It has now become a standard in the mobile industry that most mid-range and high-end smartphones have a t90Hz or 120Hz refresh rate on their screens, and even more, with the exception of some that strangely lag behind at 60 Hz. But sometimes, some applications do not exceed 60 Hz in their refresh rate, something that can be frustrating if your mobile has a screen more fluid.
Xiaomi will have a solution for this problem. In the most recent version of MIUI 14, the company’s custom layer based on Android, the system includes a new function that allows force the refresh rate to 120 Hz in any application, in order to guarantee the greatest fluidity and the best user experience.
120 Hz on the screen, even by force
Many Xiaomi phones allow you to select the refresh rate of their screens in the device configuration menu, being able to choose between 60 Hz, 90 Hz and 120 Hz on smartphones that have this feature in their technical sheet. But still, sometimes, some applications run at a maximum of 60 Hz, even when the smartphone screen has a faster refresh rate. This translates into less fluidity in the imageand in image flickers when there is a variation in the refresh rate between applications.
It is this problem that attacks the recent MIUI 14 update that is becoming available, first in China. The MIUI version in question is the V14.0.10.0.TLECNXM, as reported in GizmoChina. For now, the brand has only released it for the Xiaomi 12S Pro, and mentions the following in the changelog included in the version, as revealed by IT Home:
Update with Google security patches from August 2023, improves system security.
The mobile adds the function of customizing the screen refresh rate in specific applications.
According to images published by IT Home of the changes in the system, the mobile now allows you to select between a “standard” and a “high” refresh rate for force greater fluidity in own or third-party applications. In other words, if the Xiaomi mobile has a 120Hz screen, you can force those 120Hz in any application that, for some reason, does not exceed 60Hz. This can be configured from the MIUI settings menu.
This update still does not have a release date for the rest of the territories, but we hope to see it soon on all compatible Xiaomi, POCO or Redmi devices, while Xiaomi is working on what will be the launch of its next major operating system update, MIUI 15 .
iOS 17.4 introduced a feature for downloading applications not from the App Store for EU countries. But how do you know if you can use it?
Apple only allows apps to be installed from approved stores. The company calls them App Marketplaces.
The operating system itself will determine whether you can download applications from other stores, bypassing the App Store. There are several factors for this:
• Apple ID billing address
• User’s current location (Apple only checks the country, not the exact location for privacy reasons)
• Current region set in iOS settings
• Device class (iPhone, iPad, etc.)
The system also additionally checks whether the device comes from China. Why this is so is unknown.
In the Settings -> General -> About this device menu, there is now also a line that will show the country of origin of your iPhone or iPad.
The list of countries where the ability to download apps from other stores is enabled comes from Apple’s server, which means the company can update it at any time. Currently it includes: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal , Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden.
If more countries end up adopting antitrust laws similar to the DMA, Apple could implement the same changes in those regions without having to release another iOS update.
Finally, the MDM API has arrived. It has basic controls for downloading, installing and even updating applications from external sources. It can also check whether an app is compatible with a specific device or version of iOS, something the App Store already does.
The iOS 17.4 beta adds a “MarketplaceKitBridge” component to this API so that both APIs can share what is needed to download apps outside of the App Store. (9to5)
Google Play has millions of apps, although not all of them appear on your list. Developers can choose to have apps only appear for certain available or in certain regions. If you are elsewhere it does not appear in the search and if you enter from the direct link it tells you that this item is not available in your country.
If you try to download an app or game from Google Play and this message appears, you can do several things: download and install the APK, change accounts (if you are temporarily in that country), or use the Aurora Store to get the best of both worlds: Download apps from Google Play without geographic restrictions.
1. Install Aurora Store
For our example, we’ll try to download Google Fi, the official Google app for your data plans and calls in the US. Google only offers these services in the United States. the app does not appear in Google Play accounts other countries. If you enter from its link, it will tell you the error « This app is not compatible with any of your devices » on the Google Play website and « This item is not available in your country » in the Google Play application.
