Tata Play Binge adds MX Player, now offers 17 OTT apps

Tata Play (formerly known as Tata Sky) has announced that it has added MX Player as its 17th OTT platform, as part of Tata Play Binge offering. MX Players offers 5000+ films and 800+ shows in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, and other languages, which the company said will further strength its commitment to offer viewers the best of entertainment. Continue reading “Tata Play Binge adds MX Player, now offers 17 OTT apps”

YouTube ML to turn landscape video ads into vertical; testing 5 to 10 unskippable ‘bumper ads’

Google has officially announced that YouTube’s Universal App and TrueView campaigns would soon support vertical video advertisements. As the company develops new methods to create vertical video advertising on YouTube, the company undoubtedly wants to adapt to the requirements of the constantly expanding mobile audience in the best way possible. Continue reading “YouTube ML to turn landscape video ads into vertical; testing 5 to 10 unskippable ‘bumper ads’”

Instagram rolls out parental supervision tools and Family Center in India

Meta announced a new parental control feature dubbed “Parental Supervision Tools” for Instagram and the new Family Center tool back in March 2022. Now the firm has announced that the rollout of these parental control tools has started in India. Continue reading “Instagram rolls out parental supervision tools and Family Center in India”

Google Photos gets a new collage editor and new features

Google is rolling a major update to Google Photos that brings a new collage editing tool in addition to a number of other new modifications to Memories. In addition to redesigning Memories, the update, according to Google, will also add new memory types, memory styles, and memory sharing, as well as a collage editor tool. Recently, Google announced new, animated emoji for Android. Continue reading “Google Photos gets a new collage editor and new features”

WhatsApp could soon make local backup imports easy

Recently, the WhatsApp messaging app has been adding a slew of new features to its platform. Now it looks like the platform is developing a new tool that lets you import backed-up data from local storage. This was spotted on the Google Play Beta Program version 2.22.20.10 of the application. Continue reading “WhatsApp could soon make local backup imports easy”

boAt launches ‘boAt Hearables’ app for its audio devices

The new “boAt Hearables App” from boAt has been released officially. In addition to other intriguing features, the new boAt Hearables app has Self-Diagnostics Mode, a cutting-edge function designed to enhance and enrich the user experience. Continue reading “boAt launches ‘boAt Hearables’ app for its audio devices”

Meta introduces Community Chats on Facebook Messenger

Mark Zuckerberg has announced that the company will start testing the capability for users to start Community Chats in Messenger in the upcoming weeks. This feature will enable users to start a Facebook group, start chats and audio channels, as well as invite followers to join their new group, all from within the app. Continue reading “Meta introduces Community Chats on Facebook Messenger”

Netflix partners with Ubisoft for 3 exclusive mobile games

Netflix and Ubisoft at Ubisoft’s annual digital event, Ubisoft Forward announced a partnership to develop three mobile games. Netflix continues to build a catalogue of mobile games for its members around the world. The three games will expand on the Valiant Hearts, Mighty Quest and Assassin’s Creed universes. Continue reading “Netflix partners with Ubisoft for 3 exclusive mobile games”

Instagram will soon let you Repost other’s content

Instagram has revealed that a new feature will be added to its platform that will allow users to repost or reshare other people’s posts or reels. According to the company, this works similarly to resharing other people’s stories, and at the same time, original creators will be credited. Continue reading “Instagram will soon let you Repost other’s content”

Google Play ‘user choice billing’ pilot expands to India

Google revealed in March 2022 that it was working on a pilot programme called “User Choice Billing,” which would allow developers to use other billing systems for subscription models instead of Google Play’s billing system. The company has now announced that the trial programme will be expanded to India as well as four other markets: Australia, Indonesia, Japan, and the European Economic Area. Continue reading “Google Play ‘user choice billing’ pilot expands to India”

Twitter begins testing edit button, coming to Twitter Blue subscribers first

Twitter has been teasing the edit button for quite some time, and the company has finally confirmed that the feature has entered the testing phase within the company. Also, the company has said that in the near future, Twitter Blue subscribers will be able to use the Edit Tweet feature. Continue reading “Twitter begins testing edit button, coming to Twitter Blue subscribers first”

Latest Truecaller for iPhone update brings significant improvements to spam detection

Truecaller has updated its iOS app that brings several improvements, and offers 10 times improved spam and business detection compared to the previous version. The latest iOS version of Truecaller been completely re-written from the ground up to be lighter (smaller app size of up to 50%  compared to previous versions in some devices and iOS versions), more efficient (works faster, even on the older iPhone 6S), and more helpful in identifying relevant callers and text senders. Continue reading “Latest Truecaller for iPhone update brings significant improvements to spam detection”

Snapchat brings Dual Camera feature for iOS users

Snapchat has released ‘Dual Camera’ feature that allows users to capture various viewpoints of their moment by using both the front and back cameras on their smartphone. The functionality was first teased at Snap Partner Summit 2022, and it is now available to iOS users. Snapchat also announced that this feature will be available on Android in the coming months. Continue reading “Snapchat brings Dual Camera feature for iOS users”

JioMart on WhatsApp for end-to-end shopping launched

Today, Jio Platforms and Meta announced the introduction of the first-ever end-to-end WhatsApp shopping experience, allowing users to purchase products from JioMart within a chat. Continue reading “JioMart on WhatsApp for end-to-end shopping launched”