Tech Chat's Friday News Update

This week on the Friday News Update: - Cybic announce the Legend range of smart bikes at CES 2019, with a screen for maps and directions, a music player and Alexa built-in - Nvidia announce the new RTX 2060 graphics card, giving you ray-tracing tech for an affordable price, and that their RTX graphics cards are coming to laptops - ASUS announce the ROG Mothership gaming laptop, one of the first laptops with an RTX graphics card, featuring a detachable keyboard, a 17" Full HD 144Hz screen and an Intel i9 processor - Mui announce a smart... plank of wood, with a touchscreen that lets you check the news and weather, send messages and talk to the Google Assistant - LG announce the Signature OLED TV R, a 65" 4K OLED TV that rolls up into a box, as well as an 88" 8K OLED TV, Alexa and AirPlay support for their TVs - Samsung TVs get an iTunes Movies and TV Shows app, AirPlay support and support for control through Alexa and the Google Assistant - Sony announce huge 85" and 98" 8K TVs and AirPlay support for their TVs - The Google Assistant gets new features and a smart alarm clock from Lenovo, the Lenovo Smart Clock - Xiaomi's Redmi, now a spin-off brand, announce the unbelievable Redmi Note 7, with a 48MP camera, a Snapdragon 660 and a 4000mAh battery for the equivalent of £115 - HTC announce the Vive Pro Eyes headset with eye-tracking, a new Viveport Infinity subscription and tease an easier-to-use Vive Cosmos headset - Samsung announce that the Galaxy S10 will be announced at a Galaxy Unpacked event on the 20th of February Get every episode of the Friday News Update with the Friday News Update Alexa Flash Briefing Buy the Nvidia RTX 2060 (US): http://bit.ly/TC-RTX2060-US Buy the Nvidia RTX 2060 (UK): http://bit.ly/TC-RTX2060-UK Buy the Mui: http://bit.ly/TC-Mui Buy the Redmi Note 7: http://bit.ly/TC-RN7

This week on the Friday News Update: - Apple announces that it expects to earn $5 million less than initially predicted, blaming sales of iPhones, especially in China, causing shares in other companies with lots of sales in China to drop - Xiaomi announces the amazing new Mi Play budget phone, with a waterdrop notch, the new Helio P35 and 10GB free data every month for a year - Honor properly announce their first phone with a hole in the screen for the selfie camera, the Honor View20, in China, with a 25MP selfie camera inside the 4.5mm hole, a 48MP camera on the back and the Kirin 980 - Huawei announce the P Smart (2019) budget phone, with a 6.2" Full HD screen, the Kirin 710 and a 3400mAh battery for just £150 in the UK Get every episode of the Friday News Update with the Friday News Update Alexa Flash Briefing Buy the Mi Play: http://bit.ly/TC-MiPlay Buy the Honor View20: http://bit.ly/TC-HV20

Plus the Lenovo Z5 Pro GT and the HTC Desire 12S. This week on the Friday News Update: - Huawei announces their first phone with a hole in the screen for the selfie camera, the Nova 4, with triple cameras enabling 10X zoom and wide angle shots, the Kirin 970 and a 3750mAh battery for a very affordable price - Lenovo announces the Z5S budget phone, with a waterdrop notch, the Snapdragon 710 and triple cameras - Lenovo also announces the Z5 Pro GT, a slider phone which could be the first phone with the new Snapdragon 855 and will also have a 12GB RAM model, one of if not the thinnest bezels on a smartphone yet and an AMOLED screen - HTC announces the Desire 12S, with the Snapdragon 435, a 3075mAh battery and a horrible design Get every episode of the Friday News Update with the Friday News Update Alexa Flash Briefing Buy the Huawei Nova 4: http://bit.ly/TC-HN4 Buy the Lenovo Z5S: http://bit.ly/TC-LZ5S Buy the Lenovo Z5 Pro GT: http://bit.ly/TC-LZ5PGT Buy the HTC Desire 12S: http://bit.ly/TC-HD12S

