Xiaomi’s Mit Fit app for wearable devices received the 4.0 update last year which introduced new UI, optimized data view, and more. The company has now released the 4.0.17 update with minor tweaks to UI and a nifty feature for Indian users.
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OnePlus has always given importance to the design of its smartphones, believing that “it shapes every moment of your experience with a device”. In a blog post about its upcoming 8 series phone’s design and materials, they talk about their fifth generation Matte-Frosted Glass that they claim to be their best CMF (color, material, finishing) to date.
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HUAWEI’s HONOR brand today announced HONOR Play 4T and 4T Pro smartphones in China. The Play 4T Pro packs a 6.3-inch FHD+ OLED screen with waterdrop notch, in-display fingerprint sensor, 48MP + 8MP + 2MP triple rear cameras and a 4000mAh battery with support for 22.5W fast charging over USB type-C that can charge up to 58% in 30 minutes. The HONOR Play 4T comes with a 6.39-inch punch-hole HD+ LCD screen with rear-mounted fingerprint scanner and 48MP + 2MP dual rear cameras. Continue reading “HONOR Play 4T Pro with 6.3-inch FHD+ OLED display, 48MP triple rear cameras and HONOR Play 4T announced”
In February, Google released an update to Chrome Beta v81 that added a lot of API’s that could power new experiences in the future. These include Web NFC API, WebXR augumented reality API’s, etc. and Google has brought them over to the stable version in Chrome v81.
OnePlus is all set to introduce the OnePlus 8 series smartphones on April 14th. The company already revealed several specifications of the phone, and the complete specifications have also surfaced online, now alleged Europe pricing has surfaced online, which hints at considerable higher pricing compared to last year’s OnePlus 7T series.
HMD Global has started rolling out Android 10 update for the Nokia 4.2 smartphone, which makes it the 10th Nokia phone to get the update after the Nokia 8.1, Nokia 9 PureView, Nokia 7.1, Nokia 6.1 Plus, Nokia 7 Plus, Nokia 6.1, Nokia 2.2, Nokia 7.2, and Nokia 3.2. It was launched last year running Android Pie. Android 10 brings a number of additional privacy and security features for users, as well as Dark Theme, Focus mode, dedicated ‘Privacy section’, and lots more.
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Samsung announced the Galaxy A51 5G and Galaxy A71 5G yesterday and alongside that the company has also announced two new smartphones in the Galaxy A Series lineup – Galaxy A11 and Galaxy A21 with Infinity-O display, 4000mAh battery, and more.
Google’s own game streaming service Stadia, has become the next company to take advantage of increased number of people being quarantined at home. Starting today and rolling out over the next 48 hours, Google is offering a free trial of Stadia Pro, which usually costs $9.99/month, for the next two months in 14 countries.
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Benchmark apps have been existing for a long time now and almost every smartphone manufacturer is boasting the high benchmark scores that their smartphones achieve in these apps. While benchmark scores need not necessarily translate into real-time performance, smartphone companies in the past have been accused of manipulating the scores. On similar lines now, MediaTek has been accused of cheating mobile benchmark and providing it as a service.
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Update: April, 2020 – Xiaomi has started rolling out new build 11.0.11.0.QFQMIXM for the Mi A3 that is about 1.33GB in size bringing April Android security patch and also fixes bugs. This also adds Pro camera mode, but there is no Wi-Fi calling / VoWiFi support yet.
Samsung announced Galaxy A41 in Japan for NTT Docomo last month, but that will no go on sale until June. Now it has introduced a new Galaxy A41 smartphone for the global markets. It packs a similar 6.1-inch Full HD+ Super AMOLED Infinity screen with in-display fingerprint sensor, is powered by an Octa-Core processor (could be Snapdragon 675) with 4GB RAM, runs Android 10 with OneUI 2.0, and features a 48-megapixel rear camera along with an 8-megapixel ultra wide-angle lens, 5-megapixel depth sensor and a 25-megapixel front camera, but the camera design is different. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy A41 with 6.1-inch FHD+ AMOLED Infinity-U Display, 48MP triple rear cameras announced for global markets”
Google released Android 10, the next version of Android back in September last year and OEMs are gradually rolling out the update. Android 10 has several new features including enhanced Privacy Controls, Smart Reply, Dark Theme, Gesture Navigation, and more. Xiaomi has been rolling out MIUI 11 based on Android 10 to its lineup of smartphones and now with the latest beta update in China, it is finally bringing the Android 10 gesture control feature.
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Samsung just announced the Galaxy A51 5G and Galaxy A71 5G smartphones. These pack a 6.5-inch and 6.7-inch FHD+ Infinity-O Super AMOLED infinity displays with 20:9 aspect ratio, respectively, and are powered by Exynos 980 SoC with built-in 5G support and 8GB RAM. The A51 5G has a 48MP main camera with the A71 5G come with a 64MP main camera, Both these have 12MP 123-degree ultra-wide + 5MP macro and 5MP depth sensors and a 32-megapixel front camera. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy A51 5G and Galaxy A71 5G with FHD+ AMOLED Infinity-O Display, Exynos 980, quad rear cameras, 32MP front camera announced”
Apple Clips is a neat little app where users can create unique videos by combining video clips, images, and photos and adding stickers, music, filters and more. In this new update, Apple is adding features like mouse and trackpad support for iPadOS 13.4, extra editing capabilities like duplicate, splitting and more.
HUAWEI at its event in China introduced the Smart Screen X65, the company’s latest flagship Smart Screen device with a pop-up camera, as it had promised. It packs a 65-inch 4K HDR OLED screen with 120Hz refresh rate, MEMC, support for DC dimming and the screen has TUV Rheinland certification. It has 24.9mm ultra-thin all-aluminum alloy body and the screen is just 5mm thick. Continue reading “HUAWEI Smart Screen X65 with 65-inch 4K HDR 120Hz OLED screen, 24MP ultra-wide pop-up camera, 75W 14-speaker unit announced”
