OnePlus’s newest budget phone, the OnePlus Nord, was released last month, and they have just announced a new OxygenOS OTA update, taking the version number to 10.5.4. It contains minor improvements to the System and Camera, along with fixes to issues like the background music pausing when launching front camera.
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Samsung has announced the launch of a new private mode feature for Galaxy A51 and Galaxy A71 users, called AltZLife, that will let users quickly switch between normal mode and private mode (via Secure Folder) on their smartphone. AltZLife is a solution created by Samsung’s “Make for India” initiative, and it contains two features — Quick Switch and Content Suggestions.
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One of the most sought after features of WhatsApp is the ability to sign in to a single user account across multiple devices simultaneously. This feature has been present for years in other messaging services like Telegram. Reports indicate that WhatsApp is working and testing the feature, which will let users sign in to 4 devices at the same time.
It has been more than a year since the U.S. government imposed sanctions on various services offered by HUAWEI and now, they may be running into real trouble as current U.S. sanctions will block HUAWEI from working with TSMC to produce their high performance HiSilicon Kirin chips. This will affect HUAWEI in the smartphone segment in both global and Chinese markets.
Paytm India has launched a new Android based POS system that can be used for contactless ordering & payments. The touchscreen enabled device is styled like a mobile phone with QR scanning and 4G capabilities, and it comes with many integrated services like Paytm’s “Scan to Order” and the “Paytm for Business” app.
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In Q2 2020, the Indian smartphone market shipped 18.2 million units, recording a decline of 50.6% YoY, according to a report by IDC. The decline was primarily caused by the COVID-19 and the top 5 smartphone sellers for the quarter were Xiaomi, Samsung, Vivo, realme and OPPO.
There have been instances of developers complaining about Apple’s restrictive policies for its App Store, and now, Microsoft has announced that its game streaming service, xCloud, will not be coming to the iOS or iPadOS platform after the beta Testflight period ends.
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Just earlier this week, we reported that Microsoft was in talks with ByteDance to acquire TikTok’s operations in the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. Now, Microsoft is looking to expanding its acquisition to TikTok’s operations in India and Europe too, according to a new report.
Sony has released their fourth generation headphones of the highly popular 1000X series, called the WH-1000XM4. The headphones build upon the existing technologies of the WH-1000XM3, and adds a lot of new smart functionalities like on-ear detection, multiple device pairing, adaptive sound control, along with better noise cancellation and more.
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Acer has announced the launch of their new Aspire 5 laptop in Magic Purple color version in India, this time featuring Intel’s 10th gen Core i3-1005G1 processor, a full-HD 14-inch screen, solid-state storage, Wi-Fi 6 support, Intel Optane and a long battery life of 11 hours
OnePlus has announced a partnership with PUBG Mobile to bring exclusive early access support for 90fps in the game on supported OnePlus smartphones. Users worldwide (except Mainland China, Japan, and Korea) will be able to exclusively access the 90fps option from today, August 6th for a period of a month.
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Harman Kardon, a leading manufacturer of audio products, has announced the launch of multiple new headphones and speakers in India. The new FLY range of headphones include the FLY BT (Bluetooth), FLY TWS (true wireless) and FLY ANC (active noise cancelling), and the speakers launched include Aura Studio 3, Esquire Mini 2 and Onyx Studio 6 and the new compact Harman Kardon Neo.
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ASUS has announced the launch of their new gaming laptop in the ROG line, called the Zephyrus G14. It has a thin and light design with the option of the unique looking AniMe Matrix Display on the laptop lid. It can be configured up to an AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS processor that has 8 cores and 16 threads, up to a GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q GPU, up to 32GB RAM and up to 1TB of PCI-e NVMe storage.
Stuffcool has announced the launch of India’s first GaN-made 65W PD charger, called the Napoleon. The charger is capable a wide variety of products from Macbooks with Type-C ports, Ultrabooks, iPhones, Android phones, tablets, Nintendo Switch and more with support for USB-PD, 18W QC3 and more.
In the world of music streaming services, Google currently offers two services, the older Google Play Music and the newer YouTube Music. Over the last few months, Google has been trying push Google Play Music subscribers over to YouTube Music, and now, Google has announced that YouTube Music will completely replace Google Play Music by the end of 2020.
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