Google has finally announced that it is giving up on Allo after it stopped investing in the app earlier this year. The app will become non-functional in March 2019. The company officially announced that it will upgrade users to Hangouts Chat and Meet at some point and they will remain a primary focus for the team. Continue reading “Google confirms it will shutdown Allo messaging app in March 2019, will upgrade Hangout users to Hangouts Chat and Meet”
After launching it globally last week, Samsung has launched the 860 QVO SSD its new consumer solid state drive (SSD) lineup in India. The new SSD lineup comes with up to four terabytes (TB) of storage capacity and is built on the high-density 4-bit multi-level cell (MLC) NAND flash architecture. Continue reading “Samsung 860 QVO SSD with up to 4TB storage launched in India starting at Rs. 11249”
OnePlus CEO Pete Lau at the Qualcomm Snapdragon Technology Summit 2018 has announced that its next flagship will be powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Mobile Platform. The company will release a commercial 5G smartphone with carrier network EE in the UK in 2019. Continue reading “OnePlus to launch first commercial 5G smartphone powered by Snapdragon 855 in Europe with EE in 2019”
Update: We have managed to get the download link for the Mi A1 Android Pie beta update which is about 1.3GB in size. Since this is still in beta stage, there might be bugs. It is recommended to backup before updating. We have flashed it successfully with TWRP Recovery.
Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi A1 Android 9.0 Pie beta testing begins [Update: Download Link]”
Flipkart today started its three-day Flipkart Big Shopping Days. The sale offers great deals on smartphones including POCO F1, Moto X4, Motorola One Power, Honor 10, Asus Zenfone 5Z, Google Pixel 2, Pixel 2 XL, LG G7 ThinQ , tablets, laptops and more. All these offers are available through the site, mobile site as well as Flipkart app. Continue reading “Flipkart Big Shopping Days Sale: Discounts on POCO F1, Motorola One Power, LG G7 ThinQ; Best deals on Hard disks, Laptops and more”
After testing the Snapdragon 855, Qualcomm on the second day of the annual Snapdragon Technology Summit detailed the Snapdragon 855 Mobile Platform, the world’s first commercial mobile platform supporting multi-gigabit 5G, built on 7nm process technology. It features multi-gigabit 4G connectivity with the built-in Snapdragon X24 LTE modem, and the Snapdragon X50 can be added to support 5G for both Sub-6 GHz and mmWave frequency bands. Continue reading “Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 5G 7nm Mobile Platform announced – Octa-Core Kryo 485 CPUs for 45% improved performance, 20% faster Adreno 640 GPU”
Earlier today, Qualcomm held a lengthy two-hour keynote extolling the improvements brought along by the all-new Snapdragon 855 system-on-chip. One of the more interesting and tangible enhancements talked about was on the imaging front. At the heart of the improvements sits the all-new Spectra 380 ISP that is poised to push mobile imaging and videography forward quite significantly. Let’s take a closer look. Continue reading “5 ways Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 855 chip improves mobile imaging”
HMD Global just announced the Nokia 8.1, Android One smartphone, which is the global version of the Nokia X7 mid-range smartphone that was introduced in China back in October. The successor of the most popular Nokia 7 Plus has a 6.18-inch Full HD+ 18.7:9 aspect ratio Puredisplay, DCI-P3 wide color gamut and HDR10 video playback, 86.5% screen to body ratio, is powered by Snapdragon 710 10nm Mobile Platform and runs Android 9.0 (Pie).
Huawei recently announced an event in China to unveil a smartphone with in-display camera on December 17. Now the company’s Honor brand has scheduled an event in Paris, France on January 22nd, 2019 to unveil a new smartphone with in-screen camera. This could be Honor View 20, successor of Honor View 10 that was introduced at an event in London a year back. Continue reading “Honor smartphone with in-screen camera to be announced on January 22 in Paris, Honor View 20 expected”
Bose has announced Frames which is a combination of premium sunglasses and protection and it also brings micro-acoustics and voice control to an entirely new level. Thanks to the proprietary open-ear design, Frames can stream music and information, take and make calls, and access virtual assistants. Continue reading “Bose FRAMES AR sunglasses with open-ear design, 9-axis head motion announced”
After Enjoy 9 Plus announcement in October, Huawei is all set to introduce the Enjoy 9 (DUB-TL00 / DUB-AL00) smartphone in China soon. The phone has been certified by TENAA revealing a 6.26-inch HD+ display with Waterdrop notch Screen. powered by Octa-Core Snapdragon 450 SoC with 4GB of RAM, 13MP rear camera with LED flash, secondary 2MP camera and a 8-megapixel front camera. It doesn’t reveal a fingerprint sensor, but it will likely come with support for face unlock.
Google Chrome 71 is rolling out to desktop and Android, it is a minor release which particularly brings changes to the ‘Duet’ interface and autoplay. Part of the Google Chrome button address bar redesign which the company shut down in the last minute turned into ‘Chrome Duplex,’ which is now called ‘Chrome Duet.’ Continue reading “Google Chrome 71 brings Duet UI improvements, auto-play changes, new API’s and more”
Update: Another render shows a similar front design with dual front cameras, but also shows quad rear cameras arranged horizontally, unlike the Galaxy A9. The flash and sensors are arranged vertically, next to the camera.
At the Flutter Live Google announced it is experimenting Flutter on the web which it is calling Hummingbird project. It also debuted the Flutter Live which is Google’s first ever major standalone event for their Flutter app development SDK. Flutter is Google’s cross-platform application SDK which is no longer restricted to mobile. Continue reading “Google Hummingbird project to bring Flutter applications to the web”
Meizu, along with three smartphones, also launched the EP52 Lite water-resistant Bluetooth Earphones and Halo headset, which is a Bluetooth in-ear headset. The EP52 Lite earphones targeted at runners and outdoor users under the EP series. Since EP52 works over Bluetooth, it is completely wireless and at a mere 16 grams, these headphones are fairly lightweight as well. Considering these earphones are waterproof (IPX5), the earbuds feature a nano-coating that makes it sweat and waterproof.