Plus the Galaxy A8S and the Skullcandy Push wireless earphones. This week on the Friday News Update: - Vivo announces the Vivo NEX Dual Display Edition, with a 5.5" second screen on the back for taking selfies, a Time of Flight camera for 3D facial recognition and 10GB of RAM - Samsung announces the first phone with a hole in the screen for the selfie camera, the Galaxy A8S, with a 6.4" screen, triple cameras and a Snapdragon 710 - Galaxy S10 UK prices, screen sizes and the design of the Galaxy S10 Lite leak - The Honor View 20 has been teased this week, with a 4.5mm hole in the screen for the selfie camera, a 48MP camera and Link Turbo for faster downloads - Skullcandy announce their first truly wireless earphones, the Skullcandy Push, with FitFins for a more secure and comfortable fit in your ear, 12h battery life and a $130 price - Huawei Nova 4 specs leak ahead of its announcement this Monday Get every episode of the Friday News Update with the Friday News Update Alexa Flash Briefing Buy the Vivo NEX Dual Display Edition: http://bit.ly/TC-VNEXDDE Buy the Galaxy A8S: http://bit.ly/TC-GA8S Buy the Skullcandy Push: http://bit.ly/TC-SCPush

Plus the Nokia 8.1, a huge Galaxy S10+ design leak and the shutdown of Google Allo. This week on the Friday News Update: - Nokia announce the Nokia 8.1, giving you a 3500mAh battery, a Snapdragon 710 and Android Pie with Android One for £380, as well as the Nokia 3.1 Plus with a 6" screen without a notch, 2 day battery life and a Helio P22 for £170 and the European availability of the Nokia 5.1 Plus, available for £200 in the UK - Qualcomm announce the Snapdragon 855, the processor that will be in nearly all of next year's Android flagships, with 45% faster performance, support for 5G and real time background blurring for video with the new Spectra 380 chip - The design of the Galaxy S10+ leaks, showing thinner bezels, a quad camera and... a weird rectangular display cutout - Google Allo is shutting down in March Get every episode of the Friday News Update with the Friday News Update Alexa Flash Briefing Buy the Nokia 8.1: https://www.nokia.com/phones/en_gb/nokia-8

Plus the Honor 8C and LG's 16 camera phone patent. This week on the Friday News Update: - Some Samsung Galaxy Note 9 owners in the US can sign up to get the Android Pie beta with the new One UI right now - Project Fi, Google's US mobile network, is now Google Fi and now works on iPhones as well as more Android phones - LG have trademarked three smartphone names that suggest they're working on a folding phone - LG have also patented a smartphone with 16 cameras to take photos at different angles - Samsung's Galaxy Flex folding phone could start at £1,500 in the UK - Honor announce the Honor 8C, giving you a notched screen, the Snapdragon 632 and a 4000mAh battery for 11,999 rupees (£135!) - Vivo's NEX 2 leaks, with triple cameras, a second screen on the back and a 3D scanning Time-of-Flight camera - The Huawei Nova 4 budget phone appears on a Chinese livestream - it could be the first phone with a hole in the screen for the selfie camera Get every episode of the Friday News Update with the Friday News Update Alexa Flash Briefing Get the Samsung+ app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.samsung.oh Sign up for Google Fi: https://fi.google.com/about/ Buy the Honor 8C: https://www.hihonor.com/in/product/10091649886107.html

Plus the Honor 10 Lite and Huawei's folding phone. This week on the Friday News Update: - The biggest Black Friday tech deals on today, including the Google Home Mini for £100 - Honor announce the Honor 10 Lite, with a red or blue gradient glass back, a waterdrop notch and the Kirin 710 for just 1399 yuan (£155/$200) - Huawei's P Smart 2019 smartphone leaks... with almost exactly the same specs as the Honor 10 Lite - A special edition of the Galaxy S10 leaks, with a 6.7" screen, six cameras and 5G, plus more info on the three other Galaxy S10 models - Huawei's folding phone could be called the Mate Flex and will have 8" and 5" screens and 5G, according to the latest rumours - Google Duplex rolls out to a small number of Pixel owners in some US cities - The Snapdragon 8150 will be announced on the 4th of December Get every episode of the Friday News Update with the Friday News Update Alexa Flash Briefing Buy the Honor 10 Lite (China): https://www.vmall.com/product/10086341166601.html

