Xiaomi proprietary Android skin MIUI offers a security app that has various features including Cleaner, Speed Booster, WhatsApp Cleaner, and a lot more. The app got a major overhaul with MIUI 10, but Xiaomi baked in various animations to the Security app with MIUI 12. These animations didn’t probably work smoothly on the low-end devices, … Continue reading “Xiaomi reduces MIUI Security app animations for low end devices”
Update: realme today confirmed that the X7 Max 5G will be launched in India on May 31st after it was introduced as realme GT Neo back in March in China. It will be sold on Flipkart.
Update: Xiaomi has confirmed that it will launch Redmi Note 8 (2021) for global markets soon. The new teaser shows a waterdrop notch, same as the Note 9. It also said that the global Redmi Note 8 sales have crossed 25 million. Last year in May the company said that the combined sales of Redmi … Continue reading “Xiaomi confirms Redmi Note 8 (2021) will be introduced soon”
Clubhouse started rolling out its audio conversation app to Android users in beta last week starting from the U.S. The company already confirmed that it will roll out in other English-speaking countries and then the rest of the world gradually. After rolling it out in Japan, Brazil & Russia earlier this week, it has started … Continue reading “Clubhouse for Android beta now available globally”
Update: realme has posted new teaser for the D brand and also officially confirmed May 25, 2021 will be the global launch date of its first brand under the realme TechLife ecosystem. The teaser on Twitter talked about the origin of this new brand saying that it started with a DREAM, which led to a … Continue reading “realme India confirms global launch of TechLife brand that starts with ‘D’ on May 25”
John Wu, the man behind the development of the popular Magisk tool, has officially joined Google as a part of the Android Security Team. John Wu created Magisk as a tool to help Android users who rooted their phones continue using their smartphones normally. He joined Apple as an intern back in 2019 and started … Continue reading “Magisk creator John Wu joins Google’s Android Security team”
OPPO India has announced the extension of the repair warranty of all of its products until 30th June 2021. This is applicable across product categories including smartphones and accessories such as chargers, data cable, and earphones whose warranty expires during the lockdown period.
Update: POCO has confirmed that it will introduce the M3 Pro 5G in a global event on May 19th. The event will start at 2PM CEST (5:30PM IST). As usual, it will offer live stream on its social channels. The press image of the phone has also surfaced online.
POCO India today confirmed that it will extend the warranty of POCO phones that are expiring in May or June this year by two months. Due to current situation in the country several cities in the country have gone into lockdown so the smartphone users those who are facing issues with their devices couldn’t get … Continue reading “POCO India extends warranty of its phones by two months if it’s expiring this May / June”
Clubhouse has finally started rolling out its audio conversation app to Android users in beta, months after it was launched for iPhone. It still needs an invitation to sign up as a part of the company’s effort to keep the growth measured, ensuring that each new community member can bring along a few close friends.
Instagram is rolling out an update to their Stories that improves the feature’s accessibility – captions stickers. The feature is first rolling out to a few English-speaking countries, and allows users to add automatically generated captions to their Stories.
After rumours about Google launching a new Pixel Buds at its I/O 2021 event on May 18th, Google accidentally posted a tweet revealing its upcoming Pixel Buds A-Series before pulling it. It also revealed that the Pixel Buds will support Google’s new fast Bluetooth pairing experience that it started rolling out back in 2018.
Last month, rumours surfaced about Google working on their own custom-designed processor for smartphones, codenamed “Whitechapel” or GS101. According to Mishaal Rahman, who is the editor-in-chief at XDA, Google is testing support for Ultra-Wideband (UWB) technology on a device codenamed “Raven”, which is rumoured to be powered by the GS101 SoC.
Images of Samsung’s two upcoming foldable devices have leaked, which include the Galaxy Fold 3 and the Galaxy Flip 3. The Galaxy Fold 3 is rumoured to be Samsung’s first smartphone with an under-screen camera, while the Galaxy Flip 3 will feature a more useable secondary display when folded.
Apple has begun rolling out a new feature in their App store called Search Suggestions. The feature has been implemented in the form of tags and is designed to help users search for apps based on certain categories and attributes.
