News Weekly: Wear OS 5 is coming, TikTok’s days are numbered, Meta’s big AI upgrade

AC News Weekly(Image credit score: Android Central)News Weekly is our column, the place we spotlight and summarize a few of the week’s high tales so you possibly can make amends for the most recent tech information.This is Android Central’s News Weekly, your go-to supply for a concise roundup of the week’s most important tech tales. This is the place we delve into the highest headlines that present the most recent developments and improvements contributing to the digital panorama. This week, the U.S. authorities signed a invoice into regulation that would result in a nationwide ban of TikTok, X plans to tackle YouTube with its personal good TV app, Google revealed the I/O 2024 schedule with some information on the following main model of Wear OS, a serious replace to the Ray-Ban Meta good glasses brings helpful AI options, and HMD revealed its first non-Nokia-branded smartphones.The leap to Wear OS 5(Image credit score: Nicholas Sutrich / Android Central)Read extra right here.Google I/O 2024 is ready for mid-May, and with it, we’ll hear lots about what the corporate has deliberate for the upcoming 12 months when it comes to {hardware} and software program. With the schedule now out, we now have a glimpse of what is going to be mentioned on the occasion, together with the following model of Wear OS.Wear OS 3 marked a resurgence for Google’s Wear OS, and since then, the corporate has continued to make efforts to enhance it. With Wear OS 5 now confirmed to be current at I/O 2024, it appears Google is able to push to the following main model. This differs from the previous few years when the platform went from Wear OS 3 to 3.5 after which to Wear OS 4. Now, like Apple’s WatchOS platform, Wear OS will apparently begin making early model jumps, which is an efficient signal for the platform.What will we see? So far, there’s not a lot to go on, however Google has hinted at some issues, like an replace to the Watch Face Format, which helps builders create extra battery-friendly watch faces. But we’ll have to attend and see what else we get once I/O begins.TikTok could possibly be banned in lower than a 12 months(Image credit score: Nicholas Sutrich / Android Central)Read extra right here.Get the most recent information from Android Central, your trusted companion on the planet of AndroidIt’s lastly occurred. After years of battling the worldwide phenomenon of TikTok, the U.S. authorities has issued a invoice that’s set to ban the app nationwide. After passing by way of the Senate and House, President Biden signed the invoice into regulation, which provides TikTok proprietor ByteDance 270 days to promote the app, thus chopping it from its ties to the Chinese authorities. If that does not occur, then Google and Apple will not have the ability to provide the app inside their respective app shops.TikTok CEO Shou Chew has lengthy defended the corporate, saying it has spent billions of {dollars} to guard American information. He took to the platform after the invoice was signed, calling it “unconstitutional” and indicating that TikTok plans to struggle again.There remains to be loads of time earlier than the deadline, so this might go both method, but it surely does not look good for TikTok within the U.S., particularly since ByteDance has reportedly indicated that it doesn’t plan to promote the app.(Image credit score: Meta)Read extra right here.The Ray-Ban Meta good glasses are already fairly glorious, however Meta simply dropped an enormous replace that brings extra smarts to its glasses. The replace now lets customers have interaction in POV-style video calling by way of WhatsApp and Messenger, however that is not even the most effective half.With the built-in digital camera and help for multimodal AI by way of Meta AI, homeowners of the Ray-Ban Meta good glasses can now ask their glasses questions on what they’re seeing. This consists of translating menus, creating recipes, studying extra about particular animals or buildings, and rather more. It’s like Google Lens in your face, and with out having to drag your telephone out of your pocket.The replace is simply out there within the U.S. and Canada, but it surely makes an already nice pair of good glasses so significantly better, notably as we look ahead to Meta’s subsequent AR glasses to debut someday within the near-ish future.X goes after YouTube with a TV app(Image credit score: Jay Bonggolto / Android Central)Read extra right here.For extra X randomness, the platform, previously referred to as Twitter, is getting ready to launch a wise TV app. Why? Why not? X CEO Linda Yaccarino posted a brief video on X exhibiting off a little bit of the app, which shall be centered on video content material, not not like YouTube. She stated the app shall be your “go-to companion for a high-quality, immersive entertainment experience on a larger screen” and that it’ll characteristic trending movies, enhanced search, and AI-powered matters to assist personalize the expertise.The app will even work throughout units, so you need to have the ability to begin a video in your telephone and proceed it in your TV, or you possibly can simply solid movies out of your telephone to the TV if you happen to favor.The app remains to be within the works, however it’ll apparently be extensively out there quickly. Does it have what it takes to interchange YouTube in your TV? Who is aware of.HMD Global does its personal factor(Image credit score: hm)Read extra right here.Nokia is getting pushed apart as the primary HMD Global-branded telephones had been simply launched. The firm’s new Pulse lineup consists of three telephones which might be provided in vibrant colours. The high mannequin is the HMD Pulse Pro, though it affords roughly mid-range/funds specs, more likely to maintain the worth down. It has an HD+ show with a 50MP dual-camera setup, a 5,000mAh battery with 20W charging help, and 6GB of RAM. The telephone is powered by a Unisoc chipset and runs Android 14 with a promise of two OS upgrades (we’re taking a look at you, Motorola).The Pulse Plus and Pulse each additionally sport HD+ shows, 5,000mAh batteries, and 10W charging, however the Plus will get a 50MP digital camera, whereas the Pulse settles for a 13MP shooter. They use the identical Unisoc chipset however with 4GB of RAM along with 128GB and 64GB of expandable storage for the Plus and Pulse, respectively.All telephones solely help 4G connectivity, which is a little bit disappointing in 2024, particularly for the primary HMD-branded telephones. The units additionally aren’t out there in North America in the intervening time, however a separate HMD Vibe is ready to reach in some unspecified time in the future at a really reasonably priced worth.Those are a few of the largest tales from this week. Meanwhile, listed below are another tales which might be value catching up on: