Every few years, one or more phone makers seem to be caught throttling the performance of certain Android apps and games, often to help phones score high in benchmarks, even when they’re not representative of the real performance. This time it’s Samsung’s turn.
The company’s game optimization service was discovered on Galaxy S22 phones, and it appears to throttle the performance of thousands of apps and games in a bid to extend battery life. But he is not it limit performance in benchmarks, which means these apps will spit out high scores even though most apps won’t perform as well as the benchmarks seem to indicate. Update: Samsung plans to release an update which allows you to prioritize performance over power consumption.
Here’s a roundup of recent tech news on the web.
Samsung’s game optimization service appears to throttle the performance of thousands of apps and games, possibly to help extend battery life. But since the benchmarks are NOT limited, they give unrealistic performance expectations. Samsung says it is investigating. https://t.co/6yW57Bi2Ml
— Liliputing (@liliputingnews) March 3, 2022
An unannounced 55W Intel Core i7-12650HX Alder Lake-HX chip for high-performance laptops may soon arrive with 14 cores, 20 threads, 2.3GHz base/burst speeds, but entry-level graphics of range (Intel probably expects it to be associated with discrete GPUs). https://t.co/kaiJQx8jap
— Liliputing (@liliputingnews) March 3, 2022
Intel is expanding its line of 12th Gen Core processors with vPro models for enterprise-grade hardware security. There’s also a new vPro Essentials series aimed at small and medium-sized businesses. https://t.co/zrdAhoFWcw
— Liliputing (@liliputingnews) March 3, 2022
Valve has released a Steam Deck recovery image. It’s not exactly a proper Steam OS 3 Linux distro that can be installed on other devices, but it will allow you to restore a Steam Deck to its original state. https://t.co/EzBDzh3JWO
— Liliputing (@liliputingnews) March 3, 2022
Shortly after the Steam Deck started hitting the doorstep, some users noticed “stick drift” issues. Valve has already released a patch which appears to fix the issue. https://t.co/oNOc22HyJN
— Liliputing (@liliputingnews) March 3, 2022
Razer’s Huntsman Mini is a 60% keyboard with analog optical switches, two-step actuation, and per-key RGB lighting for $150. https://t.co/S55KIuuCdO
— Liliputing (@liliputingnews) March 3, 2022
You’ll soon be able to turn off automatic updates on a Chromebook. Normally, updates are downloaded and installed in the background every four weeks and applied when you reboot. This will allow you to skip an update or two. https://t.co/fHfJwij4aP
— Liliputing (@liliputingnews) March 3, 2022
Google ATAP shows how its Soli radar system can detect different types of movement and determine if and how you want to interact with a device depending on whether you stop near it, walk past it, turn your head towards it or move away, etc. https://t.co/9LA416Xrbr
— Liliputing (@liliputingnews) March 3, 2022
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