To overcome this obstacle you will need installer Aurora Store, an alternative to Google Play that serves as an unofficial client. In other words, what you download from the Aurora Store comes from Google Play. You can download Aurora Store from its official website. Just make sure you download Aurora Store and not Aurora-Droid, which instead of using Google Play does it from F-Droid.
The configuration you will need to perform is minimal. Aurora Store allows you log in anonymously, without using a Google account. After granting the necessary permissions, you can start downloading apps, although apps that are not available in your region will continue to appear in the search engine, as you can see in the screenshot above. .
2. Prepare the Google Play links
Now comes the trick part: even if it doesn’t show up in the search engine, Aurora Store can download the app as long as you enter through the link of the same. The problem is, the most normal thing is that you have configured the Google Play app so that automatically open google play links.
You can change this in the section Information about the Google Play app. Tap Open by default and tap Clear default values or, if you prefer, press Open links supported in this app and it turns into Always ask.
Once done, when you click on a link to a Google Play app, the window will appear so that choose which application you want to open it with. The trick is to choose Aurora Store and not Google Play.
3. Download and install
You just need to send yourself a direct link for the app on Google Play to any app that you can click on. Choose to open it with Aurora Store and now you can press the Install button to download and install it on your mobile, wherever you are.
The application will be downloaded and you can then start your installation. Keep in mind that even if an app is installed, it shouldn’t work properly as it might contain additional checks in the app or prevent you from creating an account and signing up in other regions, like Zao.
TikTok is the fashionable social network, and as is often the case with most social networks, it is not easy to enjoy it on the Apple Watch. However, there are ways to view TikTok on an Apple Watch and today we are going to tell you how to get it.
For some reason, these apps have decided not have a version for Apple Watch, but as with Instagram or WhatsApp on the Apple watch, we can have TikTok on our Apple Watch. We just have to go to apps from other developers.
For have TikTok on your Apple Watch, all you have to do is download some of the apps that we leave you down here. You can enjoy all the viral videos of the moment directly on your wrist.
You can have TikTok on your Apple Watch with these apps
At the moment the official TikTok application is not available for the Apple Watch, but we have external clients who will help us this time. In this case, there are two apps that you can download on your Apple Watch to have TikTok.
The first one is called DouWatch and it is available in the App Store at a price of 2.29 euros. The app allows us to see TikTok videos of current trends on the Apple Watch. Press the “star” button to save them and they will appear in the “Favorites” tab of the iPhone application so you can return to them later.
The second app is called TikWatch and it is a little more expensive, 3.49 euros, although it seems more complete. According to its official description, you can watch videos of current trends, discover videos on Explore, search for videos by hashtags and search for profiles.
Although the ideal is that the official applications offered versions for the Apple Watch, in many cases it is not like that, so you have to use third-party apps.
If you want to have TikTok on your Apple Watch and watch your favorite videos, these are the only two apps on the App Store that promise to do so. At the moment they are the only option.
Know more: Apple already has an official account on TikTok
You must bear in mind that the ratings are not very positive and it seems that the apps have some errors, but they may be updated to fix them. In case they don’t work properly, remember Apple can refund your money.
The latest version of Android 11 debuts a way to improve the battery in the background: now you can cancel the execution of cached applications. In this way the useful life is extended after a charge, although with a drawback: use of multitasking worsens.
Android always had the sambenito of high power consumption, not in vain it had to run applications in a virtual machine. Over the years Google significantly improved the runtime environmentIt also included improvements for background use and even an intelligent energy saving system (Adaptive Battery). Despite the satisfactory evolution, there is always room to further reduce consumption, a point on which the latest Android 11 novelty affects.