Plus Black Friday deals, Samsung's luxury flip phone and the Galaxy S10's processor. This week on the Friday News Update: - You can get a huge discount on the Honor 9 Lite, Huawei P20 Pro and Google Pixelbook today until Black Friday in the UK - Samsung announces a premium Android flip phone, with a full keypad, a dual camera and a Snapdragon 845 for the equivalent of... £2000. Right. - Galaxy S10 features and the price and release date of Samsung's Galaxy F folding phone leak - Samsung announce the Exynos 9820, the processor that will be in the Galaxy S10 in Europe, with a Neural Processing Unit, better gaming performance and 8K video recording - The mid-range Google Pixel 3 Lite leaks in full, with the same camera quality as the Pixel 3, a Snapdragon 670 and... a headphone jack? - Amazon launch Alexa Blueprints, allowing you to easily make your own custom Alexa Skills Get every episode of the Friday News Update with the Friday News Update Alexa Flash Briefing Try Alexa Blueprints (UK): https://blueprints.amazon.co.uk Try Alexa Blueprints (US): https://blueprints.amazon.com Buy the OnePlus 6: https://www.amazon.co.uk/OnePlus-Android-Version-SIM-Free-Smartphone-Mirror-Black/dp/B07HW2P2W8 Buy the Sony Xperia XZ2: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sony-Xperia-XZ2-SIM-Free-Smartphone-Liquid-Black/dp/B07B54GGNT Buy the Huawei P20 Pro: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Huawei-Android-SIM-Free-Smartphone-Headphones-Black/dp/B07C7FQTCD Buy the Honor 9 Lite: https://www.amazon.co.uk/storage-Camera-Display-Official-Device-Blue/dp/B079TMXQ7J Buy the Google Pixelbook: https://store.google.com/product/google_pixelbook Buy the HP Intel Core i5 Laptop: https://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/computing/laptops/laptops/hp-15-da0596sa-15-6-intel-core-i5-laptop-1-tb-hdd-silver-10184693-pdt.html

Plus Bixby Capsules and Xiaomi's launch in the UK. This week on the Friday News Update: - Samsung unveil their upcoming folding phone, a pocketable phone that can unfold into a 7" tablet, as well as new features for Bixby, a new One UI interface for Samsung phones and new phone screen designs at the Samsung Developer Conference 2018 - Google announce Android support for folding phones or Foldables and an In-App Update API which can download and install app updates while you continue to use the app at this year's Android Dev Summit - You can now buy Xiaomi's phones, earphones and electric scooter in the UK Get every episode of the Friday News Update with the Friday News Update Alexa Flash Briefing Download Bixby Developer Studio: https://bixbydevelopers.com Buy Xiaomi's products in the UK: https://www.mi.com/uk/

Plus the MacBook Air and Mac Mini. This week on the Friday News Update: - Apple announce a new MacBook Air, with a Retina Display, Touch ID and USB-C - The Mac Pro gets a small update with a space grey model, more RAM and storage and USB-C - Apple redesign the iPad Pro with a bezelless 11" or 12.9" ProMotion screen, Face ID and a wireless charging Apple Pencil Get every episode of the Friday News Update with the Friday News Update Alexa Flash Briefing Buy the MacBook Air (2018) (US): https://www.apple.com/shop/buy-mac/macbook-air Buy the MacBook Air (2018) (UK): https://www.apple.com/uk/shop/buy-mac/macbook-air Buy the Mac Mini (2018) (US): https://www.apple.com/shop/buy-mac/mac-mini Buy the Mac Mini (2018) (UK): https://www.apple.com/uk/shop/buy-mac/mac-mini Buy the iPad Pro (2018) (US): https://www.apple.com/shop/buy-ipad/ipad-pro Buy the iPad Pro (2018) (UK): https://www.apple.com/uk/shop/buy-ipad/ipad-pro

