Acer has unveiled its latest flagship laptop, the Swift Edge, which competes with the LG Gram 16 in a niche category best defined as ultrabooks with large displays. As we all know, the SFA16-41 is only 13mm thick, has a 16-inch display, and weighs 1.17kg, which is about 30g lighter than its LG rivals; thanks to its magnesium alloy chassis.
It’s also one of the first mainstream laptops to feature the new AMD Ryzen PRO 6000 processor and Pluton, a new security feature implemented by Microsoft.
The Swift Edge comes with 16GB of LPDDR5 RAM (albeit on one slot) and a 1TB SSD, which is a lot more than others offer (for example, the LG Gram 16 starts with 8GB of RAM and a 256GB SSD).
Born for creativity
While the screen is spectacular, this isn’t the first time such a display has been shown on a laptop.
Before Acer, Lenovo, Gigabyte, Dell, and Asus bundled similarly sized 16:10 OLED displays in some of their laptops, users could enjoy the space the 3840 x 2400 resolution offered. Acer claims it supports 100 percent of the DCI-P3 color gamut and a peak brightness of 500 nits, which is what it calls “cinematic-quality visuals” — and for some users, it may well be the perfect laptop for Photoshop.
What makes this device stand out is the Ryzen 6800U, a powerful 8-core 16-thread processor based on AMD’s Zen 3+ technology and manufactured using a 6nm process. The end result is a frugal CPU with a TPD comparable to the Core i7-1260P (used in the LG Gram 16) but with performance comparable to more power-hungry processors like the Core i5-12500H (used in the Honor MagicBook 14) Comparable).
So far, only two models offer it: the stunning 1kg Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED and the amazingly priced Lenovo ThinkBook 13s Gen 4.
The rest of the specs include a Radeon 680M graphics card with an HDMI 2.1 port with 8K support, Wi-Fi 6e wireless networking, two USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C ports, two Type-A ports and an audio jack, all made up of a fairly small The 3-cell 54WHr battery, which Acer says can power the Swift Edge for up to 7.5 hours.
Apple this year launched four phones under its latest iPhone 14 series – the iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Plus, iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max. While the Pro model is more expensive, the iPhone 14 and 14 Plus are two options that could leave many people with a dilemma as to which one to choose.
Many would say that the iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus are just a choice between two iPhones — one with a smaller display and one with a slightly larger display. The iPhone 14 Plus is on sale now. It’s slightly more expensive than the iPhone 14, but the specs are pretty much the same, just slightly different. Here’s a careful comparison between the two phones to help you decide which phone you should buy. Let’s take a look together!
Display: The iPhone 14 features a 6.1-inch Super Retina XDR display. The Plus version comes with a slightly larger 6.7-inch Super Retina XDR display. If you want a basic iPhone with a larger display, choose the iPhone 14 Plus.
Design: The phone is made of aerospace-grade aluminum with a ceramic shield on the front. The phones are water resistant and can withstand up to 6 meters of water pressure for up to 30 minutes. Both phones are compatible with MagSafe cases, wallets, wireless chargers and more
Emergency SOS: Both phone models come with the Emergency SOS feature.
Collision Detection: Both phones feature collision detection, which calls emergency services and notifies your emergency contacts if a serious car crash is detected.
Camera: Both iPhones have the same camera specs. They feature an advanced dual-camera system, including a 12MP primary lens and an ultra-wide-angle lens. Apple has added Photonic Engine technology throughout the iPhone 14 models, which is said to dramatically improve photo quality in low-light conditions. Both phones come with sensor-shift optical image stabilization. Both feature 12MP TrueDepth front-facing cameras.
Battery life: The iPhone 14 Plus clearly has slightly longer battery life than the base model. Apple claims the iPhone 14 Plus offers 26 hours of video playback, while the iPhone 14 offers up to 20 hours of video playback. Audio playback time is 100 hours and 80 hours. Both feature fast charging.
Processor: This is the first time a new iPhone is equipped with last year’s chipset. Apple has only added its latest A16 chipset to the Pro models this time around. The iPhone 14 and 14 Plus feature the A15 Bionic chipset with a 6-core CPU and 5-core GPU. Both have face recognition detection.
5G Support: Both are 5G capable.
Storage models: Both phones are available in three storage models – 128GB, 256GB and 512GB models. Both phones support dual eSIM.
Which one should you buy?
The iPhone 4 Plus is somewhere between the cheaper iPhone 14 and the more expensive iPhone 14 Pro. If you want a basic iPhone, but from the latest series, with a slightly larger display and longer battery life, then get the iPhone 14 Plus.
