Twitter is continuing its journey of giving third party developers the information and data they need by letting them get a chronological timeline from its latest API. Twitter announced an update on Friday that should significantly improve the experience inside third-party Twitter apps: it’s giving developers far more access to its reverse chronological timeline. This update to Twitter’s recently launched API
WhatsApp working on new rich-preview feature to make link-sharing better on Status updates
This new rich-preview feature has been spotted on the Android version of the app. However, it was already being tested on WhatsApp beta for iOS WhatsApp is working on a new feature that will make sharing website addresses on your status look better. The app is testing ways to generate ‘rich previews’ for the Status. Right now, if you share a web address on the status,
Halo Infinite’s next update will bring back the campaign’s secret ultrapowered gun
Halo Infinite’s glitched and overpowered "tank gun" will be added back to the game’s campaign in a forthcoming update, developer 343 Industries announced Friday. 343 had removed it at the beginning of season 2. Halo Infinite’s glitched and overpowered “tank gun” will be added back to the game’s campaign in a forthcoming update, developer 343 Industries announced Friday. The tank gun is an extremely powerful weapon — essentially a portable version
Battlegrounds Mobile India 'game-changing' update is rolling out: See what's new
Krafton claims players will need to use better tactics and strategies to win in the new terrain. The new update will be rolling out for both Android and iOS Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI) developers, Krafton have announced a new update for the month of May. Krafton claims this is a ‘game-changing update like no other’. The BGMI 2.0 update comes with the official version of
A new Steam Deck update adds one of the most-requested features
A new Steam Deck update now comes with per-game performance settings, letting you flick a single switch in the Quick Access menu to set a custom performance profile for each of your games. The coolest feature of the Steam Deck — bar none, if you ask me — is how the portable gaming PC lets you get the absolute most from its AMD RDNA 2 graphics and 40 watt-hour battery. As of the last update, you could lower the screen’s refresh
Google’s May Pixel update fixes weak notification vibrations on Pixel 6 phones
This month’s feature update for Google Pixel phones is here, and it fixes the Pixel 6 problem with weak notification vibrations that people have noticed ever since the March update. For multiple lines of Android phones, the shift to Android 12 has been a rough one, including withdrawn updates and occasional bugs. Still, the number of issues we’ve seen for Google’s flagship Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro devices alone has been
Vergecast: Snapchat Pixy, Elon Musk buys Twitter, Studio Display update
Our podcast covers Elon Musk’s plan for Twitter, Snap’s new Pixy drone, and Apple’s latest update to its Studio Display webcam. Every Friday, The Verge publishes our flagship podcast, The Vergecast, where Verge editor-in-chief Nilay Patel and editor-at-large David Pierce discuss the week in tech news with the reporters and editors covering the biggest stories. On today’s
Your PS5 might already have VRR, no new update required
The PlayStation 5’s Variable Refresh Rate (VRR) feature is already live. If your TV supports the feature, VRR dynamically adjusts the refresh rate to match a game’s frame rate, which can make it feel smoother to play. Sony announced Monday that the PS5’s Variable Refresh Rate (VRR) feature would begin rolling out this week, and it’s already begun to show up for some people (via HDTVTest on YouTube). If your TV supports the feature, VRR can dynamically adjust
Apple’s MagSafe Battery Pack can charge iPhones faster with a new firmware update
The Apple MagSafe Battery Pack has a software surprise — you’ll be able to wirelessly charge an iPhone at a faster 7.5 watts instead of the original 5 watts, once you apply firmware update 2.7. My favorite kind of software update is the kind that unlocks secret hardware features, and the Apple MagSafe Battery Pack is the latest surprise — you’ll be able to cordlessly charge an iPhone at a faster 7.5 watts instead of the original 5
More than half of WhatsApp’s Audience is using it every day, up from 39% a year ago
In 1Q22, 55 percent of WhatsApp’s MAUs were “power users” who engaged with the app every day, up 16 percentage points from the year-ago period. WhatsApp devotees are extremely active as new data reveals that 55 percent of WhatsApp’s monthly active users (MAUs) used the app every single day in Q1 2022, reports Sensor Tower. Also Read - Xiaomi Band 7 to launch alongside Redmi
Apple supplier BOE may lose millions of iPhone 14 OLED panel orders
BOE is yet to receive approval from Apple for the iPhone 14's displays, and it may actually lose the order of about 30 million OLED screens for the 2022 iPhones. Apple had inked a deal with Chinese display maker Beijing Oriental Electronics (BOE) for the screens of its iPhone 14 series. However, now a new report has claimed that the display maker is yet to receive approval from Apple for the