If you’ve got a PlayStation 5, you probably know there’s not a lot to play right now — particularly if you’ve already finished the likes of Miles Morales, Demon’s Souls and Astro’s Playroom. But here’s something to (very briefly) tide you over: you can now download the Resident Evil Village “Maiden”demo ahead of the full game’s just-announced May 7th release date. It wasn’t available in the PS Store at first, but it’s been there for about an hour now.
In the PlayStation Store on my PS5, the game was featured front and center in the “What’s hot” section for me, and I was able to start the download with a couple button presses. But if you’re away from your PS5 and want to remotely download the demo so it’s ready to play later, there’s a few ways to go about that, too.
If you’re using a browser, here’s the link to Maiden’s listing on the PlayStation Store, where you should be able to add the game to your library.
If you’re using the PlayStation mobile app, tap the magnifying glass at the bottom of the screen and search for “maiden.” For me, Maiden was the fourth search result. Tap on that, and you should be able to start the download from there.
On the mobile app, you can also access the Maiden page from the Resident Evil Village listing by tapping the box above the preorder button and selecting Maiden from the list of editions for Village.
Here’s where to find the demo in the app. Click on that “PS5 Standard Edition” option to change it to “Maiden.”
Maiden is a separate experience from Resident Evil Village whereyou play as a character known as “the maiden” instead of Village’s protagonist, Ethan Winters. If you want to learn more about the demo before downloading, check out this post on the PlayStation Blog.
Resident Evil Village will launch on PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X / S, Xbox One, and PC on May 7th. Capcom says a “multiplatform demo” for the game will be available this spring.
Remember the Xperia Pro? For almost a year, neither did Sony. But now it looks like the company is finally almost ready to launch this elusive smartphone, that was announced alongside the Xperia 1 II in February of last year. The Xperia 1 II arrived on the market several months later, but there’s still been no trace of the Xperia Pro anywhere.
That’s about to change, however, for Sony servers have now started to host firmware files for the Xperia Pro. That’s a sure sign that the actual market availability isn’t far. The Xperia Pro is only expected to be offered in the US, which makes sense considering that it has support for mmWave 5G, which is still only a big thing in that market.
Aside from that, a dedicated shortcut key to launch whichever app you want, a 360-degree antenna design, an included HDMI micro connector, and a different, sturdier body and back finish – this is identical to the Xperia 1 II. Which makes the timing of its release quite weird, considering the 1 III is surely going to be unveiled soon, and the Pro has last year’s tech inside.
Anyway, the firmware that has popped up on Sony’s servers is based on Android 10, and has the September 2020 security patch level, and both of those are very disappointing for what will be a very expensive device.
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Regardless of whether it is a sofa tutor, the Studienkreis Online-Lernbibliotek or the school minator – learning portals can be a useful alternative to traditional tutoring for school children of all ages. We show the best tablets for it.
If the child is weak at school, there are several alternatives. In addition to personal initiative, this primarily includes follow-up sessions in learning groups such as the study group or individual tutoring, as offered by many older pupils or students. However, especially in times of epidemics, contacts with strangers must be restricted as far as possible, so traditional tutoring is usually ruled out.
What are learning portals? In addition to homeschooling (guide: PCs for homeschooling from 150 Euro) there are also digital solutions for tutoring in the form of learning portals. Depending on the provider, they usually offer help for grades 5 to 10, which is usually available in text and video form for several subjects. Some companies go far beyond this and have offers for all classes and types of school as well as most of the subjects offered at the various types of school.
Sometimes there are also educational games and, in most cases, exercises to check and consolidate what has been learned. In addition, some portals also offer personal support via chat, help with homework or complete individual lessons via video chat.
Providers such as Lernwerk, Schulinator or Studyhelp even offer their services free of charge, most others charge between 5 and 25 Euro. Free test phases or even some videos published on Youtube offer first insights into the type and quality of the offer. Payment is usually made for several months in advance or in an annual subscription, some providers even give a money-back guarantee in the event of a lack of learning success.
PC or tablet? A PC is not always necessary, a much cheaper Android tablet is easily sufficient for learning videos. However, some criteria should be met so that the tutoring is fun on the technical side. This is how we see tablets with a display size below 10 inch (approx. 25 cm) critical and also a display resolution of 1920 × 1080 Pixel should not be undershot for sufficiently sharp display. The devices should have at least a quad-core processor and 2, better 3 GB of RAM so that inputs can be implemented without waiting time and videos can be played smoothly. Internally is a memory size of 25 GByte or Larger is optimal, so that apps and videos can also find space in the memory and can be used without direct Internet access.
WLAN as Internet access should be sufficient in most cases, so parents can safely ignore expensive LTE modules. For young students, it may be worthwhile to use particularly robust, but hardly available, children’s or outdoor variants. Alternatively, there are protective covers or tablets for children. Amazon offers the kids edition of its Fire HD tablets for this purpose. Not only do they last longer, they also allow parents to access and block certain distracting factors such as the app store and in-app purchases. For certain subjects or advanced students, purchasing a tablet with pen control can also be helpful. This enables sketches or handwritten notes to be digitized quickly. The requirements of the individual providers or the school are usually revealed on their homepages.
Tablets for children The kids editions of Samsung and Amazon offer, as mentioned, special protective covers that are supposed to protect the tablet even when used in rough conditions and also offer various parenting functions such as restricting the available apps. Unfortunately, the RAM is a bit tight at 2 GB. They are more aimed at children who are not yet in secondary schools. However, they are sufficient for the use of normal learning portals. The Fire HD 10 in the Kids Edition (test report) we have already tested it.
Tablets For round 150 to 200 Euro get those interested with the current models Odys Space One 10 LTE , Lenovo Tab M 10 Plus and Samsung Galaxy Tab A7 three 10 – Customs tablets that are up-to-date and meet the minimum requirements required by us. The Odys model not only offers a lot of memory (4 / 49 GByte), but also an LTE module. This allows learning sessions – a corresponding LTE contract (Article: Unlimited data volume from 20 Euro) provided – in good weather also in the park or at least in the garden. Android 10 is already available from the factory – this is far from normal with tablets.