This week on the Friday News Update: - Xiaomi announce the Mi Mix 3, with dual cameras in a sliding panel at the back of the phone, enabling a 93% screen to body ratio, a high DxOMark score and up to 10GB of RAM - The Black Shark Helo gaming phone is announced, with a game controller in the box, RGB LEDs on the sides of the phone and up to 10GB of RAM - HTC open preorders for the Exodus 1, a cryptocurrency phone... that you can only buy in cryptocurrency - Misfit and Mobvoi each announce new smartwatches, the Vapor 2 and TicWatch C2, with GPS, NFC and... the old Snapdragon Wear 2100 Get every episode of the Friday News Update with the Friday News Update Alexa Flash Briefing Buy the Mi Mix 3 (China): https://item.mi.com/product/10000123.html Buy the Black Shark Helo (China): https://item.mi.com/product/10000122.html Buy the HTC Exodus 1: https://www.htcexodus.com Buy the Misfit Vapor 2: https://misfit.com/products/misfit-vapor-2 Buy the Ticwatch C2: https://www.mobvoi.com/products/ticwatchc2

This week on the Friday News Update: - RAZER announces the Phone 2, with better cameras, wireless charging and a Chroma light that can light up when you get notifications - Samsung announces the Galaxy A9, the first phone with 4 cameras, which can do 2X zoom, wide-angle photos and background blurring - Facebook have made the Portal... a smart speaker with a camera. Yup, seriously. Get every episode of the Friday News Update with the Friday News Update Alexa Flash Briefing

This week on the Friday News Update: - Huawei announces the incredibly innovative Mate 20 Pro, with 3D facial recognition, an in-screen fingerprint sensor and reverse wireless charging, a very downgraded Mate 20, the huge 7.2" Mate 20 X with an M-Pen stylus and the rip-off Mate 20 RS, a leather backed Mate 20 Pro - Huawei also announces the not-very-smart Watch GT smartwatch with up to a month of battery life - Another Apple Event is coming on the 30th of October Get every episode of the Friday News Update with the Friday News Update Alexa Flash Briefing

This week on the Friday News Update: - Google announce the Pixel 3 and 3 XL, with a second wide-angle selfie camera plus Night Sight, Super Res Zoom and loads more tricks, the ability to answer calls for you and... that gigantic notch on the XL, plus the Pixel Stand, a wireless charger for the Pixel 3 that can act as a Google Home and can also wake you up - Google also announce their first tablet in years, the Pixel Slate, with a Chrome OS optimised for tablets, a 12.3" screen praised by filmmakers and Intel processors, but also with a ludicrous price - Google announce their first Smart Display, the Home Hub, with a 7" screen, the Google Assistant and no camera for privacy reasons Get every episode of the Friday News Update with the Friday News Update Alexa Flash Briefing

This week on the Friday News Update: - LG announces the V40 ThinQ, the first smartphone with five cameras, also featuring a 6.4" notched OLED screen, a Boombox Speaker and a headphone jack - The LG Watch W7 is also announced, giving you a flawed Wear OS smartwatch with physical hands for... $450?? - Microsoft update the Surface Pro, Surface Laptop and Surface Studio with 8th generation Intel processors and new black colours (excluding the Studio), and also announce the Surface Headphones, $350 noise cancelling Bluetooth headphones with Cortana - Nokia announce the Nokia 7.1, a notched phone with dual cameras, the Snapdragon 636 and a stunning glass back, plus Android One Get the latest episode of the Friday News Update with the Friday News Update Alexa Flash Briefing

This week on the Friday News Update: - Oculus announces the Quest headset, a standalone VR headset with four sensors for room tracking and 6DOF, plus a Star Wars VR experience called 'Vader Immortal' for the Quest, YouTube VR for the Oculus Go and Gear VR and TV casting for the Go - Office 365 gets Microsoft Search, a universal search engine for your Office 365 files and resources, Ideas, an AI to help you make your PowerPoint or Excel spreadsheet, background blurring for Teams video chats and more - Google gets some new features, including AI-made Stories, recent pages visited from Google and Google Lens on the mobile Google Images site - LG reveal some of the specs and the design of the V40 ThinQ - The OnePlus 6T will have a bigger battery - iPhone Xs users are already encountering problems Get every episode of the Friday News Update with the Friday News Update Alexa Flash Briefing

