Xiaomi introduces Mi AirDots Pro 2s with Bluetooth 5.0, wireless charging case with up to 24h battery life

Xiaomi at its China event also introduced the Mi AirDots Pro 2s, which is an upgraded version of the Mi AirDots Pro 2 that was introduced last year. This has the same design and comes with Bluetooth 5.0, LDHC Hi-Res audio codec, smart voice controls, dual microphones for environmental noise cancellation (ENC), 14.2mm drivers and automatically connects with the phone running MIUI when you open the case and pick up the earphones, but the company says that it has improved dual Bluetooth chip so that the latency between the headsets and the interference are reduced offering more stable connection. Continue reading “Xiaomi introduces Mi AirDots Pro 2s with Bluetooth 5.0, wireless charging case with up to 24h battery life”

Redmi Band with 1.08-inch color display, built-in charging port, up to 14 days battery life announced

Xiaomi celebrating its 10th Anniversary introduced Redmi Band, the first band under the Redmi Band in China. It has a 1.08-inch square color display, promises up to 14 days of battery life and comes with built-in charging port that plugs into a USB-A port on the charger, laptop or PC so that you don’t want to be searching for the charging cable. Continue reading “Redmi Band with 1.08-inch color display, built-in charging port, up to 14 days battery life announced”

Facebook launches Messenger desktop app for Windows and macOS

It is video chatting season for everyone in quarantine and with Zoom rising to popularity, Facebook has decided to enter the fray with a desktop app for its Messenger, both for macOS and Windows. It features group videos calls, chat sync across, dark mode and more.

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Redmi 8A Pro with 6.22-inch Dot Drop display, dual rear cameras, 5000mAh battery announced

Xiaomi’s Redmi brand launched the Redmi 8A Dual smartphone with Dot Notch display, Aura XGrip design back in February this year and it sports similar specifications to the Redmi 8A. Today, Redmi has added another smartphone to the 8A lineup in Indonesia- Redmi 8A Pro and is a rebranded Redmi 8A Dual smartphone that was launched in India.

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Xiaomi introduces Mi Kids Watch 4 and Kids Watch 4 Pro with 1.78-inch AMOLED display, dual cameras, 4G and GPS

Xiaomi just announced Mi Kids Watch 4, the company’s latest smartwatch for Kids in the Mi Ecosystem in China. It has a 1.78-inch AMOLED touch screen with support for several watch faces, has support for eSIM for 4G VoLTE calling through all the major operators in China such as China Telecom and China Unicom, has built-in GPS and comes with front and rear cameras so that Kids can make video calls and also reveal the other person on the front in the call. Continue reading “Xiaomi introduces Mi Kids Watch 4 and Kids Watch 4 Pro with 1.78-inch AMOLED display, dual cameras, 4G and GPS”

Apple’s 2020 4.7-inch iPhone could be called iPhone SE (2020); launch imminent

Earlier this week, a report surfaced that Apple could announce the iPhone 9/iPhone SE 2 on April 15th, 2020 and the sales could begin on April 22md, 2020. Now, a new report suggests that the new smartphone from Apple is said to be called iPhone SE (2020) instead of the rumored iPhone 9 and Apple could start taking orders as soon as tomorrow.

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Government of India launches ArogyaSetu app to track COVID-19 infection

The Government of India has launched AarogyaSetu mobile app developed in public-private partnership to enable people to assess themselves the risk for their catching the Coronavirus infection. The app tracks through a Bluetooth and GPS generated social graph and your interaction with someone who could have tested COVID-19 positive. Continue reading “Government of India launches ArogyaSetu app to track COVID-19 infection”

Moto G8 Power Lite with 6.5-inch 20:9 Max Vision display, triple rear cameras, 5000mAh battery announced