When the battle between the Samsung Galaxy S23 and the iPhone 14 comes to a head early next year, it may be hard to say which one is the winner. We’ve seen modest upgrades to the iPhone 14, but generally high quality across the board. While it’s not as impressive as the iPhone 14 Pro, it’s still one of the best phones you can buy.
In the other corner, the Samsung Galaxy S23 is the successor to the upcoming Galaxy S22, which is already one of the best Android phones and one of the best phones overall. Rumors sound like not much will change between generations, leading us to expect another great phone, but none can beat the iPhone 14 without being special. This comparison is for the standard iPhone 14 and Galaxy S23 models.
Samsung Galaxy S23 vs iPhone 14: Price and availability
The iPhone 14 arrives in September 2022, starting at $799 for the 128GB model. That’s the same price as past generations of basic iPhones.
According to current rumors, the Galaxy S23 could arrive in January or early February, a little earlier than expected. Pricing is currently unknown, and there aren’t any rumors to fill in the gaps, so we’ll have to check out the background on the current generation. The Galaxy S22 series retails for $800, and we expect the S23 to sell for the same price.
Samsung Galaxy S23 vs iPhone 14: Design and presentation
In keeping with the past two generations of iPhones, the iPhone 14 features a flat 6.1-inch body with a notch on the front for unlocking with facial recognition, and the typical combination of power/volume buttons, Lightning port, and alert sliders around its edges. The back is made of glossy glass and is available in blue, purple, midnight, starlight or product red.
The Galaxy S23 should finally look a lot like the curved Galaxy S22, including maintaining its 6.1-inch size. However, we’ve heard of thicker bezels around the display and a possible new look on the back. Leaked-based renders show a new camera layout, just like the Galaxy S22 Ultra, with separate rear camera lenses.
Apple equipped the iPhone 14 with a sub-FHD 60Hz OLED display, which is a bit disappointing considering how much you’re paying for an iPhone. The Galaxy S22 already offers FHD resolution and a 120Hz refresh rate for its OLED panel, and unless any rumors seem to contradict us, we’re looking forward to seeing these again. While the iPhone 14’s screen is inherently good, we should see the S23 perform much better than the S22’s precedent.
Samsung Galaxy S23 vs iPhone 14: Cameras
The iPhone 14 doesn’t change its camera significantly either. It has three 12MP snappers covering main, ultrawide and selfie characters. New for this year, though, are Photon Engine processing for improved low-light images, autofocus for the selfie camera, and a larger primary sensor with a wider aperture.
The iPhone generally outperforms the Galaxy S22 in our comparisons, but Samsung does have a big advantage in the telephoto camera as well as the main and ultrawide sensors. That’s what Apple only offers Pro iPhones right now, so from a photography standpoint, the S22 offers better value.
We should expect a similar feature from the S23, as it has neither the ultra-wide nor the telephoto camera resolution changes. We haven’t heard rumors of a main camera yet, but we think this will stick with the current 50MP sensor. It may have a 12MP selfie camera instead of 10MP, though, which would help counter the new autofocus iPhone front-facing camera.
Samsung Galaxy S23 vs iPhone 14: Performance
It’s unlikely we’ll see the Galaxy S23 outperform the iPhone 14, even with the latter’s year-old A15 chipset. But the A15 still beats the Galaxy S22’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chipset in benchmarks.
As for the S23’s chip, it’s likely to feature only the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chip globally, or the Exynos 2300 chip in most models sold outside the US. Either way, it’s still unlikely to beat the iPhone 14 in benchmarks.
In terms of storage, the iPhone 14 can be configured with 128GB, 256GB or 512GB of storage. We expect the S23 to come with 128GB or 256GB, just like the S22.
Samsung Galaxy S23 vs iPhone 14: Battery and charging
Apple has increased the battery size of the iPhone 14, but not by much. Still, its battery life is decent, and it’s more than an hour faster than the Galaxy S22, even with the S22’s display stuck at its base 60Hz.
The rumor mill claims that the S23 will have an increased battery, but that alone won’t be enough to beat the iPhone 14’s excellent battery life. If Samsung wants to keep up, Samsung will need to improve its energy efficiency elsewhere.
Samsung will still have the charging speed advantage, though. That’s still faster than the iPhone 14’s 20W charge, despite the assumption that the S23 will continue to charge at 25W for a year. The iPhone 14 can also charge wirelessly at 15W, as can the Galaxy S22.
Google really wants people to know it’s working on a new tablet. After first revealing it was working on a tablet at its I/O developer conference in May, at its Pixel event on Thursday, the company dropped some hints about the upcoming device again.
Unlike the metal Pixel 7 phone, the tablet will be built with a “nano-ceramic” coating “inspired” by porcelain. The body of the tablet is made from “100% recycled aluminum”.
We still don’t know much about the tablet, although Google says it will be a “premium version” that will arrive in 2023. It will run on Google’s Tensor G2 processor, similar to the one that powers the Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro.
The device will have a charging speaker base that attaches magnetically to the back of the tablet, turning the Pixel tablet into a detachable Nest Hub. Once docked, the tablet can display photos or control your smart home using widgets or the Google Assistant.
While it has teased some extra features, Google hasn’t revealed pricing or a release date. However, the company did reiterate that the tablet will go on sale next year.
Is it more of a smart display than a laptop?
Google’s preview makes the tablet look more like a photo frame, smart home hub and video calling device than some sort of laptop replacement. The keyboard accessory isn’t shown: instead, the magnetic charging dock appears to be a key way to keep the tablet at home. (The Pixel tablet won’t arrive until 2023, so there may be more to come.)
Performance: As good as the Pixel 7, what else?
Google’s proposed tablet use sounds powerful (it has the new Tensor G2 chip) and sounds similar to its Pixel phones. But Google’s emphasis on app compatibility with split-screen mode and stylus support may be part of the reason the tablet took longer to roll out. The wallpapers and design themes look consistent with the Pixel, suggesting that Android on its tablet will feel very similar this time around.
How much will it cost?
The price is unknown, which is a big deal. If Google tried to make it a casual home tablet, would it price it accordingly? (The Nest Hub Max, for example, sells for $229.) Or, if its goal is to be a more versatile device, are other accessories worth putting it in the premium zone? It’s hard to say, and we probably won’t know more about this until next year. But if you’ve been dying for a new Android tablet, you might want to wait for it.
We finally got our hands on Google’s Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro and the Pixel Watch. The products were first announced at Google I/O, the search giant’s annual developer conference in May. Google revealed more information at an event in Brooklyn on Thursday. You can pre-order the Pixel 7, 7 Pro, and Pixel Watch right now, and they’ll start shipping next week.
The new phones focus primarily on camera updates and features added by the revamped Tensor G2 processor. The processor handles advanced image processing, extended security (used with the Titan M2) and machine learning, and system caching. Google goes through all the ways the G2 can speed up and improve most of the phone’s features.
As usual, the new device runs an upgraded version of its mobile operating system, Android 13. Android 13 rolled out to the previous generation of phones, the Pixel 6 series, in August. Google is promising five years of security updates for the phone. Let’s take a look below!
Pixel 7
Notably, Google added 2x crop mode zoom to its 50-megapixel main sensor, which produces a 12.5-megapixel image from the center of the sensor. The company says other general improvements you’ll see include faster Night Sight low-light shots, better skin tones, and a audible selfie-assist mode for the visually impaired called Guided Frame. Still, it’s a dual camera.
The Still Photo Unblur algorithm extends from just faces to sharpen old photos and get a cinematic blur for video, Apple’s Cinematic Mode. Google hinted that the newer Unblur feature will only be available on new phones thanks to the G2. The phone gets 4K recording at 60 frames per second and better video autofocus and voice enhancements.
There’s no dramatic redesign for 2022: mostly just the aluminum bezel that extends to the camera bump, all the way to the edges, and replaces last year’s “kinda, kinda” color with a buff option. It’s smaller than the Pixel 6. It uses new zirconia sandblasted aluminum.
The Pixel 7 starts at the same price as the Pixel 6 at $599 (£599, AU$999).
Google Pixel 7: New tensor chip, better camera for the same price
Pixel 7 phone with VPN
Pixel 7 Pro
In addition to all the features available in the Pixel 7, the Pro’s camera gets a 12-megapixel, 10x crop-mode zoom from its 48-megapixel telephoto camera. The camera uses the main and telephoto cameras for computational zoom in the range between 2.5x and 5x. The Pro also added a macro mode with its third camera. Google promises crisp, stable 30x zoom photos.
The Pro will be available in light, muted greens instead of yellows. It starts at $899 (£849, AU$1,299).
The 7 Pro comes with 12GB of RAM (compared to the 7’s 8GB) and comes with 128GB, 256GB or 512GB of storage. Like the 7, it supports millimeter-wave 5G on AT&T and Verizon, but only the Pro will support T-Mobile for the fastest 5G.
How Google’s Pixel 7 Pro challenges the iPhone with new camera tech
Google Pixel 7 Pro brings better camera zoom and macro photography
Pixel watch
Borrowing from the company’s acquisition of Fitbit, Google‘s first homegrown smartwatch features many of the same fitness-tracking features with similar accuracy, in a sleek, premium design – rounded convex Gorilla Glass 5 and a stainless steel case. The watch highlights Google’s more focused attention to design. It starts at $350 (£339, AU$549).
The watch is water resistant up to 5 ATM, which means it should be able to withstand pressure equal to a depth of 50 meters. It also has an always-on display. Designs include matte black with obsidian active band, polished silver with charcoal active band, polished silver with chalk active band or champagne gold with hazelnut active band; there will be a variety of band styles.
Google’s Wear OS 3.5 also brings a wider range of features such as smart home controls, wrist access to the Google Play Store and optional LTE, emergency SOS, international emergency calling and mobile payments via Google Wallet. After launch, it will be able to measure blood oxygen saturation and capture an electrocardiogram from the wrist and support fall detection. The company promises a full day of use on a single charge.
Pixel Tablet
Google uses the tablet as a complement to the rest of the Google ecosystem. The company emphasizes split-screen and stylus support, as well as the integration of the Tensor G2 — a tablet designed to be an extension of your phone, handling photos and more in the same way.
There’s a new charging speaker dock that goes with it, basically turning it into a smart display.
It matches the rest of the range with a Nano Ceramic Matte finish.
iPadOS 16 brings some new features, especially for M1 iPad users. After ten tests, the company tweaked the features that are exclusive to these iPad users and what more people can take advantage of. Here are the iPadOS 16 features exclusive to the M1 iPad Air and M1 iPad Pro. Let’s have a look!
External monitor support for M1 iPad users running iPadOS 16
Later this year, M1 iPad owners running iPadOS 16 will be able to get proper external display support.
As Apple explains, the iPad Pro with the M1 chip fully supports external displays with resolutions up to 6K, which means you can use different apps on the iPad and the external display. Running iPadOS 16, you can also:
Access apps on an external display: Access your favorite apps and your recent apps from the Dock, or use the App Library to find the apps you want faster;
Drag and drop between iPad and external display: M1 iPad users running iPadOS 16 can drag and drop files and windows from their iPad Pro to an external display and vice versa.
The 12.9-inch M1 iPad Pro gets its own exclusive features on iPadOS 16
Even if you own an M1 iPad, that doesn’t mean you’ll have every feature available on iPadOS 16, as Apple saved one feature to the larger iPad with the new display mode:
Reference Mode: Enables the 12.9-inch iPad Pro with Liquid Retina XDR display to provide reference colors for popular color standards and video formats;
Reference Mode with Sidecar: Use your iPad Pro as a secondary reference display for your Mac.
The 2020 iPad Pro could have its spotlight time too
Exclusive accessibility features for Magnifier on 2020 iPad Pro users or newer iPadOS 16 only:
Detection Mode in Magnifier: Get a rich description of your surroundings with the new Magnifier mode that includes door detection, person detection, and image description;
Door Detection in Magnifier: Find a door, read the signs or labels around it, and get instructions on how to open the door.
Last but not least, if you have an iPad Air 5 or M1 iPad Pro with 256GB of storage, you can take advantage of this feature on iPadOS 16:
Virtual Memory Swap: iPad storage can be used to expand the available memory for all apps and provide up to 16 GB of memory for the most demanding apps.
Stage Manager is now available for the 2018 iPad Pro and newer
Stage Manager was originally released as an exclusive feature for the M1 iPad Air and M1 iPad Pro. Then, by the end of September, Apple announced that the feature would be coming to the 2018 iPad Pro and newer models.
Here’s what you can do with Stage Manager:
Resizable windows: Resize windows so they fit your tasks;
Center app: focus on the app you’re using without going full screen;
Quick access to windows and applications: the window of the application you are using is highlighted in the center, other applications are listed on the left in order of most recent use;
Overlapping windows: Create overlapping windows of different sizes in a single view, giving you control over arranging the ideal workspace;
Group apps together: Drag and drop windows from the side or open apps from the Dock to create sets of apps you can go back to at any time.
