In a move that surprised nearly everyone in the tech industry, Apple has announced a Self Service Repair program that will enable individuals to repair their Apple devices without needing to the service center. The program will provide for genuine Apple parts, tools, and manuals, and will first open with the iPhone 12 and iPhone 13.
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Yesterday during their Investor Day 2021, ARM-based chip designer Qualcomm unveiled their project plans to make a powerful ARM-based processor for a PC that would rival Apple’s M-series silicon. The company also announced that their supply of 5G modems to Apple will cut down to just 20% next year.
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Google Maps has released a new update with 4 new features designed for the upcoming holiday season. The “busyness” feature has now been extended to show for larger areas, the Directory tab is available for more places around the globe, pickup with Google Maps now supports more stores, and more.
According to the International Data Corporation’s (IDC) quarterly report on the Indian Wearables market, a total of 23.8 million units were shipped during Q3 2021. This includes the shipment of ear wears, wristbands and watches, calculating to a healthy growth of 93.8% YoY.
The battle between US and HUAWEI has proven to be highly problematic for HUAWEI due to crippling sanctions placed on the company. After selling the HONOR sub-brand last year, HUAWEI is now looking to license their smartphone designs to third-party manufacturers as a way to revive the business.
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Along with the rollout of One UI 4 for the Galaxy S21 series, Samsung is pushing a new software update to older Galaxy smartwatches that adds a bunch of new features. These include a more advanced Fall Detection, support for Group Challenges, and more.
After two months of Beta testing, Samsung has begun rolling out their stable version of One UI 4 to the Galaxy S21 series of smartphones. It is based on Android 12, and has a number of features such as better customization options, seamless sync across Galaxy devices, improved privacy controls and more.
In the latest Google Pixel 6 smartphones, the stock camera app came with a couple of options and features that were new to Pixel devices. The company has now rolled out a new update to the Google Camera app that brings some of these new options and features to older Pixel devices.
Customers of Fitbit fitness trackers in India will now be able to experience more health features on the Fitbit app and their devices. The Fitbit Charge 5 now supports taking ECG readings right from the wrist, the Fitbit app for Premium members supports their Daily Readiness score, and diabetic patients can now track their blood glucose levels through the app.
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One of the highlight features of Android 12 is its ability to create and set a custom system-wide theme that is based on the phone’s wallpaper. At the moment, the feature is only supported on Pixel devices. However, that may change soon as other manufacturers are said to introduce dynamic theme support in their smartphones too.
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The International Data Corporation (IDC) has released their quarterly India smartphone market report for the third quarter of 2021. According to it, the market declined 12% YoY after 4 quarters of continuous growth, shipping a total of 48 million units. The top 5 manufacturers were Xiaomi, Samsung, vivo, realme and OPPO.
According to a new report by Counterpoint Research, the India smartwatch market had its highest ever shipments in Q3 2021, recording a growth of 159% QoQ and 293% YoY. The top 5 smartwatch manufacturers during the quarter were Noise, boAt, Fire Boltt, realme and Amazfit.
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Twitter Blue, a monthly subscription service that was rolled out first to Australia and Canada earlier this year, is now rolling out to the U.S. and New Zealand. With the rollout, the service is also getting a couple of new features such as Ad-free articles, custom navigation options, Labs features and more.
Qualcomm has unveiled a new headworn Augmented Reality (AR) developer kit that is designed to be a tool for the development of their new Snapdragon Spaces XR Developer Platform. The platform offers robust machine perception technology, SDKs for leading 3D Engines, a robust resource library and more, to develop the next generation of AR glasses.
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Garmin, a company known for their high-quality activity trackers, has announced the launch of their Index S2 Smart Scale in India. It is a smart, connected health and wellness tool with advanced technology and features for serious athletes and like-minded users.