Motorola has introduced G8 Power Lite, the company’s latest smartphone in the G8 series. It has a 6.5-inch HD+ Max Vision display, is powered by MediaTek Helio P35 processor with 4GB RAM, runs Android 9.0 (Pie), features a 16-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, 2-megapixel macro and 2-megapixel depth cameras and an 8-megapixel front camera. Continue reading “Moto G8 Power Lite with 6.5-inch 20:9 Max Vision display, triple rear cameras, 5000mAh battery announced”

Cloudflare releases 1.1.1.1 for Families to block malware and adult content

Back in 2018 Cloudflare announced 1.1.1.1; the privacy-first consumer DNS service to speed up your internet connection and help keep it private, later it launched its Android and iOS apps. Today it has released 1.1.1.1 for Families. As the name says, the new DNS resolver is for home networks to protect your devices from security threats and block adult content from being accessed by their kids. Continue reading “Cloudflare releases 1.1.1.1 for Families to block malware and adult content”

ASUS introduces 7 new ROG laptops with Intel 10th Gen H Series CPUs and NVIDIA RTX 2080 / 2070 Super GPUs

Right as Intel announced its latest 10th Gen Core H-Series processors, ASUS has updated its ROG lineup with 7 new laptops, with GPU options that go up to a GTX 2080 Super. Some features in these laptops include 300Hz refresh rate displays with Pantone calibration, liquid metal cooling and even a second screen.

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OnePlus 8 Series with Fluid AMOLED display earn DisplayMate’s ‘A+’ rating

OnePlus recently confirmed the OnePlus 8 series will be introduced in an online event on April 14th. After revealing  Quad HD+ HDR 120 Hz Fluid Display with MEMC chip back for the OnePlus 8 Pro in January, 5G support for the OnePlus 8 Series recently, and Snapdragon 865 SoC, coupled with LPDDR5 and UFS 3.0 for the OnePlus 8 Pro earlier this week, OnePlus has announced that the upcoming OnePlus 8 series have earned the highest overall display rating and Best Smartphone Display Award from DisplayMate. Continue reading “OnePlus 8 Series with Fluid AMOLED display earn DisplayMate’s ‘A+’ rating”

Razer Blade 15 with up to 8-core Intel 10th Gen CPU, up to RTX 2080 Super Max-Q and 300Hz display announced

Razer has announced yet another update to its Blade lineup of laptops, continuing its confusing name with the latest one called Blade 15 (Early 2020). It is powered with Intel’s latest 10th Gen Core i7 H-series processors, and can be configured up to NVIDIA’s latest RTX 2080 Super with Max-Q and even has an option for a 300Hz display.

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Samsung Galaxy Note20+ could be powered by Snapdragon 865+ clocked up to 3.09GHz

Samsung’s latest Galaxy S20 series is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 in select countries, now the Galaxy Note20+ with the model number SM-N986U has surfaced in Geekbench listing revealing Snapdragon 865+ processor with clock speeds up to 3.09GHz. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Note20+ could be powered by Snapdragon 865+ clocked up to 3.09GHz”

Android 10 based LineageOS 17.1 Official now available for several devices including POCO F1

LineageOS, the fork of most popular Custom ROM of its time CyanogenMod, is popular amongst custom ROMs enthusiasts. LineageOS team recently announced LineageOS 17.1 and dropped LineageOS 17.1 build for quite a few popular devices including POCO F1. LineageOS 17.1 uses Android 10 as the base, and the team behind had been working on the project since Android 10 announcement in September 2019 but the Permission Hub feature in AOSP conflicted with the Privacy Guard feature available in LineageOS causing the unforeseen delay and making the development team release LineageOS 17.1 instead of 17.0.

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Acer Predator Triton 500 with 300Hz display and Nitro 5 with 10th Gen Intel Core CPU, up to RTX 2080 announced

Today, Intel announced its latest 10th Gen Mobile-H Series processor that takes on the recently announced AMD Ryzen 4000 Series. OEMs have now announced new laptop models with this latest 10th Gen Intel processor. On similar lines, Acer has now announced the Predator Triton 500 and Nitro 5 gaming laptops.

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