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[Update: Download link for the Redmi 3S MIUI 9.2 zip file is available here. You can download and flash it manually, if you don’t have the update yet. There is also Fastboot ROM if you want to flash it using fastboot method.] Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi 3S, Redmi 3S Prime MIUI 9.2 update starts rolling out [Update: Stable update with download links]”
[Update – February 12th: Android app is now live on the Google Play Store.] Continue reading “Koinex Android app launching on February 12, iOS app coming soon”
Samsung ended the Oreo beta program for the Galaxy S8 and S8+ recently after releasing 7th and final Oreo beta firmware, now the company has finally started rolling out stable update for the Galaxy S8 users starting from Germany. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S8 Android 8.0 Oreo update starts rolling out”
Earlier this week Xiaomi sent out invites for an event on February 14th, where it is expected to launch the Redmi 5 or Redmi Note 5 smartphone. Today Flipkart has confirmed that it will launch exclusively with them. Last year’s Redmi Note 4 was launched exclusively on Flipkart, and in a new tweet Flipkart has tagged Gaurav Kapur and said “Looks like everyone is excited about @XiaomiIndia’s all-rounder that’s a 5/5”, with similar “all-rounder” tag as Redmi Note 4 that was launched by Ravindra Jadeja, so we can expected the Redmi Note 5 to launch next week. Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 launching in India on February 14 exclusively on Flipkart”
Vodafone has launched VoLTE (Voice Over LTE) services in India in Delhi-NCR, Mumbai and Gujarat (Surat and Ahmedabad), as the company had promised, after testing it recently. Vodafone is calling it Super VoLTE and said that the technology delivers high-quality sound over voice calls across the Vodafone SuperNet 4G network so that users will experience ultra-clear voice quality and reduced background noise. Continue reading “Vodafone launches VoLTE services in Delhi-NCR, Mumbai and Gujarat”
HP today has unveiled new Elitebook 800-series, HP ZBook 14u, and HP ZBook 15u laptops. These commercial devices are designed for today’s constantly on-the-go modern workforce. These laptops are powered by the Windows 10 with support for Cortana, cameras, optional fingerprint readers with Windows Hello for fast and secure login, and Windows Ink. Continue reading “HP introduces new Elitebook 800 G5 series, ZBook 14u and ZBook 15u laptops with Thunderbolt 3”
Google acquired Nest back in 2014 for $3.2 billion, and in the four-year journey, Nest has gained a lot of momentum and has doubled its hardware portfolio last year by selling more products in 2017 than in 2016 and 2015 combined. On the other hand, Google did great too; it has sold tens of millions of products for the home in just the last year. Continue reading “Google and Nest merge to bring more AI-based products”
Unicode Consortium has published the final Unicode 11.0 list of Emojis for 2018 just as it had mentioned earlier while it was in beta since December last year. With the newly finalized 157 new emojis, the total number of approved emojis count reaches to 2,823. These emojis will be on phones in the second half of 2018. Continue reading “Unicode 11.0 brings 157 emojis including Superheroes, Supervillains, Infinity and more”
Instagram is currently testing a new feature that lets you re-share public feed posts of whom you follow directly to your story. This feature will let you add commentary and overlaid stickers to a meme, celebrity post or even a friend’s photo according to TechCrunch. Continue reading “Instagram testing new feature that lets you share others’ posts to your story”
Google has just announced a new feature using which you can manually create themed movies via the app or the web. You can use the photos to create the movies where you can edit them, add music or just select the photos and ask Google to automatically create a movie for you which was available since quite some time now. Continue reading “Google photos now lets you manually create custom themed movies”
WhatsApp has been developing the ‘payments’ feature for quite some time now. In January we heard that the company will be rolling out the feature to users from February and since we are in February now, the Payment option is enabled to select WhatsApp beta users on Android and iOS. Continue reading “WhatsApp starts testing UPI-based WhatsApp Payments service in India”
Panasonic today launched P100, the company’s latest budget smartphone in India. It has a 5-inch 2.5D curved glass screen with Corning Gorilla Glass protection, is powered by a quad-core MediaTek SoC with 1GB/2GB RAM depending on the model, runs Android 7.0 (Nougat), has an 8-megapixel rear camera and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera, both with LED flash. Continue reading “Panasonic P100 with 5-inch HD display, fingerprint sensor launched in India starting at Rs. 5299”
Maruti Suzuki and Google have teamed up to offer AI-enabled voice assistant for auto enthusiasts attending the 14th edition of Auto Expo that is happening in India. The Google Assistant on smartphones lets access various kinds of information regarding the expo, along with details about the MSIL exhibit. Continue reading “Maruti Suzuki and Google team up to provide Assistant voice support at Auto Expo 2018”
Huawei’s Honor brand recently said that the Honor7X is now made in India and the company in partnership with Flex has started manufacturing the phone at Flex’s plant in Sriperumbudur, near Chennai. Today the company has announced that the 4GB RAM with 64GB storage version of the smartphone will be available across Honor partner stores pan India starting from February 9th at the same online price of Rs. 15,999.
Details about Samsung Galaxy C10 and C10 Plus surfaced last year, we even saw some live images of the C10 showing off its dual rear cameras. Now the Galaxy C10 Plus with the model number SM-C9100 has surfaced on AnTuTu listing revealing some of the specifications. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy C10 Plus with Snapdragon 660, 6GB RAM surfaces in benchmarks”
