ASUS has today launched three new laptops in the Vivobook series – VivoBook 14 X403, VivoBook 14 X409 and VivoBook 15 X509. These are thin and light laptops and comes after the launch of the VivoBook 14 and VivoBook 15 with four-sided frameless NanoEdge ultra-narrow-bezel displays recently in India.
Gionee has launched F9 Plus, a new budget smartphone India, after Karbonn Mobile’s holding entity Jaina Group took over the Indian arm of the company. It packs a 6.26-inch HD + Full View Dewdrop Display, but the bottom bezels look huge. It is powered by a 1.65GHz Octa-Core processor with 3GB of RAM, runs Android Pie, has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel secondary camera, as well as 13-megapixel front camera. The phone has a rear-mounted fingerprint scanner and packs a 4050mAh battery.
Swiggy has launched ‘Swiggy Go’ a new pick-up and drop service that lets you ask for almost anything to be picked up and dropped off. “Forgot your house keys at work? Left your dabba at home? Need your clothes picked up from the tailor’s? Or got an important document to courier? Whatever the task at hand, make Swiggy Go!” says the company. Google-backed Dunzo already offers such services in several cities.
Swiggy Go is currently available in Bengaluru and will be rolled out to over 300 cities over the next one year. Swiggy Go feature is already live on the Swiggy app for update your Swiggy app to the latest version.
Regarding the new services, Swiggy said:
Swiggy Go was designed to keep up with today’s modern, busy lifestyles that are ruled by tasks, chores and to-do lists. With lines between work and life blurring, traffic burgeoning and weekends shrinking, there’s little time to do what you love. But now, you can outsource your tasks to us, and focus on what matters most to you.
Swiggy Go is also perfect if you run a small business that requires regular deliveries but don’t want to invest in hiring a full-time delivery person or building a delivery fleet yourself. With Go, you can deliver baked goods, documents, laundry, handmade toiletries and what have you on-demand, and watch your business grow. All this, with the backing of India’s largest delivery fleet.
Infinix just launched Hot 8, the company’s latest budget smartphone in India. It has 6.52-inch HD+ mini drop notch with 2.5mm narrow bezel on the top and 1.9mm narrow on the side promising 90.3% screen-to-body ratio, is powered by MediaTek Helio P22 12nm SoC with 4GB of RAM, runs Android 9.0 (Pie) with XOS 5.0, has a 13-megapixel rear camera with quad LED flash, along with a 2-megapixel secondary camera for portrait shots as well as a dedicated Low-light Sensor. It has an 8-megapixel camera on the front with LED flash and face unlock.
Xiaomi’s Redmi brand has launched Redmi K20 and Redmi K20 Pro smartphones in Pearl White colors that joins the existing Carbon Black, Flame Red and Glacier Blue versions.
Vodafone launched ‘Vodafone Play’ app back in 2016 that offers Live TV, videos, movies, TV shows and music for Vodafone subscribers. Today, the company has officially launched ‘Vodafone Play’ mobile website to take on other player’s offering like Airtel XStream and Reliance Jio’s Jio TV.
Jio recently announced JioFiber home-internet service along with other service announcements. On similar lines, Jio has officially listed its new ‘JioGate’ app on the App Store and Google Play Store and it is an apartment security management service. This new service by Jio is said to take on other apps in this segment like MyGate, Apartment Adda, SmartGuard and more.
Saregama has today launched ‘Carvaan Mini-Shrimad Bhagavad Gita’ and comes after the launch of Saregama Carvaan Mini in the spiritual genre like Bhakti and Gurbani, Saregama Carvaan 2.0, etc. The Shrimad Bhagavad Gita variant comes with pre-loaded devotional songs, plays in Sanskrit along with a translation in simple Hindi language and more.
Wired earbuds are now old school, thanks to persistent upgrades in technology! Among wireless earphones, the truly wireless have gained a lot of interest lately from consumers for being handy and convenient to carry. In this regard, Toreto has launched TORBUDS, a true wireless earbuds in a bid to expand its portfolio. It comes with Auto Pairing Connectivity feature that ensures the uninterrupted connectivity with any phone.
Sound One, a renowned brand in India for the portable audio device has launched a rugged and waterproof Bluetooth speaker SHELL. In terms of design, it comes with durable silicon with rubber matte finish and offers all-around outdoor protection against dust and water since the Sound One SHELL is IPX5 waterproof and shockproof.
Samsung has finally announced that it will launch the Galaxy M30s, successor of the Galaxy M30 in India on September 18th on Amazon.in. The company has confirmed that it will huge 6000mAh battery, compared to the 5000mAh battery in the predecessor, hints at a 48-megapixel primary camera with triple camera arrangement, Super AMOLED display and a rear-mounted fingerprint scanner. It has a gradient back that shows both blue and green colors.
After rumors, Airtel today launched converged entertainment platform Airtel Xstream that brings together Live TV, video, music, news, and sports across Xstream Sticksmart stick, internet-enabled Xstream 4K Hybrid Box and handheld devices. Airtel launched Internet TV, an Hybrid DTH and 4K Android TV box back in 2017. The company rolled out Airtel XStream couple of months back that enables Airtel customers watch Live TV, movies and shows.
Update: August 29, 2019 — After confirming that the OnePlus TV will run Android TV platform, the company has confirmed that it has strong partnership with Google, it will be working alongside Google to optimize the Android TV user experience and offer Android TV updates for at least 3 years. OnePlus CEO Pete Lau recently showed the production line of OnePlus TV.
ASUS launched ultra-slim gaming laptop ROG Zephyrus G (GA502) to cater to a wide range of audience in India, under the ROG banners. According to the company claims it not only covers all the gaming essentials but also extends an ultra-slim and compact experience at an affordable price bracket.