This week on the Friday News Update: - Amazon announces an updated Echo Dot, Echo Show and Echo Plus with better-looking designs and improved sound quality, an Echo Sub subwoofer, the Echo Input and Echo Auto to put Alexa in more devices, plus a clock, microwave and smart plug that work with Alexa and more - GoPro announce the Hero 7 range, with the Black model featuring the new HyperSmooth video stabilization, TimeWarp timelapses and SuperShot colour improvement - OnePlus are making... a TV? - Samsung's Galaxy A7 is the company's first triple camera phone, with background blurring and wide-angle photos - The Huawei Mate 20 will have live video filters, video background blurring and a camera Underwater Mode Get every episode of the Friday News Update with the Friday News Update Alexa Flash Briefing

This week on the Friday News Update: - Apple announces the iPhone Xs and Xs Max, a 6.5" version of the Xs, both with a new gold colour, up to 512GB of storage and Depth Control, starting at £999 and £1099 respectively - Apple also announces the cheaper £750 iPhone Xr, with most of the same features as the Xs but with 6 colours and a 720p LCD... in 2018. - The Apple Watch Series 4 is announced, with thinner bezels round a bigger screen, Fall Detection and the ability to do ECGs straight from the watch - The OnePlus 6T will have an in-screen fingerprint sensor but... no headphone jack? - Qualcomm finally announces a new smartwatch processor, the Snapdragon Wear 3100, with improved battery life - Huawei will announce its folding phone within the next year - The LG V40 ThinQ will be announced on the 4th of October Get every episode of the Friday News Update with the Friday News Update Alexa Flash Briefing

This week on the Friday News Update: - Honor announce the 8X and 8X Max, with huge notched screens, powerful processors and big batteries - Motorola announce the One and One Power, with gigantic notches, dual cameras and Android One - Google updates Chrome for its 10th birthday with a handy new Omnibox, better autofilling and a Material Design revamp - The OnePlus 6T's box leaks, showing waterdrop notch and in-screen fingerprint sensor - Possible Snapdragon 855 benchmark scores leak, with nearly identical scores to the Apple A11 Bionic - Instagram could be working on a shopping app - Apple is offering free repairs for iPhone 8s with logic board problems - The Razer Phone 2 is coming - Samsung will announce their folding phone this year - Skype add call recording to their apps - Huawei Mate 20 and Mate 20 Pro designs leak ahead of 16th of October announcement - Google will not announce a Pixel Watch this year, but the Google Pixel 3, plus loads more new Google tech, will be announced on the 9th of October - Microsoft will announce a new Surface on the 2nd of October Get every episode of the Friday News Update with the Friday News Update Alexa Flash Briefing

This week on the Friday News Update: - Dell, Acer and Asus announce bezelless new laptops with Intel's updated 8th generation Core i processors - Skagen announce the Falster 2 with a fantastic design and GPS, a heart rate sensor and GPS - Google is updating Wear OS with a new swipe-based interface - B&O announce some expensive new speakers, including the drum-shaped Beosound Edge which you can roll to control the volume, plus the Beosound 1 and 2 with the Google Assistant and the Beoplay E6 earphones - Samsung and LG unveil some of the first 8K TVs - Huawei announce a new notched budget phone called the Mate 20 Lite - Honor announce the ridiculously cheap Honor Play, with a Kirin 970, huge battery and "4D" gaming for £380 - BlackBerry announce a budget Key2 called the Key2 LE, with slightly downgraded specs - HTC announce the hideous U12 Life with no notch, a Snapdragon 636 and a headphone jack - Sony announce the Xperia XZ3 with a curved OLED screen and Side Sense Get every episode of the Friday News Update with the Friday News Update Alexa Flash Briefing