Xiaomi Mi Exchange program expands to Mi online store – Here’s how it works

Back in November last year Xiaomi India partnered with Cashify to launch Mi Exchange Program across its Mi Home stores offline. Today it has expanded the program to its Mi online store. This lets you exchange your old phones and get an exchange coupon on mi.com. This coupon can be used to buy a new Xiaomi smartphone … Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi Exchange program expands to Mi online store – Here’s how it works”

Microsoft achieves first human-level Chinese to English machine translation using AI

Microsoft has announced that it has created first machine human-level Chinese to English translation. It is one of a kind Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered machine system that can translate sentences of news articles from Chinese to English with the same quality and accuracy as humans.

Google Home will now let you set location-based reminders

Not so long ago, Google announced that location-based reminders feature is coming to Google Home. And, just like it promised, this feature is now finally rolling out to Google Home devices. Setting up reminders on Home device is easy, and all you got to do is just tell Assistant you want to be reminded of something … Continue reading “Google Home will now let you set location-based reminders”

Xiaomi Redmi 5A Lake Blue variant launched in India; sales cross 5 million units since launch

Xiaomi launched the Redmi 5A back in November last year in India. It launched the Rose Gold variant of the smartphone last month. Today the company has launched the Lake Blue variant of the phone in the country. Earlier this year the company said that it sold 1 million units of Redmi 5A in one month of launch. 

You can now talk to Google Assistant in Hindi on Android, coming to iPhone soon

Google introduced Hindi support for Google Allo over a year back and Google Assistant for JioPhone that was introduced a few months back comes with support for both English and Hindi. Earlier this year Google silently introduced Hindi support in Google Assistant on Android  smartphones in India for few selected Hindi queries. Today it has officially rolled out the feature for … Continue reading “You can now talk to Google Assistant in Hindi on Android, coming to iPhone soon”

Xiaomi Mi Body Composition Scale launched in India for Rs. 1999

Xiaomi has launched Mi Body Composition Scale in India. It was introduced  in China last year as the Mi Smart Scale 2 and is the successor of the Mi Smart Weight Scale that was introduced back in 2015. The Mi Body Composition can analyse 10 type of physical data such as weight, BMI, muscle mass, basal metabolism, visceral fat grade, … Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi Body Composition Scale launched in India for Rs. 1999”

Micromax Bharat 5 Pro with 5000mAh battery, face-unlock launched for Rs. 7999

After launching Bharat 5 and 5 Plus, Micromax today launched the Bharat 5 Pro that comes with Face Unlock and a similar 5000mAh battery. The latest budget segment device from Micromax in the Bharat series, sports a 5.2-inches HD display and has 3GB of RAM.

Xiaomi Redmi 5 with 5.7-inch full-screen display, Snapdragon 450 launched in India starting at Rs. 7999

Xiaomi just launched the Redmi 5 smartphone in India, as expected. It was introduced back in December last year and packs  a 5.7-inch HD+ 18:9 full-screen display and is powered by Snapdragon 450 with up to 4GB RAM. It runs Android 7.1.2 (Nougat) with MIUI 9, has a 12-megapixel rear camera with 1.25μm pixel size sensor and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera … Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi 5 with 5.7-inch full-screen display, Snapdragon 450 launched in India starting at Rs. 7999”

ECS LIVA Q world’s smallest Windows Mini PC launched in India

Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) has launched Liva Q, which it says is the world’s smallest Windows-based Mini-PC at 70 x 70 x 31.4mm and just 260 grams in weight. It is powered by Intel’s Apollo Lake processors, have 4GB RAM, 32GB storage, expandable with microSD (up to 128GB).

Staqu introduces AI-powered Smart Glasses in India that can help identify threats like intruders and criminals

Gurgaon-based Staqu today has launched the AI-powered Smart Glasses with inbuilt camera in India. It comes with speech and image recognition combined. The company says that it can identify potential threats to the civil society, such as criminals, intruders or terrorists.

Xiaomi Dipper with Snapdragon 845, 6GB RAM surfaces in benchmarks, could be Mi 7

Xiaomi’s Mi 6  is almost a year old now and it looks like the company is prepping the launch of Mi 7 as a Xiaomi device with flagship level specifications have surfaced in benchmarks. The listing reveals that it will be powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 845.

Honor 7C vs Xiaomi Redmi 5 – What’s Different?

Huawei’s Honor brand just introduced the Honor 7C  smartphone in China today. This directly competes with the Redmi 5 that was introduced back in December last year and will launch in India this week. Both these share almost similar specifications including a 18:9 display, Snapdragon 450, up to 4GB RAM, fingerprint sensor on the back and a metal back. We … Continue reading “Honor 7C vs Xiaomi Redmi 5 – What’s Different?”

Xiaomi Redmi 5A back to original price of Rs. 5999 ahead of Redmi 5 launch

Xiaomi launched the Redmi 5A back in November last year at a competitive price of Rs. 4999. At the launch of the phone, Manu Jain, Vice President and Managing Director, Xiaomi India said that the complimentary price is only for first five million units, post which the phone will be available for Rs. 5,999.

Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 and Redmi Note 5 Pro users facing gaming, camera and other software issues

Last week, we reported that newly launched Redmi Note 5 Pro had Low Volume output via Headphones issue, and Xiaomi quickly addressed the issue and rolled out MIUI 9.2.5.0 and updated security patch to February as well. Now, one of our readers tweeted saying that he is facing issue while playing some games on his … Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 and Redmi Note 5 Pro users facing gaming, camera and other software issues”

Weekly Roundup: Xiaomi Mi TV 4A, Samsung Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ and more

This week Samsung launched its flagship Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ smartphones in India, Xiaomi launched its new Mi TV 4A series, LG introduces new OLED and SUPER UHD HDR TV line-up and Samsung introduced its QLED TV and Premium UHD TV line-up, and more in this week’s roundup.