At the CES 2018 show, Samsung and HARMAN today unveiled a host of unique connected car solutions like the reinvented digital cockpit platform, new telematics solution, and an ecosystem of partners and solutions to further build out the Samsung open autonomous platform. Continue reading “Samsung and HARMAN unveil digital cockpit autonomous connected car platform”
Facebook today announced that it is shutting down it’s text-based virtual personal digital assistant M which was first introduced back in 2015. The human-enhanced M was available through bots in Facebook Messenger to just 2,000 people in California. Continue reading “Facebook M personal digital assistant shutting down on January 19”
At the CES 2018 event, Google announced wide-range of assistant enhancements and new features. In association with Qualcomm, Google will be bringing Assistant to ‘smart displays’ powered by the Android Things. We have already seen Lenovo Smart Display powered by the Qualcomm SDA624 SoC launch. Continue reading “Google to bring Assistant to Smart Displays, more headphones and Android Auto”
Sony at the CES 2018 introduced three new wireless headsets – WF-SP700N truly wireless earbuds, WI-SP600N and WI-SP500 in-ear headphones. Both the WF-SP700N and WI-SP600N come with with support for noise-canceling technology blocks out distractions to keep you focused, while Ambient Sound Mode lets you enjoy your music and still hear your surroundings. All these are splash-proof with IPX4 ratings. Sony also introduced MDR-1AM2 wired headphones.
Sony at the CES 2018 show has introduced BRAVIA X900F and A8F 4K HDR OLED TV series designed to deliver enhanced color, contrast, and clarity. The A8F Series range from 65″ and 55″ models OLED 4K TVs, while the X900F Series include 85”, 75″, 65″, 55″, and 49″ 4K HDR TVs. Continue reading “Sony BRAVIA X900F and A8F 4K HDR OLED TVs with Dolby Vision announced”
Xiaomi launched the Mi Router 3C, a budget router in India back in May last year for Rs. 1199 and the Mi Wi-Fi Repeater 2 was launched in June for Rs. 999 . During festive sales it offered discount on the router and the repeater, now it has announced a permanent Rs.200 temporary price cut for both. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi Router 3C and Mi Wi-Fi Repeater 2 get a permanent price cut India”
Qualcomm today announced two Home Hub platforms supporting Google’s Android Things; the SDA624 and SDA212 SoCs. The chips are designed with an aim to offer developers and OEMs a cost-effective way to develop home hubs featuring Google services such as the Google Assistant. Continue reading “Qualcomm introduces new Home Hub platforms supporting Google’s Android Things”
Xiaomi and Oculus at the CES 2018 announced that they are working on two standalone VR headsets – Oculus Go and Xiaomi Mi VR Standalone that will be built by Xiaomi and will be powered the Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 Mobile VR Platform. These don’t require cable, external sensors, or a mobile phone.
Continue reading “Oculus and Xiaomi partner for Oculus Go and Mi VR Standalone VR headsets”
Lenovo at the CES 2018 show partnered with Qualcomm to introduce the Miix 630 always connected 2-in-1 PC with Snapdragon 835 mobile PC platform. It is powered by the Microsoft Windows 10 S and comes with integrated 4G LTE making it a true always connected PC. Continue reading “Lenovo Miix 630 always connected 2-in-1 PC with 4G LTE, Snapdragon 835 announced”
Xiaomi announced Mi Mix 2 in India back in Oct running MIUI 8 on top of Nougat, device received the MIUI 9 Stable update in November itself but Xiaomi did not release any official statement regarding Android Oreo update for the device. The company recently rolled out Android Oreo to Mi A1 which was launched in partnership with Google under Android One program. A fortnight ago company started recruiting Beta testers for Mi 6, and it started rolling out Oreo based MIUI 9 Global Beta ROM to Beta testers last week. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi MIX 2 Android Oreo Global Beta testing to start soon”
HTC at the CES 2018 show has introduced the VIVE Pro and VIVE Wireless adaptor. Also, the company has also announced a radical redesign of Viveport VR and Vive Video. These improvements bring in the much desired higher resolution, improved audio, wireless freedom, and immersive content discovery. Continue reading “HTC VIVE Pro with dual-OLED displays and VIVE Wireless Adaptor announced”
Google just announced that it is combining Android Pay and Google Wallet, into a single brand – Google Pay, making it an unified payment solution. Google Wallet peer-to-peer payments service was introduced back in 2011, which was launched in India as Tez last year. Google introduced Android Pay mobile payment service in 2015 to lets users pay with their Android phones. Continue reading “Android Pay and Google Wallet payment platforms merge into Google Pay”
After Mumbai, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra & Goa, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, Karnataka and Chennai, Airtel has launched its 4G VoLTE services in Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu. This lets Airtel customers enjoy HD quality voice calls along with faster call set up time compared to normal voice calls on their VoLTE-compatible 4G handsets. Continue reading “Airtel launches VoLTE services in Coimbatore”
Sennheiser at the CES 2018 introduced new CX 6.00BT, the company’s latest Bluetooth wireless headset and HD 820 premium closed-back headphones. The CX 6.00BT features ear-canal earbuds joined by a cable around the neck for a lightweight design, superior fit and comfort. The Sennheiser HD 820 closed-back dynamic stereo headphones have unique glass transducer cover that minimizes resonances and for realistic and natural sound field.
Centric today launched L3, the company’s latest budget smartphone in India. It has a 5-inch HD 2.5D curved glass display, is powered by a quad-core MediaTek SoC, runs on Android 7.0 (Nougat), has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and an 5-megapixel font-facing camera. Continue reading “Centric L3 with 5-inch display, fingerprint sensor launched for Rs. 6749”