Battery improvement, somewhat slower multitasking
Activation of the suspension system of cached applications. Images by Mishaal Rahman
Android’s application execution system caches unused applications so that user can switch to them quickly in case you are using multitasking. These cached apps continue to access the processor cycles and also the other components, such as modems, to use the communication data. This implies an additional energy expenditure since, in theory, the user does not need that application that is kept in cache.
Google began testing a system of ‘freezing’ cached applications with the beta 2 of Android 11, a system that is starting to go live in tests for some users of the stable version. This is confirmed by XDA Developers (via @MishaalRahman), we have not yet appeared on the Google Pixel.
As detailed by XDA Developers, the new system freezes the applications that are in the device’s cache to prevent them from working while not in use. This saves battery, you can also help keep mobile data consumption at bay. All with a trade-off: since the cached apps are frozen, in the event that the user wants to return to them, Android 11 will have to put them back into operation, an action that involves a some delay in reactivating the app. Of course, it will always be less than loading the application from scratch since, likewise, it is kept in cache no matter how long it is suspended.
This new suspension system for cached apps slows down the switching between apps, with the consequent effect on multitasking
The new feature of Android 11, named as’Suspend the execution of cached applications‘, has appeared in tests within the developer options of some users. By default it is adjusted according to the device: in this way it is the system that is in charge of canceling the execution. We will see if it really manages to scratch a few mAh to energy consumption.
Today we bring you a small compilation with the best applications for your LG Smart TV with WebOS operating system , so that you can install the ones you want to improve their functionalities. Unfortunately, the WebOS catalog is quite scarce in terms of applications, but we have managed to, as we did with Tizen televisions, bring you our list.
The idea is to offer you the most essential applications. Most of them are sure that you already know them well, although you will like to know that they are native to WebOS so that you do not have to connect any external devices or dongles to the TV to use them. But in addition to the famous ones, we have also included some lesser known ones that we have tried and it seemed to us that they deserve to be in the twenty that we include in the list.
We have tried that if you buy a WebOS TV, with this list you cover the most essential functions and the best ways to obtain all kinds of content. But as we always say in SamaGame Basics, if you consider that we have left out any other that you know and is recommended, do not hesitate to propose it in the comments section . Thus, all our readers will benefit from the knowledge of our Xatakers.
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AccuWeather
And we start with what is one of the most popular weather applications in the field of smartphones, which also has its own application for televisions. With it you will be able to obtain weather information for any town in the world , perfect both to know if it rains tomorrow in your city and if you will be able to have a sunny weekend on the getaway you are planning.
The application will allow you to store your most visited locations to obtain detailed weather information, with radar or satellite, as well as the forecast for the next few days. There is little more to say, if you are one of those who wants to watch these things on TV, it is the best alternative.
Amazon Alexa
An application created by Amazon to turn your TV into a smart screen with Alexa. Using voice commands, you can make the same interactions that you do with Alexa on other devices, and even control other devices or your smart home from the TV. It also serves to put music or other content without having to search for anything, Alexa does it for you.
Amazon Prime Video
If you have Amazon Prime, you also have Prime Video, and with this platform access to hundreds of series and movies of all kinds. You also have your own productions, which without being as large as Netflix or having that halo of HBO quality, they try to find a balance between both concepts.
Another advantage of this service is that the remote controls of many high-end LG televisions have a dedicated button for it, which makes it extremely easy to access your catalog immediately.
Apple TV
Apple may have been one of the last to get to this of content streaming, but it is making a lot of effort and spending a lot of money on proper names to try to gain a foothold in the sector. Even so, it is an application a bit Frankenstein and confusing, since it really is like two services in one , something that if you are not used to it can confuse you.
On the one hand, there is Apple TV, the service that offers you a wide catalog of films and productions that you can buy or rent. And then you have Apple TV +, the streaming service created by Apple itself and with its own content. At the moment it does not have much, but it has great names in film and television.
