HMD Global announced Nokia 3.1, successor of last year’s Nokia 3 back in May, and it was launched in India in July Android 8.0 (Oreo). At the launch the company said that the phone will get updated to Android 9.0 (Pie). Now it has released Android 8.1 (Oreo), before the roll out of Android Pie. Continue reading “Nokia 3.1 Android 8.1 Oreo update starts rolling out in India”
Update: Google has released first teaser for the Pixel 3 with just number ‘3’. You can sign up at store.google.com to get details on October 9.
Makers of PUBG Mobile are consistently rolling out monthly updates with new features since its launch in March. This month the app has again gained a fresh new update bringing the version to v0.80 with the new Sanhok map set in a dense jungle with varying landscapes. Continue reading “PUBG Mobile update brings new Sanhok map, new weapons and vehicles; surpasses 20 million daily active users in 6 months”
Samsung Electronics and Google have announced that they are working together to offer global Rich Communication Services (RCS) coverage and interoperability. This will enable features like the ability to chat over Wi-Fi, create rich group chats, see typing indicators and read receipts, and share high-resolution photos and videos across platforms. Continue reading “Google, Samsung collaborate for RCS Messaging on Android”
Samsung Electronics has introduced a new version of the Samsung Health app, Samsung Health1 6.0 which brings updated health and fitness tools, a new UI, and increased personalization. Samsung says that its Health platform has over 65 million monthly active users worldwide. Continue reading “Samsung Health 6.0 brings new U.I, updated health and fitness tools, social features and more”
YouTube today is introducing two new features to its YouTube Kids app including the parents approved content where it brings the ability for parents to handpick every video and channel available to their child in the app.
Continue reading “YouTube Kids gets parents approved content, “Older” version experience for tweens”
A week after the announcement of Honor 8X Max in China, a new Huawei smartphone with similar specifications has been certified by TENAA. This reveals a similar design and specifications, including a 7.12-inch Full HD+ display with narrow bezels and 90.5% screen-to-body ratio, 16-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, AI scene recognition, and a 2-megapixel secondary camera, 8-megapixel front camera, fingerprint sensor on the back, and a 5000mAh battery with support for fast charging. Continue reading “Huawei ARS-AL00 / ARS-TL00 with 7.12-inch FHD+ display, AI dual rear cameras, 5000mAh battery gets certified”
Facebook today has announced that it is expanding fact-checking for photos and videos to all its 27 partners in 17 countries around the world. The company says that this will help identify and take action against more types of misinformation, faster. Continue reading “Facebook expands fact-checking to photos and videos in 17 countries”
Apple is adding new features to HomePod including the ability to search by lyrics, set multiple timers, make and receive phone calls and more. It is also bringing support for Spanish in the US, Spain, and Mexico, and expands support in Canada with Canadian French.
Continue reading “Apple HomePod gets improved Siri integration, Spanish language support and more”
Samsung just scheduled an event on October 11th to launch a new Galaxy device. The invite has 4X fun and the company says “Let the fun times begin” along with the date. As per recent rumors, the company is expected to introduce a new series of smartphone with four rear cameras for the first time.
LG has scheduled an event on October 3rd where it will introduce its next flagship V40 ThinQ smartphone, few months after the introduction of the V35 ThinQ. The main highlight of the smartphone will be triple rear cameras with Telephoto lens, wide-angle lens, 2x zoom and AI features. It is also said to feature dual front cameras and run Android 9.0 (Pie) out of the box.
OnePlus just announced Type-C Bullets, the company’s latest in-ear earphones. The company said that it is more than just an update on Bullets V2 that was launched back in 2016. It has several improvements and modifications to deliver crisp, powerful sound. It has a metal design, cable made of aramid fibers that makes the Type-C Bullets more resistant to stretching. Continue reading “OnePlus Type-C Bullets earphones announced in India for Rs. 1490”
Xiaomi’s POCO sub-brand launched the POCO F1 smartphone last month starting at Rs. 20,999. The company started selling the phone from August 29th, and the phone has seen Rs. 200 crore worth of sales in 5 minutes in the first sale. Today the company has announced that the 6GB RAM with 128GB storage version will go on open sale on Flipkart as well as Mi.com starting today midnight for Rs. 23,999. Continue reading “POCO F1 6GB RAM, 128GB storage version will go on open sale in India from today midnight”
Along with the F9 Pro, OPPO introduced the F9, a cheaper version in the ‘F series’ in India last month, and it was introduced in China as A7x earlier this week. Today the company has launched the phone in India. It has a 6.3-inch Full HD+ display with Waterdrop Screen with screen-to-body ratio up to 90.8% for a more immersive experience, is powered by Octa-Core MediaTek Helio P60 12nm processor, packs a 16MP rear camera with LED flash, and secondary 2MP camera, similar to the F9 Pro, but this features a 16-megapixel front camera, packs 4GB of RAM and doesn’t have VOOC Flash charge even though it packs the same 3500mAh battery. Continue reading “OPPO F9 with 6.3-inch Full HD+ display, dual rear cameras, Dual 4G VoLTE launched in India for Rs. 19990”
In addition to range of iPhone models, Apple has also announced price cuts for the Apple Watch Series 3 GPS and GPS + Cellular models in India, after the price cut in the U.S. to $279. It also introduced the new Apple Watch Series 4 with a new design and several new features. Continue reading “Apple Watch Series 3 GPS and GPS + Cellular variants get a price cut in India”