That shows something like this Lenovo Tab M 10 Plus , which is currently only Android 9 offers. The remaining specifications are marked with 4 / 64 GByte memory similar, only LTE does not exist. This is also the case with the Samsung Galaxy Tab A7 so, also the memory is with 3 / 32 GByte slightly smaller. There are advantages for the chipset: The other two tablets also offer 8 cores, but Samsung uses a Snapdragon 662 that does not only delivers decent power, but also favors future updates and is less power hungry. Accordingly, auc h this model already has Android 10. With 10, 4 inches, the screen of the Samsung tablet is also the largest, this also applies to the battery with 7040 mAh.
We have other suitable tablets in our purchase advice: How many tablets do you need? sorted by price. The price scale is largely open at the top. If you don’t like Android, you should look around at iOS models, i.e. iPads. The cheapest current models are iPad Mini (test by Mac & i) and iPad (without name affix), they cost from 379 and 449 Euro. The larger and more modern models iPad Air (test by Max & i) and iPad Pro start at 649 and 879 euros. However, we would exclude the iPad Mini as a tablet for homeschooling because of the display size of only 7.9 inches.
Tablet with pen Tablets with additional pen control are available in a handful, current and Currently, the Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Lite . It not only offers advantages in terms of design and installation depth, but also a stylus with suitable software and more memory.
Stylus A stylus can be helpful to make drawings or handwritten notes directly on the tablet. With some models, such digital pens are already included from We rk, while others are prepared for operation, but the pen must be purchased separately. Such models are about d as Apple iPad ( from 6th generation) , iPad Mini (from 5th generation), iPad Air (from 3rd generation) or the iPad Pro , here the pens cost between 90 and 120 Euro.
Simple capacitive pins without egg Genetic power sources are much cheaper, they b e start at a few cents. They work on any device with a capacitive touchscreen and usually have a thick, soft rubber tip . So that become they recognized as finger replacement on current touchscreens . Special pens with rechargeable batteries or batteries, however, have a thin , mostly exchangeable Tip, which also recognize different pressure levels and often buttons for additional options (such as “erase” when Hold down ) bid. With them the handling is much more similar to a normal pen on paper than with the former Pens. Examples of high-quality tablet pens are Samsung’s S-Pen or Apple’s Pencil. In our guide to pens for the iPad we show cheaper alternatives to the Apple Pencil.
Additional accessories As with the PC, there are also peripheral devices for tablets. They are not absolutely necessary, but make everyday life easier.
Headsets If you want to concentrate on your work or if you have to understand everything in the video call despite the poor sound quality of your conversation partner, you should consider purchasing a headset. Many tablets also offer a 3.5 millimeter jack connection so that the cable headset from the smartphone can also be used in an emergency. Wireless headsets that are connected via Bluetooth are more practical and usually also of higher quality. Headphones with active noise suppression in particular (best list ANC headphones) can even promote concentration as they minimize external distraction.
Due to the design, over-ear headsets are best. They cover the whole ear, are usually still comfortable when worn for a long time and already shield something from the environment. They are also available with and without cables and also with ANC. The advantage of wired headsets: You do not have batteries that are always empty exactly when they are needed. But they are less flexible and the mandatory cable always hangs in the way.
Tablet stand and cover One advantage of tablets is their flexibility by comparatively low weight and size. However, if the children are to follow the learning video and complete test tasks, the device must be stable can be found. That works either with separate stands, Book c overn or equal to a keyboard cover. Stands are self-explanatory: They are external rne constructions that only serve the purpose of placing a tablet more or less straight in front of you on the table. A book cover protects the tablet during transport, thanks to the flexible cover usually also the display. In addition, the device can also be set up in front of you on the table, often there are even different adjustable angles.
Keyboards Thanks to Bluetooth, a keyboard can be wirelessly connected to any tablet, regardless of whether it is Android, iOS or Windows. You have a wide choice. This ranges from simple, classic keyboards to those that are extremely flat to ultra-compact TKL keyboards with mechanical switches. More on this in our keyboards guide: Mechanical, rubber dome or TKL? or multimedia keyboards for Smart TVs and Media PCs.
The keyboard or keyboard c over added to Bookcover another mechanical full keyboard, which connects to the tablet via Bluetooth. Especially when longer texts are to be written on the device s , is a mechanical keyboard significantly better than the onscreen cords of the T ablets. For home Bluetooth keyboards without a protective function are usually sufficient.
Mice What applies to a laptop is no different for a tablet: touchscreen and / or touchpad Operation is okay, mouse control is often more ergonomic in the long run. Since most tablets lack the large USB-A ports, mice with USB C (or adapter) or Bluetooth mice are required. With a keyboard and mouse, a cheap tablet almost becomes a real office PC, but for the sake of simplicity, users can simply leave the accessories at home for on the go. So you always have the best of both worlds at hand.
Conclusion It doesn’t always have to be a full-fledged PC, even comparatively cheap tablets can help improve school success. In addition to the appropriate learning portal, parents should also keep an eye on the right hardware – if you set too low, you may buy a new one after a short time.
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Apple’s control over app sales for iPhones causes a new legal dispute: the rejection of its coronavirus app last spring is inadmissible, argues an app provider in its lawsuit filed in a US court (Coronavirus Reporter vs. Apple, United States District Court for the New Hampshire District, Case 1: 21 – cv – 00047).
Developer: “Useful apps” must be approved Apple has the right to carry out a quality control of apps, but is not allowed to deny “useful apps” access to the iPhone, writes the plaintiff. With such refusals, Apple is preventing users from accessing the open Internet via apps, thereby violating US competition law. Due to the in-house interface for corona encounter messages, Apple is also in competition with third-party developers for corona apps, according to the lawsuit.
Apple had the March 2020 started the content in his store about coronavirus and Covid – 19 to filter. Initially, the search results showed games related to viruses and apps for food storage as well as other applications that apparently wanted to gain better visibility with the corresponding keywords. Since then, Apple has only allowed apps related to the coronavirus that come from “recognized institutions” – such as authorities or hospitals – that should contain incorrect information.
