Free subscribers can now take advantage of VoWifi, an IPTV pirate is fined 200,000 euros, Galaxy smartphones could be delivered without screen protection, this is the recap of the week.
A week full of tests for our Phonandroid teams! On the news side, Free subscribers were pleasantly surprised to learn that they could finally take advantage of VoWifi, and we explain how to activate it today. While Samsung could deprive its Galaxy smartphones of their protective film, the Apple Watch once again proves to be an excellent health tool. Finally, if you have decided to install Windows 11 on your PC despite its incompatibility, expect to receive a warning from Microsoft soon.
Apple Watch detects symptoms of rare disease
It was in Australia that Lauren, a nursing student, shared a TikTok video encouraging Apple Watch users to turn on health notifications on their smartphones. Indeed, the young woman with hemiagenesis of the thyroid, reports that her connected watch would have detected this serious disease. However, the young woman explains that not having activated certain notifications from the Health application on her iPhone, she only discovered her illness later when she went to her doctor.
Read: Apple Watch detected user’s illness months before diagnosis
200,000 euros for this IPTV pirate
The Right Alliance has enabled Swedish police to investigate a hacker running an IPTV service called MacIPTV. The police discovered that the young man would have collected more than 265,000 euros, to which are added 18 bitcoins or approximately 670,000 additional euros. The court sentenced the pirate for copyright infringement, and he was fined 200,000 euros to be paid to the production companies concerned.
Read: IPTV: a pirate is fined 200,000 euros for selling 3,000 subscriptions
Activate VoWifi now
Good news for Free subscribers, the operator has finally announced on Twitter the arrival of VoWifi (or Voice Over WiFi), which will make it possible to make calls and SMS on a WiFi network. Subscribers residing in more remote areas where the signal can sometimes struggle will therefore be happy to benefit from better call quality and more efficient Internet speed. To know everything about VoWifi and understand how to activate it, don’t hesitate to take a look at our news.
Read: Free finally offers VoWiFi to its subscribers, what is it and how to activate it?
Windows 11: a warning for incompatible PCs
Despite Microsoft’s recommendations regarding the minimum system requirements to install Windows 11 on your PC, you may have downloaded the new version of the OS on your old PC. If so, you should soon receive an alert reminding you that your computer is incompatible. It remains to be seen what prompts Microsoft to warn users once again…
Read: Windows 11: Microsoft sends a warning to those who installed the OS on an incompatible PC
The protective film could disappear from Galaxy smartphones
Many accessories are gradually disappearing from Samsung smartphone boxes for ecological reasons. After chargers or wired headphones, it’s the turn of the screen protector to miss the call in the box of some Galaxy, namely the Galaxy S21 FE or the Galaxy S22 range. On its official forum, Samsung has also announced that it plans to no longer provide screen protection with any of its smartphones in the future.
Read: Samsung would soon no longer offer screen protection with its Galaxy smartphones
Our tests of the week
We were won over by the Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra
Even if Samsung’s new flagship is massive and its processor can be disappointing because it heats up a lot, the Galaxy S22 Ultra remains an excellent smartphone. Here we have discovered the best screen on the market, we particularly appreciated the S-Pen and there is nothing to complain about on the photo side. Even if we would have liked even more novelties compared to the S21 version, the S22 Ultra seduced us and is among the best Android smartphones of the moment.
Read: Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra test: the new king of Android smartphones?
4/5 for Sony LinkBuds
With its new LinkBuds Bluetooth headphones, Sony is taking a risky bet with an atypical design and an absence of active noise reduction. Thus, we appreciate these lightweight and compact headphones, the audio quality, the easy-to-use equalizer and the touch controls. Note, however, that the autonomy is really average, that the recharge is not fast and that you can only use the LinkBuds if you are indoors and in a quiet space.
Read: Sony LinkBuds review: headphones with holes to keep your ears open
The Redmi Note 11 seduces with its price and quality
The Redmi Note 11 definitely offers the best value for money on the market. With its well-calibrated Full HD+ 90 Hz AMOLED screen, its largely decent battery life, and beautiful daytime photos, this new smartphone seduced us. We note the presence of double symmetrical loudspeaker and a jack port. We obviously regret that the processor is a little weak and that the night photos are rather poor, but for a price of less than 199 euros, the Redmi Note 11 remains a very good product.
Read: Xiaomi Redmi Note 11 review: a complete experience at a low price
Realme 9 Pro+: perfect photos for less than 400 euros?
If you want to get a quality photophone without spending a fortune, it’s now possible with the Realme 9 Pro+. Our test allowed us to discover a quality screen that respects the colors, good autonomy, fast charging and above all incredible photo quality for a smartphone in this price range. Despite perfectible performance and hard-to-avoid fingerprints on the shell, the Realme 9 Pro+ is certainly the best photophone at less than 400 euros on the market.
Read: Realme 9 Pro+ test: the best photophone under 400 euros?
High-level graphics quality for Horizon Forbidden West
Horizon Forbidden West takes up the qualities of the first episode and improves a little further. The art direction is impeccable, the graphics are impressive, at least in Performance mode, the combat system has been improved and the storyline is even better put together. Among the black points of this second opus, we note that the VF is not always good, the clashes against humans sometimes leave something to be desired, the facial animations are still perfectible and the Fidelity 4K 30 FPS mode is to be avoided. Despite everything, we were conquered and we were delighted to discover that Horizon Forbidden West has a good lifespan.
Read: Horizon Forbidden West test: the first great open-world of the PS5
