OPPO O-Free Wireless Bluetooth Headset with translation, voice assistant announced

At the Find X launch event in China, OPPO also introduced O-Free Wireless Bluetooth Headset. It has a compact, ultra-light weight design and is comfortable to use. It has a built-in smart chip that synchronizes the left and right ear sounds with the phone without delay. It has ultra-low power consumption and lets you easily adjust volume, playback, and changing songs with simple operation. This uses Qualcomm QCC3026 SoC that was introduced today.

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OPPO Find X and Find X Lamborghini Edition launched in China, price and availability revealed

OPPO introduced its flagship Find X  and Lamborghini Limited Edition with an unique slider camera design at its global event in Paris last week. Today, as promised, the company has launched the phones in China, and also revealed the availability details, which is a month earlier before it starts rolling out in Europe. As usual, it is cheaper compared to the Europe pricing.

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Niantic is opening up its Real World AR platform for developers to create games like Pokémon Go

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Niantic Studios today previewed Niantic Real World Platform that it is working on. In fact, this is the first time the company is giving an update of this nature publicly. It also announced  that it has acquired computer vision and machine learning company Matrix Mill, and have established its first London office. Continue reading “Niantic is opening up its Real World AR platform for developers to create games like Pokémon Go”

SD Express and SD Ultra Capacity will offer up to 985MBps transfer rate and up to 128TB cards

The SD Association at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) Shanghai announced SD Express and new SD Ultra Capacity (SDUC) cards. The SD Express adds PCI Express and NVMe interfaces to the legacy SD interface. The PCIe 3.0 interface delivers 985 MBps maximum data transfer rate and the NVMe v1.3  protocol enables advanced memory access mechanism. Continue reading “SD Express and SD Ultra Capacity will offer up to 985MBps transfer rate and up to 128TB cards”

Twitter introduces Ad Transparency Center for users to identify political campaigns

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Twitter last year had announced its intentions to offer transparency for all ads running on Twitter, with a specific emphasis on political advertising. Today the company is introducing the Ads Transparency Center, which allows anyone across the globe to view ads that have been served on Twitter.  Continue reading “Twitter introduces Ad Transparency Center for users to identify political campaigns”

LG Display said to supply 2 to 4 million OLED Panels for 6.5-inch Apple iPhone X Plus

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Back in July 207, there were reports that Apple is on the verge of investing around $2.7 billion in LG to get OLED panels for future iPhones. However, we now hear that the Korean firm is almost ready to become Apple’s second supplier for OLED screens. This will also allow Apple to reduce its dependence on Samsung who is currently the sole manufacturer of the panels in iPhone X models.  Continue reading “LG Display said to supply 2 to 4 million OLED Panels for 6.5-inch Apple iPhone X Plus”

Instagram now lets you add sound tracks to your Stories

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Instagram today is introducing music in Stories. Now you can add a soundtrack to your story that you feel fits perfectly at any moment. The company says that Instagram Stories is now used by 400 million every day.   Continue reading “Instagram now lets you add sound tracks to your Stories”

Motorola One Android One phone with notch display surfaces, could be announced alongside One Power and Z3 Force on August 2

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Motorola is prepping to launch the Motorola One Power Android One phone with 19:9 notch display, dual-rear cameras and now yet another phone, that might be a brand new variant in the series have surfaced online revealing similar design footprints. Meet, Motorola One and this too is an Android One phone.  Continue reading “Motorola One Android One phone with notch display surfaces, could be announced alongside One Power and Z3 Force on August 2”

Xiaomi Mi 6X Hatsune Miku Special Edition smartphone announced

Xiaomi has announced Mi 6X Hatsune Miku Special Edition in China, over a year after it introduced the Redmi Note 4X Hatsune Miku Edition. It has the same specifications as the Mi 6X smartphone that was introduced recently, but comes in new green color and comes in a unique package that has a Limited edition Mi Power bank, soft protective case printed with Hatsune Miku image, metal nameplate and the the phone has an unique Hatsune Miku image engraved along with Hatsune Miku’s signature at the back. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi 6X Hatsune Miku Special Edition smartphone announced”

OnePlus announces Software Maintenance Schedule for 3, 3T, 5, 5T and 6 – Software updates for 2 years, Security patches for 3 years from release

OnePlus has been consistent with the Android updates for the past few years. Even though it takes some time to deliver Android updates and security updates, it is better compared most other flagship smartphone manufacturers. Today the company has announced its software maintenance schedule for its smartphones starting from the OnePlus 3.

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Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro Android 8.1 Oreo MIUI 9.5 update with gesture support, Dual 4G VoLTE starts rolling out [Update: Stable update download link]

Update June 26: Xiaomi has started rolling out MIUI 9.5.14.0.OEIMIFA Android 8.1 (Oreo) stable update for the  Redmi Note 5 Pro users, a day earlier than expected. If you can’t wait, you can manually flash MIUI 9.5.14.0 Recovery ROM using updater method.

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Telegram update brings replace media, vCards sharing, mark as unread, 2X voice messages, and more

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Telegram is receiving a new update bringing the version number to 4.8.3 for iOS and 4.8.10 for Android, and this brings several nifty features and improvements. Continue reading “Telegram update brings replace media, vCards sharing, mark as unread, 2X voice messages, and more”

Alcatel 1 Android Oreo (Go Edition) smartphone with 5-inch 18:9 display announced

Alcatel introduced range of smartphone as well as its first Android Oreo (Go edition) smartphone Alcatel 1X at the MWC, and the phone was also announced in India soon after. Now the company has announced the Alcatel 1, another budget Android Oreo (Go edition) smartphone at the ongoing MWC Shanghai. It packs a 5.34-inch 18:9 screen, is powered by a quad-core MediaTek SoC and the Android Oreo (Go edition) comes pre-installed with new Google’s Go apps offering better performance, less demand on storage, and efficient data use. Continue reading “Alcatel 1 Android Oreo (Go Edition) smartphone with 5-inch 18:9 display announced”

Acer Nitro 5 (2018) Gaming Laptop with 8th Gen Intel Core processor with NVIDIA GTX 1050 / 1050Ti or AMD Ryzen 5 with Radeon RX560 launched in India

Acer has launched new Nitro 5 Gaming Laptop, successor of last year’s model in India. It was introduced at the CES 2018 earlier this year, packs a 15.6-inch Full HD IPS display and is powered by a 6-Core 8th Generation Intel Core i5, i7, i5+, i7+ processors with NVIDIA GTX 1050 or 1050Ti GPU or the AMD Ryzen 5 processor with Radeon RX560 GPU. Continue reading “Acer Nitro 5 (2018) Gaming Laptop with 8th Gen Intel Core processor with NVIDIA GTX 1050 / 1050Ti or AMD Ryzen 5 with Radeon RX560 launched in India”

YouTube picture-in-picture will be available to all Android users

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YouTube TV introduced a picture-in-picture mode with Android 8.0 Oreo back in November and has also extended to its Premium and Music services. The videos are minimised to a corner to let you keep watching while browsing around other apps. However, it now seems to be rolling out to non-paying YouTube users.  Continue reading “YouTube picture-in-picture will be available to all Android users”