Xiaomi Mi A3 Android 10 update finally starts rolling out

After rolling out Android 10 update for the Mi A2 smartphone last month, Xiaomi today started rolling out the update for its latest Mi A3 smartphone after a slight delay even though it released Android 10 based Kernel Sources for the device last month. The smartphone was launched running Android 9.0 (Pie) in August last year. Android 10 brings a number of additional privacy and security features for users, as well as Dark Theme, Smart Reply, Focus mode, dedicated ‘Privacy section’, and lots more. As per posts on Mi Community, Xiaomi has started rolling out Android 10 update to Mi A3 users in select regions including Bangladesh. The update comes with version 11.0.7.0.QFQMIXM, weighs about 1.3GB in size and has February Android security patch. You can download the recovery ROM here, if you don't have the update yet. Since the update has just started rolling out it might take sometime to reach everyone. Download link via

Noise Tune Charge Review

After TuneELITE that was launched last year, Noise, popular for its audio and other products launched the Tune Charge, another budget Neckband wireless earphones earlier this month. The main highlight of the headset is the dedicated bass booster button for an enhanced bass experience and it promises up to 16 hours of battery life. The headphones come only in black color, and comes with different set of ear tips (Small, Medium and Large), micro USB Cable and a user manual in the box. Design and Build Quality The headset has a simple design that is similar to most other neckband wireless headsets. There in-ear buds have angled tips that perfectly fits in your ears, and doesn’t fall out easily even when you are running. There is a small wire connecting earbuds and the neck band. The back of the earbuds with noise branding is magnetic that snap together when not in use. [gallery link="file" columns="2" size="medium" ids="306270,306268,306267,306266"] The band that you wear around the neck is flexible offering a rubbery feel, lightweight, yet sturdy.  On the right side there are a lot of buttons that includes a power / multi-function button in the center and the volume adjustment buttons on either sides.  You can also ...

POCO X2 Phoenix Red color variant to go on sale from March 3

POCO launched the POCO X2 smartphone in India in Atlantis Blue, Matrix Purple and Phoenix Red colors, starting at Rs. 15,999. Both the Atlantis Blue and Matrix Purple color variants went on sale on Flipkart from February 11th every week. Today the company has announced that the Phoenix Red color variant will go on sale for the first time on Tuesday, March 3rd. To remind you the phone packs a 6.67-inch Full HD+ “Reality Flow” 120Hz LCD screen with 4.38mm, dual-punch-hole screen with 91% screen-to-body ratio, thanks to 4.25mm ultra-narrow bottom frame, is powered by Snapdragon 730G with up to 8GB of RAM, has  liquid cooling, and runs Android 10 with MIUI 11 on top. It packs Sony IMX686 64-megapixel 1/1.7″ sensor, 8-megapixel ultra-wide-angle lens, 2-megapixel 2cm super macro and a 2-megapixel camera for portrait shots. On the front there is a 20-megapixel camera along with a secondary 2-megapixel camera for portrait shots. It has RAW support, 960 fps slow-mo capture and vlog mode. The phone has a 3D curved frosted glass body with Corning Gorilla Glass 5 protection, side-mounted fingerprint scanner and packs a 4500mAh battery with 27W fast charging with the fast charger in the box.

realme 5 Pro gets official Pixel Experience support

realme launched the realme 5 Pro smartphone in India running Android 9.0 (Pie), which was later introduced as realme Q in China. The smartphone recently received Android 10 based realme UI 1.0 update with a bunch of new features such as dual earphone connection, animated wallpapers, customizable icon shape, new charging animation, realme Share (cross-brand file-sharing technology) and more. The company claims that realme UI is crafted to provide a near-stock Android experience but in case you wish to enjoy a Pixel like Android experience on your realme 5 Pro, there is good news for you as realme 5 Pro (RMX1971) finally gets official Pixel Experience (Android 10 based) support. [gallery size="large" link="file" ids="296712,296718,301452"] For those unaware, Pixel Experience is amongst the popular AOSP based custom ROMs that aims towards providing a Pixel-like stock Android experience. It takes no bloat approach along with Pixel exclusive features to provide users pure vanilla Android experience on any device. To flash a custom ROM, users need to unlock the bootloader of their devices and flash a custom recovery, refer to this post for detailed bootloader unlocking procedure but make sure to take a backup of your data before proceeding. TWRP recovery for realme 5 Pro can be downloaded from the link given below, flashing a custom ...

Google WearOS may focus on health and fitness features in future updates

Google's WearOS has historically struggled to be a worthy competitor to Apple's WatchOS  or Samsung's Tizen OS. After buying FitBit back in November 2019, we expected Google to Health and Fitness functionalities into WearOS eventually. Now, Google has been asking feedback via a Google User Experience Research program on possible new features for future versions of WearOS. The survey asked participants on various health tracking features such as sleep metrics to SP02 tracking to automatic detection of a variety of categories to pairing with medical equipment. While this does not confirm that Google will add these features into the next version of WearOS, the very fact that Google is taking such an interest is good. Many users use smartwatches mainly as fitness trackers and it would be welcoming to have these features baked right into WearOS. Some of the many questions asked in the survey are: SPO2 Tracking: Keeps track of the level of oxygenation in the blood and alerts if levels fall below normal levels Smart Alarms: Wakes you up in the morning at the appropriate time in your sleep cycle so you feel more rested Sleep Apnea Detection: Monitors and detects symptoms of sleep breathing abnormalities and sends out alerts and ...

