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Digital Trends
5 hours ago
- Digital Trends
Meta's new Oakley smart glasses bring major advantages to connected eyewear
Meta and Oakley have combined forces to brings us a brand new set of the smart glasses, the Oakley Meta HSTN (pronounced HOW-stuhn), with significant camera and battery upgrades over previous Meta specs. They're being dubbed as 'Performance AI glasses', apparently built with athletes in mind. They're equipped with the Meta AI voice assistance, allowing you to trigger actions with your voice – such as starting a recording via the built in camera. Recommended Videos First up, the Oakley Meta HSTN glasses pack in battery which can last a claimed eight hours of typical use and up to 19 hours on standby. That's significantly longer than the four hours of typical use touted by the Ray-Ban Meta, although in our review they lasted a whole day if recording sessions were kept to a minimum. Still, it's a promising start for the Oakley smart specs. Like the best wireless earbuds, the glasses come with a charging case which can provide an additional 40 hours of charge on the go, and you can replenish the battery from 0% to 50% in 22 minutes. An 80% charge will take 45 minutes. The 12MP camera in the top-right of the frame is capable of capturing 3K resolution, Ultra HD video, an improvement on the 1,440 x 1,920 recording of the Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses. The 'capture LED' is in the opposite corner, which illuminates when the camera is recording or live streaming. This is so others around you know you're recording video, and if this light is blocked in any way you won't be able to record until it's uncovered. You also get built-in open-ear speakers, allowing you to listen to music and podcasts, and make and receive phone calls on the go, plus they're IPX4 rated which means they should be able to withstand splashing and spraying water and sweat. The Oakley Meta HSTN price is $399 and they'll be initially available in 15 countries (including the US, Canada and UK) later this summer, with more countries (including India, Mexico and the UAE) being added later in the year. If you can't wait that long, you'll be able to pick up the limited edition Desert 24k Prizm Polar specs from July 11 for $499.
The Verge
9 hours ago
- Entertainment
- The Verge
How Texas' hands-off approach to autonomous vehicles gave Tesla an opening
Fujifilm's new X Half camera is quirky, limited, and kind of fascinating. It ditches modern features like RAW, EVF and stabilization in favor of film-like charm, a small 1-inch sensor, built-in filters, and a digital 'film advance' lever. It's not for everyone — (mainly because of its price) but if you love capturing scrappy, spontaneous moments, this might be your new favorite camera. Here's what it's like to use.
GSM Arena
a day ago
- GSM Arena
Oppo Find X9 Pro's telephoto camera detailed
Oppo has already been rumored to be switching things up in the camera department on its upcoming Find X9 Pro, going from two telephotos on its predecessor to a single 200 MP snapper. Today a new rumor out of China details that camera, and reveals that it's not going to be using the Samsung ISOCELL HP9 sensor that's been prevalent in a lot of Chinese flagships lately. Instead, it will be a new sensor, not used before in a periscope telephoto: the Samsung ISOCELL HP5. This is a 1/1.56" type, so it's slightly smaller than the HP9 behemoth. The source of this rumor claims the shot quality at 10x zoom will still be good, implying that past that it won't be, and even adding that this single periscope solution will probably not live up to the dual periscopes of the Find X8 Pro. The Find X9 Pro will also have a 50 MP main camera and a 50 MP ultrawide. It's expected to be powered by the upcoming MediaTek Dimensity 9500 SoC. Oppo Find X8 Pro Source (in Chinese) | Via
Phone Arena
a day ago
- Phone Arena
This non-Galaxy camera king to get a helping hand by none other than Samsung
While smartphones have (more or less) plateaued in terms of design and while that "buzz" novelty feeling has been mostly gone for years now, smartphone cameras still provide that much-needed dopamine hit. Mobile cameras are great and they're getting even better. Today, I want to guide your attention to an upcoming potential camera king: the Oppo Find X9 series. It's getting assistance for its camera setup by none other than the competition, namely – course, in the Oppo Find X9 series (expected in September 2025), the bestest of the best will surely be Oppo Find X9 Ultra – the maxed-out it's the Oppo Find X9 Pro's turn to shine today: non-Ultra phones can punch real hard, too, as many of you know.I'm thrilled about the Oppo Find X9 Pro and what the famous Digital Chat Station is saying about it: Image source – Weibo In short, the upcoming Find X9 Pro could be the world's first phone to utilize the Samsung HP5 sensor. Avid PhoneArena readers might recall the Samsung HP5 sensor being mentioned in a January 2025 article – that's right, there were some rumors that the HP5 sensor might be incorporated into the then still unannounced Galaxy S25 Edge. Well, the super-thin Galaxy S25 Edge rendered those claims untrue some months later, when it materialized with a HP2 sensor inside. The Samsung HP5 is expected to be a 200 MP sensor, built on a 28nm node process, with 0.5μm pixel size, and an overall form factor size of 1/1.56-inch. Now, this is ever so slightly smaller than the 1/1.4-inch HP9 sensor, but the HP5 should be pretty amazing as Oppo is indeed utilizing the HP5 for the Find X9 Pro (for its telephoto camera, to be precise), it would represent a major upgrade for Find X7 Ultra owners. For reference, the Find X7 Ultra's zoom camera 1/2.51-inch sensor is way smaller than the HP5. Larger sensors can deliver improved light sensitivity and enhanced image detail, so you understand why this is big Find X9 Pro might come with a single telephoto snapper on its back – and Digital Chat Station says that while "the image quality of the 10X is still good", "the telephoto may not be as good as the dual periscope". Well, that's why we have an Ultra model in the family as well! Besides the megapixel count and the physical size, the HP5 sensor could arrive with a DCG-HDR technology on board, which should translate to a boosted, greater dynamic range and better low-light performance. Secure your connection now at a bargain price! We may earn a commission if you make a purchase Check Out The Offer
