HMD Fusion Development Toolkit

HMD Global, which now stands for "Human Mobile Devices" and makes Nokia phones has released a Fusion Development Kit for developers and businesses at its MWC 2024 event

The toolkit contains design files and information on software integration.

“Anyone can now start scoping out exciting ideas for a phone and outfit combo that’s centered around their needs
“These could be as simple as a fashionable outfit, an outfit with an extended battery, a payment terminal, barcode scanners, or even portable, connected medical equipment, it really is a blank canvas for creativity,"

HMD will launch a new phone in Summer 2024, dubbed as 'HMD Fusion', it will offer hardware customization.

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Apple's Diverse Experiments with Dynamic Island
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With the iPhone 14 Pro models in 2022, Apple introduced the Dynamic Island, which in short is an expanded/ interactive and live notifications

However, Apple explored a variety of ideas for the iPhone's notch area over the years.

Before Dynamic Island, Apple explored a popover menu on the right side of the screen that would have provided users with quick access to the time, cellular signal & Wi-Fi strength, brightness, volume, and battery charge level.

Another idea that Apple considered was hiding the notch with an all-black status bar area at the top of the screen.

Apple later came up with the idea of the Dynamic Island, and it explored a variety of different designs for this, as pictured above.

Apple also considered showing volume and a full row of system shortcuts in the Dynamic Island, tested a never-used layout for ongoing phone calls, and more.

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✅️⁣Xiaomi HyperOS AI Tester Recruitment Started for Xiaomi 14 / Xiaomi 14 Ultra & Xiaomi Pad 6, Xiaomi Pad 6S Pro.

New AI features
- AI Portrait
- AI Painting
- AI Gallery Search
- AI Photo Expansion
- AI Photo Erase
- AI Avatars

Google’s latest Android Feature Drop for February 2024 is here, bringing you 9 new features to help you stay productive. These include:

1) You can now chat with Gemini right in the Google Messages app on Android! You can ask Gemini to do things like draft messages, come up with a joke, and more. This is available for beta users in English.

2) Android Auto can now use AI to summarize notifications. AI will also suggest relevant replies and actions, so you can just tap a button to send a message, share your ETA, or start a call. (This was announced at Galaxy Unpacked last month but should be rolling out now.)

3) Lookout’s Image Q&A feature is now rolling out globally in English! This feature left closed beta last September and was available in the US, UK, and Canada. Image Q&A uses AI to auto-generate denoscriptions of images.

4) Last October, Google launched Lens in Maps (formerly Search with Live View). This feature uses AI and augmented reality to help you find information about nearby stores. Now, this feature has been upgraded with screen reader support, so you can point your phone’s camera at your surroundings and have TalkBack read the place’s information out loud.

5) You can now add handwritten annotations to documents in Google Docs from your phone or tablet using your finger or stylus. You can choose from a selection of markup tools like different pen colors and highlighters.

6) Spotify Connect devices will finally appear in Android’s media output switcher! Google announced this way back at CES 2023, but it’s finally going to roll out starting this week.

7) The Fitbit app now pulls in your health and fitness data from other apps that support Android’s Health Connect platform. This means you can see your data from services like AllTrails, Oura Ring, and MyFitnessPal, all within the Fitbit app. In the “You” tab, you can see data from connected apps next to your Fitbit data. In the “Today” tab, you can see data like exercise, steps, calories burned, and more from Health Connect-compatible apps.

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8) Passes from Google Wallet can now appear on your Wear OS smartwatch. This means you can access boarding passes, gym memberships, loyalty cards, and more from your watch. You can choose which passes to hide or display. (This has already started rolling out over the past month, as I first reported, but should now be available more widely.)

9) Finally, Google Maps for Wear OS now supports public transit directions, meaning you can use your smartwatch to look up departure times for buses, trains, or ferries and then get compass-guided navigation directions to your destination. You can also mirror directions from your phone to your watch if you prefer looking things up on your phone.

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