These are the features available to M1 iPad users on iPadOS 16. The upcoming iPad operating system will be available in the fall, but you can take advantage of the public beta now.
Xiaomi has announced that its upcoming flagship smartphone, the Mi 12T Pro, will use a 200MP camera sensor, most likely Samsung’s ISOCELL HP1. The 200MP sensor was released over a year ago. However, the South Korean tech giant’s flagship camera sensor hasn’t been used in any smartphone for quite some time. The first smartphone to use Samsung’s ISOCELL HP1 camera sensor – the Motorola X30 Pro – only launched in China last month.
It now appears that the ISOCELL HP1 camera sensor is making its way to more smartphones. Last week, the Motorola Edge 30 Ultra with a 200MP sensor was launched in India. Now, Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun has announced that the company’s upcoming flagship smartphone will feature a 200MP imaging system. Considering that the Samsung ISOCELL HP1 is the only smartphone high-end camera sensor with 200MP resolution, we think it is the sensor that Xiaomi uses in its flagship smartphones.
The Mi 12T Pro is said to use Samsung’s 200MP camera with F1.69 aperture, phase detection autofocus (PDAF) and optical image stabilization (OIS). The Mi 12T could use Samsung’s less advanced 108MP camera sensor. Both smartphones will make their global debut on October 4, 2022.
In addition to being able to capture native 200MP images, the Samsung ISOCELL HP1 offers 16-in-1 binning, with multiple resolutions from 12MP (2.56μm pixel size) to 50MP (1.28μm pixel size). Samsung has another 200MP camera sensor in its store, the ISOCELL HP3, which was launched last June. It has the industry’s smallest pixel size at just 0.56μm. According to Samsung, it can focus faster than its predecessor and capture sharper HDR images with its new stacked image algorithm.
The Galaxy S23 Ultra also uses a 200MP camera. However, various reports suggest that it will feature a new 200MP camera sensor. The South Korean tech giant has taken a similar approach with its 108MP camera sensor. Its first 108MP sensor is the ISOCELL HMX, which is used in Xiaomi phones, while Samsung’s own Galaxy S20 Ultra uses the slightly updated ISOCELL HM1 sensor.
Stories of the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 blowing up were rife in 2016, and it seems that the issues plaguing the Note 7’s battery may be present in some form in many other Samsung models this decade.
According to British YouTuber Mrwhosetheboss, the issue of battery swelling in Samsung phones has been found in a large number of his phones, all of which are stored the same way and at the same temperature. While older iPhones, Google and Asus phones look perfectly fine, Mrwhosetheboss found a range of Samsung phones with batteries that appear to be in various stages of swelling.
Some were visibly broken and damaged, but more worryingly, others were only found deformed upon closer inspection, including the recently released Samsung phones Galaxy Z Fold 2 and Galaxy S20 FE, both of which are only about two years old History.
This is serious business because charging a damaged or swollen battery can be very dangerous, with the risk of fire and hazardous chemical leaks. If your Samsung device is about two generations old, then be aware of the “pop-up” look, i.e. the back of the phone is no longer aligned with the rest.
Battery swelling is usually caused by electrolyte degradation in Li-ion batteries, over time the battery’s charge capacity will decrease and you will see the electrolyte break down inside the battery and produce gas as a by-product, causing the battery to swell . Swelling can cause the battery to strain on the device case and puncture it, causing secondary damage to things like your phone or laptop.
Charging the battery at this stage can be dangerous because the electrolyte does not efficiently facilitate electron transfer between the positive and negative electrodes of the battery, which can lead to rapid heat build-up and a potential risk of fire or even explosion.
Lithium-ion battery swelling is not unheard of among most phone brands these days, but Arun and his friends in the tech industry have noticed that Samsung phones are by far the most likely to fail, so much so that he now feels obligated to replace them with Dispose of the sleeves in a fire-resistant manner. If you’re talking about the Samsung Galaxy S10, you don’t have to panic, as Arun and fellow YouTuber JerryRigEverything point out that Samsung has a lot of protections in place to prevent a swollen battery from bursting. Still, we don’t recommend trying to charge batteries that are already noticeably swollen, even those that may be slightly swollen effectively borrowing time.
Samsung told us it’s investigating the reported battery swelling issue and should be able to comment in more detail shortly. Arun did point out that his Samsung device had been collected by the company for further research, while Samsung has not further stated how this was done.
In our own experience, our Samsung devices have not experienced any battery swelling. It may depend on how we use them, and experts recommend storing old and infrequently used devices at around 50% capacity, rather than a full or full charge.
