Google Home, its voice activated Google Assistant is geting new features. This includes option to schedule new calendar appointments, create reminders, Make hands-free calls and more new features. Continue reading “Google Home to get hands-free calling, proactive assistance, Bluetooth streaming and more”
Today at the Google I/O, Scott Huffman, vice president of engineering for search announced that Google Assistant on phone will now let you type, in addition to voice commands. Google Assistant will also get history within the conversation soon so that you can see what you’ve previously asked. Continue reading “Google Assistant now lets you type, adds new languages, to get Google Lens visual AI intelligence”
The rumors of Google Assistant coming to the iOS is indeed true. Google, today at its I/O developer conference in Mountain View announced that the Assistant will be available on the iPhone. Google’s Assistant takes on Apple’s Siri directly and it will be interesting to see who wins this battle.
Google’s Assistant has third-party integrations and is capable of handling complicated queries. Google Assistant also allows you to control your connected devices thanks to Google’s new partnerships with third-party companies. Continue reading “Google Assistant is now available on the iPhone”
Google CEO Sundar Pichai at Google I/O in Mountain View announced that the company has passed 2 billion active devices on its Android platform.
The growth is quite astonishing considering that Google has added nearly 400 million devices powered by its mobile operating system since September 2015 when it last reported this figure. Continue reading “Android surpasses 2 billion monthly active devices”
At the Tizen Developer Conference (TDC) 2017 in San Francisco, annual Tizen conference for developers, Samsung introduced Tizen 4.0, the next generation Tizen platform. Unlike the Tizen 3.0 that is limited to devices such as TVs and smartphones, Tizen 4.0 offers development environment that can be refined according to the characteristics of various devices by subdividing functional modules. Continue reading “Samsung introduces Tizen 4.0, ARTIK 053 IoT module and more”
Apple was working on assembling iPhone in India and now the has confirmed to the Wall Street Journal that its manufacturing partners Winstron have completed a trial run of the first-ever iPhones assembled in India. The iPhone SE handsets assembled in India will begin shipping to customers some time this month, added the report. Continue reading “Apple starts assembling iPhone SE in India, shipping starts later this month: WSJ”
Asus just sent out invites for the launch of a new smartphone in India on May 24th. The invite has #GoLive and the company is teasing live video shooting on its social sites that confirms the launch of the ZenFone Live (ZB501KL) next week. It was introduced back in February this year and has real-time beautification with live-streaming beautification app. It lets you see your skin smoothed and blemishes removed in real time, says Asus. Continue reading “Asus to launch a new smartphone in India on May 24, ZenFone Live expected”
Chinese smartphone vendors continued dominance and are now contributing to than half of the Indian smartphone market in Q1 2017, according to latest data from International Data Corporation (IDC). Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 was the highest shipped smartphone in Q1. Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 highest shipped smartphone in India in Q1 2017: IDC”
OPPO today confirmed that it will introduce R11, a new high-end smartphone in the ‘R Series’ in China soon. It also confirmed that the successor of last year’s R9 smartphone will come with 20-megapixel front and rear cameras and also teased a new image that shows dual rear cameras. Even though the resolution of the secondary rear camera sensor is still a mystery, it is expected to be a 20MP + 16MP camera arrangement. Continue reading “OPPO R11 with 20MP + 16MP dual rear cameras, 20MP front camera, Snapdragon 660 coming soon”
Airtel today announced that it has upgraded its existing home broadband plans to offer up to 100% more data benefits within the same monthly rentals. Airtel launched ‘V-Fiber’ recently that offers broadband speeds of up to 100 Mbps at the same plan rentals and only requires modem switch. Continue reading “Airtel upgrades broadband plans, now offers up to 100% more data at same price”
Google is all set to kick off its I/O 2017 annual developer conference today. The keynote by CEO Sundar Pichai will start at 10 AM PST (10 30 PM IST). Last year, Google introduced Google Home, the Google Assistant and the Daydream VR headset. Let’s see what Google is expected to announce this year. Continue reading “Here’s what to expect from Google I/O 2017”
HDM Global introduced Nokia 6 smartphone in China earlier this year and introduced Nokia 3 and Nokia 5 smartphones at the MWC 2017 in Barcelona in February. The company is rumored to introduce Nokia 8 smartphone soon. Yesterday in a promo video on video two upcoming Nokia smartphones have surfaced along with the already announced Nokia 3 and Nokia 5. Even though the video was pulled, @evleaks has shared it. Continue reading “Upcoming high-end Nokia smartphones including one with dual rear cameras surface in promo video”
Meizu launched its mid-range M5 in the ‘M series’ in India earlier this month. Today the company has announced a Rs. 1000 price cut for the smartphone after just 2 days of launch. The smartphone that was launched for Rs. 10,499 is now available for Rs. 9499 after the price cut. Continue reading “Meizu M5 gets a price cut in India after 2 days of launch, now available for Rs. 9499”
Moto C and Moto C Plus budget smartphones went official yesterday, now press renders of the upcoming Moto E4 Plus smartphone has surfaced, along with the render of Lunar Gray color version of the Moto Z Play. Earlier rumors revealed 5.5-inch HD display and 5000mAh battery for the E4 Plus, a larger version of E4. Continue reading “Moto E4 Plus and Lunar Gray Moto Z Play press renders surface”
HTC unveiled its flagship U11 smartphone at an event in Taiwan yesterday. We already brought you the hands-on impressions and the photo gallery of the phone. Here we have the unboxing of the phone. Continue reading “HTC U11 Unboxing”
