Qualcomm may launch two variants of the upcoming Snapdragon 865 processor: Report

“According to industry expectations, the Snapdragon 865 platform will offer both integrated and non-integrated 5G solutions for better cost-effective solutions”

Despite being only a few months into the life cycle of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 platform, Qualcomm is at a seemingly advanced stage with its next-generation platform, the Snapdragon 865. Codenamed Snapdragon 8250, the new processing platform from the world’s leading mobile chipset manufacturer will presumably bring with itself a host of new features, upgrades, and improvements. Moreover, given that it will power a major chunk of devices in 2020, 5G will play a big role in deciding what the new processor (and phones that it powers) will bring to the table. Now, according to recent reports, the Snapdragon 865 mobile platform may be officially made available in two variants.

According to Roland Quandt of WinFuture.de reports across the internet, the Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 may be made available in two variants – one with the standard platform and an optional Snapdragon X55 5G modem, and the other with integrated 5G solution. With the new generation connectivity standard set to become mainstream next year, offering an integrating flagship processing platform with the latest connectivity chip and antennae will be crucial, as this would allow smartphone manufacturers to free up the space that an additional modem would take up. In turn, this could be used to fit in any extra feature, such as an audio DAC, a larger battery or any additional module as OEMs deem fit.

However, 5G connectivity is unlikely to be rolled out worldwide even by 2020, and the initial plans would certainly be at steeper pricing than the mobile plans that users are expected to. A mainstream 5G rollout is only expected to happen in a select few nations such as the US and South Korea, which have been early adopters of the technology. As a result, a two-variant strategy makes sense for Qualcomm, since this would allow them to even price their product better.

For instance, in a Korea-centric flagship smartphone, the integrated Snapdragon 865 platform can be used, hence making space for additional modules such as neural processing engines. However, for the India variant of the same device, the OEM may choose the second variant that comes with the optional 5G module, thereby providing some cost-benefit to OEMs, which in turn would allow them to price their products better in a value-sensitive market such as India.

The information comes courtesy of early leaks, so the validation of these reports remain to be proven in the long run. However, it does make a lot of sense commercially, to produce a two-variant commercial availability of the processor. The next-generation Snapdragon 5G platform is expected to present compliance with both sub-6.0GHz and millimeter-wave 5G connectivity, thereby bringing versatility to a smartphone’s connectivity. It may also lay precedent for upcoming processors from other manufacturers to follow suit, all of which shall be revealed in days and months to come.

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What's Home Assistant and why should home automation enthusiasts consider it?

Get all of your digital smart things talking to each other and doing more meaningful things!

Did you ever wish that Alexa or Google Assistant was able to let you have a smart home instead of just a bunch of smart things? It would be awesome to wake up to fresh coffee, have the news playing on a TV or radio, the toaster pre-heated and the temperature adjusted correctly and all the other things we can use smart gadgets to do, but have it do them automatically based on the time you set your alarm clock. How about dimming the room lights, turning on any backlighting on a monitor or display, and making everything cozy when you start playing a movie?

These are relatively simple tasks that should be able to be strung together and just work instead of us having to open 10 different apps and make 10 different adjustments individually. Isn't that what we all imagined when we decided to start having an automated home?

You can, and you can even do a lot more with a good automation hub. And a good automation hub doesn't have to be expensive because you can use the Home Assistant platform on something as cheap as a Raspberry Pi and bring your home setup into the 21st century for about $50.

What is an Automation Hub?

It's a smart appliance that can hook into other smart devices and issue commands that you've setup under the circumstances you've setup.We have a basic example of an inexpensive hub with Samsung's SmartThings. With the SmartThings software you can set up schedules or commands driven by an event (event as in it's cold outside, not event as in a concert or movie premiere) and individual smart devices can work together and be smart like they are supposed to be.

An Automation Hub is probably what you expected from your Echo or Google Home and didn't really get.

The Home Assistant platform works the same way. You let it find all the smart things on your local Wi-Fi network, connect with the ones it can control, and gives you a simple interface to make them act as a group based on when and how you want the single command to trigger. What makes Home Assistant great is that it isn't trying to focus on a single brand of smart products. Most of the gadgets you already have will work, and connecting to network services like IFTTT is straightforward and simple.

It installs on any always-connected operating system that can support Python 3 apps and it's very small and lightweight. This makes it great if you want to use a Rasberry Pi as a small and inexpensive Automation hub.

Why do I want this?

Maybe you don't. It's important to remember that Home Assistant can't control anything itself. It only acts as a master device that can tell other services like Philips Hue or Nest to do something. If you don't have any existing smart devices you won't see Home Assistant do anything. But if you have already invested in one or more smart devices, it's a really great way to extend the features and functionality that won't cost a lot of money.

HTC’s countdown begins, Lollipop in 90 days for One M8 and M7 owners

Back in June, HTC first announced that it would bring the next version of Android (then known simply as Android L) over to the One M7 and One M8 within 90 days of receiving the final code from Google. Now we can all start our timers, as HTC’s Mo Versi has taken to Twitter with the good news that HTC has the code in hand.

As before, the update is promised for the One M8 and M7 within 90 days worldwide as part of their “HTC Advantage” program. As is typical, unlocked handsets will be among the first to receive the update, and US carriers will likely be among the very last.

Although HTC’s tweet doesn’t mention any other HTC devices, just two weeks back we received (unofficial) word that HTC planned to bring the update to a variety of devices including handsets like the Desire Eye, One E8, One Max and many others. Of course these devices won’t actually receive the update until sometime after HTC’s main flagships (M7/M8). So mark your calendars folks, if all goes well, you should have Lollipop on your HTC One no later than three months from now.

What do you think of HTC’s commitment (and transparency) to fast updates? Tell us in the comments below.

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