Corona apps only permitted by official bodies The rejected app wanted Collect symptom reports from users.
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Apple also rejected its app called “Coronavirus Reporter” with reference to this rule, the developer writes in the lawsuit – although doctors also belong to the own team and other competing apps have been approved. Coronavirus Reporter apparently saw itself as a kind of crowd-sourcing tool where users should publish symptoms and location. Apple also complained that the information collected by users was not checked by a recognized source, the developer said. He is demanding compensation and an order prohibiting Apple from banning access to “meaningful apps”.
Google built a split-screen multitasking feature into Android 6.0 Marshmallow (2015), but it was experimental. The feature was officially enabled by default the following year with 7.0 Nougat. Later came 9.0 Pie, which changed how app switching worked and people were upset because the new gesture was slower and less convenient.
The history lesson is over and there’s good news – launching split-screen may become more convenient on Android 12. 9to5Google has seen evidence that Google is working an a feature called App Pairs.
This will allow you to have single icons that launch two app of your choosing and dividing the screen between them. Below are two images – the left one shows the current process of splitting the screen, the right one is a mock-up of what App Pairs may look like.
Activating split screen • Mock-up of App Pairs
Similar features are already available on many custom UIs used by phone makers, but it’s still nice to have this in the Android core. Plus, as the history lesson above shows, Google doesn’t exactly move fast when it comes to Android’s interface and often adds features years after custom UIs brought them to users.
Android 12 will bring changes to how wireless networking works too. For example, it will add an easy way to share Wi-Fi passwords using QR codes. XDA Developers has also discovered a feature dubbed Restricted Networking Mode – basically, a switch that disables Internet access for user-installed apps.
With this on, only system services and apps signed by the phone maker will remain connected. This will be a helpful tool to limit battery and data plan usage by apps working in the background.
The Android 12 Developer Preview is expected in mid-February. There’s no guarantee that it will bring any of these features as they are still in active development.
The Italian Ambition Plan from 1, 5 billion is enriched with a new initiative, Microsoft AI Hub, which aims to accelerate the adoption of artificial intelligence and train professionals capable of spreading this type of skills
by Alberto Falchi , Vittorio Manti published on 21 January 2021 , at 17: 17 in the Cloud channel Microsoft artificial intelligence
Microsoft AI Hub is a new initiative that the Redmond company has activated as part of the quin plan quennial Ambition Italy # DigitalRestart. Microsoft has decided to also focus on artificial intelligence because this technology is able to help companies to grow rapidly, accelerating digital transformation processes: according to the study The Impact of Artificial Intelligence in Italy conducted by AmCham Italy , companies that adopt these technologies will see an increase in turnover that is 3 percentage points above the average.
L’ But Italy is not yet ready for this revolution: only the 39% of companies are evaluating or testing AI, and only 23% of the projects are at an advanced stage . This is why it becomes important to spread knowledge through various initiatives.
Microsoft is also keen to underline an important aspect: AI should not be considered a trend, it should not be introduced just because everyone is doing it. For a successful implementation it is essential to start from the real needs and focus on the data , even before focusing on the experience. Once the needs have been identified, artificial intelligence can become a fundamental tool for meeting needs, thus showing the full potential of technology.
What is the Microsoft AI Hub
As part of the AI Hub initiative , Microsoft will make available its skills and the Azure cloud platform with the aim of developing application scenarios that leverage data and AI, with the aim of identifying the realities that have the greatest potential for growth through a Date & AI Maturity Check-Up. Companies will be proposing pilot projects and sharing their expertise, while Microsoft will support them in development and implementation together with partners such as Accenture, Alterna, Altitudo, beanTech, Capgemini, DataSkills, Factory Software, Hevolus Innovation, Iconsulting, Integris, NTT DATA, Porini, Sopra Steria, 4ward.
The initiative will be aimed at companies operating in 6 key sectors for the Italian industry: manufacturing, financial services, health, energy, infrastructure and Made in Italy, which includes retail, fashion and design.
Microsoft AI Hub will also have the function of competence center, with the aim of spreading the digital culture and, as Ambizione Italia envisages, helping to bridge the knowledge gap digital. The platform will therefore be equipped with a section dedicated to training, with courses dedicated to young people, partners and companies. These are supported by the AI Business School of Microsoft , which plans to create training courses built around its needs and the sector in which you operate, courses that will also allow you to obtain certifications.
“ Italy has good potential, since the i-Com index on the degree of development of AI sees it in 13 ° position up 27 EU states, not far from Germany. To seize this opportunity, more needs to be done by helping companies to get closer to Artificial Intelligence and to develop projects with a real impact that can be easily replicated in the key sectors of the Italian economy, contributing to a virtuous cycle of relaunch “- he has declared Silvia Candiani, CEO of Microsoft Italy – “For this reason also the ‘AI is at the center of our commitment with the Ambition Italy #DigitalRestart plan, which just eight months after its launch has already seen us collaborate with companies and institutions to launch many initiatives aimed at contributing to the digital transformation of the country, from the Alliance for Smartworking to the Alliance for Sustainability, from support for SMEs to digital training for students. “.
AI, cloud and augmented reality: Microsoft’s customer success stories
During d In the presentation of AI Hub, Microsoft brought a few examples of companies that have leveraged its technologies to transform their business. Starting from the UNESCO site of Castel del Monte, which thanks to the collaboration of Hevolus, Infratel Italia and MS itself has introduced a visit modality phygital , which combines physical and virtual experience. Visitors to the museum will be able to access a series of augmented reality content via their smartphone while visiting the museum, via the app MVRGIA .
The solution implemented in Castel del Monte also provides the possibility to visit the museum remotely in Mixed Reality mode, using the HoloLens 2 viewer.
Another example comes from Ferragamo , well-known clothing brand, which created the service Tramezza Made -to-Order , which harnesses the potential of Azure and the HoloLens 2 headset.
Based on platform Augmented Store at Home by Hevolus , Tramezza Made-to -Order, allows customers to choose shoes from the Tramezza i augmented reality collection, observing a digital twin of the shoe and customizing its colors, details and finishes.
