WhatsApp gets new video playback controls

In November 2023, WhatsApp started testing the ability in the beta version of WhatsApp for Android for people to forward or rewind a video by double-tapping on the right or the left side of the display/video. While the feature still hasn’t made it to the stable version of WhatsApp for Android, it is here on […]

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New update to make AV1 video playback better on cheaper Galaxy phones

Lately, many video streaming services, including Netflix and YouTube, have started streaming videos in the AV1 codec on supported devices. That’s because this video codec requires less bandwidth than other video codecs, including h.264 and h.265, to offer the same video quality. However, many Android smartphones and tablets don’t have the hardware dedicated to decode […]

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