Gezixuan News on November 9th, the technology media Android Authority released a blog post today (November 9th), Google in the Android 15 system, to achieve a real sense of adaptive refresh rate (ARR) function, can make the screen refresh rate dynamically adjust according to the screen content, thereby effectively reducing power consumption and jamming.

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Note: Most Android phones support refresh rates over 60Hz, but in most scenarios, for phones that do not support Variable Refresh Rate (VRR) technology, in most cases, you can only switch between a few fixed refresh rates such as 60Hz, 90Hz, or 120Hz.

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Android 15 is the first version of Android to support Adaptive Refresh Rate (ARR), which not only adapts to the content frame rate, but also changes the refresh rate within a display mode.

Google says that the adaptive refresh rate feature in Android 15 has two main benefits:

First, the feature lets the device run at a rate lower than its maximum refresh rate, transitioning to a higher rate only when it's critical to the user experience, reducing power consumption and minimizing unnecessary power consumption.

Second, the adaptive refresh rate improves performance by eliminating the need to change the display mode, which Google says is a known cause of stuttering. This feature will help improve the user experience when watching videos or playing games on their phones.

Although many phone manufacturers have long advertised Variable Refresh Rate (VRR), Android didn't really support this technology until then. Previous devices were equipped with LTPO displays, but their refresh rates still relied on discrete mode switching.

Android 15's ARR feature provides a unified way to adjust the refresh rate in the same display mode, improving energy efficiency.

Gezixuan reported on November 4 that the source Leopeva64 posted on the X platform on November 3 that AI is now "ubiquitous", and the "enhanced protection" in the safe browsing mode of the Chrome browser will be driven by AI, and Google has updated the description of the mode in the Chrome Canary version.

Google has updated the description of this feature on the settings page. The description reads: "Real-time AI-powered protection, based on your browsing data being transmitted to Google, protects you from dangerous websites, downloads, and extensions." ”

MSPOWERUSER reported today that while this change may seem minor in the Chrome Canary version, such a text change may often indicate a larger feature change. When Enhanced Protection Mode is turned on, Chrome not only alerts you to dangerous websites you don't recognize, but also deeply scans for suspicious downloads while keeping your browsing speed intact.

However, unlike the standard protection mode, activating the enhanced protection mode may also send a sample of the website address and activity data to Google for a "security check".

According to reports from Russia's TASS and the British Daily Telegraph on October 30, the Russian government's fine on Google has reached about 20000000000000000000000000000000000000000 (IT Home Note: 35 digits) US dollars, which is far more than the annual global GDP (about 110 trillion US dollars in 2023, a 15-digit number).

According to reports, Google lost the case in 2020 because its video platform YouTube blocked multiple Russian media accounts. Since then, Google has been fined 100,000 rubles (IT Home Note: currently about 7,350 yuan) per day.

Legal professionals told TASS that if the fine is not paid within 9 months, the fine will double every day with no upper limit. Only by complying with the court's decision can Google return to the Russian market. This figure far exceeds Google's own market value.

The Daily Telegraph said that after the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict in 2022, Google closed its Russian division and its subsidiary declared bankruptcy. Russian police had previously seized more than $100 million in assets from bankrupt entities. Despite Russia's astronomical claims against Google, the company said in its last financial report that "we do not believe that these ongoing legal matters will have a substantial adverse impact." TASS quoted experts as saying that Google "obviously will not pay the fine, and the Russian Federation will not be able to recover the money from the company," and all of Google's properties in Russia have been reclaimed or seized. The media said that any claims made by the Russian government are only valid domestically.