The last case of success given as an example is that of Stevanato , a specialized Paduan group in the production of glass containers for the pharmaceutical industry which in this period is producing components for Covid diagnostic tests – 19. In the two-year period 2018 – 19, Stevanato began his digital transformation journey by relying on Microsoft cloud and Microsoft 365, especially Teams. In 2020, in full pandemic, it was introduced Microsoft Dynamics , so as to obtain a single view on sales processes and customer engagement, and the group is continuing its journey by leveraging artificial intelligence and reality mixer . This has led to the launch of two projects in 7657 which, thanks to Hololens 2 and Azure Synapse, allowed to carry out virtual audio activities and to remotely run the Factory Acceptance Test , so as to be able to guarantee operations even during the lockdown.
Another project based on AI will allow to improve the performance of the inspection systems and recognition of defects in glass containers filled with different drugs: at the moment Stevanato is working on this solution, which will be completed for 2021.
“ The inspection systems work with three main parameters: speed linked to productivity, effectiveness in detecting defects (detection rate) and incidence of false positives that affect production costs “- explains Luca Vallati, Vision System Manager of Stevanato Group – “ In the pharmaceutical sector, artificial intelligence systems cannot operate in learning by doing mode, because the algorithms must be certified and crystallized. For this, reliable infrastructures (storage and computing power) and algorithms are required. Using different modules of the Microsoft Azure ecosystem and Microsoft’s Machine Learning and AI capabilities we have managed to reduce down to 10 times the false positives, therefore the deviations of pr oduction, and to improve the detection rate by 5%. The inspection machinery we supply to pharmaceutical companies is therefore increasingly intelligent “.
The Evernote note-taking program is reinventing itself. When changing to a modern substructure, however, many functions fell by the wayside.
Evernote 10 in the test and Evernote CEO Ian Small in the interview Missing functions and test table Interview with Evernote CEO Ian Small Article in c’t 3 / 2021 read Evernote has been one of the most popular note-taking and information-gathering programs for twelve years. It saves texts, images, handwriting notes, file attachments, links, embedded PDFs and file attachments and organizes them in virtual notebooks. Because of the flexible keyword and search functions and also because it cooperates with many scanners, Evernote is sometimes used as a simple document management system. There are clients for Windows, macOS, iOS, Android and web browsers. The data can be kept synchronized on all devices via a cloud connection (Evernote uses Google servers for this).
With the version 10 the manufacturer has developed the clients from scratch. The Electron framework based on Chromium and Node.js serves as the basis for the desktop versions. Evernote for macOS and Windows becomes a web app and looks very similar to the web browser client. Unfortunately, it also took over the moderate speed from that. A few patches that were added quickly have alleviated the initial performance problems significantly, but the new Evernote still feels more sluggish than the previous native clients when leafing through and opening notes.
The surface looks a bit airier and more modern due to larger fonts and line spacing, but it also shows less information with the same window size. Some control elements have changed or postponed, which requires some getting used to. Unpleasant: Only six fonts are supported, two of which are decorative fonts. The previous clients could access all the respective system fonts. Notes designed with it can be seen in Evernote 10 now possibly different.
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An app instead of numerous messengers on the smartphone – Beeper wants to be this dream. 15 Services including iMessage are to be combined there in one interface. So far, the project was called NovaChat, which Eric Migicovsky, CEO of the former smartwatch manufacturer Pebble, announced on Twitter Beepers can then be controlled include WhatsApp, Signal, Telegram, Matrix, Skype, Slack, Twitter, Discord, Instagram, Facebook Messenger and iMessages. “Yes, iMessage runs on Android, Windows and Linux with a trick,” tweeted Migicovsky. The trick is to use a permanently running device from Apple as a bridge on which the Beeper app is installed. If such a device is currently unavailable, Beeper helps out with discarded and jailbroken iPhones.
Open source and yet not secure The messenger itself uses the matrix protocol. The client is not open source, however, the connections that are used to the other messengers are. To use it, you have to pay ten US dollars a month. In return you get a “clean interface” with search and filter for the chats, it says on the website. Bots can be created for beepers via Matrix API and extensions can be connected. You can also host yourself. End-to-end encryption is likely to be lifted in all cases.
The app is still not easy to use. You first have to submit an application online and enter at least the ID of your “favorite network” and other usage habits. Perhaps the dream of a new Adium-croaking duck is not quite fulfilled after all. Apple is unlikely to be happy about a service that publicly issues jailbreak iPhones and thus uses its messaging function. There have already been similar attempts, but so far they have not prevailed.
Amazon has offered help to newly appointed US President Joe Biden to meet vaccination goals. The new US administration plans in the first 100 days of office, 100 million US Providing citizens with vaccine. Now the online retailer emphasizes the role of 800. 000 Amazon employees as ” systemic workforce “who ensure that customers can receive products and services at home during the crisis. Most of the employees are unable to work from home, which is why they should be vaccinated “at the earliest appropriate time” according to Amazon.
Dave Clark, CEO of Amazon’s consumer division, stated in the letter Arstechnica received that it was ready to support the government in matters of distribution, IT and communication. Amazon has also reached an agreement with a medical service provider and is able to vaccinate employees in its own facilities as soon as the required vaccine doses are available.
Sought-after vaccines Clark had already contacted the US disease control agency CDC in December to work towards a speedy vaccination of the Amazon workforce. There were similar efforts by the driving service providers Uber and Lyft. Both companies are pushing for drivers to be vaccinated in a timely manner, according to the Wall Street Journal. In addition, the companies are in talks with those responsible from the healthcare sector about the possibility of offering free trips to vaccination appointments for low-income people. Uber is also planning, together with vaccine manufacturer Moderna, to disseminate information on the safety of vaccinations via the ride-sharing app.
Occupational safety under criticism Amazon is one of the winners of the Corona crisis and hired a record number of new employees last year. Hundreds of thousands of people work in the US parcel and logistics centers. The effectiveness of Amazon’s precautions to protect employees from corona infections was recently discussed. The service union ver.di reported outbreaks in the shipping centers in Garbsen, Bayreuth and Borgstedt during the last Christmas business. In the USA they were infected up to 19. September around 19. 000 Employees with Covid – 19, announced Amazon in early October 2020 in a blog post.
Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) has defended the decision for a high level of data protection for the Corona warning app. This is very important for the acceptance of the app, said Merkel on Thursday in Berlin. “A corona warning app for far fewer users with less data protection would not be good either.”
Your government opted for the decentralized approach, which illustrated the function of the app using an example, said Merkel. If someone sat on the tram who later tested positive for the corona virus, the people who were there in their vicinity would be warned via their apps – provided that the infected person reports their infection in the app. This is done anonymously.
“Would not be supported by Apple” If this anonymization were not used, the cell phone numbers of all who were in the vicinity, visible and these people could be called by the health department. “I don’t know whether it would relieve the health authorities that much,” said Merkel. In addition, the government must work with the providers of the operating systems on the smartphones and observe their data protection precautions. With a central approach, an app would have to be set up completely differently. Such an app would then run with high power consumption and would not be supported by Apple.
According to the Federal Ministry of Health, the Corona warning app has recorded over 25 Millions of downloads and, according to estimates by experts, is actively used by around 23 million people.
(Pocket-lint) – Bang & Olufsen makes some of the best looking and best-sounding speakers on the market, Bluetooth and otherwise. There are a couple of ranges within B&O Play’s lineup: BeoPlay and BeoLit, with the BeoLit name dating all the way back to 1939. Quite the heritage.
Our guide to the best Bluetooth speakers
We’ve broken down each of the B&O Play speakers currently available to tell you all about each in turn, so that you can best decide which one you think fits your lifestyle, home or plans. Read on to find out more about the full range.
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B&O Beosound A1 (2nd Gen)
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With a slightly awkward renaming of the excellent BeoPlay A1, the Beosound is B&O’s latest portable Bluetooth speaker, and it’s a real doozy. Bringing down the starting price of the speaker while cleverly and subtly updating its design, it offers a compelling package.
The one drawback to the speaker is that it really mainlines on the Bluetooth side of things – there’s no Wi-Fi here, or AirPlay, so you’re dependent on that Bluetooth for everything. That’s no different to the original, though, and you get the extremely useful additions of both Alexa support and waterproofing, the latter the real key to its upgraded success in our eyes. There’s also a bigger battery, giving 18 hours of use per charge.
With its sleek metal body and leather strap, the Beosound A1 2nd Gen is about as good-looking as a portable speaker can get, too, with superb build-quality matching its impressive oomph and balanced sound. It’s a high-quality speaker for those looking for something a little more distinctive.
Bang & Olufsen Beosound A1 2nd Gen review: The portable Bluetooth speaker king
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B&O Play BeoPlay A1
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B&O Play, Bang & Olufsen’s lifestyle subsidiary, makes some of the best looking and best sounding speakers on the market, Bluetooth and otherwise. There are a couple of ranges within B&O Play’s lineup: BeoPlay and BeoLit, with the BeoLit name dating back to 1939, which is quite the heritage.
We’ve broken down each of the B&O Play speakers currently available to tell you all about each in turn, so that you can best decide which one you thinks fits your lifestyle, home or plans. Read on to find out more about the full range.
B&O BeoPlay A1 by Bang & Olufsen review: Bluetooth speaker bliss
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B&O Play BeoPlay P2
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One of the newer speakers in the BeoPlay 2 range, the P2 effectively replaces the older A2 speaker, which you’ll read more about below. It’s the result of some good iteration, shrinking the form-factor of the speakers without compromising on sound quality, and smoothing away some of the rough edges.
That iconic all-metal grille is still very much present and correct, along with a built-in loop for carrying, but the P2 could genuinely fit in a roomy pocket or handbag, rather than being slightly too big to carry around super easily, and as such is a real star for usability. It has a 10-hour battery to keep you going all day, and you can also use Siri from your iPhone straight through the speaker when you need to.
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B&O Play BeoPlay P6
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Another one of B&O’s newer speakers is the BeoPlay P6. This uniquely designed speaker has a fairly science fiction-style look to it, and again prominently displays the metal grille that marks out a B&O portable. With an all-over design, the sound coverage is 360-degree, and helps the P6 to be a genuine room-filler from a volume and quality standpoint.
A raft of buttons on the speaker’s top let you control it as needed, although the companion app also lets you handle all of that from your smartphone if preferred. The P6 also has a battery that should last you for 16 full hours of playback, which is a really impressive life, and made even better by the fact that it’ll fully charge in just 3 hours.
An on-board microphone also makes the P6 useful for taking calls or ordering about Siri or the Google Assistant to take care of tasks. Sound-wise, a 4-inch woofer and two 1.5-inch full-range drivers take care of pinpoint reproduction.
BeoPlay P6 review: Sensational sound at home or on the go
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B&O Play BeoPlay M3
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The BeoPlay range may have a range of portable speakers, and also a fair amount of unconventional design, the M3 is B&O Play’s potential answer to the traditional bookshelf speaker, and, as such, is a little more standard itself.
This is a gorgeous stationary speaker, mains-powered, with a small form-factor that doesn’t stop it putting out quality sound. It’s bigger sibling the M5 can be found further down this guide, but this smaller version is a powerful option. B&O says it’s designed to fill a “medium-sized” room, and the design means that it should melt into the background visually.
With a 3.75-inch woofer and 0.75-inch tweeter, the balance is great, and really comes into its own if you pair it with one or more other speakers (whether M3s or another type). The M3 is a great choice if you’re looking for a subtle, but exquisitely designed multi-room speaker that could work in a variety of home settings.
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B&O Play BeoPlay A9
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The B&O Play BeoPlay A9 is very much an iconic B&O product, and is now in its fourth generation of internal specs. It looks just as much like a piece of furniture than it does a speaker. In fact, at first glance, you might not know it’s a speaker at all. Behind its round exterior you’ll find an 8-inch bass woofer, two 3-inch midrange drivers, two 1.5-inch full-range drivers, and two 0.75-inch, 80-watt tweeters.
