It’s the final Sunday of October, that means it’s time for us to recount our winners and losers from the previous week.
Qualcomm unveiled its newest flagship chipset this week, marking a shift in branding from final yr’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 to the Snapdragon 8 Elite. Insta360 launched its latest GoPro-rivalling motion digicam, the Ace Professional 2, as LG showcased its newest vary of AI washing machines.
Astell and Kern introduced its new SP3000M moveable participant, whereas Onyx up to date its small-screen e-reader line with the Boox Palma 2.
Trying ahead, we noticed our first glimpse of the OnePlus 13 in a leaked unboxing video, as Apple teased per week of Mac launches beginning on Monday.
Scroll right down to study who we named our winner and loser this week.
Winner: Google
Google is that this week’s winner as the corporate rolled out a significant UK-centric replace to its TV streaming units, together with Chromecast units and the brand new Google TV Streamer.
These units have historically given customers fast entry to well-liked streaming providers like Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Disney Plus from one handy place. Now, it appears the corporate is bringing broadcast networks into the fold with the addition of the Channels tab.
Threads consumer @bmox81 noticed the replace and shared a handful of images on his feed, stating that the Channels tab is on the market on each the Google TV Streamer and Chromecast with Google TV in his house.
Channels featured within the photographs embody BBC One, BBC Two, BBC Three, BBC 4, BBC Scotland, BBC Alba, ITV 1, ITV 2, ITV 3, ITV 4, ITVBe, STV, S4C, Quest and Actually.
The Channels tab will make it attainable for customers who haven’t linked their TVs to a digital aerial to entry terrestrial channels. After all, the principle benefit for Google is that customers received’t have any want to depart the Google TV interface.
Loser: Netflix
Our loser this week is Netflix as rumours started circulating that the corporate was shutting down its big-budget sport studio.
Based on a report by Sport File, the sport studio – referred to as ‘Blue’ – isn’t any extra.
Blue was fashioned in 2022 with Overwatch govt producer Chacko Sonny, God of Warfare artwork director Rafael Grassetti and Halo inventive lead Joseph Staten introduced on board. The latter described his new position on the time as “inventive director for a brand-new AAA multiplatform sport and authentic IP”.
The studio was slated to be Netflix’s foray into growing its personal high-end, AAA video games. Nonetheless, the studio appears to have collapsed earlier than Netflix might launch its first AAA title.
Whereas Netflix has but to formally announce that the corporate is shutting down, an organization rep did affirm to Sport File that Sonny, Grassetti and Staten have all left the studio, which definitely isn’t a optimistic signal given the stories.