Google Chrome’s Commander feature will surface common commands as you type

Google is experimenting with a new feature in Chrome that will make it easier to access browser features and settings with a few simple keystrokes. This new feature, called Commander, is currently available in Chrome Canary 91. Google describes it as a “text interface to common chromium functionality.”

The purpose of the Commander (via Techdows) is to let you quickly execute various browsing actions without having to remember or press awkward key combinations. It acts as a universal search bar for all browser shortcuts, menus, settings, and more. To access the Commander, you’ll need to enable its feature flag first. To do so, type chrome://flags/ in the address bar, and from there, search for Commander. Once you locate it, enable its flag and relaunch Chrome. Now, hold the Ctrl key and press the spacebar. A small pop-up search bar will open up at the top.

As soon as you start entering letters inside this box, a drop-down menu will surface a list of actions, commands, and settings relevant to your letter. For example, if I type “g,” I get suggestions for opening New Google Meet, New Google Form, New Google Sheet, Show Settings, and so on. Similarly, if I enter “o,” I get “Open bookmark,” Open recently closed tab, Open the file, Zoom out, etc. Clicking on one of these suggestions will execute the given activity or task.

The Commander search bar hovers over at the top and can be summoned from any screen. If you’re not well-versed with various esoteric browser shortcut keys and combinations, Commander can definitely make your browsing life a lot easier.

Chrome Commander is very similar in concept to Chrome Action, which allows users to perform common actions such as clearing browsing data, opening incognito mode, translating a page, and more right from the address bar.

The Commander is available in Chrome Canary 92 for Windows, Linux, and Mac.

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Realme ups its game with a 108MP camera and other improvements on the Realme 8 series

Realme today hosted a Camera Innovation Event to showcase all the new hardware and software innovations that will make an appearance on the upcoming Realme 8 series. To kick things off, the company first announced that the upcoming Realme 8 Pro will pack a 108MP primary camera with 3x in-sensor zoom capabilities and a new clarity enhancement algorithm. It then showcased a couple of new software features, including a Starry Mode with time-lapse video, tilt-shift photography, and more, that will debut with the upcoming devices. Here’s everything you need to know about the new camera features:

108MP primary camera on the Realme 8 Pro

The upcoming Realme 8 Pro will feature Samsung’s ISOCELL HM2 low-profile sensor that was announced in September last year. The sensor is 15 percent smaller than its 0.8μm-based predecessors and reduces the camera module’s height by 10 percent. Along with that, the sensor offers nine-pixel binning technology, ISOCELL Plus, Smart ISO, and 3x lossless zoom.

Realme has rebranded the sensor’s lossless zoom capabilities as “in-sensor zoom” and has added a new clarity enhancement algorithm to the mix to deliver high clarity images that can match or even exceed the performance offered by a 3x optical telephoto camera in terms of sharpness.

Starry Mode with time-lapse video

The upcoming Realme 8 series will also be the first to offer a new Starry Mode that will let users capture starry time-lapse videos. The company explained that the new mode uses an exclusive time-lapse video algorithm based on starry photos to deliver impressive time-lapse videos. The mode takes just 480 seconds to shoot up to 30 photos of the night sky to generate a 1-second time-lapse video.

Tilt-shift photography

Realme will also introduce a new software-enabled tilt-shift photography mode with the Realme 8 series. This mode will use Realme’s new tilt-shift photography algorithm to capture tilt-shift photos. On top of that, the Realme 8 Pro will also be capable of capturing tilt-shift time-lapse videos.

The tilt-shift photography mode will give users a bunch of customization options to help them configure the shape, angle, position, and size of the bokeh effect. It will also include an option to change the transition effect between the part of the image that’s in focus and the part that’s not.

New Portrait filters

The Realme 8 series will also come with a couple of new Portrait filters to help users capture impressive portrait shots. These include Neon Portrait, Dynamic Bokeh Portrait, and AI Color Portrait. Here are a couple of images showcasing the kind of portrait photos you can capture with these new modes:

Along with the aforementioned features, Realme also announced that going forward its number series will focus on bringing new camera innovations to the market. In an interaction with Realme regarding these new features, we also learned that the tilt-shift feature wouldn’t be limited to the primary camera on the Realme 8 series. The company also revealed that users will be able to zoom in/zoom out while recording tilt-shift videos and even apply filters to the videos.

When we asked why Realme chose to go with Samsung’s 108MP ISOCELL HM2 sensor instead of the 50MP GN1 sensor if they wanted to provide better low light capabilities, the company revealed that the demand from users for the 108MP sensor was higher. Hence, it chose to go with the higher megapixel count and fine-tuned the low light features accordingly.

We also asked if the company had plans to continue using the same 108MP sensor on upcoming devices and fine-tune its performance as it did with the 64MP sensor last year. Company representatives confirmed that Realme will launch more devices with the 108MP ISOCELL HM2 sensor or better this year and introduce software optimizations along the way to improve its performance even further.

What’s your take on Realme’s decision to focus on bringing camera innovations with its number series? Do you think the upcoming Realme 8 series will be able to compete with the Redmi Note 10 lineup based on its camera chops alone? Share your thoughts in the comments section below.

