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Remember this news from a few months ago? Back in June, sources claimed that Facebook was officially rolling out dark mode for mobile devices but months went by and the update didn't happen. Fortunately, it looks like the wait may finally be over.

Last month, the Exynos 1080 chipset appearing more than a few times in rumours. That led to many believing that Samsung would be launching it soon and that does seem to be the case. The company has officially confirmed that a launch will happen on 12 November 2020.

Right after iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro became available, many media nerds and geeks have been testing out the battery performance on the new iPhones. Previously, we reported that turning on 5G would drain the battery capacity a lot but turns out that they aren't so great in mobile gaming as well.

For those of you who use the Setel app, this could be good news for you. The app is now officially available for use at over 800 Kedai Mesra stores across the country. This means that it's now a viable payment option at the store, allowing you to pay for items without needing to bring cash.

Recently, we’ve reported the promo image posted of the HONOR V40 Series on Twitter that cues that it will be launching real soon. Today, we got the key features of the series which was posted on Twitter by another tipster and said the HONOR V40 Series will be launching next month. 

Welcome back TechNavers and NewsByters, in this issue of TechNave NewsBytes 2020 #29, Samsung announces Generation17, while Samsung Electronics achieves Top Five in Interbrand’s Best Global Brands 2020. For Huawei, they recently signed an MoU with JIOS Academy, while the Nandos Malaysia app is now available on their AppGallery. They also announced the top ICT Students to represent Asia Pacific in the Huawei ICT Competition Finals and they also announced their Q3 2020 Business Results.

When it comes to graphics for laptops, most compact ones just use integrated graphics processing unit (iGPU) that are included with the CPU. Intel has been doing that for years, but the company has just officially launched its Intel Iris Xe MAX GPU, which is a discrete GPU (dGPU) instead.

November is upon us and we draw closer to the unveiling of Qualcomm's next chipset. This was hinted near the start of October, when the company announced that its next Tech Summit would be at the start of December 2020. Rumours of the Snapdragon 875 chipset has begun appearing too and the latest is a benchmark score.

For those who play mobile games on their mobile devices, the experience of using touch controls can sometimes be frustrating. You can normally just use a Bluetooth controller, but it's often without the extra features that come with it like rumbles. Now, Google might be considering fixing that.

It seems that Apple One subscription service is now officially available in Malaysia starting from the price of RM19.90 for the Individual plan, while Family plan will be priced at RM33.90 a month which can be shared up to 5 people. In terms of the benefits, customers who signed up for the subscription plan will be able to gain full access to Apple Music, Apple TV+, Apple Arcade, as well as up to 200GB of iCloud storage.