Recently Google had been testing a new feature called “Nearby Stores” that would help users discover the stores that were open nearby and were collecting payment via Google Pay. The feature is now getting expanded to 35 more cities across the country, along with another feature to book cooking gas cylinders from major service providers.
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Lenovo has launched 3 new products: the Lenovo Yoga Duet 7i with the Lenovo E-Color Pen and the Lenovo IdeaPad Duet 3i with digital pen, both of which are detachable Windows laptops aimed at student creators and digital creators, and they also launched the Smart Tab M10 FHD Plus (2nd Gen) with Alexa Built-in, that comes with a smart dock for easy video calls.
Facebook has launched yet another service that helps bring people stay in touch during this quarantine. This time, it is an audio-only calling app called Catchup, developed by Facebook’s NPE Team, that has the unique feature of showing when a user is actually available to take calls.
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Traditionally, LG has only offered large sizes for their OLED TV lineup, however that is changing as they have announced the launch of a 48-inch variant of their CX series OLED TVs in select European and Asian markets. The TV supports many technologies like NVIDIA G-SYNC, HDMI VRR, Dolby Atmos and more.
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Sony has launched launched two new premium BRAVIA TVs in India as part of its X8000H and X7500H series. They both features X1 4K processors, 4K X-Reality PRO upscaling, Triluminous displays, X-Balanced Speakers, Android TV support and more.
Apple could soon be expanding their health monitoring capable devices from their Apple Watch to include the Apple AirPods soon. A new report has surfaced today, claiming that Apple is working on incorporating an ambient light sensor into future designs of the AirPods, possibly for health monitoring reasons.
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Samsung has announced a new turnkey security solution for mobile devices that utilises their Secure Element (SE) chip (S3FV9RR) and enhanced security software. It is certified with the Common Criteria Evaluation Assurance Level (CC EAL) 6+ certified, which is the highest rating ever achieved with a mobile-based component.
Opera Mini has released a new update to their android browser today, bringing it to version 50. They have focused on making UI changes to highlight some of their main features like the data compression, offline file sharing, styles, themes, etc.
Realme announced a bunch of new products, none of them being smartphones, for India during their LeapToNext launch event. They are making a stronger push in the lifestyle tech market with the realme Watch and realme Buds Air Neo and also the home entertainment market with the realme TV. Interestingly, right after the event, realme has already teased their next product, the 100W realme Soundbar.
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When Samsung released the Galaxy S20 series in February, it was received well within the tech community, claiming the spot as one of the best smartphone Android has to offer. Now, we await the launch of the Galaxy Note 20 series for later this year, and we have already got leaks of the design and some specs.
Focused on using the smartphone’s camera to give people more contextual information, Samsung’s Bixby Vision software provides many accessibility functions. To mark Global Accessibility Awareness Day, Samsung is adding three new features to Bixby Vision, namely Quick Reader, Scene Describer, and Color Detector.
Samsung has added an interesting new TV to its Lifestyle Home Entertainment portfolio called the The Terrace. It is an outdoor focused 4K QLED TV, with many features like water resistance, high brightness, anti-reflection coating, etc. and is also accompanied by a soundbar.
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In light of the global pandemic, Facebook has announced new video features for their enterprise-focused Workplace. These include Workplace Rooms, Live Producer, Live Q&A, Live Captions, Translations & Caption Editing and Portal specific features.
Update — May 22, 2020: Xiaomi has updated their browsers again. Enhanced Incognito mode has been replaced with “Help use improve Mi Browser” which now clearly mentions that if you turn it on, it will share aggregated data stats in Incognito mode. This should clear the confusion among users whether to keep it on or turn it off. This is now reflected in Mint Browser and Mi Browser Pro downloaded from the Play Store. Preloaded Mi Browser on the phones should also receive the update soon.
May 21st, 2020 was Global Accessibility Awareness Day and in recognition, Google has released few useful apps and features that are aimed at helping individuals who have cognitive disabilities, people who are deaf or have difficulty hearing and for people who are wheelchair users.
