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PlayStation 5 Might Indeed Come Out With Backwards Compatibility, A Sony Patent Suggests

Some rumors have already said that PlayStation 5, the next-generation console of Sony, might launch with backwards compatibility. Now, a patent filed by Sony suggests that the rumors might indeed be accurate and that Sony PlayStation 5 would roll out with backwards compatibility, indeed.

The video gaming industry has evolved a lot in the last few years, and the market of consoles represents a priority for companies like Sony and Microsoft, especially since their dominance has been shaken up pretty good by Nintendo Switch which was the absolute leader regarding sales in 2018. That’s why both Sony and Microsoft are working on improved next-generation consoles.

Sony, for its part, is struggling to surpass Microsoft’s next Xbox (Xbox Scarlett, as we know it so far) with its PlayStation 5. Even though some rumors have it that Xbox Scarlett would be much better than PS5, the PlayStation 5 might come out with a feature that might attract more customers – backwards compatibility.

A Sony Patent Suggests That PlayStation 5 Might Indeed Come Out With Backwards Compatibility

Sony filed a patent that suggests that backwards compatibility would come out for PlayStation 5. The best part of it is that it would allow players to run any games of the previous consoles. That means PS5 would permit us to play titles that have been initially released for PlayStation 1, 2, 3, and even PlayStation 4.

That is a feature that the PlayStation 4 users have been asking for some time now, and, if the patent would eventually come to fruition, Sony might become the bestselling next-generation console, surpassing Xbox Scarlett and the whatever variant of Nintendo Switch would be on the market by then.

As for the PlayStation 5 release date, rumors suggested that the Sony’s next-generation console would come out in 2020. We might find out more about PlayStation 5 and when it would come out around May when Sony would sustain a press conference where some essential details would be revealed.

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Xbox Live Cross-Platform Play On Nintendo Switch To Expand, Microsoft Wants

Microsoft plans to debate the expansion of the Xbox Live cross-platform play on Nintendo Switch during the upcoming Game Developers Conference, which would happen between the 18th and 22nd of March. According to a recently released schedule of the event, Microsoft wants to expand the cross-platform play on Nintendo Switch to other titles besides the popular Minecraft.

Microsoft would also allow devs to preview the SDK responsible for enabling the developers to connect players across multiple platforms, with Nintendo Switch included, in any game that is currently available via Microsoft Store for Windows computers and Xbox.

“Xbox Live is one of the largest, most engaged gaming communities on the planet with decades of experience providing managed game services to developers that save you time and unlock all of the social and engagement features that players love. Now Xbox Live is about to get MUCH bigger. Xbox Live is expanding from 400M gaming devices and a reach to over 68M active players to over 2B devices with the release of our new cross-platform XDK,” reads the report on the panel.

Microsoft Wants to Expand the Xbox Live Cross-Platform Play On Nintendo Switch

“Get a first look at the SDK to enable game developers to connect players between iOS, Android, and Switch in addition to Xbox and any game in the Microsoft Store on Windows PCs,” said Microsoft in the preview of the Game Developers Conference which would take place in March.

“Xbox Live players are highly engaged and active on Xbox and PC, but now they can take their gaming achievement history, their friends list, their clubs, and more with them to almost every screen. This will break down barriers for developers that want their communities to mingle more freely across platforms. Combined with PlayFab gaming services, this means less work for game developers and more time to focus on making games fun,” the tech giant added.

In short, Microsoft would like to expand the Xbox Live cross-platform play on Nintendo Switch, and it would even offer a preview to the SDK responsible for that during the Game Developers Conference which would happen between May 18th and 22n of this year.

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Samsung Folding Smartphone Leak Also Revealed a Samsung Next-Gen Flagship Tablet

Last Friday, the famous leaks site SlashLeaks revealed the upcoming Samsung folding smartphone in a new video. According to the before-mentioned website, Samsung Vietnam leaked the official presentation footage of the forthcoming Samsung foldable smartphone and the anniversary flagship smartphone, Galaxy S10 lineup. But, surprisingly, the Vietnamese subsidiary of the South Korean tech giant also revealed a next-gen tablet. It seems that the tablet leaked by the source mentioned above would also be launched on February 20th, along with Galaxy F and Galaxy S10 series.

The main piece of the presentation would be undoubtedly the Samsung Galaxy F folding smartphone. It is the first of its kind in the world, and since Samsungs design it, it would be a successful device, most likely. But, we won’t know for sure until February 20th when the South Korean tech giant would reveal everything about it.