BlackDove
One of the tricks of WebOS is its function of turning your TV into a digital frame on which relaxing pictures are projected. Well, with the application of the BlackDove platform, you will be able to take this concept to a new level. Your TV will have amazing artistic screensavers perfect to leave in the background while you’re together.
The application has a series of free backgrounds that will already serve to give a touch of color and distinction to the room. And in exchange for some micropayments, you will also be able to buy some more. But again, if you like the feature but don’t use it too much, the free model should suffice.
DAZN
DAZN is a streaming service dedicated entirely to sports broadcasts , such as the Premier League, Moto GP, the Copa del Rey soccer, UFC, boxing and more. Therefore, if you are a sports lover and you are subscribed to this service, its application for Smart TV will facilitate its viewing without having to resort to third-party devices.
Device Information
It is an application with which you can view a file with all the data of your television , from its measurements and resolution to the firmware version, through the network to which it is connected or the name of the specific model or even if it is connected to the Internet or your IP address.
Here I do not want to deceive you. The interface of the application is very ugly and takes very little use of the space you have on the screen. However, if you always want to have your most essential information at hand without having to resort to the classic of looking for the model on Amazon to get your file, it can be useful.
Earth Online
If you are fascinated by outer space, this is a great little application that you cannot miss. With it, you will connect directly to the live streams of the International Space Station without having to look for the specific applications where they are broadcast and the channel on which they are broadcast. It is to open the app and start to see the planet earth from space.
HBO
HBO is another of the largest streaming platforms in the world, and it is especially popular thanks to the high quality of almost all of its own productions . Against it, it can be said that the Smart TV application is not as polished as that of other competitors, and that it does not have a dedicated button like Netflix or Prime Video, but in its favor you have the undeniable reality that in its catalog there are absolutely essential series.
Internet Speed 2
An application as simple as it is effective. As its name indicates, it knows how to do a connection speed analysis of your TV. You will be able to know the PING, the download speed and the upload speed that are reaching the device.
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MyTuner
Ok, yes, your smart TV is already capable of capturing radio stations through the antenna, but you may not capture all of them or you prefer to have an interface that unifies them better. If so, MyTuner is an Internet radio application with which you will be able to capture the most important stations in your country in a very similar way to their official website.
And there is more, because MyTuner also allows you to choose podcasts in your country, and if you are not satisfied, you can change the country to search for the main stations and podcasts of any country in the world that you select from your list.
Netflix
Netflix does not need an introduction either, as it is one of the best streaming services you can find. It is famous thanks to a good collection of world-class productions and international fame, and especially for the large amount of its own content it generates so that you always have something to see and that is not available on other platforms.
Its application for WebOS is practically the same as what you can find in other devices oriented to the television, and it does not lack functions. What’s more, Netflix has the honor of being one of the two services that has its own button on the control of many LG TV models of higher ranges.
Plex
Plex is one of the most loved services by all those who want to set up their own Netflix or their own Spotify. You just have to install its server application on the device that is always connected and with the content you want to see, and then you can see that content on any other device .
And of course, the native application for WebOS means that you will not need to connect external devices to the television to be able to receive all the content you have in Plex on it. A good solution for seriéfiles and music lovers, which improves with advantages such as the free movies offered by the service or its Plex Pass paid subscription to obtain even more benefits.
Rtve.es a la carte
Radio Televisión Española is not only a public entity, but the first television channel that began broadcasting throughout Spain. That makes this app interesting not only to watch contemporary programming with your favorite shows whenever you want , but you can also browse the vast amount of older content it offers.
Spotify
The quintessential music streaming service also has its place in the application catalog of your Smart TV with WebOS, which will allow you to listen to your favorite music on the TV. This can be quite practical especially if you have a good sound system connected to the TV, since you can get the most out of it.
Best of all, Spotify allows you to manually decide on which connected device you want to listen to the playback in its mobile application, which means that you can choose to play it on the TV and use the mobile app as a remote control . And it is not that the interface of the TV app is bad, but surely you control it better with your mobile.
