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This week, Motorola’s Razr 2025 sequence dropped, Alphabet’s Q1 earnings soar, Meta layoffs influence VR groups, Samsung’s summer time Unpacked might happen in New York, and Android 16‘s Beta 4 comes out. Let’s dive in.
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There is a new Motorola Razr on the block.
The Motorola Razr 2025 sequence arrived this week as a trio for the primary time. Showcasing the usual Motorola Razr, the Motorola Razr Plus, and an all-new Motorola Razr Extremely. All three gadgets are bolstered with Moto AI, which is backed by Perplexity AI. The gadgets even have entry to Google’s Gemini suite as effectively.
At first look, the telephones look so much just like the earlier fashions. Motorola says that the gadgets showcase a brand new titanium-reinforced hinge plate, which is 4x stronger than surgical-grade stainless-steel. That is paired with an ultra-thin glass that creates a smoother show on these gadgets. All three fashions include Android 15 out of the field, and with an IP48 mud and water resistance.
Razr Extremely:
The brand new Motorola Razr Extremely 2025 arrives with larger shows when in comparison with the opposite two within the lineup. The machine incorporates a 4-inch pOLED cowl show and a 7-inch most important foldable AMOLED show, protected by Corning Gorilla Glass Ceramic.
The Razr Extremely is powered by the most recent Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset, comes with a 4,700 mAh battery, that includes a 50MP main digital camera, a 50MP ultrawide/macro imaginative and prescient digital camera, and a 3rd 50MP selfie digital camera.
The Motorola Razr Extremely 2025 is available in 4 colorways: Pantone Scarab, Pantone Rio Pink, Pantone Mountain Path, and Pantone Cabaret. With its premium specs, the Extremely begins at $1,299 and comes with twin storage choices of 512GB and 1TB, together with 16GB of RAM.
Razr Plus:
Razr’s premium mannequin simply obtained demoted to being the center youngster. This 12 months’s Plus variant comes with virtually the identical specs as final 12 months. With an interactive 4-inch cowl show and a 6.9-inch inner foldable pOLED show. The Razr Plus 2025 is available in three colorways: Pantone Mocha Mousse, Midnight Blue, and Sizzling Pink.
The one seen distinction is the machine’s brightness restrict. Whereas the duvet show achieves 2,400 nits of peak brightness, the principle inner show reaches 3,000 nits. On the coronary heart of the machine is the Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 chipset, much like the Razr Plus 2024. It will get a 50MP main digital camera, a 50MP 2x telephoto lens, and a 32MP front-facing digital camera. The machine has a 256GB built-in storage and 12GB of RAM. As of now, this machine will solely be out there within the U.S. for $999.99.
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Razr 2025:
As for its normal mannequin, the corporate is holding it easy whereas additionally integrating some premium specs into it. The Motorola Razr 2025 arrives in several finishes and 4 colorways: Pantone Spring Bud, Pantone Gibraltar Sea, Pantone Parfait Pink, and Pantone Lightest Sky.
The usual mannequin incorporates a smaller 3.6-inch pOLED cowl show and the identical inner 6.9-inch AMOLED display screen. At its core, the telephone is powered by the MediaTek Dimensity 7400X, a notch larger than its predecessor. Relating to its rear cameras, the usual mannequin incorporates a 50MP main digital camera system and a 13MP ultra-wide digital camera geared up with a Macro Imaginative and prescient lens. The machine retains its 32MP entrance digital camera from its predecessor.
The usual mannequin is priced at $699.99, with costs various based mostly on the service within the U.S. and Canada. The Motorola Razr 2025 sequence shall be offered in shops beginning Could 15. Pre-orders start on Could 7 at Finest Purchase, Amazon, and Motorola’s on-line retailer.
Together with its clamshells, the corporate additionally launched the Motorola Buds Loop, Watch Match, that are anticipated to drop in shops this summer time.
Alphabet sees 12% increase in income in Q1
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Alphabet, Google’s guardian firm, launched its Q1 earnings on Thursday (April 24), and it was reported that the corporate’s income noticed a 12% hike year-over-year, with consolidated revenues of $90.2 billion.
Google’s inventory additionally went up by 2.38% after the market closed later that night. Its web earnings elevated by a big margin of 46%, coming as much as $34.54 billion. Google’s core companies, together with Search, YouTube promoting, and AI, have been sizable contributors to this general development.
“We’re happy with our robust Q1 outcomes, which mirror wholesome development and momentum throughout the enterprise. Underpinning this development is our distinctive full-stack strategy to AI,” mentioned CEO Sundar Pichai
Google’s Search additionally noticed a achieve of $50.7 billion in income, YouTube’s promoting introduced in $8.93 billion to the corporate, and general promoting introduced in $66.89 billion. And Google Cloud additionally took the highlight throughout this quarter, with its income leaping by 28% to $12.3 billion. Throughout the earnings name, Pichai additionally said that they are seeing wholesome development and momentum throughout all their AI-powered merchandise, particularly AI Overviews.
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Meta, on Thursday (April 24), laid off an unknown variety of workers from its Actuality Labs division, which incorporates workers working in Oculus studios, who’re accountable for creating combined actuality wearables in addition to video games for Meta’s Quest VR headsets.
In an electronic mail to Android Central, Meta spokesperson mentioned, “Some groups inside Oculus Studios are present process shifts in construction and roles which have impacted group measurement,” the spokesperson mentioned.
These cuts are supposed to assist the Oculus studios work extra effectively on delivering combined actuality experiences, Meta added. Staff engaged on Supernatural, a VR health sport, have been amongst these impacted within the newest spherical of cuts. This was confirmed by Meta’s spokesperson as effectively.
They additional added that, regardless of these cuts, “We stay dedicated to investing in combined actuality experiences, together with health and video games, and our drive to ship the perfect experiences doable for the Quest and Supernatural communities stays unchanged.”
We obtained intel on Samsung’s Summer time Unpacked
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A brand new rumor means that Samsung may very well be taking its mid-year Unpacked occasion to New York.
In response to a Korean information web site, The JoongAng Every day, Samsung is reportedly transferring its Galaxy Unpacked occasion up, with its new set of foldables, Galaxy Z Fold 7 and Flip 7 anticipated to make their debut within the early weeks of July.
NYC might allegedly be taking part in host after three lengthy years. The final time an Unpacked occasion was held within the location was again in August 2022 for the Galaxy Z Fold 4 and Flip 4.
An trade insider accustomed to Samsung’s plan advised the publication that, “This time, will probably be held once more in New York, essentially the most consultant cultural metropolis, after three years.” There may be hypothesis that the Korean OEM may very well be switching issues as much as prioritize the U.S. market.
Android 16 Beta 4, what number of extra?
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Earlier this week, Google rolled out Android 16 Beta 4 to all supported Pixels, and it is the final beta earlier than the large launch subsequent month, loaded with fixes, polish, and broader machine help. The newest replace did not deliver any vital adjustments, as Google is gearing as much as launch the secure model of its OS this summer time.
Beta 4 packs the April 2025 safety patch, which fixes two bugs and a bunch of different important CVEs. It fixes a bizarre battery drain, glitchy haptics, and radar not working within the Pixel Climate app. It additionally tends to sure system stability points and random launcher crashes that some of us have been coping with.
Nonetheless, just a few Pixel customers have taken to Reddit to report that the “Display screen-off Fingerprint Unlock” possibility has gone lacking after putting in the most recent Android 16 beta.
Extra tales this week
These are a number of the largest tales from this week. In the meantime, listed below are another tales which are price catching up on:
