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Valve has tested over 100 games that will work with the upcoming Steam Deck. From the 106 total games that will work, 60 are verified to the highest compatibility - meaning the controller configuration and glyphs will match, the interface is legible and that performance is good. There are further 41 games that are playable, which means that depending on the game, some tweaking will be needed to make the game work as intended. 5 games were deemed unsupported, but 4 of those are VR games, which naturally won't work on the Steam Deck.

OnePlus, a company once known for launching one flagship killer per year, is now preparing to enter yet another segment of the midrange market. The upcoming light version of Nord 2, called Nord CE 2, is going to have a light version of its own, called OnePlus Nord CE 2 Lite 5G. This device will have a Snapdragon 695 chipset and a screen bigger than any other Nord. OnePlus Nord CE 5GOnePlus Nord CE 5G According to the source, the front panel will be 6.59” in diagonal and will come with Full HD+ resolution. The battery will have 5,000 mAh capacity and will support 33W fast charging, while RAM is supposed to be 6GB or 8GB, with 128GB and 256GB storage options. Around the back the Nord CE 2 Lite will have a triple camera with a 64MP main shooter and two 2MP units. The selfie camera resolution is going to be 16MP. The phone will reportedly debut in India and it's unclear if and when it will grace other markets 

Back in December, we saw the nubia Red Magic 7 (NX679J) certified with a 165W charger and today we get another device bearing the NX709J model number which is presumed to be the Red Magic 7 Pro which sports the very same NB-A20825C charging adapter. The 7 Pro should be powered by the same Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chipset as the vanilla model. Red Magic 7 will bring a 6.8-inch OLED screen, a 64MP main camera, up to 16GB RAM and 512GB storage as well as a 4,400 mAh battery. It remains to be seen what differentiates the Pro and non-Pro variants.

The OnePlus 10 Pro launched alone and while there probably is a vanilla version of the way, the Internet wagging tongues are more interested in a higher end model – the OnePlus 10 Ultra. This could be more than speculation as some patent drawings have surfaced. They show roughly the same design as the Pro model with a camera bump that flows off the side, however, this one appears to house a periscope – this would be a first for OnePlus, which has stuck with traditional lenses. And that’s not all – there may be a small display on the back. Too small to be of much use for selfies, but it might have other uses (or it might not be a display at all, these drawings are not very detailed).

A Nokia G20 successor is in the works as evident by a recent Geekbench listing showing the Nokia G21. The device is powered by the Unisoc T606 chipset alongside 4GB RAM and boots Android 11. Armed with these specs it managed a single-core score of 312-points and a combined multi-core outing of 1,157-points. The G21 will offer 4G connectivity and will reportedly bring a 6.5-inch LCD with HD+ resolution and a triple rear camera on the back with a 50MP main sensor. Rumors suggest a 5,000 mAh battery, headphone jack and microSD card slot. The phone will ship with 128GB storage and will come in Black and Dusk colors. We expect more details to emerge soon.

We've already seen a lot from the Galaxy Tab S8 series, despite them being more than a week away from official status. But it's still somewhat of a surprise to seem the tablets listed for pre-order across multiple European retailers. The Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra is up for pre-order in France, priced €1,699 for the highest-spec 16/512GB model. The device comes with an S Pen, Android 12, a Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chipset and an 11,200mAh battery. There's a 14.6-inch 2960x1848px Super AMOLED display of 120Hz resolution. The device is seemingly in stock, but we expect it will ship after February 9.

BlackBerry sold 90 patents to Huawei a year ago, now the company has announced a $600 million deal to sell yet more patents related to mobile devices, messaging and wireless networking. The sale is to Catapult IP Innovations. Based in Delaware, Catapult was formed specifically to hold the BlackBerry patents. The money is split as $450 million in cash and a $150 million promissory note. Also as part of the deal BlackBerry will retain a license to use the patents. The company says that customers using its services will not be affected. However, some BlackBerry employees will move to Catapult. As an early pioneer in wireless messaging, BlackBerry was contributed major innovations and holds valuable patents. Held, anyway, at one point its portfolio was estimated to be worth $2-3 billion (or as high as $4-5 billion in the case of a bidding war). The company used some of its BBM patents to sue Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp back in 2018, proving their worth. 

The YouTube app on Android and iOS appears to have received a new video player UI containing all key elements in full-screen mode. The update seems to be a server-side one and adds a row of icons in the bottom left corner. These include like and dislike buttons as well as a quick toggle to the comments, save to playlist and share buttons on the left side while the right one has a more videos tab that brings up recommended content. Music videos also get the listening controls tab in the middle.

Samsung released the Android 12-based One UI 4 update for the unlocked Galaxy Z Flip 4G in the US last week, and now it's the Galaxy Z Flip 5G that's getting a taste of it in the States. The update is rolling out for both unlocked and carrier-locked units of the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5G. The firmware for the former comes with version F707U1UEU2EUL9 and F707USQS2EUL9 for the latter.