Sony has launched a smartphone cooling fan accent that’s designed to decrease the temperature of its Xperia 1 IV underneath intense gaming masses. The Xperia Stream additionally provides a choice of further ports along with working as a cooling accent. It’s out there to preorder now in Japan for 23,100 yen (round $162) with transport anticipated on October 14th.

The intention with these sorts of equipment, which have additionally been produced by the likes of Asus and Razer, is to let a telephone’s processor run at increased speeds for longer, by stopping the sorts of excessive temperatures that may result in efficiency throttling. Asus has the AeroActive Cooler for its gaming-focused ROG Phone lineup, whereas Razer just lately launched an RGB cooling fan that’s designed to be hooked up to no matter smartphone you select.

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Sony’s cooler plugs into the Xperia 1 IV by way of USB, and provides 4 further ports on its backside facet. There’s a USB-C port for charging, an Ethernet port for wired web, a 3.5mm jack to connect a gaming headset, and an HDMI port for outputting sport footage to a seize card. The fan’s pace may be managed routinely by Sony’s software program, or you possibly can fine-tune its RPM manually.

As nicely as promoting the Xperia Stream by itself, Sony can also be promoting it in a bundle named the Xperia 1 IV Gaming Edition for 189,200 yen (round $1,330). The model of the telephone bought on this bundle has 16GB of RAM, up from the 12GB of RAM within the base Xperia 1 IV mannequin. It’s unclear when or if both the cooling fan or the Gaming Edition smartphone will likely be launched in Europe or North America.