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SS IPTV
This is a great little update if you’re a fan of being able to watch IPTV channels. I have to say that I have been testing several apps to take advantage of this technology in WebOS, and this has been the easiest to use. You don’t have to register or do anything from your PC, all you have to do is write the URL of the PlayList with the channels you want to watch online and that’s it.
The application is of Russian origin, and when you install it you have a handful of channels from that country and access to all the national channels that reach you by antenna. However, you can create playlists in which you write down the URL from which you want to download them by hand. By the way, here is an open project with channels that you can add.
Twitch
Twitch has become a heavyweight in the world of video content platforms in its own right, specializing in live broadcasts and pampering creators, so many YouTubers have a Twitch channel. It is owned by Amazon, who has the benefits of Prime Gaming, formerly called Twitch Prime, available to its users.
Twitch will allow you to follow the channels of your favorite broadcasters so you don’t miss their streams, and if you want to support one of them, you can also buy a paid subscription from them to help them monetize. In any case, it is a perfect site for streaming video games or creators talking about their things.
YouTube
Although other platforms are winning battles such as broadcasting, YouTube is still the one where everyone has to be. This makes it essential when it comes to finding all kinds of free content, from our review videos to all kinds of music, outreach or entertainment videos.
Its version for Smart TV is quite acceptable, with an interface adapted to be easy to use with the remote control , option for subtitles and to navigate through all the channels that you have followed with your user account. All this with its free mode with ads or a paid version without them.
YouTube Kids
And we are going to finish with YouTube Kids, the version of YouTube designed so that the little ones in the house have a safe application to watch their favorite content. There are always creators who manage to bypass their algorithm, but generally, you will always find children’s content here. All this in a colorful and easy to navigate environment.
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Bonus: The rest of streaming services
And to finish, although I think we have covered the quota of streaming services quite well, you should know that ** webOS has apps for many other services available in Spain. For example, you have the Atresplayer, MiTele, Filmin and FlixOlé applications, there is also Google Play Video, Rakuten, and even LaLiga Sports TV for sports lovers.
Although the king of digital reading is the e-Reader or electronic book starting with the Amazon Kindle, tablets are tooa good choice for reading e-Book. And also for comics and manga definitely. You just have to install the appropriate application.
An e-book reader is usually the most appropriate, because digital ink technology is the closest thing in terms of paper to a real book. But today’s tablets like the Xiaomi Pad 5 come with special reading functions to dim the brightness on the screen, and the quality of their screens make reading a comic or manga on them a pleasure. so here you go several apps so that your Xiaomi Pad is the most complete digital reader.
Google Play Books
Application that gives you access to millions of works, Google Play Books is the official reading app of the giant Google and allows you to not only read books, but also comics, graphic novels, and listen to audiobooks If you prefer. Like Amazon, you can modify the size of the text, the type of font, the margins, the alignment of the text, the brightness and the background colors to your liking.
It also allows you save books to sd card If you don’t want to fill up the internal memory of your Xiaomi, continue reading a book or comic from the point where you left off and organize your bookstore by virtual shelves. In addition to the grateful night light function to automatically adjust the background color and brightness using the brightness you have set in the MIUI system.
The best thing is that this application is also prepared to read comics and manga, with functions such as Bubble Zoom, which when used makes each bubble stand out in the bullets when tapping on a page of the comics that you already have stored on the tablet.
Download | Google Play Books
Challenger Comics Viewer
Simple, effective and free. These are the three pillars on which Challenger Comics Viewer is based, an ad-free application in which you can read comics, manga and books of all kinds, whether conventional, art books, etc Just look for the directory where you have the comics / manga downloaded and the app will list them for you. You choose the one you want and Comics Viewer will load all the pages. And to automatically scroll through them, just tap each page number below to make the viewer jump to the next.
