SSPAI Morning Brief: Apple Announces 2025 App Award Nominees, Huawei Unveils MatePad Edge, and More
Morning Brief Highlights
- Apple Announces 2025 App Award Nominees
- Huawei Unveils the MatePad Edge 2-in-1 Tablet
- Bambu Lab Releases New H2C 3D Printer
- Microsoft to Improve Windows 11 Advanced Recovery Tools
- EA Announces It Will Not Release F1 26
Apple Announces 2025 App Award Nominees
On November 19, Apple revealed the finalists for its 2025 App Store Awards. For mainland China, the nominated apps of the year are Tide, CamScanner, and CapWords, while the nominated games of the year are Adventurer’s Diary, Infinity Nikki, and Valorant: Genesis Protocol. Source
In terms of global nominations, the list includes 45 apps across 12 categories. In addition to hardware-specific categories for iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and Apple Vision Pro, Apple has retained the classic “Cultural Impact” category. The shortlisted titles include well-known products such as Acorn, Infinity Nikki, HBO Max, Assassin’s Creed: Shadows, and Cyberpunk 2077. Source
Huawei Unveils the MatePad Edge 2-in-1 Tablet
On November 19, at the “HarmonyOS Office New Product Tech Briefing,” Huawei unveiled its first HarmonyOS 2-in-1 tablet, the MatePad Edge. The product blends the interaction paradigms of laptops and tablets, letting users switch between “Tablet Mode” and “PC Mode,” with the system UI and interaction logic adapting according to the chosen mode.
Hardware-wise, the MatePad Edge comes equipped with a 14.2-inch flexible OLED “Cloud-Clarity Soft-Light” display, with overall performance output reaching up to 28W. It ships with the HarmonyOS 6 operating system by default. The product will be officially unveiled at Huawei’s new product launch event on November 25.
Bambu Lab Releases New H2C 3D Printer
On November 18, Bambu Lab introduced its new 3D printer, the Bambu H2C. The H2C supports core capabilities such as seven-color single-pass printing, integrated printing of rigid parts and flexible joints, as well as multi-material unified-form printing. It comes equipped with the Vortek hotend-switching system, allowing seamless coordination with Bambu AMS (Automatic Material System), enabling a fully automated material-changing process. The printer can also store material information in the hotend to ensure each hotend is matched with the correct filament. When printing with more than seven filament colors, the system can calculate the optimal mapping combinations to minimize purge waste.
The product supports eight-second induction heating and adopts a fully enclosed design with an adaptive air-circulation system, along with fully automatic multi-nozzle offset calibration. Inside, it features Bambu’s self-developed PMSM servo extruder motor capable of delivering up to 10 kg of extrusion force. Its proprietary servo extrusion system performs intelligent 20 kHz current and position signal sampling, actively detecting filament abrasion and clogging in real time. It also includes 65°C active chamber heating to suppress model warping and deformation, while enhancing interlayer bonding for high-performance and high-temperature filaments.
In addition, the H2C is equipped with a 59-sensor array and a four-camera computer-vision system. These work together through Bambu’s proprietary neural algorithms to detect subtle anomalies during printing and provide real-time intelligent diagnostics. The intelligent monitoring system continuously tracks extrusion status, instantly identifying filament buildup, extrusion deviation, and extrusion failures.
In terms of connectivity, the H2C supports cloud connection while also offering local LAN mode and physical connection operations, allowing users to control the printer, send slices, and update firmware without needing an internet connection. The developer mode also enables users to operate the printer with third-party accessories and software through MQTT. The Bambu Lab H2C starts at an initial price of 14,999 RMB, with multiple bundle versions available. Source
Microsoft to Improve Windows 11 Advanced Recovery Tools
On November 19, Microsoft announced that it will introduce several new recovery tools and features in Windows 11, aiming to help users restore their computers to a normal working state after catastrophic failures.
The first feature is Point-in-Time Restore, which allows users to roll back the computer to the exact state of a previous moment. This feature will be enabled by default and automatically captures a snapshot every twenty-four hours. After a crash, users can directly restore via these snapshots in WinRE, with each snapshot retained for seventy-two hours. The second feature is that the WinRE recovery environment will support networking. The improved WinRE will extract network drivers from the main Windows system, initially supporting Ethernet, with WPA 2/3 Wi-Fi support coming later. The third feature is Cloud Rebuild, primarily designed for enterprises. IT administrators can configure OS installation data, and during the reinstallation process, all data can be preserved through OneDrive for Business. Source
EA Announces It Will Not Release F1 26
On November 19, EA announced that the racing game F1 25 will cover both the 2025 and 2026 F1 seasons, and that F1 26 will not be released as a standalone title. Instead, it will become a paid expansion pack for F1 25, introducing new cars, new regulations, new teams, new drivers, and more.
The next mainline entry in the F1 racing simulation series will arrive in 2027. According to EA, the new title will deliver a much more refined F1 gameplay experience across handling, mechanics, and various other aspects. Source
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