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Saturday, 19 September 2020

Vi launches Rs. 405 prepaid plan with 90GB data, unlimited calling, 1-year ZEE5 premium subscription

Vi (Vodafone Idea) today launched new prepaid plans that offer one year of ZEE5 premium membership at no additional cost. The plans start at Rs. 355 and offer access to ZEE5’s premium bespoke content in 12 languages across originals, shows and blockbuster movies that usually costs Rs. 699. In addition, most plans also offers data … Continue reading

Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 Pro MIUI Software Update Tracker [Update: MIUI 12 Stable update rolling out]

Xiaomi launched the Redmi Note 7 Pro smartphone in India back in February running MIUI 10.2 Global Stable on top of Android 9.0 (Pie). The smartphone has already started receiving Android 10 based MIUI 12 update in India. MIUI 12 brings all-new design and animations along with new features such as Super Wallpapers, Floating Window, New Control Center, … Continue reading

Friday, 18 September 2020

WhatsApp testing fingerprint authentication for web client

WhatsApp is testing a new feature in its beta channel on Android that will enable biometric authentication when creating a new session of the Whatsapp Web client. This will help improve overall account security for users who work with multiple web clients during the day. The feature was spotted in WhatsApp Beta build 2.20200.10. At … Continue reading

Disney+ Hotstar VIP introduces Watch’N Play social feed feature for Dream11 IPL 2020

The Dream11 Indian Premiere League (IPL) 2020 is on track to kick start tomorrow in the UAE, which means that this season’s television viewership and Disney+ Hotstar viewership will be through the roof. Aimed at bring a better social experience to their viewers and IPL fans, Disney+ Hotstar is improving on their Watch’N Play social … Continue reading

Amazfit GTR 2 and GTS 2 with curved AMOLED display, blood oxygen detection to be announced on September 22

Earlier this week Huami confirmed that it will introduce GTS 2 and GTR 2 smartwatches, successor of last year’s GTS and GTR. Both these will have a curved AMOLED screen and a metal casing. The GTS 2 has a new design with a protruding part that wraps on the sides of the crown. The company … Continue reading

Samsung Galaxy A51, Galaxy A71, Galaxy A21s, Galaxy M01s, Galaxy M01 core receive price cuts in India

Yesterday, Samsung announced a price cut on the Galaxy Note 20 smartphone as a part of ‘Samsung Festive Days’. Following that, Samsung has now announced price cuts on its multiple Galaxy smartphones including the Galaxy A51, Galaxy A71, etc. After the price cut, Samsung Galaxy A51 6GB+128GB variant is now priced at Rs. 22,999, against … Continue reading

Paytm Android app removed from Play Store for repeated policy violations

Paytm, one of India’s most popular digital payment solutions, has just had its Android app removed from the Google Play Store for repeated policy violations. The move came after Paytm promoted a fantasy sports service, which is basically a sports betting and gambling arena; an app feature that Google specifically prohibits on its Play Store. … Continue reading

Redmi Note 8 MIUI Software Update Tracker [Update: MIUI 11.0.6.0 Stable Update with August Android Security Patch]

Xiaomi launched the Redmi Note 8 smartphone in India running MIUI 10.3 Global Stable on top of Android 9.0 (Pie). Xiaomi doesn’t follow any fixed update frequency for the MIUI Global Stable ROM but on average, the Global Stable ROM is updated once in a month. This post will help our readers in keeping track of MIUI updates for … Continue reading

OnePlus 7T Pro gets a Rs. 4000 price cut in India, now available for Rs. 43999

Post the launch of OnePlus 8 and OnePlus 8 Pro smartphones in India back in April, the company reduced the price of the OnePlus 7T Pro smartphone by Rs. 6000 in India. After four months since its first price cut, the OnePlus 7T has got another price cut now in India. After the price cut, … Continue reading

OnePlus Buds Z more affordable wireless earbuds said to launch soon

It has been nearly two months since OnePlus entered the wireless earbuds market with the launch of the OnePlus Buds for a price of Rs. 4990 in India. A rumour has now been spotted that seems to indicate that OnePlus is working on an even cheaper variant of the Buds, with the name Buds Z. … Continue reading