Samsung has rolled out a new update for the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge smartphones in India that brings Samsung Cloud and the new Gallery app that were introduced in the Galaxy Note7, improvements in the performance and power consumption and several other bug fixes. It also includes the August Android security patch. Check out the complete changelog below. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 edge update in India brings Samsung Cloud, better performance and more”
Google started rolling out Android 7.0 update for Nexus devices starting from this week. HTC was the first company to confirm Android Nougat update for some of its devices. Now Sony Mobile has confirmed Android 7.0 (Nougat) update for a range of smartphones. It doesn’t mention the Xperia Z2 and Xperia Z3 range, so it is not clear if these devices will get the update. Sony says that it has been working hard to bring the major update to as many of the devices as possible, so we can expect more devices to be added in the future. Continue reading “Sony confirms Android 7.0 Nougat update for Xperia X series, Z5 series and more”
After expanding the Jio Preview Offer for Samsung and LG 4G smartphones, Jio has announced that it is officially extending the offer to ASUS and Panasonic smartphone users as well, which offers free 90 days of unlimited data, calls and messaging. Continue reading “Jio SIM with unlimited data for 90 days officially available for ASUS and Panasonic phones”
Intex has launched Cloud Tread, the company’s latest budget smartphone in the Cloud series. It has a 5-inch HD display, is powered by an Hexa-Core MediaTek MT6591 64-bit SoC and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop). It has 5-megapixel front and rear cameras. It has dual SIM support and 3G connectivity. Continue reading “Intex Cloud Tread with 5-inch HD display, Hexa-Core processor, 2GB RAM launched for Rs. 4999”
Few days after the listing appeared on the official site, YU has officially launched the YUNIQUE PLUS and YUREKA S smartphones. Both these have 4G LTE connectivity and run Android 5.1 (Lollipop) OS. The YUNIQUE PLUS has 2GB of RAM compared to 1GB of RAM on the YUNIQUE, while other specs are same. Continue reading “YU YUNIQUE Plus and YUREKA S officially launched for Rs. 6999 and Rs. 12999”
Samsung has launched Samsung Z2, the company’s latest Tizen OS smartphone in India, at an event in New Delhi. It has a 4-inch WVGA display, is powered by a 1.5 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Tizen OS 2.4. It has a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a VGA front-facing camera. It has dual SIM support and 4G connectivity. Continue reading “Samsung Z2 Tizen-powered smartphone with 4G VoLTE launched in India for Rs. 4590”
Xiaomi today released global stable MIUI 8 ROMs and also started rolling out OTA updates for Redmi 1S, Mi 2/2S, Mi 4i, Redmi Note 3G and Redmi Note 4G smartphones, as it had promised. Continue reading “Xiaomi releases MIUI 8 Global Stable ROM, rolls out OTA update for select smartphones”
Xiaomi launched its flagship Mi 5 smartphone in India back in March for Rs. 24,999. Today the company has announced first permanent price cut for the smartphone in India, which will be available for Rs. 22,999 from Flipkart, Mi.com as well as offline stores starting from today. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi 5 gets a permanent price cut in India, now available for Rs. 22999”
Google just announced that it has started rolling out Android 7.0 Nougat update for select Nexus devices, as expected. Android Nougat brings several new features such as Multi-window support, Notification enhancements, Data Saver, Background optimizations, Direct boot, partial support for more than 100 new languages and 25 locales and more. Continue reading “Google starts rolling out Android 7.0 Nougat update for Nexus devices”
After Vodafone, Airtel has announced that it has started rolling out Aadhaar based e-KYC solution for instant activation of Airtel mobile connections, following the notification by the Department of Telecom (DoT). Continue reading “Airtel rolls out Aadhaar based e-KYC solution for instant mobile connection activation”
Vodafone India today announced that it will activate new prepaid and postpaid connections immediate using AADHAR-based e-KYC solution that requires just the AADHAR number of the person along with their fingerprint to get the Know Your Customer (KYC) details. Continue reading “Vodafone offers immediate activation of new prepaid and postpaid connections with e-KYC”
Minister of Railways, Shri Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu today launched free RailWire WiFi in eight Mumbai Suburban Railway Stations – Churchgate, Bandra, Bandra Terminus, Dadar Western Railway, Dadar Central Railway, Khar Road, Kalyan and Lokmanya Tilak. It was launched at the Mumbai Central station earlier this year and was expanded to several stations recently. Continue reading “Google RailWire free Wi-Fi launched in 8 Railway Stations in Mumbai”
Samsung is all set to launch Z2, its next budget Tizen OS smartphone in India tomorrow. Now the press shots of the smartphone has surfaced online. It shows a family design similar to other Samsung smartphones with 4G and Samsung branding on the back. It also has Samsung’s signature home button along with capacitive touch buttons. Continue reading “Samsung Z2 press images surface ahead of India launch”
OnePlus has finally released OxygenOS 3.1.0 Beta based on Android 6.0.1 (Marshmallow) for the OnePlus X smartphone. The update also brings new apps such as OnePlus Music Player, OnePlus Gallery and several new features and improvements. It also includes Android security patch for August. Continue reading “OnePlus X OxygenOS 3.1.0 Beta based on Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow released”
Xiaomi introduced MIUI 8 at global launch event in June and rolled out MIUI 8 global beta ROM for Redmi Note (3G and 4G), Redmi Note Prime, Redmi 2 and Mi Max (32GB) smartphones last month. Now the company has confirmed that it will roll out the stable ROM for Redmi 1S, Mi 2/2S, Mi 4i, Redmi Note 3G, Redmi Note 4G starting from August 23rd. It was supposed to roll out on August 16th, 2016, but got delayed. Continue reading “Xiaomi MIUI 8 Global Stable ROM to roll out from August 23”