The BeoPlay A9 has some cool tricks up its sleeve too. To turn the volume up or down you simply swipe your hand across the top of the speaker, or you can rest your hand on top for a few seconds to mute what’s playing. A tap of the right hand side will skip the track forward, while a tap on the left will skip it back. Finally, a short tap on the centre of the speaker will resume the last music source played.
With some modern upgrades, the A9 also now works with Google Assistant to provide smart assistant benefits, as well as packing AirPlay 2 for your connection needs. If you’re looking for a statement speaker that produces some delicious Danish sound – and have the money to back it up – the BeoPlay A9 is the speaker for you.
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B&O Beosound Balance
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Right at the top end of B&O’s scale (and that’s a scale that goes to some pretty extreme places), the Beosound Balance is a simply gorgeous home speaker that won’t necessarily work for many people’s budgets, but will provide a premium experience for those who go for it.
We love the look of the speaker, its wooden base contrasting nicely with the fabric of the main unit above it, and that construction hides a full range of drivers that’ll pump out stunning sound. It’s got solid connections, especially since Spotify Connect is coming in an update, and if you’re looking for a home speaker that really stands out, it could be a great choice.
Read the full B&O Beosound Balance review
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B&O Play BeoLit 20
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The BeoLit 20 is the latest upgrade to a line that’s included the 17 and 15 before it, and makes some canny additions to an already lush design, including a wireless charging pad on its top-side to keep your phone topped up.
At this price, the lack of Wi-Fi connectivity is a bit of a drag, but for portable Bluetooth sound you won’t find much more high-fidelity options out there.
You can use the Beoplay app to configure the one-touch command button on top to carry out one of four different functions: Alarm, Connect, ToneTouch or Remote. Two BeoLit 20 speakers can be connected together to create a stereo pair and the battery once again provides up to 24 hours of playback.
Bang & Olufsen Beolit 20 review: Box of tricks
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B&O Play BeoPlay M5
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The BeoPlay M5 is a cylindrical speaker that fires sound out through a full 360-degrees. Inside it has a 5-inch woofer, a 1.5-inch midrange driver and three 0.75-inch tweeters, with each driver being given its own Class D amplification.
It can either be used on its own, where it is more than capable of filling a room with sound, or be used as part of a multi-room music system with other B&O speakers. You can connect them together via Google Cast or BeoLink Multiroom and there’s no limit to the number of speakers you can join together.
The top aluminium disc is used to control the source and volume levels and you can use the Beoplay app to calibrate the sound depending on where the speaker is positioned. This is a seriously nice-looking speaker, and it’s noteworthy that B&O were on the “all-fabric” look years before it went mainstream through the likes of Amazon.
Best portable projector Buying Guide: Welcome to What Hi-Fi?’s round-up of the best portable projectors you can buy in 2021.
Projectors are typically neither convenient nor cheap. To get the most out of the best projectors you need to paint entire rooms black, buy yourself a screen, an AVR, a speaker package and possibly even have to fix a chunky mounting bracket onto the ceiling.
This is why portable and mini projectors are a better choice for many. There’s no need to replace your TV. Just pull out your portable when you want to go big and you can even take them around to friends’ houses for movie nights. What’s more, installing a portable projector is no more complicated than finding a flat surface or even a sheet hung in the garden and pointing the thing at it (though a dedicated screen is so much better).
A few years ago, these mini projectors were still hard to recommend despite their convenience. ‘Pico’ projectors had dim light sources that couldn’t do justice to colours or contrast, even in a darkened room.
Today’s portable projectors benefit from improvements to LED and laser light tech. And that means a bigger, brighter picture and no more worrying about having to replace the lamp after a year or so. Traditional halogen projector lamps tend to last 2000-3000 hours. LEDs last tens of thousands.
There’s no magic brand-new tech in the lower-end of the portable world, of course. If a projector fits in the palm of your hand, it will not be particularly bright nor kick out top notch detail. No micro projector works well during the day with the windows open either.
This is one reason our best portable projector round-up includes almost all flavours in this category. There’s a pick so small you could fit it in some large coat pockets. It is great for camping, travelling or for entertaining the kids without putting a TV in their room.
The newer “lunchbox” style projector is a better fit for many, though. They offer a decent compromise of portability and performance, and will likely have the better software extras, as these are real lifestyle tech buys.
Right at the top of the tree are projectors that blur the divide between normal and portable designs. They are only slightly smaller than some normal home projectors but have built-in speakers and other convenience features such as short-throw lenses. These mean the projector does not have to be as far from the screen to create a large, cinematic image, and they can be stowed away in the cupboard again once you’re done with your viewing.
Got all that? If that sounds like the kind of convenience and entertainment you’re looking for, then read on for our best mini projectors of 2021.
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1. LG CineBeam HU80KSW
This all-in-one, do-it-all portable projector does it all well.
It’s not what you’d call ‘mini’ but the LG CineBeam has an integrated handle for easy carrying and is small enough to be easily hidden away in a cupboard when not in use.
That’s especially impressive when you consider it’s more or less an entire home cinema system: a 4K HDR picture, stereo sound, an array of smart sources, all in a unit you can carry like a holdall and set up wherever and whenever you might choose. Even the power cable is wound up inside the base, so there is really nothing you have to plug in if you don’t want to.
That’s the great beauty of the CineBeam: its versatility and intuitive simplicity. As long as you have a clean wall or ceiling upon which to throw a picture, you can have it up and running in a matter of minutes each time you use it.
Picture performance is strong: impressively crisp and detailed, with decent depth and natural hues. It is bright enough without being garish, vibrant enough to combat leaked sunlight. And it sounds surprisingly good by the standards of integrated speakers, too.
The only downside is the price, but if you want the best, you’re going to have to pay for it. Besides, you’ll find lots of more affordable options below.
Read our LG CineBeam HU80KSW review
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2. Asus F1
Projects a cinematic image in dark rooms.