HUAWEI MediaPad M5 lite 4GB RAM, 64GB storage version launched in India for Rs. 22990

HUAWEI launched the MediaPad M5 lite with the new HUAWEI M-Pen lite stylus in India back in September last year. Today it has launched the 4GB RAM with 64GB version of the tablet in Space Grey compared to 3GB RAM with 32GB storage. It pairs with quad-speakers co-engineered with the world-renowned Harman Kardon brand to deliver professional theater-quality sound. Harman Kardon’s “golden ear” acoustic engineering team also contributed to the surveying and testing process as well. The M-Pen lite stylus featuring a metal body With 2,048 layers of pressure sensitivity. HUAWEI MediaPad M5 lite also offers 5 enhanced eye-comfort modes — Optimal Distance Reminder (provides smart reminders when the M5 lite is less than 25cm from the face), Posture Guidance (provides a reminder to children to not read the tablet when lying down). Alongside, it also boasts of Intelligent Light Adjustment, Blue Ray Filter, and Usage Time Control. This Huawei's Histen 5.0 audio enhancement technology reduces the external noise power, as well as improves the low-frequency sound effect. It is powered by a 7,500 mAh battery with HUAWEI QuickCharge technology. HUAWEI MediaPad M5 lite specifications 10.1-inch (1920 × 1200) Full HD 2.5D curved glass display HiSilicon Kirin 659 processor with ARM Mali-T830 MP2 ...

Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Lite with updated S Pen design surfaces

Samsung recently added 5G support to the Galaxy Tab S6 that was first announced last year. Now, renders of a possible 'Lite' version of the Tab S6 have arrived showing a similar design to the more premium Tab S6 along with the new redesigned S Pen. Being a 'Lite' version, the tablet will be powered with mid-range specs. According to the leak, the Tab S6 Lite will run an Exynos 9611 chipset that has 4x ARM Cortex-A73 (running at 2300 Mhz) and 4x ARM Cortex A-53 (running at 1700 Mhz), ARM Mali G72 GPU, with 4GB of RAM and 64/128GB of storage. Information on the display is not very clear, with rumours pointing to a 8.4 inch screen with a resolution of 1200x2000 giving it a pixel density of 280 DPI. The storage options will likely be dependent on the region that it is sold in. Wireless charging for the S Pen was not mentioned, but since it features the newer design, it can assumed that S Pen will feature it. For software, it will be running OneUI 2.1 based on Android 10 out of the box. There is no information on when Samsung will release the tablet as there no major launch ...

Realme X realme UI Software Update Tracker [Update: Android 10 based realme UI 1.0]

realme launched the realme X smartphone in India back in July running ColorOS 6.0 on top of Android 9.0 (Pie). realme doesn’t follow a fixed update frequency but the company rolls out updates frequently. This post will help our readers in keeping track of ColorOS updates for realme X. realme UI updates rolled out for the realme X so far, [Feb 27, 2020]: realme has started rolling out Android 10 based realme UI 1.0 to realme X. The update comes as RMX1901EX_11_C.01, weighs 3.51 GB in size and brings all the new features such as dual earphone connection, animated wallpapers, screen-off display, customizable icon shape, new charging animation, realme Share (cross-brand file-sharing technology) and more. You can check out this post to learn about new features that realme UI brings to realme X. [Feb 19, 2020]: realme has started rolling out RMX1901EX_11_A.12 with February security patch. The update weighs 220 MBs in size and brings support for Airtel and Jio VoWiFi along with bug fixes. [Download Link] [Jan 29, 2020]: realme official Francis Wang has confirmed that realme X series devices will receive two major Android updates, so we can expect realme X to receive Android 11 in the future. [Dec 30, ...

Vivo APEX 2020 with 6.45-inch FHD+ 120° FullView edgeless display, under screen front camera, 60W wireless charging announced

Vivo just announced APEX 2020, the company's latest concept phone, as it had promised. The phone has 6.45-inch 120° FullView warp-around display that bends at an angle of up to 120° on both sides. Similar to the predecessor, this doesn't have any ports or buttons, instead it uses press-sensitive buttons on the sides, and vivo's third-generation screen SoundCasting Technology. The APEX 2019 didn't have any cameras, but this has an under-screen front camera that appears only when needed, similar to what  Xiaomi and OPPO showcased last year. Vivo says that it has successfully increased the light transmittance of the screen right above the front camera to 6 times of the other part of the screen, and effectively reduces optical interference, diffraction and stray flashes through a series of algorithm optimizations to increase the photography quality.  The 16MP front camera features a 4-in-1 super-pixel photosensitive chip, so that the quality is not compromised. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SYnlmhQdK8 The phone has a 48-megapixel rear camera with gimbal-like structure that achieves optical stabilization in the front-back and left-right inclined directions with enhanced performance. The stabilization angle is 200% better compared to normal phones with OIS, says the company. In addition, the image integrity is preserved to a greater extent. ...

Apple rumoured to release Smart Keyboard with built-in trackpad accessory in 2020

Apple is reportedly developing an iPad Pro Smart Keyboard with a built-in trackpad, according to a news report from The Information. The Smart Keyboard with Trackpad will likely go into mass production and it may be released sometime later this year. Apple has been trying hard to push the iPad Pro as an alternative to a laptop for years now. With the release of iPadOS, Apple made several improvements to the iPad, including better multi-tasking, added external drive support via its USB-C port and even added mouse support, although with limited functionality. Apple's first-party keyboard accessory however, could not replace the comfort of an actual keyboard on a laptop. Along with this, the lack of a trackpad made it fall further behind. The report states that the new iPad Pro Smart Keyboard with trackpad will likely be made by Foxconn and be made of a similar fabric material like the current Smart Keyboard. There isn't any information on when we can expect the keyboard to be released however. To take a guess, Apple will likely release the new Smart Keyboards with the release of the next iPad Pro series. Apple is rumoured to launch an updated iPad Pro with triple rear cameras, ...