realme Band v6 update adds weather features, find my phone, and more

realme Band which is the company’s first fitness product was launched earlier last month. Post-launch, the company has been pushing OTA updates to iron out bugs, add new features, and more. Similarly, realme has pushed a new v6.0 update for the realme Band which brings new weather features, find my phone, several optimizations, and more. Continue reading “realme Band v6 update adds weather features, find my phone, and more”

Fortnite finally available to download via Google Play Store

Epic Games, the developers of the popular Battle Royale game, Fortnite has finally relented and decided to make the game available for download via the Google Play Store. Epic Games had previously refused to release the game via the Play Store due to the high 30% cut that Google keeps for all in-app purchases.

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HUAWEI Watch GT2 gets Sp02 feature to monitor blood Oxygen levels

HUAWEI Watch GT2 series have been updated to version 1.0.6.26 with SpO2 monitoring which helps in measuring the volume of oxygen in the blood. The update is available through the health app and also improves system stability. Continue reading “HUAWEI Watch GT2 gets Sp02 feature to monitor blood Oxygen levels”

Xiaomi unveils Mi electric scooter 1s with foldable design, 30km range

Xiaomi has announced its latest Mi electric scooter 1s in China. This is developed under Mi Ecosystem MIJIA. It weighs just 12.5kg and has a folding design that lets you fold it in just 3 seconds with a press of a button. It has a DC motor with 250W rated power and offers instantaneous maximum power up to 500W. The maximum speed of the scooter is 25km/h. It has 8.5-inch front and rear pneumatic tires for excellent shock absorption and stability. Continue reading “Xiaomi unveils Mi electric scooter 1s with foldable design, 30km range”

Opera integrates Instagram to its desktop browser

The usage of social media applications has increased lately with people staying at home and companies are adding new features to its platform as well. Recently, Instagram added some of its app-only features to its desktop version and now Opera has quickly integrated the app to its desktop browser, letting people access most of the Instagram features right from the browser.

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Samsung Smart TVs get 6 new wellness apps with 5000+ hours of fitness content

In times of the lockdown and home quarantine, the importance of staying fit has risen. To help this situation, Samsung has partnered with 6 leading fitness brands – barre3, Calm, Echelon, Fitplan, Jillian Michaels Fitness and obé Fitness, to release their fitness and wellness apps for the Samsung Smart TV platform.

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Apple iPhone 12 production delayed, iPhone SE Plus announcement postponed: Report

Apple’s problems from the COVID-19 pandemic are far from over as Ming-Chi Kuo revealed new information in an investors’ note. According to him, iPhone 12’s development continues to be impacted and while the iPhone SE pre-orders exceeded market expectations, it could negatively impact the iPhone 11’s sales.

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Facebook buys 9.99% stake in Reliance Jio for Rs. 43,574 crore

Facebook today announced that it will buy 9.99% equity stake in Jio Platforms Limited, part of Reliance Industries Limited on a fully diluted basis for $5.7 billion or INR 43,574 crore, making Facebook its largest minority shareholder, the largest investment for a minority stake by a technology company anywhere in the world and the largest FDI in the technology sector in India. Continue reading “Facebook buys 9.99% stake in Reliance Jio for Rs. 43,574 crore”

Motorola Edge and Edge+ with 90Hz curved display surface in promotional video ahead of announcement on April 22

Motorola is all set to announce its flagship Edge Series tomorrow at an online event, but that doesn’t stop the leaks from surfacing. The promotional videos of the Motorola Edge and Motorola Edge+ have surfaced revealing key specifications and also shows both the smartphones in full glory.

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HUAWEI signs Hungama as AppGallery’s prime online streaming channel

To compete with the Play Store and App Store, HUAWEI has been working hard to bring partners onto its AppGallery. Today they announced that AppGallery will be onboarding Hungama, a popular digital entertainment company in India, to be its prime online streaming channel.

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Nubia Play with 6.65-inch FHD+ 144Hz AMOLED display, Snapdragon 765G, quad rear cameras, 5100mAh battery announced

ZTE’s nubia brand just announced nubia Play, the company’s latest mid-range smartphone in China, as it had promised. It packs a 6.65-inch FHD+ AMOLED display with 144Hz refresh rate and 240Hz touch sampling rate, up to 4096 levels of automatic brightness adjustment, is powered by Snapdragon 765G with support for 5G SA/NSA dual-mode, ICE2.5 rack-mounted liquid cooling system with 61mm large liquid cooling tube and various heat dissipation materials such as thermally conductive graphite, gel, copper foil, etc. that can bring down the temperature by up to 16° C. Continue reading “Nubia Play with 6.65-inch FHD+ 144Hz AMOLED display, Snapdragon 765G, quad rear cameras, 5100mAh battery announced”

MIUI 12 Dark mode 2.0: Smart wallpaper dimming, dynamic contrast and font adjustment

Xiaomi is all set to introduce MIUI 12 in China on April 27th. Today the company has started sharing the features it will bring that includes Dark Mode 2.0. MIUI got dark mode in early 2019, and with MIUI 12 it is now present in 42 built-in applications and 20 mainstream applications are deeply customized for MIUI’s dark mod, and several third-party applications now support non-linear colour invert algorithm that accurately identify interface elements, and dynamically inverts colours for each interface object. MIUI 12’s invert colour algorithm is based on Lab, HSV colour space, and the inverse colour adaptation is wider and more natural. Continue reading “MIUI 12 Dark mode 2.0: Smart wallpaper dimming, dynamic contrast and font adjustment”

Soloop video editing app for realme devices now available on App Market

ColorOS 7 that was launched last year came with a lighter UI, several new features, etc, and Soloop video editing app was one among them. It has been available on a range of OPPO devices running ColorOS 7 and it was added through an update for realme devices. In order to make it available for several realme devices, the company has made the app available on the App Market, finally.

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Netflix brings “Screen Lock” button for its Android app

Netflix has been rolling out a neat little feature to its android app users called Screen Lock, which as you might have guessed, locks the screen UI elements when viewing content on the app. It can helpful to prevent accidental screen touches that can sometimes lead to fast forwarding unnecessarily, skipping to the next episode or deactivate/activate subtitles.

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