Since the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S23 will look very similar to its predecessor, this could cause concern for the South Korean giant and those who tend to hang on to their phones for a while. But given that we haven’t heard of a Galaxy S20, Galaxy S21, or Galaxy S22 battery bulging, maybe future Samsung phones will see it at a glance.
Likewise, if you’re storing older Samsung phones, we recommend checking them out to make sure their batteries are intact and to determine if they need charging to be safe.
Intel and Samsung showed off a new type of laptop — maybe a tablet. Additionally, Intel CEO Gelsinger showed off Intel’s next-generation Raptor Lake processors for the first time.
Intel and Samsung have another new idea for how to make PCs: a “swipeable” device whose screen stretches to a larger size when you pull the edge.
With no keyboard, the swipeable PC looks more like a tablet. But with screens ranging from 13 inches to 17 inches diagonally, it’s more like a laptop in size. Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger and Samsung Display head JS Choi showed off the device on Tuesday at the Intel Innovation Conference, where the company also unveiled Intel’s new 13th-generation Core processors.
Gelsinger said that swipeable PC devices will satisfy the need for large screens and portability. It demonstrates the possibilities of OLED display technology built on flexible plastic substrates.
It’s unclear when or even if the idea of a swipeable PC will mature into a product. But the design shows how the PC industry continues to experiment with new hardware to move beyond the traditional clamshell laptop, whose keyboard and screen are connected by a hinge. Other examples include a laptop with a screen that hinges all the way back to convert the device into a tablet and the ThinkPad X1 Fold with a folding screen.
Moving parts and flexible assemblies add complexity and reliability challenges. Costs will also increase, a concern during a shrinking PC market. But Michelle Johnston Holthaus, head of Intel’s PC chipsets, said at the conference that novel designs could find a place, with high-end PCs outperforming cheap ones.
Earlier this year, Samsung showed off a swipeable phone screen along with other novel designs. While the slidable PC prototype lacks a keyboard, as the design matures, a keyboard can be added, such as by folding from below, Holthaus said.
Welcome, Raptor Lake Processor
Also at the event, Gelsinger showed off the new Raptor Lake processors, which are scheduled to hit store shelves on October 20. These processors speed up CPU cores dedicated to high-priority tasks and double the number of CPU cores dedicated to running low-priority tasks to work more efficiently.
The new chips hit new speeds, clocking up to 5.8GHz, but they also consume more power in desktops. Expect improvements in 2023: “Early next year, we’ll release an out-of-the-box model that hits 6 GHz for the first time,” although Intel will only ship in limited quantities, Gelsinger said.
PC processors are key to Intel’s future, but the company faces stiff competition. AMD has eroded Intel’s dominance, especially in the high-end gaming PC market, and AMD’s Ryzen 7000 series promises a significant speed boost.
Windows 11 22H2 was released to the public on September 20 and needed to be put back into its original cage. Sketchy updates are breaking PCs. Not only did it drop frame rates for gamers with Nvidia GPUs, but it also caused a disastrous Blue Screen of Death (BSoD) for some users. If you’ve been having this problem, don’t worry; there’s a fix, let’s take a look!
Why does a Windows 11 update cause a blue screen of death?
The Windows 11 22H2 update has an incompatibility issue with some Intel Smart Sound Technology (SST) audio drivers on Rocket Lake processors. More specifically, according to a report published by Microsoft on September 22, the driver IntcAudioBus.sys with file version 10.29.0.5152 or 10.30.0.5152 is the culprit. As a result, the user got a BSoD, a stop error that caused the system to shut down due to a fatal failure.
What exactly is the Intel SST audio driver? It is an integrated digital signal processor that manages voice, voice and audio interactions. If you want to determine if this feature is available, navigate to Device Manager and search for Intel® Smart Sound Technology (Intel® SST) Audio Controller.
Thankfully, according to Windows Update, Microsoft has taken steps to prevent affected PCs from using the incompatible Windows 11 update.
How to fix Windows 11 update blue screen of death
To resolve this BSoD issue, Microsoft recommends updating the affected Intel SST driver, depending on your system manufacturer. Go to your OEM website for updates or navigate to Settings > Update & Security > Windows Update > View optional updates.
After updating to a version higher than 10.29.0.5152 or 10.30.0.5152, users should now have the opportunity to bypass the block and update Windows 11 without any issues.
According to the latest Windows news, Microsoft is working hard to roll out a new update to fix a dire issue with Windows 11 22H2.
