or Vendor name to block the service. Advanced rules are available to use file information to block the service including Certificate property, File path, File property, and Hash value.
For example, we can create a rule that blocks VPNs and torrent applications from being downloaded on a group of endpoints.
Let’s save this rule and head back over to our activity log!
Application Block Activity Log
The Activity Log tab displays blocked applications across all your managed endpoints. Blocked records are retained for approximately 90 days.
View the following information for each endpoint’s activity record, including agent version, application data, and time blocked!
For auditing or external reporting purposes, you can even download DNS activity information to your local machine by selecting all or checking specific boxes for the rows you want to export and clicking Export.
Blocked Applications dashboard widget showing activity over the last 30 days
We can get a full and quick picture of our endpoint data by heading over to the Nebula Dashboard. Here we can add, remove, and rearrange widgets—including one for Application Block—that give us insight into endpoints and detections in our environment.
Plugging the holes in your Windows endpoint security
From within Nebula—our user-friendly console that you already use for endpoint protection and remediation—you can activate Application Block and immediately start blocking at-risk Windows applications.
Have a burning question or want to learn more about Application Block? Get a quote below.
Bally Sports’ parent-company, Diamond Sports Group, is preparing to file for bankruptcy. This is after skipping an interest payment that was due to bondholders on Wednesday.
Diamond Sports is an unconsolidated and independently run subsidiary of Sinclair. The company decided to skip out on the $140 million in interest payments that was due to its bondholders and would instead enter the 30-day grace period.
Diamond has been in discussions with creditors in recent months, as it is looking to restructure its $8 billion in debt. It is planning to use its 30-day grace period to continue those discussions. They have been discussing a debt-for-equity swap. Which would see the creditors take some form of ownership over the company. And according to those familiar with the matter, this is a very likely scenario.
Cord-cutting is really hurting regional sports networks
Sports are expensive, and regional sports networks are even more expensive. As they are hosting multiple teams and every game that isn’t on primetime or national TV. Not to mention that they have a smaller audience versus a national game. Which means there’s less money for them to make. And those cutting the cord are helping to accelerate this.
Of course, Diamond Sports Group deciding to remove its Bally Sports networks from most streaming services did not help. As those that had cut the cord had almost no way to watch Bally Sports. Unless they opted to switch to DIRECTV Stream. Which cost Bally Sports a whole lot of money. The group is home to more than half of the MLB, NHL and NBA teams in the US. So they are a pretty big deal.
The leagues have been concerned that Diamond could forego paying rights to the leagues while under bankruptcy protection. Diamond is focused on keeping the networks alive, however. Which does require the rights to the NBA, NHL and MLB.
Sinclair acquired these networks in 2019, after Disney bought FOX. Disney had to divest the sports networks (Fox Sports RSNs), as it already owned the ESPN empire. So Sinclair stepped in and bought them for $10.6 billion. It also included around $8 billion in debt. Now that you look back on it, that was probably not the best idea. But sports are expensive, so to see that kind of debt is not a surprise.
Twitter may be artificially boosting CEO Elon Musk’s tweets. Platformerreports that the company’s engineers have deployed a code that allows tweets from Musk to bypass all of Twitter’s filters. At one point, his tweets were reportedly being boosted by a factor of 1,000.
Musk’s tweets were all over Twitter a few days back. Whether you followed the multi-billionaire or not, you must have been bombarded by his tweets on the “For You” feed. While the Twitter CEO didn’t explain what was happening, he acknowledged that it was not normal. He blamed the “algorithm” for it and said that the company is working to fix the issue.
However, Platformer is saying something else. According to the publication’s sources, Musk was unhappy with the engagement on his tweets lately. Particularly, his tweet about the Super Bowl got less engagement than President Joe Biden’s. According to the report, Biden’s tweet generated nearly 29 million impressions, while Musk saw just over nine million impressions. He reportedly deleted the tweet in frustration and went tearing into Twitter engineers.
According to the source, Musk threatened to fire the engineers unless they make his tweets get more impressions. The same publication previously reported that the Twitter CEO fired an engineer who suggested that his tweets are generating fewer impressions because people aren’t interested in them anymore. Of course, no one likes to lose their job abruptly. As such, around 80 Twitter employees started investigating potential issues with Musk’s tweet impressions.