Besides Galaxy F and the anniversary Galaxy S10 lineup, about which many leaks and information came out online, Samsung is also planning to launch a next-gen tablet, also leaked thanks to the tech giant’s Vietnamese subsidiary.

Samsung Folding Smartphone Leak Also Revealed a Samsung Next-Gen Flagship Tablet

In the leaked video of the first Samsung folding smartphone, the Galaxy F device, we can also see a Samsung next-gen flagship tablet with almost no bezels. It also appears wider than the current-gen 10.5-inch Samsung Tab S4 and even with a larger screen than the 12.9-inch iPad Pro.

According, the next-gen flagship tablet of Samsung might be the sequel of the 12-inch Galaxy Book 2 which has been the South Korean tech giant’s tablet-computer hybrid that competed with the Microsoft’s Surface Pro 6 tablet.

As the leaked video indicated, this Samsung next-gen flagship tablet, along with the first Samsung folding smartphone and the anniversary Galaxy S10 lineup, would also come out during the “Unpacked” event which would take place on February 20th, 2019, in San Francisco.

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Best Free Video Downloaders for iOS in 2019

While on Android, applications like Vidmate, SnapTube or TubeMate, to mention the most popular ones allows users to take down vids from all the major streaming platforms, on iOS, there are other apps to help us download videos from the Internet. Here, in this article, we’ll talk about the best free video downloaders for iOS in 2019.

When we’re low on mobile data and don’t have access to WiFi networks, it would be challenging to enjoy all those favorite videos on the Internet, anywhere and at any time we want. That’s why video downloaders are the ideal options to take down online videos that we like the most to watch them while offline.

And there are some excellent video downloader apps for iPhone and iPad devices, which are still available and working in 2019. Here are the best free video downloaders for iOS in 2019.

Best Free Video Downloaders for iOS in 2019

iDownloader – Download Manager

iDownloader is, at its essence, a download manager for iOS. However, it is more than that, as it’s also allowing users to take down online videos from virtually any streaming platforms out there. Nonetheless, it permits us to download up to 50 vids at one time. Besides, it is also an excellent file explorer and manager for iPhone and iPad devices.

Best Video Downloader

As its name indicates, Best Video Downloader is one of the best free video downloaders for iOS in 2019. It’s straightforward to use and comes with a built-in player to permit users to enjoy the downloaded video without leaving the app to use a third-party one. Best Video Downloader on iOS allows us to take down as many vids as we like, with no limits, from major platforms, including Vimeo.

Free Video Downloader

This one is also one of the best video downloaders for iOS in 2019, even though it lacks some features such as the transfer of the downloaded content to Mac and PC via WiFi network. Nonetheless, Free Video Downloader comes with some unique features like playlists and the possibility to play vids in the background when we minimize the app.

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iOS 13 Would Get System-Wide Dark Mode, And, Now, Here’s How It Might Look Like

While at the moment the only method to get the dark theme on iOS devices is to activate the so-called “smart invert” feature, but it is problematic, for the time being. Reportedly, iOS 13 would come out with a system-wide dark mode. Now, here’s how it might look like.

iOS 13 To Receive a System-Wide Dark Mode

Now, that Mac devices got their system-wide dark mode thanks to the latest macOS Mojave version, it is the right time for iOS-based smartphones and tablets to get a similar mode. As reported by XDA-Developers, iOS 13 might come with a system-wide dark mode of its own.

According to a report from Bloomberg, the dark mode in iOS 13 would roll out across all the iPhone and iPad applications, meaning that common apps like dialer, contacts, iMessages, and Settings, as well as the menus, would get the upcoming dark theme. Also, the article on Bloomberg said that the dark mode would also support the main third-party apps on iOS 13.

Here’s How The Dark Mode in iOS 13 Might Look Like

Now, we don’t know for sure how Apple thought the upcoming iOS 13 dark mode, but we can get a glimpse of how it might look like thanks to a one-year-old iOS 12 concept. As we know, iOS 12 is not boasting a system-wide dark theme, so the concept might still apply to iOS 13, the mobile operating system that Apple plans to launch in fall 2019.

Nonetheless, the dark mode is beneficial for users and, as Google and other tech companies, even Apple, are already implementing it in some of their apps, programs, and products, the Cupertino-based company might also add it to iOS 13 as it has already done it in macOS Mojave. The dark mode helps users reduce the strain of staring at a bright screen, while it can also save the devices’ battery since the screens consume less power to display dark color than when showing bright ones.

Here is the iOS 12 concept that offers us a preview of how the dark mode on iOS 13 might look like:

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