Google released its Android 11 Beta to the public on June 10th, and one among its major updates was a change where all conversations from messaging apps were grouped into a dedicated space in the Notifications screen. Google has now announced collaborations with Facebook and Twitter to help integrate Messenger and Twitter DMs respectively with Android 11’s Conversations API.
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While the worldwide smartphone market saw a decline of 11.7% YoY, the worldwide smartwatch market recorded a growth of 12% YoY, despite the COVID-19 pandemic. Apple continued to lead the market with their Apple Watch Series devices, followed by Huawei, Samsung, Garmin and Fitbit.
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TCL has launched new C715 and C815 series of 4K QLED smart Android TVs, X915 its first 8K QLED Android smart TV and P715 4K UHD series in India. All the QLED models have support for voice control, Dolby Atmos and Dolby Vision. The C815 and X915 TVs come with MEMC and 50W Onkyo Soundbar with 4 units for bass + 4 passive radiator and the C715 series comes with 30w box speakers. TCL has partnered with Amazon Prime Video, Hungama, Eros Now, MXPlayer and others for 1 million hours of content. Continue reading “TCL launches new 4K and 8K QLED TVs with 50W Onkyo Soundbar, Dolby Vision, Dolby Atmos in India”
OPPO has launched A52, the company’s latest smartphone in India. It was announced back in April and packs a 6.5-inch FHD+ LCD screen with 90.5% screen-to-body ratio, 16-megapixel camera inside the punch-hole, is powered by Snapdragon 665 SoC with 6GB of RAM, runs Android 10 with ColorOS 7.1 on top, packs quad rear cameras that includes a 12-megapixel main camera, 8-megapixel ultra-wide sensor, 2-megapixel macro and a 2-megapixel depth sensor. Continue reading “OPPO A52 with 6.5-inch FHD+ display, 6GB RAM, quad rear cameras, 5000mAh battery launched in India for Rs. 16990”
Xiaomi’s Redmi brand launched the Redmi Note 9 Pro Max smartphone in India back in March starting at Rs. 14,999, later in April the phone got up to Rs. 1500 price hike in the country due to increase in GST to 18% on mobile phones, and was sold at Rs. 16499. Today the phone has received a second price hike of Rs. 500 for the 6GB + 64GB and 6GB + 128GB versions and is being sold for Rs. 16,999 and Rs. 18,499, respectively. Continue reading “Redmi Note 9 Pro Max gets another price hike in India, now starts at Rs. 16999”
Twitter has begun rolling out an interesting new feature for its iOS app users, which is the ability to create Voice Tweets. Users can now record their thoughts with their voice, each one having a maximum time limit of a little more than 2 minutes, and post it for their followers to hear.
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Xiaomi launched the Mi 10, the company’s latest flagship smartphone in India last month. This Mi series phone comes to India after the Mi 5 launch in 2016 and Mi MIX 2 launch in 2017. The on-paper specifications look good, but it is criticized for the high price tag in the Indian market. Are the features compelling for the price? Let us dive into the review to find out. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi 10 Review”
Qualcomm has announced the launch of their newest 5G and AI-Enabled Robotics Platform called the Robotics RB5. It is the successor to Qualcomm’s Robotics RB3 platform and comprises of extensive set of hardware, software and development tools that include the Qualcomm AI Engine, Qualcomm’s Hexagon Tensor Accelerator and more.
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Discovery+, the real-life entertainment streaming app has announced support for the Amazon Fire TV in India. The app brings more than 40,000 hours of content like culture around the planet, history, flora and fauna, science and technology, etc. across 40+ genres such as Science, Adventure, Food, Lifestyle, etc.
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JBL has launched their first ever gaming-focused headset range in India called the JBL Quantum Range that all feature JBL’s QuantumSOUND Signature. It features 7 headset models that include options for casual and competitive gamers, with wired to wireless options and affordable to professional level prices.
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OPPO just launched the Find X2 and X2 Pro, the company’s latest flagship smartphones in India, as it had promised. These pack a 6.7-inch Quad HD+ OLED screen with 120Hz refresh rate and 240Hz touch sampling rate, feature 2.98mm chin, and just 2.2mm bezel on the top. The phone features a 32-megapixel camera on the front inside a 3.84mm punch hole and the screen is curved 67.8°. It is powered by Snapdragon 865 with 5G support and has triple thermal dissipation that uses thermal conductive gel, vapor chamber liquid cooling and multilayer graphite. Continue reading “OPPO Find X2 and Find X2 Pro with 6.7-inch Quad HD+ 120Hz OLED display, Snapdragon 865 5G launched in India starting at Rs. 64990”
Known for launching killer flagships, the OnePlus 8 series smartphones raised quite a few eyebrows! Initially, OnePlus positioned itself as the go-to player in the value flagship segment, but now, they are foraying into the true flagship segment competing against Samsung and of course their ideology too.
While the expensive device from OnePlus – 8 Pro doesn’t compromise on any features, the OnePlus 8 lacks some capabilities, but it still aims to offer one of the best Android experiences. Are those trade-offs worth the asking price? Should I buy OnePlus 7T instead? What’s the difference between OnePlus 7T and 8? Below, we have mentioned the reason on why you should and should not buy OnePlus 8. Continue reading “OnePlus 8 Review: Déjà vu”
Back in April, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Google announced that they were making their video conferencing service “Meet”, free and available to everyone via Gmail. It was initially available for Gmail on the web, and now they are bringing it to Gmail on Android and iOS.
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Samsung just launched the Galaxy A21s, the company’s latest smartphone in the A series in India, as it had promised. It packs 6.5-inch HD+ Infinity-O display, is powered by a 2GHz Octa-Core Exynos 850 processor with up to 6GB of RAM, runs Android 10 with OneUI 2.0, comes with 48-megapixel rear camera along with an 8-megapixel ultra-wide, 2-megapixel depth and 2-megapixel macro sensor. There is also a 13-megapixel front camera. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy A21s with 6.5-inch Infinity-O display, 48MP quad rear cameras, 5000mAh battery launched in India starting at Rs. 16499”
TECNO, popular for its budget phones has launched Spark Power 2 in India, as it had promised. It flaunts a 7-inch HD+ dot notch LCD screen with 90.6% screen-to-body ratio, is powered by an octa-core MediaTek Helio P22 processor paired with 4GB RAM with 64GB storage and runs on Android 10 on top of TECNO’s HiOS. Regarding the optics, the phone sports a quad rear camera setup that includes a 16MP(primary lens)+ 5MP (wide-angle lens)+2MP (2.5cm macro lens) + AI Lens along with a quad-LED flash module. Continue reading “TECNO Spark Power 2 with 7-inch display, stereo speakers, 6000mAh battery launched in India for Rs. 9999”