Twitter allegedly created a way to artificially boost Musk’s tweets
Twitter engineers contemplated various possibilities. Musk could have been generating fewer impressions because many people blocked or muted him. Not everyone has been a fan of the way he handled the social network after acquiring it in late October last year.
They also checked if there was a technical fault. Since Twitter usually boosts tweets from users whose contents are popular among both followers and non-followers, Musk’s tweets shouldn’t have drastically lost impressions.
After evaluating all possibilities, they came up with a solution. The engineers developed and deployed a code that ensured that Twitter’s filters didn’t block Musk’s tweets from reaching anyone. Unless you have blocked or muted Musk, you will see his tweets on your “For You” feed.
This artificial boost is still active, though not by a factor of 1,000 anymore. “Musk’s handful of tweets Tuesday reported around 43 million impressions, which is on the high end of his recent average,” the report states.
The amazing ChatGPT language AI is everywhere these days! People use it to write articles (this one may or may not have been written by the bot, ha!), compose songs, invent new recipes, solve mathematical equations, and, most importantly, get information on every topic imaginable.
Sounds familiar? That’s what Google has been doing for decades, and unsurprisingly, the behemoth company is concerned about the future. So concerned that it’s developing its own version of ChatGPT. According to CNBC, Google is currently testing several iterations of ChatGPT competitors after company CEO Sundar Pitchai declared “code red” and decided to accelerate Google’s AI efforts.
The company aims to unveil at least 20 AI products this year, and some of them will engage in the battle of the bots with the almighty ChatGPT. One potential candidate for this battle is the so-called Apprentice Bard, a chatbot that uses Google’s LaMDA conversation technology. CNBC’s sources say that the LaMDA team has been asked to work on creating competitors to ChatGPT.
Last year, one employee from the said team made headlines after declaring the LaMDA chatbot sentient and getting fired shortly afterwards. We should expect Google to move at a more conservative pace, though. As Google AI chief Jeff Dean told employees during an all-hands meeting to discuss the company’s response to ChatGPT, it’s moving “more conservatively than a small startup.”
That makes sense. ChatGPT includes a disclaimer that the bot may provide wrong information or harmful instructions, and it also has limited knowledge about the world after 2021. Google is a much more popular company, and a wrong answer or instruction could result in a massive scandal and dozens of lawsuits.
We can’t wait to see Google’s answer to ChatGPT, but in the meantime, we’re looking at a potential career switch in the agricultural field or something with bartending involved.
It can be pretty expensive to create an impressive sound system with Sonos for your living room. But thanks to the Sub Mini, is it now cheaper? Sonos debuted the Sub Mini in September 2022, as a cheaper wireless sub. It comes in at $270 less than the regular Sonos Sub. But the real question here is, what are you losing with that cheaper Sub Mini? And is it worth buying? Let’s find out.
Setting up the Sonos Sub Mini
Setting up the Sonos Sub Mini is super easy. If you already have a Sonos system in your home, just open the app and it’ll pop up a banner for setting up the Sonos Sub Mini. A nice touch that Sonos has is the ability to show you how long it should take to set it up. So if you don’t have a lot of time right now, you can set it up later.
Sonos’ newer speakers have NFC built-in, so you just tap your phone onto the speaker to pair them and start the setup process. This is so much easier than trying to connect to the speakers WiFi, like a lot of other smart home products try to do.
It takes about 5 minutes to setup, and then you’re all good to go. In my home, it’s paired with the Sonos Beam 2, so now in the app I see those two paired together all the time. Of course, if you have other Sonos speakers in your home like I do, you can also pair those when you want to. For instance, I have the Beam 2 and Sub Mini in the living room, and then a Sonos One downstairs on my desk. I can pair them all together to play music, or watch TV. That’s the beauty of Sonos.
How it looks
Sonos makes some really beautiful looking speakers. Their whole approach is to make audio products that fit into your home, rather than stand out. And the Sonos Sub Mini does just that. It is available in white and black – Sonos provided us with the black model. It’s a soft-touch plastic material, which means it won’t show dust as easily as the older Sub would. Since the older Sub was shiny plastic.