Challenger Comics Viewer has various scale filters, display modes and you can activate reading from right to left for the manga. The supported image file formats are JPG, PNG, GIF, WebP, and BMP. Supported file formats are book PDF, CBZ/ZIP, CBR/RAR, TCC/TAR, CB7/7Z, DjVu and EPUB.
Download | Challenger Comics Viewer app
ReadEra
that the app ReadEra is the first to appear in the results Searching for ‘book reader’ in the Google Play Store already gives an idea of its popularity, success and efficiency. The best rated on Android, ReadEra turns your Xiaomi into an electronic book with access to free books in formats such as PDF, EPUB, Microsoft Word (DOC, DOCX, RTF), Kindle (MOBI, AZW3), DJVU, FB2, TXT, ODT, and CHM. ReadEra book reader is capable of reading all popular formats of books, journals, articles and other documents.
With a clean and simple interface, ReadEra is free with no ads or in-app purchases, and it brings features like reading multiple documents at once and can detect duplicate files. Even if you delete a book and download it again, you can continue reading on the last page you left.
Download | ReadEra
eBoox
LThe second most downloaded e-book reading app on Android. eBoox, like ReadEra, is an easy-to-use e-Book reader, with a very nice visual interface, automated reading settings to start using it right away, and even night mode.
Supported formats include fb2, epub, doc, docx, mobi, prc, txt, rtf, odt, html, and zip files. And it won’t give you trouble opening large ePubs like more than 100MB.
Download | eBoox
Astonishing Comic Reader
Another highly recommended reader is Astonishing Comic Reader, equipped with an elegant and simple interface that works very well, a zoom function and a virtual library to have your comics organized. able to read in CBR and CBZ formats plus support for Chromecast, The best thing about this app is that it is capable of generating awesome wallpapers if you are using the Muzei app of live wallpapers about famous works of art.
Download | Astonishing Comic Reader app
wattpad
If you don’t consider yourself very computer savvy and you’re looking for a simple and direct app, Wattpad is one of the best choices, because Its use is very simple and everything in this app, from the interface to the design, is designed to facilitate the task search and personalization.
But we are not just talking about an application to manage e-Books, but the main grace of Wattpad is that it is a huge social network in which its users post their own stories, from crazy ‘fanpics’ to novels written by crowdfunding or already published. If you are looking to discover new reading, Wattpad is one of the best places to start.
Download | wattpad
Moon+ Reader
Backed by its 10 million downloads and its score, Moon+ Reader is one of those apps that many of us have installed on our mobile phones for years. It’s free, it’s always updated and has support for many format extensions such as EPUB, PDF, DJVU, AZW3, MOBI, FB2, PRC, CHM, CBZ, CBR, UMD, DOCX, ODT, RTF, TXT, HTML, MHT/MHTML, MD(MarkDown), WEBP, RAR, ZIP or OPD, so it allows you to read books, comics, manga, magazines, magazines, etc.
With thousands of free books The application also has a very complete range of options, both visual (change the spacing, scaling and font type, app theme, transitions) and reading (search, bookmarks, themes, navigation, auto-scroll). All this for free, and if you decide on the paid version, you have to add curiosities like shaking the mobile in your hand to activate a voice that turns the text of the book or comic into a narrated speech.
Download | Moon+ Reader
Amazon Kindle App
An essential in this type of listings, Amazon is the pioneer in the world of digital reading (in fact, that was how it started in 1993, far removed from the e-Commerce giant it is today), and its Kindle was the first electronic book that shook the world of reading. Aware of this, Amazon transferred the virtues of its Kindle to the application Amazon Kindle Appwhich turns your Xiaomi tablet into an electronic book.
The app, with more than a million and a half books to download between paid and free, allows you to customize your reading by adjusting the text size, background color, screen brightness, and choosing between landscape (horizontal) or portrait (vertical) formats. In addition to consulting words in its integrated dictionary or using the links to Google or Wikipedia.
