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When all the phones are getting Android 8.0 (Oreo), Motorola has started rolling out Android 7.1.1 (Nougat) update for the Moto G4 Play smartphone staring from Brazil. It was launched back in 2016 running Android 6.0.1 (Marshmallow), but it did not get the Android 7.0 update and is directly being updated to 7.1.1, months after the soak test. Other Moto G4 series phones are still running on Android 7.0. Continue reading “Moto G4 Play finally gets Android 7.1.1 Nougat update”
Amazon today announced ‘Alexa Mobile Accessory Kit’ with an aim to bring Alexa voice assistant to portable, on-the-go devices such as hearables, headphones, smart watches, fitness devices, and more. The kit has enough support for OEMs to add Alexa to their devices with minimum investment in hardware or integration efforts. Continue reading “Amazon Alexa voice assistant coming to Bluetooth headphones, smartwatches soon”
LG today announced that it will be introducing its first-ever 4K UHD projector in the HU80K series at the CES 2018 event that is scheduled to kick-start in a couple of days. It can create a 150-inch screen at 2,500 lumens making it the brightest LG’s projector till date. Continue reading “LG HU80KA 4K UHD projector offers 150-inch projection, has HDR 10 support”
On one hand, Intel is having a hard time fixing the Meltdown and Spectre Security Vulnerabilities that affected processors from the past 10-15 years, the company is now hit with three separate class-action lawsuits by plaintiffs in California, Oregon, and Indiana who are seeking compensation. Continue reading “Intel hit with class-action lawsuits over Meltdown and Spectre Security Vulnerabilities”
Samsung Electronics today announced the Samsung Notebook 7 Spin (2018). It comes with a 360-degree rotating touchscreen display and powered by the 8th-gen Intel Core i5 processor with 8GB of memory. It packs versatile design with 18.5mm thickness and 1.53kg in weight. Continue reading “Samsung Notebook 7 Spin (2018) with 360-degree rotating touchscreen display announced”
Huawei’s Honor brand launched Honor Band A2 in India. It was introduced in China back in May last year, has a 0.96-inch OLED touch display and heart rate sensor with continuous heart rate tracking during fitness activities. In addition to fitness, it also has sleep tracking that offers suggestions based on the sleep data to help improve their sleep quality. Continue reading “Honor Band A2 with OLED display, continuous heart rate tracking launched in India for Rs. 2499”
Reliance Jio launched Happy New Year 2018 plans with 28 days validity for Rs. 199 and Rs. 299 with 1.2GB per day and 2GB per day data, respectively. Now the company has revised the packs that lets you enjoy 1GB data per day at Rs. 149 and Rs. 198 pack offers 1.5GB data per day with the same 28-days validity.
Continue reading “Reliance Jio packs revised – 1GB per day 28-day pack now at Rs. 149”
This week Meizu confirmed that it will introduce the M6s smartphone on January 17th, which will be called Meizu S6 in China. Today images of the smartphone has been revealed by TENAA that shows the phone’s 18:9 aspect ratio screen with minimal bezels. It also shows side-mounted fingerprint sensor on the right side, just below the power button.
Micromax has started teasing the Bharat 5 Plus, the company’s upcoming smartphone on its social channels and has also listed the phone on its site. It packs a 5.2-inch HD screen, is powered by quad-core MediaTek processor and packs a 5000mAh battery with up to 21 days standby and also allows the phone to charge other devices using OTG cable. Continue reading “Micromax Bharat 5 Plus with 5.2-inch display, 5000mAh battery launching soon”
Samsung is currently beta testing the Oreo build for the Galaxy S8 and S8+ and the stable update is due for later this month, and now when no one was expecting, a Note8 Exynos variant has randomly got the Oreo update according to a Samsung retail store employee. It is very unusual since the company never expanded the Oreo build to Note8. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Android 8.0 Oreo update rolling out to some units”
Airtel is already offering additional data for its broadband users for every Airtel postpaid or DTH connection as a part of myHome rewards program. It started with 5GB per connection, later it increased it to 10GB. Now it is offering its broadband customers 5GB additional mobile data every month on their Airtel Postpaid connection in your home. Continue reading “Airtel broadband customers get 5GB free monthly data on their postpaid connection”
Apple just announced that apps and games were the bigger part of the holiday season in 2017 as the App Store has hit a record $300 million in purchases on New Year’s Day 2018. During the week of Christmas, a record number of iOS users made purchases from the App Store spending over $890 million in the seven-day period. Continue reading “Apple App Store hit record $300 million sales on New Year’s Day”
Dell ahead of the CES 2018 event has introduced the XPS 13 laptop with a refreshing new design that features InfinityEdge 13-inch display that fits in an 11-inch frame. It is powered by the 8th gen Intel Core processors with a 4K display on the 13-inch model. The company claims that the XPS 13 looks as good as it did on day 1 even on day 1,000. Continue reading “Dell introduces new XPS 13 with 4K display, 8th gen Intel Core processors”
After Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru, Gurgaon, Chennai, Chandigarh and Hyderabad Uber has expanded its food delivery service – UberEats to Pune, which is the eight city to get the service in India, since its launch in May 2017. Uber has partnered with over 300 restaurants, including Malaka Spice, Marrakesh, Chaitanya Parathas, Blue Nile and more in Pune. Continue reading “UberEATS food delivery service expands to Pune”
The never-ending series of problems for the Pixel 2 returns and this time it is a voice recording bug that is affecting messaging apps. According to many users on the Pixel community, the Pixel 2 XL is limiting the volume levels when recording voice messages on WhatsApp, Telegram, Google Allo. Continue reading “Google investigating Pixel 2 XL voice recording bug affecting WhatsApp, Telegram messaging apps”
