Snap may launch a gaming platform to let you play games in Snapchat LG X2...

Snap may launch a gaming platform to let you play games in Snapchat LG X2... xda-developers Jun 28, 2018 10:55 AM • by Adam Conway Snap may launch a gaming platform to let you play games in Snapchat Everybody knows Snapchat even if they don't use it. The social media giant is built upon one simple premise – disappearing photographs and messages. You send a photo and it's gone 10 seconds later. Simple, right? Well on Android, Snapchat has a long, much-disliked history. So much so that the company pledged late last year to rewrite its Android application with a focus on performance and ease of use. While we haven't seen much of that, we have seen a brand new UI (that users begged to be rolled back). Now there's even more news, but it's not quite an application performance-oriented re-write. You'll soon be able to play games within Snapchat according to a report from The Information. According to the report, Snap Inc. has already signed deals with multiple game publishers to launch its own gaming platform later this year. It does make sense given that the company has been toying with augmented reality games for the past few months. You can use special filters called "Snappables" which can turn your surrounding environments into an AR game. As a result, it's likely that other games on the platform will also utilize the camera to create their playing environments. It's not clear if Snap intends to compete with Google's ARCore or not, but it's unlikely as the end goal of both services appears to be very different. Snapchat is focused around entertainment, while ARCore is replacing Project Tango which was for a whole lot more. While Instagram and Snapchat have been going toe-to-toe in features as of late, both have deviated to create their own thing recently. Instagram recently launched IGTV, a YouTube-like competitor. CEO Evan Spiegel in the report from The Information expressed his admiration for Tencent's business model and how it makes money from in-game payments. Snapchat already tried that before with replays, charging $0.99 for 3 before quietly making them free afterward. The company has had trouble monetizing its application. Through augmented reality games, they may just have found the solution. Source: The Information Via: TechCrunch Android Advices Jun 28, 2018 2:13 PM • by Pavan Kumar B.C LG X2 Budget friendly Smartphone Announced with 5" Display and Android 7.1.2 LG X2 is the companies new budget-friendly smartphone which has been introduced in Korea. This device will be available in Aurora Black color variant and is priced at 198,000 Korean Won (approx US$ 176). This new handset will be available via four different operators in Korea starting today but nothing is known about the global rollout yet. Well, LG is set to launch many other smartphones which will be launching exclusively in South Korea. This budget-friendly device which is dubbed as X2 from LG will come with a polycarbonate shell but from the images, we can see a lot of space is been wasted at bezel in the bottom where the capacitive touch buttons have been placed. The handset will be coming with a 5-inch HD (1280 x 720 pixels) resolutions with an IPS display. Under the hood, the device will be powered with a 1.3GHz Quad-Core Snapdragon processor coupled with 2GB RAM. The handset will come with Android 7.1.2 Nougat operating system but nothing is mentioned about the further updates. There is a fingerprint sensor on the device to enhance the security levels and LG has provided a 2500mAh battery to power this budget-friendly smartphone. The device supports 4G LTE connectivity and has the connectivity options like Bluetooth v4.2, GPS, A-GPS, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n and few more. Moreover, The device measures 144.8 x 71.9 x 8.2 mm and weighs 152 grams. LG has provided an 8MP camera on the rear with LED flash and it will be accompanied with a 5MP selfie camera. Since it is a budget-friendly device we cannot expect the dual camera setup which has become mandatory on almost all the smartphones. Apart from these, the smartphone will have a 3.5mm audio jack and has an onboard memory of 16GB which can be extended further with a microSD card slot. Are you planning to get this smartphone from LG? Comment in the section below and stay tuned to Android Advices for more news and updates. Source This email has been sent by Froze ONE (isnanmm0@gmail.com). It is the potion result of 'Tech: Topic watch' from the dashboard 'Personal Dashboard', tab 'Tech > Android'. Unsubscribe © Netvibes 2005-2018 | Terms of service | Privacy Policy Find Netvibes also on: Facebook Twitter Google+ Flickr

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