It’s a cylinder sub, with a hole in the middle, allowing for audio to come out at all angles. There’s a pairing button on the back, that you likely won’t ever need to use. The outlet is on the bottom, and since there are feet on this Sub Mini, it doesn’t actually sit on the cord. This is another nice touch, especially since a lot of living rooms are carpeted. The bottom also features an ethernet port, but you likely won’t need it.
There’s no other buttons on the Sub Mini. And that’s because you won’t be interfacing with it. You’ll be interfacing with the soundbar you have connected to it. Whether that is the Sonos Beam (1 or 2), the Arc or the Ray. Which have buttons on them for volume, play/pause and a microphone button. The Sonos Ray doesn’t have a microphone so there’s no button available.
How well does it perform?
So the big, $429 (plus tax) question is, how well does it perform? Is it worth buying? I’ve been using Sonos soundbars for quite a few years, so I didn’t think I’d notice a big difference. But after setting up the Sonos Sub Mini, I really noticed much punchier bass while watching a movie. And this was before bumping up the bass on the Sub. Which you can bump up to +15.
While you can push the bass up higher on the Sub Mini, it’s not really recommended. Just at +8, the floor in my living room was shaking. It was a cool experience, but a bit too much bass. So I usually keep it around +3. A bit more bass so you can actually feel it, but not so much that it is overpowering the soundbar. It is really nice that Sonos does allow you to control the bass on the Sub Mini independently from the soundbar (in my case, the Beam 2).
So bass here is incredible. And it’s wireless, so it can be placed anywhere you want. By using a Sub like the Sub Mini, it allows the soundbar to focus more on the mids and highs, making them crystal clear. While the Sub Mini handles the bass.
It’ll probably sound a bit odd, but watching College Football with the Sub Mini on, is a whole new experience. It’s an even cooler experience when watching an action movie with lots of explosions. Something like the Fast and the Furious or even Top Gun: Maverick will really make you appreciate the Sub Mini.
Should you buy the Sonos Sub Mini?
If you already have a Sonos soundbar, then yes, the Sub Mini is a great purchase. The Sonos Sub was a hard recommendation, since it was $699. That’s more than a lot of Dolby Atmos soundbars are these days. But with the Sub Mini at $429, it’s still expensive, but a much easier pill to swallow. Though, pairing the Sonos Beam 2 and the Sub Mini together is going to cost you nearly $900. But that’s $900 well spent.
Sonos speakers are not cheap, and that’s because they are such good speakers. Not only due to the multi-room features for sound, but the build quality of these speakers is top-notch. And they work with virtually every streaming music service out there. Additionally, they are still the only ones that allow you to choose Amazon Alexa or Google Assistant, at the tap of a button.
So yes, if you do have a Sonos speaker and/or soundbar in your home already, it’s definitely worth it to buy the Sub Mini. You won’t regret that purchase.
G2 has released their Winter 2023 reports, ranking Malwarebytes as the leader across a number of endpoint protection categories based on customer reviews.
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WhatsApp, the popular messaging service, offers a plethora of features to enhance your chatting experience. And one of these features is disappearing messages, which automatically deletes your chats after a set period. However, a downside of this feature is that it applies to the entire chat, so even if you wanted to save the messages for future reference, you could not.
Fortunately, WhatsApp has been working on a solution called “Keep Messages,” which enables users to save their disappearing messages without taking screenshots. The feature has interestingly been in testing for over a year and appears to be now ready for prime time, as spotted by WABetaInfo. During testing, the keep messages feature had two options- “Keep” and “Unkeep” a disappearing message, and WhatsApp also included a fast and convenient way to access these saved messages from the chat window itself.
Quick and easy access to saved messages
The team over at WABetaInfo found that WhatsApp has also added a “Kept Messages” feature to the profile info page in its latest beta. This feature will enable users to access all the disappearing messages they have saved in one convenient location. Moreover, all participants in the chat, including group chats, will be able to view this section and retrieve their saved messages. However, it is also important to note that anyone with access to these saved messages can also delete them.
At present, the Keep Messages feature is exclusively accessible to certain Android users who have installed the latest beta versions of both WhatsApp and WhatsApp Business. Additionally, WhatsApp is only granting access to this feature on a per-account basis. There is no specific timeline as to when this feature will be available to all WhatsApp users. However, users can expect WhatsApp to release the feature soon, considering it has been in testing for almost a year now.