SPECIFICATIONS
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 | Type: DLP | Brightness: 1200 lumens | Throw ratio: 0.8:1 | Focus: Motorised AF | Zoom: Digital | Keystone correction: +/- 30 degrees | Dimensions: 25 x 75 x 21cm | Weight: 1.8Kg
Reasons to Buy
Decent DLP image
Solid light output
Engaging picture
Reasons to Avoid
No battery
Not the most portable design
The Asus F1 stretches the limits of what we might call a “portable projector”. It does not have a battery and you’ll need a rucksack to take it over to a friend’s house, but it is a very handy projector to take between rooms in your own home.
It weighs just 1.8kg, similar to some laptops, and has a short throw lens. This means it doesn’t need to sit as far from a wall or projector screen to produce a large image. A 1.4m distance gets you 80-inch movies.
It’s also less likely to get damaged when moved about as it uses an LED light array rather than a traditional lamp.
At this size you get much closer to the image quality of a traditional home projector. Its resolution is Full HD, 1920 x 1080 pixels, and the 1200 lumen brightness doesn’t need anything like the light-blocking preparation of a smaller model.
If you want to use a projector in the day time, the significantly brighter Epson EF100 is a better bet. But with the Asus F1 you get a much more cinematic image in a dark room. Colours have real DLP punch and the black level is more than respectable.
We’re not in the same class as JVC’s D-ILA range here, of course, but if you can project onto a grey wall or a white screen with black border, you’re looking at very enjoyable home cinema experience.
Unlike many more traditional projectors, the Asus F1 does not have lens shift or optical lens zoom, just digital zoom and keystone correction. Both limit picture quality so it’s a good idea to take out a tape measure to check it will suit your living room. You need some patience for the menu system too, as it can be very slow to respond.
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3. Nebula Mars 2
A battery-powered, truly portable package that’s fun to use.
SPECIFICATIONS
Resolution: 1280 x 720 | Brightness: 300 lumens | Throw ratio: 1.2:1 | Focus: Motorised AF | Zoom: No | Keystone correction: Auto +/-40 degrees | Dimensions: 18 x 12 x 14cm | Weight: 1.8Kg
Reasons to Avoid
Not Full HD
Basic colour reproduction
The Nebula Mars 2 sits in a portable projector sweet spot. It is far from palm-sized, but has a synthetic leather carry strap and a shape similar to the Bang & Olufsen BeoLit 15 “lunchbox” wireless speaker. It’s cute.
This is easily the most fun portable projector in this group too. It has a battery that lasts up to four hours and Android rather than a basic menu system. The front-end is customised for use with the supplied remote, and has a dedicated app store rather than Google Play. But you can still download Netflix, BBC iPlayer and countless other apps to run direct from the Mars 2.
That includes games, but don’t get your hopes up. Most don’t run perfectly, although you can pair your phone and use its touchscreen like a laptop trackpad.
Image quality is respectable too. In a room with closed curtains and no lights switched on, the Mars 2 can produce a watchable image on a 100-inch screen. The projector dims significantly on battery power, but head to the settings menu and you can turn this off. It will simply last closer to two hours than the claimed four.
There’s no worrying about focus either as it has motorised autofocus. Sharpness is less than perfect and there’s some disparity to the sharpness across the image, but you’ll only notice if you look carefully. Its 720p resolution offers far better image detail than a basic 480p model and is a huge upgrade for gaming in particular. And you don’t need to look close to notice that.
The bad parts? Colour reproduction is not particularly good. It lacks finesse and vibrancy, and only minor image controls are available. And while larger than some, the Nebula Mars 2 still needs a partially light-controlled room to produce sufficient image contrast.
Read our Nebula Mars 2 review
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4. Viewsonic M1+
A tiny projector with built-in Harman Kardon speakers.
SPECIFICATIONS
Resolution: 854 x 480 | Brightness: 300 lumens | Throw ratio: 1.2:1 | Focus: Manual dial | Zoom: No | Keystone correction: Veryical +/-40 degrees | Dimensions: 14.5 x 12.6 x 4cm
Reasons to Buy
Reasonable image in dim light
Speaker goes surprisingly loud
Reasons to Avoid
Low resolution and brightness
Poor focus control
Mini projectors don’t get much more convenient than the Viewsonic M1+. It’s tiny, and only weighs as much as four phones stacked in a pile. And it does come with wi-fi, a MicroSD card slot, plus USB Type-A and USB Type-C connectors.
The stand makes projecting an image from slanted surface, or onto angled walls, a cinch. Its speaker is the real surprise, though. While it sounds harsh and brash at maximum volume, the dual Harman Kardon speakers deliver enough volume for a movie night if you keep things sensible. The sound may only be that of mediocre budget bluetooth speaker, but it’s much better than that of most pint-size projectors.
Image quality is mixed, and not up to the traditional standards of TVs and projectors. That’s hardly surprising as resolution is very low at 854×480 pixels. Text looks terrible, but we are pleasantly surprised by how invisible the pixel structure is even when projecting at 100 inches. Faces look smooth rather than blocky, although naturally there’s limited fine detail. This is a DVD-quality projector, not an HD one.
The Viewsonic M1+’s focusing is fiddly too. It has a flimsy wheel, and the M1+ tends to change focus slightly as soon as your take your finger off the control. Getting a perfectly in-focus picture requires some finger gymnastics.
And, no surprise here, the Viewsonic M1+ needs a fairly dark room to achieve an acceptable image. No-one is likely to be bowled over by this projector. But it is compact, relatively affordable, sounds reasonable, has a three-hour battery life and does a fair job displaying SD-quality movies. If that’s all you require, it does the job.
Beeper is a new universal chat app that’s an attempt to unify 15 different chat platforms into a single interface. The app is the work of a team that includes Eric Migicovsky, the CEO and founder of former smartwatch manufacturer Pebble, who announced its launch on Twitter. Beeper’s site notes that the project was previously known as NovaChat, and requires a $10 per month subscription.
Although Beeper integrates with world’s most popular messaging services like WhatsApp, Signal, Telegram, Slack, Twitter, Discord, Instagram, and Facebook Messenger, it’s the support for Apple’s iMessage that’s perhaps most interesting. iMessage is only officially available on Apple devices, and it’s often cited by users as something that prevents them switching to Android. Migicovsky says Beeper should allow iMessage to work on Android, Windows, and Linux, but admits that it’s “using some trickery” in doing so.
