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Winamp is making a comeback. The classic desktop music player will get a new version in the first half of 2027, and it will come with a monthly streaming subscription. The new Winamp streaming service will run on Deezer’s technology and music catalog. It will sit alongside the original Winamp, which is still available for download today. The old app is not going away, at least for now. Winamp first came out in 1997. It was a common way to play music on computers long before Spotify existed. The new version will work like a streaming service, but users can still play their own files, podcasts, and internet radio. The company has not said how much the subscription will cost. Winamp previously shared a similar plan back in 2018, but it never happened. It’s not clear yet if this new plan will work out. This article, Winamp is coming back in 2027 as a streaming service , was originally published at NoypiGeeks | Philippines Technology News, Reviews and How to...

Smart Communications has launched AI.Smart , a browser-based workspace bundling Claude, Thinking Machines, Google Gemini, ChatGPT, and AWS Nova into a single tab. Available only to Smart and TNT subscribers, the platform picks the AI model best suited to each prompt rather than surfacing a model picker. Php49 gets you 100,000 credits for 7 days, which can be rolled over if you top up before expiry, similar to how prepaid load works. The Php499 tier unlocks a 30-day validity and 1,200,000 shared credit pool that can be divided across up to 10 users, sized for a small team or a class group. Inside the workspace, anyone can reload credits and pay via debit card, e-wallet, postpaid billing, or prepaid load. Smart says user content stays inside the workspace, is not fed back into any model’s training set, is deleted at session end, and is encrypted under the Philippine Data Privacy Act. Tasks handled by AI.Smart include generating images, drafting documents, building p...

Retroid Pocket has abruptly expanded its handheld lineup, unveiling the Duo Lite Plus only about a week after preorders went live for the standard Duo and Duo Lite versions. This newly introduced variant is now open for preorder. It combines the more compact build of the base Duo Lite with the Qualcomm Dragonwing Q-7790 chip, which is the same silicon found in the more expensive flagship Duo. According to Retroid Pocket, this late addition came in response to user requests. The company acknowledged a desire for flagship-level performance in a pocket-friendly size. The surprise reveal threw a wrench into the original launch schedule and caught early adopters of the standard Duo Lite off guard. Many had just ordered the less powerful model and had no idea a version pairing the smaller body with the top-tier processor was on the horizon. Announcing this hybrid just days after the initial window opened sparked frustration among those who wound up with the less ideal s...

vivo’s latest flagship, the vivo X500, has been introduced in China. The vivo X500 is the cheapest of vivo’s new flagship line, which also consists of the X500 Pro and the X500 Pro Max . This one is powered by a MediaTek Dimensity 9600M processor, which is said to be simply a rebranded Dimensity 9500, instead of being completely new and more powerful like the Dimensity 9600 Pro that the X500 Pro models have. On the upside, it has a bigger 7,500mAh battery than the X500 Pro’s 6,510mAh. It also has the same 90W wired and 50W wireless charging. It comes with a fairly standard 6.59-inch 2K AMOLED display with an extra smooth 144Hz refresh rate and 4,000 nits of peak brightness. While its bigger brothers enjoy a custom main sensor and support for the ZEISS Telephoto Extender Gen 2 Ultra, the X500 still has a respectable set of cameras. There’s the 50-megpaixel LYTIA 828 main shooter, 64-megapixel telephoto, and 50-megapixel JN1 ultra-wide. ...

vivo officially announced the X500 series in China. For this one, let’s focus on the vivo X500 Pro. The vivo X500 Pro now sits between the base vivo X500 and now the current top dog, the vivo X500 Pro Max . The two Pro models do share many qualities: they are the first to use the new MediaTek Dimensity 9600 Pro flagship chipset. They also use the same 50-megapixel Sony LYTIA L910 sensor that was co-developed by vivo themselves. The Pro Max has gimbal-grade 3-degree optical image stabilization, while the X500 Pro settles for 1.5 degrees. Instead of a 200-megapixel periscope, the non-Max model settles for a respectable 64-megapixel telephoto shooter with optical image stabilization. There’s still the 50-megapixel ultra-wide, 50-megapixel selfie-snapper, and support for the new 400mm ZEISS Telephoto Extender Gen 2 Ultra. Both Pro models use a similar 2K LTPO AMOLED panel with a high 144Hz refresh rate, albeit the X500 Pro is much smaller at 6.36 inche...

After its initial release in China back in August, the OPPO A7 Pro Max finally makes its way to the global market, starting in Europe. The global OPPO A7 Pro Max is exactly the same as the one sold in China. It is still powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 5 processor, with the initial global versions we’re seeing only coming with up to 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage. A big highlight here is the enormous 10,000mAh battery, one of the biggest ever found on an OPPO smartphone. That’s been aptly paired with 80W wired and 27W reverse wired charging. There’s a large 6.78-inch 1.5K AMOLED screen on the front with a 120Hz refresh rate, a 50-megapixel selfie camera on top of it, and a 50-megapixel main shooter on the back. The device is also IP68/IP69K rated for dust and water resistance. The OPPO A7 Pro Max is now listed in Austria for EUR599 (~Php42,700) and will ship starting October 1. OPPO A7 Pro Max Specs Android 16, ColorOS 16 D...