These days with apps like Truecaller, it is very easy to spot and avoid spam calls. However, there are situations when a business genuinely needs to make calls, but loses out as the customer falsely identifies it as spam and denies the call. To circumvent this, Google is introducing a new feature called Verified Calls in the Google Phone app.
With the announcement of the Xbox Series X, there were multiple rumours of Microsoft working on a smaller, less powerful console. Microsoft has now confirmed these rumours by revealing the Xbox Series S in a tweet. It is the smaller sibling to Series X and Microsoft has even announced its price — $299 (Approx. Rs. 21,956) in the US and £249.99 (Approx. Rs. 24,150) in UK.
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boAt, makers of consumer audio products, is launching their new Rockerz 335 Wireless Neckband Headphones in India. It is feature-packed with support for Qualcomm aptX & cVc technologies, long battery life with fast charging, IPX5 certification, dual device pairing and more.
British telecom giant Vodafone’s merger with Indian telecom giant Idea Cellular has been in the works for over 3 years, since January, 2017. While the merger itself was completed in 2018, Vodafone Idea has only now completed its integration, and they are marking this with the announcement of a re-brand from Vodafone Idea to simply “Vi”.
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Motorola has announced the launch of two new speaker systems as part of their AmphisoundX range of Soundbars and Home Theatres, expanding the range with a 200W soundbar system and a 100W soundbar system. They support multiple inputs including HDMI ARC, Optical audio, etc.
HUAWEI is expected to launch a new smartwatch in the upcoming weeks, called the HUAWEI Watch GT2 Pro. It is a 46mm stainless steel smartwatch with an OLED display, wireless charging, Bluetooth 5.1, GPS support, 5 ATM water resistance and more.
Sound One, an Indian manufacturer of audio products, has announced a new pair of wireless Bluetooth headphones, called the V11 Wireless Bluetooth Headphones, for a budget price of Rs. 999. The headphones are a successor to the V10, featuring an updated foldable design, longer battery life, passive noise cancellation and more.
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Since the COVID-19 pandemic, companies have introduced many products that help consumers cleanse and sanitize their everyday electronics and surfaces. Portronics has introduced one such product, called the CleanEx and CleanEx 101, designed to get rid of the unwanted infections.
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Back in June, 2020, Facebook began the worldwide rollout of their media transfer tool for users who wished to transfer their images and videos from their Facebook account over to Google Photos. They have now expanded the tool to support transfer to Dropbox and Koofr.
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The spread of viral misinformation has been a major issue in these times of the COVID-19 pandemic. One of the primary methods of spreading is via social media platforms and instant messaging applications. A way to prevent this is limiting the number of people a message can be forwarded too and that is exactly what Facebook Messenger is rolling out.
TCL, a leading manufacturer of consumer electronics, has announced multiple new products including the 10.36-inch 10 TABMAX, the 8.0-inch 10 TABMID, the MOVEAUDIO S200 True Wireless earbuds and the MOVETIME Family Watch. Along with this, they also introduced a new display technology called NXTPAPER Display Technology.
Acer has announced new laptops in their thin and light Swift line of Notebook PCs, specifically the Swift 3 and Swift 7. They have been updated with Intel’s latest 11th generation Core processors, Intel’s Iris Xe graphics and the Acer Swift 5 has even been verified as an Intel Evo platform notebook design.
Truly wireless earbuds have increased in popularity in recent times and one of the premium features available to consumers is active noise cancellation. The feature previously needed manufacturers to develop the technology separately for their products on their own, however that might change as Qualcomm has announced their Adaptive Active Noise Cancellation (ANC) technology which would be directly integrated into their Audio SoCs.
Qualcomm has been steadily pushing 5G connectivity capabilities to its latest generation of Snapdragon series processors in the past year. The latest to join the family of 5G capable chipsets is the Snapdragon 4-series SoC, which are slated to launch in smartphones in 2021.
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ASUS has announced multiple new laptops in their ZenBook lineup and a new ExpertBook, all of them featuring Intel’s newest 11th Gen Core processors. These include the ZenBook S, ZenBook Flip S, ZenBook 14, ZenBook Flip 13, ExpertBook B9450CEA and ZenBook Pro 15.
