MediaTek has Helio G96 and Helio G88, an upgrade to Helio G95 and Helio G85 SoCs in the G series. The Helio G96 SoC has support for 120Hz displays with up to Full HD+ resolution, support for up to 108MP cameras, has Cat-13 4G LTE modem, dual 4G SIM and VoLTE and ViLTE services and has Intelligent Resource Management Engine and Networking Engine. It features two powerful ARM Cortex-A76 CPU cores clocked up to 2.05GHz and six power efficient Cortex-A55 cores along with ARM Mali-G57 GPU.
Canalys has released preliminary worldwide smartphone shipment data for Q2 2021 that reveals that Xiaomi will overtake Apple to become No. 2 leading smartphone brand in terms of shipments globally. The company has achieved a 17% market share with 83% YoY growth. This is the first time it is grabbing the No: 2 spot and is placed behind Samsung which has 19% share. Apple was third, with 14%, while Vivo and OPPO has 10% share. Continue reading “Xiaomi overtakes Apple to become world’s 2nd largest smartphone vendor in Q2 2021”
After teasers, OnePlus has confirmed the launch of OnePlus Buds Pro, the company’s first high-end true wireless earbuds on July 22nd, alongside the Nord 2. The image confirms an in-ear design with ear tips, a stem design that has a glossy finish and the other parts have a matte finish. It has also confirmed the features of the earbuds that include adaptive noise cancellation that uses three microphones to monitor exterior noise and intelligently produce noise-canceling counter frequencies. Continue reading “OnePlus Buds Pro with adaptive noise cancellation, up to 38h total battery life, Warp charge launching on July 22”
Xiaomi launched the Redmi K20 Pro smartphone in India on July 17th running MIUI 10.3 Global Stable on top of Android 9.0 (Pie). The smartphone has already started receiving Android 10 based MIUI 12 update in various regions including India.
MIUI 12 brings all-new design and animations along with new features such as Super Wallpapers, Floating Window, New Control Center, Enhanced Privacy Protection features such as Interceptor, Flare, Hidden Mask Mode and more to the devices, check out this post to learn more about MIUI 12 features. Continue reading “Redmi K20 Pro MIUI 12 Software Update Tracker [Update: MIUI 12.5 based on Android 11 rolling out widely]”
The rumors of the upcoming HONOR Magic Series have been surfacing recently and today, the company has officially confirmed that it will be hosting a global launch event for the HONOR Magic3 Series. Continue reading “HONOR Magic3 Series global launch event set for August 12”
Noise, popular for its audio products and wearables, has launched the Noise Colorfit Ultra, the company’s latest budget smartwatch in India. It has a 1.75-inch full touch display with customisable & cloud-based watch faces, 60 sports mode, SpO2 monitoring, 24×7 heart rate monitoring, sleep tracking including REM sleep monitoring, IP68 waterproof body, and up to 9 days battery life. Other smart features include Stopwatch, Weather Forecast, Timer, Alarm, Find my phone and more. Continue reading “Noise ColorFit Ultra with 1.75-inch display, SPo2 monitoring, 60 sports modes launched at an introductory price of Rs. 4499”
Google has today announced the opening of a new Google Cloud region in Delhi NCR to help India’s businesses accelerate their digital transformation and to support customers and the public sector in the country. Continue reading “Google India opens new Google Cloud region in Delhi NCR”
Recently, there were reports of WhatsApp opening a public beta for the long-awaited multi-device feature. Now finally, WhatsApp has officially started rolling out the multi-device feature in a limited public beta testing program. Continue reading “WhatsApp multi-device feature begins rolling out in limited public beta”
vivo just announced the S10 and S10 Pro, the company’s latest camera-centric sleek S series smartphones in China, as it had promised. These feature a 6.44-inch Full HD+ AMOLED screen with 90Hz refresh rate and a notch that house a 44MP + 8MP ultrawide cameras. The phones are powered by Dimensity 1100 with up to 12GB of RAM and runs Android 11 with OriginOS on top. These are just 7.29 mm thick and feature an aviation aluminum frame and weigh 173 grams. Continue reading “vivo S10 and S10 Pro with 6.44-inch FHD+ 90Hz AMOLED display, Dimensity 1100, up to 12GB RAM, 44MP + 8MP front cameras announced”
After teasers, Amazon has confirmed the launch of Samsung Galaxy M21 2021 Edition smartphone in India on July 21st as a part of Prime Day 2021 sales. This confirms a 6.4-inch FHD+ Infinity-U Super AMOLED display, 48MP triple rear cameras and a 6000mAh batter for the phone, same as last year’s Galaxy M21. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy M21 2021 Edition with 6.4-inch FHD+ AMOLED display, 6000mAh battery launching in India on July 21”
Netflix Kids is a great feature in the streaming platform that allows kids to enjoy curated age-appropriate content that parents don’t need to worry about. The feature is getting two new updates that will provide parents with more information about their child’s streaming habits and a new top 10 row to help kids choose what to watch on Netflix.
Continue reading “Netflix introduces Kids Top 10 rows and kids recap emails for parents”
KRAFTON, the South Korean game developer, today announced that BATTLEGROUNDS MOBILE INDIA SERIES 2021, the first esports tournament hosted by KRAFTON will start in August with registrations starting from July 19th. Thus comes after the official launch of BATTLEGROUNDS MOBILE INDIA for Android earlier this month. Continue reading “BATTLEGROUNDS MOBILE INDIA SERIES 2021 esports tournament registrations begin July 19”
TECNO today launched its CAMON 17 and CAMON 17 Pro smartphones in India. The CAMON 17 has a 6.6” HD+ 90Hz screen, is powered by Helio G85 SoC with 6GB of RAM, while the CAMON 17 Pro has a 6.8” Dot-in FHD+ 90Hz screen, is powered by Helio G95 SoC with 8GB of RAM. These pack a 5000mAh battery with support for 18W charging in the CAMON 17 and the Pro has 33W fast charging. Continue reading “TECNO CAMON 17 and CAMON 17 Pro with 90Hz display, 5000mAh battery launched in India starting at Rs. 12999”
Just a year after introducing the feature, Twitter Fleets will no longer be available in the platform after August 3, 2021. The feature was initially introduced to get around a user’s anxiety when tweeting their thoughts, however, the company noticed that it was being used by people who tweet the most.
Continue reading “Twitter is shutting down Fleets due to lack of engagement”
Android 12 is one step closer to its final release as Google has rolled out Android 12 Beta 3 for supported devices. The Beta 3 features various improvements over Android 12 Beta 2, with features such as Scrolling screenshots, On-device search, etc. along with the final APIs and SDK. Google also released the Android 12 Beta 3 for TV with Refresh Rate Switching Settings, 4K UI support and more.