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Latest OxygenOS Open Beta brings Always-On Display feature to OnePlus 7 and OnePlus 7T, but you should avoid it

OnePlus users have long lobbied for the Always-On Display feature to be included in OxygenOS. The company finally budged and promised to bring the feature to OnePlus phones with the OxygenOS 11 update. Making good on its promise, the company brought the Always-On ambient display functionality on the OnePlus 7 Pro and the OnePlus 7T Pro in OxygenOS 11 Open Beta 2 last month. To the surprise of many OnePlus 7 and OnePlus 7T users, however, the feature wasn’t made available for their device — however, it was still possible to enable it.  But that changes now as OnePlus is preparing to bring the AOD mode for both phones.

The changelog for the latest OxygenOS 11 Open Beta 3 for the OnePlus 7T mentions that Always-On Display will be made available for the OnePlus 7 and 7T in a future update. As spotted by PiunikaWeb, however, the feature is actually included in the Open Beta 3 update for the OnePlus 7 and 7T — it’s just that the official changelog on the OnePlus’ website fails to reflect this.

If you own either a OnePlus 7 or OnePlus 7T running OxygenOS 11 Open Beta 3, you can access the Always-On Display under Settings > Utilities > OnePlus Laboratory > Always-On ambient display. As reported by many users, however, it’s quite buggy at the moment. For some, it straight up doesn’t work at all. OnePlus warns that enabling AOD will lead to increased power draw in its current implementation but says it would work on optimizing the feature in the upcoming updates.

OnePlus 7 XDA Forums || OnePlus 7T XDA Forums

As already mentioned, Always-On Display is currently only available to OnePlus 7 and OnePlus 7T running the latest Open Beta release. If you don’t want to go through the hassle of wiping data and joining the Open Beta program, it’s best to wait for the stable update as it will most probably be included in the final release of OxygenOS 11 based on Android 11.

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Download: Xiaomi Mi 10T Lite and Redmi K20 get their first Android 11-based MIUI 12 builds

After rolling out Android 11-based MIUI 12 updates to a slew of Mi and Redmi phones last month, Xiaomi is back again with fresh MIUI 12 builds for the Redmi K20 / Mi 9T (davinci) and Mi 10T Lite / Redmi Note 9 Pro 5G [China] / Mi 10i [India] (gauguin).

The Redmi K20 / Mi 9T is receiving the MIUI 12 update with a build number V12.1.1.0RFJCNXM. This is a stable beta build. If no serious bugs are found, the same build will be rolled out as the final stable release. Those with an authorized Mi Account will be able to sideload the new update on their device. If you’re part of the beta testing group, you should receive this update via OTA soon.

The Redmi K20 / Mi 9T was launched with Android 9.0 Pie out of the box with MIUI 11 on top. It was eventually updated to Android 10 and received a stable MIUI 12 update in June last year.

Meanwhile, the Mi 10T Lite / Mi 10i / Redmi Note 9 Pro 5G (China) has also received a new build of the Android 11-based MIUI 12. The update carries build version V12.0.1.0.RJSEUXM and is a beta build (and not stable-beta — yes, we know this is confusing). This is the second beta build for the Mi 10T / Mi 10i, with the first being the V12.0.2.0.RJSMIXM that rolled out last month for the Global region.

If you’re interested in trying out Android 11 on your Redmi K20 or Mi 10T / Mi 10i device, you can download and sideload the update manually from the links given below. Keep in mind that you must have a custom recovery like TWRP installed on your phone in order to flash this update.

Device / XDA Forum link	Build number	Recovery ROM
Redmi K20 / Mi 9T	V12.1.1.0RFJCNXM	Download Link
Mi 10T Lite / Mi 10i	V12.0.2.0.RJSMIXM	Download Link

If you’re feeling even more adventurous, you can also try out the bleeding edge MIUI 12.5 closed beta — which is available for both phones.

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Thanks to XDA Recognized Developer yshalsager for providing the download links!

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Windows 10 bug can corrupt drives with a single command, patched on latest Insider build

Windows 10 is currently facing yet another bug that can potentially corrupt an NTFS formatted drive. The bug can be triggered by simply accessing a particular path or opening a specially made file. Reports suggest that Microsoft was supposed to roll out a fix last month. However, it has only managed to release the same for users on the Windows 10 Insider Build.

The bug was spotted by BleepingComputer last month. It was reported that it allowed almost any user, including low privilege users, to corrupt an NTFS-formatted hard drive with just a single-line command. Once executed, Windows tries to access the path only to end up with an error saying that “The file or directory is corrupted and unreadable”, eventually marking the drive as corrupt and requiring repair. As per the testing done by BleepingComputer, the one-liner code can be delivered hidden inside a Windows shortcut file, a ZIP archive, batch files, or various other vectors to trigger hard drive errors that corrupt the filesystem index.

Image credits: BleepingComputer

Windows would then ask the user to reboot the computer and run chkdsk to fix the corrupt hard disk. According to Microsoft, the drive has not actually gone bad, and Windows chkdsk should fix the problem. However, tests suggest that chkdsk does not fix the issue; therefore, Windows does not boot.