And yes, iMessage works even on Android, Windows and Linux using some trickery 🙂
— Eric Migicovsky (@ericmigi) January 20, 2021
An FAQ on Beeper’s website gives a more in-depth explanation of exactly what this trickery involves. If you’ve got an always-online Mac, then you can install the Beeper Mac app to act as a bridge, similar to the approach AirMessage uses. But things get really wild if you don’t have access to a Mac, at which point Beeper says it’ll literally send each of its users a “Jailbroken iPhone with the Beeper app installed” in order to act as a bridge. At this point we should probably mention that using Beeper involves paying a $10 a month subscription, which may or may not include the cost of the iPhone.
Just in case you thought Beeper was joking, in a followup tweet, Migicovsky said that he currently has 50 old iPhone 4S’s at his desk, ready to be upcycled for use with Beeper.
If the workaround works as Beeper claims, then the result should be a universal chat app that works across MacOS, Windows, Linux, iOS, and Android, offering a unified inbox, and the ability to search across messages from each of the 15 services. It’s built on the open source Matrix messaging protocol (Migicovsky previously described NovaChat’s relationship to Matrix as akin to Gmail’s relationship with email), and although the client app itself isn’t open source, the bridges connecting it to other chat services are.
Oh, and there’s a dark mode coming in Beeper’s next update, naturally.
Beeper’s interface can include chats from multiple different services.Image: Beeper
While the short-term aim is to make it easier to chat to people across different chat apps, eventually Migicovsky has talked about the prospect of everyone using Matrix itself to chat with friends and colleagues, rather than simply using it as a bridge between services.
Although Migicovsky says he’s been using Beeper as his default chat client for the past two years, it doesn’t appear to be widely available just yet. Instead, Beeper asks prospective users to fill out a form on its website for an invitation.
Here’s the full list of chat services that Beeper currently supports:
Apple’s futuristic car seems to be there really and it could come in the next few years just as many rumors have reported. Its appearance is unfortunately not yet clear but some designers have thought about what the multifunction internal display could look like. And they made this video. You’d like it?
by Bruno Mucciarelli published 21 January 2021 , at 13: 21 in the Apple channel Apple
Apple’s future car may not be just a dream but a reality. The rumors about the possibility that the Cupertino company is really in talks with Hyundai for the construction of an Apple Car, have chased each other much too much in recent weeks to be just talk. In fact, unfortunately, at the moment there are no verifiable confirmations but only indiscretions but which in any case have created not only a strong hype in the automotive world but have also given rise to a series of concepts on what revolves around the Apple-branded car of the future. .
Apple Car: what if the internal display is like this ?
So the designers have already set to work and have thought about what will actually affect the new Apple Car. John Calkins’ video takes a cue from this that puts what, according to him, could be the multifunction video panel of a hypothetical Apple car of the future into the car. The video then shows a possible 15 inch touch panel, a little ‘as already seen on Tesla or other electric motor cars and more.
Here, however, a dominating is the Apple operating system with a dock on the left similar to the one we see every day on iPhones or iPads. The applications are all there and the user could indulge in opening for example that of the maps in order to have navigation in the foreground on the huge screen or could also open the app of the music , podcasts or Apple TV + to even see a movie, clearly not with the car in motion.
Next to the dock where the various applications are located there is the schematized Apple Car where the controls for the lights, internal ventilation and other accessories present in the car are indicated. Everything can be controlled via the touches on the multifunction display and clearly there is also Siri , Apple’s voice assistant, which in the car could become essential to carry out some operations without diverting attention from the road.
The new system also arrives in Italy of ” cashback ” which allows Android users to earn every time they buy a new paid application. A sort of incentive to move the Google Play Store but which certainly could be convenient for users. Here’s how it works.
by Bruno Mucciarelli published 21 January 2021 , at 09: 01 in the Telephony channel Google Android
Google also introduces in Italy, in addition to other countries in Europe, its new prize competition: Google Play Points. You got it right because all those who have an Android smartphone will be able to participate and will be able to earn points and rewards by purchasing applications on the Play Store directly through their smartphones. A novelty that had been introduced in other countries for some time and that now also comes to us allowing everyone to have a sort of ” cashback ” on what is spent in the virtual app store of the Mountain View giant. So let’s see how Google Play Points works and what it takes to get refunds from Google.
Google Play Points: this is how Android cashback works
First of all know that Google Play Points is a real rewards program that allows you to earn points and rewards directly with the Play Store. Specifically, once activated it will be possible:
Earn points for purchases of digital content, in-app items and downloads from the Google Play Store.
Redeem points to get discount coupons, items in-app or Google Play credit.
Receive more benefits, rewards and points as you level up.
In this case, know that the contents that can be purchased and the points earned in based on what you buy they strongly depend on your country.
How does the program work?
Users can earn 1 point for every 1 ?? spent with Google Play. For the first week after registration, you will receive a welcome offer of 3 times the bonus points for every purchase. By accumulating a sufficient number of points in a calendar year you can level up and this will allow you to earn more points and even more advantages because, fundamental, the higher your level, the more points you will earn.
How to register for Google Play Points?
To register at Google Play Points is simple because just follow these few steps:
Reside in Italy
Have a Google Play compatible computer or Android device. HERE the list of supported devices
Having a Google Play account that is not managed by the school or a parent
Have a valid payment method. HERE how to add a payment method on Google Play.
Have a billing address that matches your Google Play country. HERE how to change the country in Google Play.
Operationally to register for the program on one Android smartphone it will suffice:
Open the Google Play Store precisely on the Android smartphone
Tap the Menu top left with the three horizontal lines
Plug up Play Points
Plug up Participate
In this case if Play Points is not yet visible on your account menu it will only be a question of hours for Go ogle proceed to activate the rewards program in our country as well.
The program can also be activated via Desktop and in this case the procedure still requires a few steps:
You must visit the play.google.com site from your computer
TO left, just click Play Points
Then click on Join
Here too it is possible that the account cannot be activated yet but, as mentioned, it is a matter of hours for Google to release Play Points to everyone via the server.
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