Android Authority
2 days ago
- Android Authority
If this OnePlus 15 camera leak is true, OnePlus might be making a critical mistake
Ryan Haines / Android Authority The OnePlus 13 is, without a doubt, one of my favorite Android phones available today — and for a multitude of reasons. Its design is great, performance is outstanding, and battery life is amazing. Unlike a lot of past OnePlus phones, the OnePlus 13's cameras are just as good (if not better) than the rest of its flagship competitors. And that's why the latest OnePlus 15 leak has me worried. Earlier this week, a well-known leaker teased a few details about the upcoming OnePlus 15, including the suggestion that the OnePlus 15 won't feature the Hasselblad camera partnership that has been on flagship OnePlus phones since the OnePlus 9 series. If true, it would mark a monumental change for OnePlus handsets — and it could ruin one of my favorite things about the OnePlus 13. Hasselblad is what makes OnePlus cameras special Joe Maring / Android Authority Out of everything the OnePlus 13 gets right (which is a pretty extensive list), its camera system is one of the main reasons I've used the phone so much this year. That's partly due to the excellent camera sensors, but more so because of the Hasselblad integration. OnePlus phones that utilize the Hasselblad partnership have a few camera tricks up their sleeve, but the most important thing is that they feature Hasselblad's unique color science and image tuning. And if you ask me, it's what makes OnePlus phones (particularly the OnePlus 13) so special. We're at a point with smartphone cameras where image/color tuning is one of the biggest differentiators between which phone camera you choose. That's not to say camera sensor technology has plateaued, but what a company does with said cameras is becoming increasingly more important. Ryan Haines / Android Authority For example, images captured with Google's Pixel phones have a distinct, flat appearance. There's often a lot of HDR post-processing that flattens shadows and reduces contrast. It's great if you want a super natural-looking photo, but they're often not very eye-catching. Samsung phones, meanwhile, often produce overly saturated and vibrant-looking pictures. It's not quite as aggressive today as it was a few years ago, but it's still there. OnePlus cameras also have their own distinct look to them, and it's arguably my favorite of any Android phone available today. The Hasselblad tuning on the OnePlus 13 delivers punchy colors without going overboard. It's not afraid to retain a lot of shadows and contrast in a way you'd never see from a Google Pixel phone. Photos aren't always 100% true-to-life, but they almost always have a striking, eye-catching aesthetic. I've included a few of my favorite examples above. I took all of these photos on the OnePlus 13, and each one stands out for different reasons. I love the warm, golden color the sun casts on the grass in the first picture, plus the shadows created by the numerous trees. I also adore the zoomed-in photo of the budding tree branch. Between the stark white flowers, the shadowy branch, and the saturated blue sky, it's a gorgeous pic. The image of my dog sitting in the sun, with a dark shadow cast across part of his face? My Pixel 9 could never. Joe Maring / Android Authority XPan OnePlus 13 photo And that's not to mention the Hasselblad-specific camera modes, my favorite being XPan Mode. I wrote an entire article about it earlier this year, but the gist is that it's one of the most unique camera modes available on Android today — and one of my favorite reasons to carry the OnePlus 13. I hope OnePlus knows what it's doing Ryan Haines / Android Authority If OnePlus doesn't renew its Hasselblad partnership for the OnePlus 15, what's going to replace it? Word on the street is that OnePlus will launch its own 'image brand' alongside its next flagship, meaning that OnePlus would be in charge of all its own color science and image tuning. Furthermore, Hasselblad camera modes such as XPan and Master Mode would likely be discontinued. Details on OnePlus's 'image brand' are still scarce, but if this is truly the route OnePlus has chosen, I hope the company knows what it's doing. Hasselblad's impact on OnePlus smartphones has been beyond significant, and the idea of it going away is worrisome. I'm feeling nervous about the OnePlus 15 in a way I wasn't previously. It's not that I don't trust OnePlus to create its own competent color tuning and camera modes, but when things are already working so well on the OnePlus 13, I don't like the idea of OnePlus throwing that all away and starting from scratch. It's also possible that OnePlus will be able to retain a lot of what it learned/designed during its time working with Hasselblad, and that this change (if it happens) won't have much impact. We'll ultimately have to wait and see how this shakes out, but from where we're sitting right now, I'm feeling nervous about the OnePlus 15 in a way I wasn't previously. OnePlus has something good with the OnePlus 13 camera, and I really, really hope it doesn't throw that away with the OnePlus 15.