Microsoft was expected to fix the issue via the February Patch. While that did not happen, reports now suggest that the new Windows 10 Insider build 21322 does include an undocumented fix for the issue. Windows 10 now reports “The directory name is invalid” and no longer marks the NTFS volume as corrupted. It is expected that Microsoft should release a similar fix for all Windows 10 users eventually.

Last month Microsoft rolled out a new emergency update for Windows 10 to patch a bug causing BSOD (blue screen of death) while connecting to Wi-Fi networks. The issue only specifically targeted the newer WPA3 security, essentially only a small number of users were affected.

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Xiaomi finally makes the jump to AMOLED on the Redmi Note series

Xiaomi will launch the much-awaited Redmi Note 10 series in India later this week. Much like the Redmi Note 9 series, the new lineup will include a host of devices, starting from the vanilla Redmi Note 10 and going all the way up to the Redmi Note 10 Pro Max. Over the last few months, we’ve seen several leaks about the upcoming devices, which have given us a good look at their design and specifications. However, Xiaomi hadn’t shared any official information about the devices until today.

Xiaomi India’s Managing Director, Manu Kumar Jain, recently took to Twitter to announce that the Redmi Note series is finally making the jump to AMOLED panels with the upcoming Redmi Note 10 lineup. The tweet states: “Excited to share that #RedmiNote10 series will feature #SuperAMOLED display — 1st TIME EVER ON a #RedmiNote!”

BOOOOM!

Excited to share that #RedmiNote10 series will feature #SuperAMOLED display – 1st TIME EVER ON a #RedmiNote!

Undoubtedly the single-most #10on10 anticipated reveal of all-time!

RT and share this epic news!

I #Redmi #AMOLED pic.twitter.com/NSlgPAQqSJ

— Manu Kumar Jain (@manukumarjain) March 2, 2021

The tweet also includes a short clip that displays results from a Twitter poll that Xiaomi conducted earlier this year. The poll, which has since been pulled, asked users to choose between a 120Hz LCD panel and a standard AMOLED panel. As you’d expect, an overwhelming majority of users picked AMOLED over the high refresh rate LCD panel. Although Xiaomi deleted the poll, it seems like the company has decided to go with popular demand. In the video, the company clarifies that the Redmi Note 10 lineup will feature not just any OLED panel, but a Super AMOLED panel.

As of now, it isn’t clear if any of the devices in the lineup will receive a high refresh rate panel. However, based on previous leaks, we suspect that the top-of-the-line Redmi Note 10 Pro Max may include a 120Hz Super AMOLED panel. If that’s the case, the Redmi Note 10 Pro Max will definitely reign supreme in the budget smartphone space in 2021, at least on the display front.

In case you missed our previous coverage of the Redmi Note 10 lineup, leaks suggest that the Redmi Note 10 Pro will be a 4G device, which will run MIUI 12 out of the box. It will feature a 120Hz panel with MEMC tech and a quad-camera setup on the back with a 64MP primary camera, a wide-angle camera, a macro camera, and a depth sensor. It will pack a large 5,050mAh battery and it will be based on Qualcomm’s SM7150 platform (Snapdragon 732G).

Leaks about the vanilla Redmi Note 10, on the other hand, suggest that it will feature a 6.53-inch FHD+ display, a massive 5,900mAh battery, an unspecified octa-core processor clocked at 2GHz, up to 8GB of RAM, and up to 256GB of storage. It will also include a side-mounted fingerprint scanner, a triple camera setup on the back, a single selfie shooter housed within a waterdrop-style notch, and a 3.5mm headphone jack.

As of now, we have no further information about the other devices in the Redmi Note 10 lineup. But we expect to learn more in just a few days when Xiaomi officially lifts the covers off the lineup.

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YouTube Music starts testing new Library Tracks playlist

After rolling out a PWA for Chromebooks earlier this month, Google is now testing a new Library Tracks playlist in YouTube Music. The new playlist has started rolling out to a few users, and it gives them easy access to all the songs in their library.

Reddit user u/Iordbrack recently spotted the new Library Tracks playlist in the YouTube Music app on Android. In a post on the matter, they explain that the playlist shows up in the playback history within the app settings after playing any song from the library. As its name suggests, the automatically generated playlist only includes tracks from your library.

Credits: u/Iordbrack

As you can see in the attached screenshot, the Library Tracks playlist looks like every other playlist in YouTube Music. It shows cover art at the top, right next to the playlist name and the total number of tracks. It includes a download button to help users download all the tracks for offline playback, a shuffle button, and a play button. Beneath the buttons, you can see a download progress bar, followed by a list of all the songs in the playlist.

The post further reveals that although the playlist cannot be viewed directly as it brings up a 404 error, users can download it and view it offline. Unfortunately, the playlist doesn’t seem to include uploaded music from your library, so it may not be a great solution for users who want access to their complete music library in one place. We sincerely hope Google adds uploaded music to the mix by the time the playlist rolls out to more users.

We currently have no further information about the new Library Tracks playlist or when it will roll out to more users. We’ll update this post as soon as we learn more.

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